I pay 13 cents for 1 kwt and a monthly bill both for natural gas and hydro is up to 300USD a month during winter which is 1|10 of my salary or an equivalent to my Mom pension payment....

Wow, Igor, that's awful.
Guess I should've kept my mouth shut...

But I remain worried about what the bill for the barely-heated (cold building) will be...horrible cold this winter.

Gonna go and kiss my woodstove... 😆 😆

Barb

Gonna go and kiss my woodstove... 😆 😆 Barb

:headbang:

the electric bill for my old home was very very cheap somthing around 100 a month. since we moved last week I have not gotten a bill from the new company we are on ( muuuuch higher rates ) and will expect no less than 300 or better a month for electric. no gas or other heating bill so I guess it could be worse.

300 or better a month for electric

That's gettin' up there...

Why would one area be so much higher than another when you moved?
Or did you move out of state?

Here, the entire province gets the same rate presumably.

Barb

the old company I was on was a power house..they burned coal and made the power. the one I am on now is a sub station..buying the power and holding it till you need it..they buy at the low rate sell it high. the reason they can do this is they supply rural areas. I wanted to move out away from people..horrible neighbors..so now im paying for it literally

Thanks for the explanation, Mike, and your candor.
How diverse everyone's situation--and suppliers--are.

But one thing's for sure, prices are going to keep going up.

I'm old enough to remember the days when the only constant WASN'T change. 😕

Glad you're happy with your new neighbors! 😀

Barb

We pay around 7.5 cents for 1 kw/h in Québec, i think it s becasuse we have lot of hydro-electricity.....

Dirt cheap Beny, from what everyone else said.

😀

Yeah, and the hydro-electricity is cheap once the infrastruture is done. The water and gravity does the rest 😆

Ben

I pay £104 per month for gas and Electricity. I use gas for Central Heating and hot water and Electricity for Cooking and lights of course. When my Wife complains of cold, she goes on the running machine for an hour, not that i'm a scrooge of course 😀

I pay £104 per month for gas and Electricity. I use gas for Central Heating and hot water and Electricity for Cooking and lights of course. When my Wife complains of cold, she goes on the running machine for an hour, not that i'm a scrooge of course 😀

You can rig the running machine to generate power to the rest of the house... or at least the palms.... 😆

Yeah, and the hydro-electricity is cheap once the infrastruture is done. The water and gravity does the rest 😆

Ben

My first hydro bill in Ontario was a shocker (with no palms) from when I used to live in Quebec.... Auto insurance too, I suppose...

I miss the Hydro charges from my old home Province.... 😥

Then again, Ben has the best of both worlds, beautiful Palms and cheap Hydro! He's figured it out... lol

When my Wife complains of cold, she goes on the running machine for an hour,

Andy, I almost fell off my chair laughing at that!
Absolutely hilarious... 😆

Auto insurance too

Oh, man, don't get me started on car insurance 😉 😆

Barb

Electricity last month was about US$240. And, that is in an apartment, and no heated plants outside.
Electric heat is the main thing, plus electric hot water heater and clothes dryer. And oh yes, W's tanning bed in the garage.
Around here, we make electricity using coal brought in by diesel train from Wyoming. Maximize the carbon output sort of deal. Plus this way Oklahoma can export the abundant natural gas vs burn it here and send wind power to other states trying to be green.