Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Got my electric bill today

And Ta’Queen……

I’m signd up for vouches from Comoonitee Actshion they pay my lectromogricity brlls coz my disruhbillity we keep dat thermatat rite jack i aint be wearin no pants

My gas bill was $22 and electric was $66. I heat with wood , am very cheap on the electricity . I even hang my clothes on the line in winter. They dry just fine and put them in the dryer or 15 min. I do everything I can to save money and have a really efficient house. Also, the wife was gone 18 days.

Co-worker told me today his is double the last one.
$350.

Haven't seen ours.
Rural Electric is usually more stable than others.
Unless, you went with an outside "cheaper" supplier.
They love the surprise surcharges. Few years ago folks were suddenly
going from $200 to 4 digit bills.

I hope this new expanded vernacular of yours is as painful to write as it is to read and I mean that sincerely.

Those of us on rural electrical companies just keep getting the shaft. Hope when they put in the rural ev chargers none of them work

Are you related to Nugget?

No do you

Do I what?

Are you Wabi’s relative?

Dumb fix you asked the question, no not related to wabi, are you related to harris??

Are you talking Rural Electrical Co-ops?

I like mine. $0.085 /kWh
$15 basic charge
3/100 of a cent State charge

This months bill $70.54

Maybe I burned $100 in firewood?

I ain't complaining, except the new rate goes into effect on January's bill. Going up a to a whopping $0.0855 / kWh or some such.

I think I can afford it, for now, at $2.35/day and that's with my wife running here electric art glass kiln most every day.

Why do you all point fingers at things you cannot influence?

I ain't gonna complain. 2000 sq ft all electric home, (except for a small, decorative propane fireplace, which almost warms one room) 24ftx24ft garage where I use a 1500 watt heater to keep it above freezing. Well, washer, dryer, oven, range, 400 watts non continuous on the aquarium, and single digit temps through a couple weeks of Dec.

Our bill broke $200 for Dec.

Plug in Pacifica van?

Just talked to the accountant, ours went up a bit. $188.
$30 increase.
Running the electric heat some along with the furnace.
Me, wife, 19 and 15 year old daughters.
Electric stove, dryer, water heater.

NO back up heat system?

Nope, just the propane fireplace. And I would have to plug in a genset, cause the gas won't run without 110V. There are enough gensets around to keep the wells running. Running water and the propane fireplace would keep the pipes from freezing

There are three RVs in the yard. The daughters 40 ft trailer, my 28 ft trailer, and my 9ft Lance cab over camper. That would cover cooking needs and showers.

I do not own the house, so not a lot I can do about backup heat. Except buy a bigger genset w/ 220V capability.

PS, And I don't really want to start cutting and hauling firewood again at this point anyway. But a pellet stove would be nice.

Our winter bill is just over half of what it was last year since we installed a Quadrafire woodstove. HELL OF A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE. No comparison

Woodstoves are great as long as you have the ability to do all the work yourself and access o free wood. Otherwise not so great a deal. December was cold. Its going to get interesting.