My Electricity Bill.

[WARRIOR55]

What the heck is going on? My bill went from $150 one month to $322 the next. That's more than double the previous amount.
It's bad enough with gas prices but now our electricity. Jeez......

[xlobo]

Try not to adjust the AC as much and buy those other light bulbs.....the one that are twisted. All that makes a difference.

[wp2003]

turn off everything when you're not home and unplug things you're not using

[xlobo]

Mobe the AC within 3 degrees ONLY! I was watching on ch.4 or 5 and they were saying that alot of people change the temperature really fast to hot or cold...and that makes the bill go up really high. I keep mine at 70-73 and its cool enough. Try that and see if it helps a little.

[wp2003]

70 ........shoot i get cold at 77......ceiling fans help a lot..........

[xlobo]

Aug 10, 2008 16:05:19 GMT -6 wp2003 said:

turn off everything when you're not home and unplug things you're not using

Also make sure non of the faucets are dripping.

[xlobo]

Aug 10, 2008 16:07:42 GMT -6 wp2003 said:

70 ........shoot i get cold at 77......ceiling fans help a lot..........

Hey I like it cold in here....when Im here I have it on 70 when I leave I change it to 73 sometimes...yea and ceiling fans do help alot! or I just have my son wave a big palm at me when Im watching TV ;D jk

[wp2003]

you're not supposed to make them do stuff for you until they are at least 2 lobo.....you're mean man..........lol. nombre we used to have it cold here but my little girl would keep getting sick. had to bump it up a few degrees

[xlobo]

yea I know what you mean...little guy has a little cough but nothing serious so we keep it a little warm in here. NO MAMES at least 2....LMFAO!!!! Yea 2 MONTHS!!! LOL!

[WARRIOR55]

Thanks for the tips wp and lobo. I really hope they help 'cause man that's a lot of money for utilities. My water bill has also gone up since I got a sprinkler sysytem but I gotta say it works like a champ.

[wp2003]

warrior are you guys allowed wells where you live? i know we have one and it helps a lot..

[xlobo]

Aug 10, 2008 16:23:14 GMT -6 WARRIOR55 said:

Thanks for the tips wp and lobo. I really hope they help 'cause man that's a lot of money for utilities. My water bill has also gone up since I got a sprinkler sysytem but I gotta say it works like a champ.

You're welcome!

[WARRIOR55]

I don't think they allow it in our subdivision unfortunately.

[wp2003]

that's too bad......we can water the grass and plants all day and night if we want to.....i've been wanting to see if i can run a line from the well into the house through a filtering process or something. idk if it's possible but if it is that would end our water payment i think.....

[Outlaw]

I noticed on my billing statements from Magic Valley,they have increased enormously.

One of the things Magic Valley stated on the bill"Due to increase of natural gas..."along with a chart not accoiated by anyone & some other BS that does nessarily apply to the increase.Not to mention,some common sense tips.

As far as the different lightbulbs;they will decrease your bill by roughly $55-$65.If you want a set for the whole house,were looking @ $60 & it's worth it.

Have a friend who is with Commernce(butt.w/C.P.L).At most his bill increased from $98 to $151.A tip is what is mentioned above from the others,do not mess with thermometer.

[RPM]

its not your settings guys.....electrictiy has just gone up...water has as well...times are changing....and everyone seems to just be bumping up there prices to make up for all the failure in our economy...

[teamfalcon]

Mine also went up.

Nothing can be done, we will not win trying to argue with them.

It's unfortunate that these companies do this to families.

Here is a breakdown of my bills over the years since I purchased my home:


July 2003 bill: $200
August 2003 bill: $180

July 2004 bill: $380 (purchased AC (Carrier 16 seer), after I realized current unit went bad causing high bills.)
August 2004 bill: $215 (next month after installing new AC.)

July 2006 bill: $300
August 2006 bill: $250

July 2007 bill: $230
August 2007 bill: $255

July 2008 bill: $445


As you can see, this 'racket' is common place and there is NOTHING we can do about this.

What troubles me more is that if it makes a dent in my budget (I make an ok living with my wife, both college educated, good salaries, etc), how is it affect my mom who makes $9 an hour living alone, my aunt who is a single parent working for 10 dollars an hour, etc.


There needs to be conceded effort, by many, to plan, and monitor meters and measure usage,etc. We could complain until we're blue in the face, but if you don't have 'facts', 'evidence', then nothing will get done.

[wp2003]

what about a fixed bill. what do you guys feel about that?

[JacketVato89]

My electric bill went up about 2 months ago and it turns out that the contract I was under, for a set number of price per kilowatt, had expired and the company I was with had the right to jack up the price. So long story short, I searched for the best price and had to get into another contract with a different company. I won't make the same mistake of letting my contract expire when it gets close to summer.

[RPM]

couple of months ago...i got some extra charges on my bill.....so i called them up and told them what was up.....they told me the Meter had messed up so they billed me for a new one...they dont know how it messed up but i had to pay for it cause its my responsiblity....according to them...