Not feasible with the way our roof faces and the tree coverage.

I've already been thinking our meter is wrong and we have the odd one from when they did the different rates at different times of the day. I called and complained for months when our usage was over 1000 kwh/month and it suddenly decreased. But, I called again and demanded they replace our meter with one I can actually read and they're coming out next week to make the swap. So, that may be more of the issue than I thought.

We have a 2 year old fridge. And we have too much tree coverage to make solar worth it for us, plus we'd have to put the panels on our lawn due to the way our house faces.

Who is your provider?

I will check them out. Thank you!

Right?! We need to go back to nuclear power. It would be much cheaper.

We have.

Yup.

We have a few of those and use them for lots of stuff.

That's still not a 60% increase from what people were paying. The word choice matters.

Have them all.

Own. Built in 1952.

We just got new windows last month, so I hope we're not losing heat that way. And we actually get hot at night and have been thinking of reducing the heat 2-3 degrees for overnight. We do have an electric blanket on the bed and use it when we feel cold vs turning up the heat, but we rarely use it.

Yup

We have Green Worcester. The one I was referring to was the Inspire Clean Energy someone mentioned.

That's who it says we have. What are your supply rates?

Good call! I'll look into that this weekend. Thank you!

We do wash and dry our clothes, so that would make sense. Our dryer is natural gas, so it shouldn't use that much electricity though. Our fridge probably does use a lot. But, it's still getting to the point we may not be able to afford electricity soon.

788 kwh and it was 29 days.

Some are changing to pay to use, but many are still free. I don't have an EV, so I don't check them. Part of the cost is also to build the charging stations.

All the "free" programs are paid for by taxes and small fees like those on your utility bills.

Nah, it won't be. This will just be a push for more control and eventually a push towards socialism. I mean, our electric bills already charge us for solar panels that are "free", electric vehicle charging stations that are "free", and renewable energy production.

Thanks. I checked it out and nothing will help. We're already with the lowest provider that doesn't require a contract. And the one that's lower requires at least a 6 month contract and would only save us $39/month based on the current supply charge right now, which is expected to go down in May.

Oof. Just looked them up and where I live, we'd have to sign a contract for at least 6 months and the rate is only $.05 less than what we pay now.

It was more than 60%. The supply charge went from $.11/kwh to $.25/kwh. That's over 100% increase. We paid about $103 last month for our supply charge and this month it's $199. Plus, there's the distribution charge and transmission charge, which are all essentially the same thing, so we're paying about $260 this month just to get our electricity.