If you don’t have a newer stove next year look into the tax incentive for a new stove in the summer. As long as it’s installed by end of the year, you can get the rebate/incentive. Newer stoves can be connected to a thermostat as well and you can get uninterrupted power supplies for them if you don’t have a generator. I grew up with pellet stoves and we have one now, so warm!!

I guess I feel there are more important issues at hand

Thank you! That’s great. I’ve got an early 1900’s house so not super insulated. I plastic the windows and keep some doors shut. Thankfully don’t use much electric or oil and rely mainly on the pellet stove. But any savings helps.

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energy suppliers

The 24 month green plan with direct energy is what I did but in august. Cancel at anytime and extend in 24 months. You still pay your utility bill through your regular provider but you get a discounted kWh rate.

My bill went from $150 most months, to $300 in august, and down to $175 in September. My house is super energy efficient and is a passive solar house so the sun rises on one side sets on the other so that helps out a whole lot!

Nest and ecobee thermostats can't handle baseboard electric heat without a relay board.

How do you go about locking in? Is it too late for me to do that and have a decent rate at this time of year?

Rate was .25 per kwh this statement. Used 100 less kWh this month and bill was more thank last… I should have locked in a rate

There are crappy landlords who didnt want to pay for appropriate metering or the wiring to keep circuits separate. If you have access to your meter shut everything down for as long as you can and see if the meter moves. Document everything.

You may be crossed wired to another apartment or to hall lights or even a laundry room.

Also alot, but not all, of meters are now "smart" ones and you can check daily use on eversource. If you paying for anything but your own usage, report the theft to the police and landlord. But if your lease says you have to pay for things that are common area then you would have to move.

Using a clothesline has dropped my bill by 20%.

Can you look into budget billing on eversource's page and see what it quotes you. I'm trying to see if other people see it as a benefit vs standard billing.

Can you do an energy audit?

Depends where you're located. Salem NH has a nice workout club.

Absolutely not. That place is filled with a bunch of animals

Generational wealth

If you rent and the electric is in your name you can definitely switch suppliers. But seeing as you rent if the landlord has other things pulling from your ‘unit’ that could be causing the high rate. I would call eversource and an electrician to have them investigate where that use is coming from.

You can try unplugging everything that is not being used. Even in the off position some things still draw power. My house is almost all electric. I have a 1200 sqft house with a detached garage. Our bill averages about that. We switched our hot water and heat to propane some years ago and that saved us money.

My electric bill is more than double it had been in the same months in the past

What would probably work better to trick their system is blare old school dial up noises, so the computer thinks it's a fax machine.

Wish I was able to just leave it to voicemail.

Gorgeous. Living in southern NH has me really missing winter!

We absolutely should've had price controls on food and energy like Nixon did in the 1970s, at a bare minimum. Really though, the oil companies should all be nationalized. But hey, that's my ideal world. We have a president who makes Nixon look like a socialist now. What can you do?

There you go.

Tour indoor golf should open. Best part is that it's right down the road from the Dinnerhorn, so you and the boys can get a fine meal after.

May be a tune.

Thats a bit general.

My bill this month was $488 for a half duplex with two people and a dog. If I hadn’t switched from Eversource to Direct Energy it would probably be the same price as yours. Granted I work from home but I basically freeze during the day and only turn lights on that I 100% need. Electric heat is fucking killing me