Whew! That is a relief

@snowy22315 (170748)

United States

February 1, 2022 7:48am CST

I have been afraid to look at my power bills, even though we had those 4 days without power, the rest of the month, the heat has been on nearly constantly with those cold temperatures. I rarely use it so much, plus space heaters have been running quite a bit when the heat is not on. I was figuring the bill would be ghastly high, but it is not..maybe the power company is embarrassed about the outage,(they should be) and gave credits, or maybe the bill for Feb will be a bit more..whatever, I am happy..I was thinking it would be 300+ or something. I think they did some creative billing to keep bills on the low side.

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@LadyDuck (459629)

• Switzerland

1 Feb 22

We pay gas and electricity together and we pay every three months, the last bill was pretty high because it covers winter months, I paid less than $ 700 for gas and electricity, it reasonable.

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@snowy22315 (170748)

• United States

1 Feb 22

Well considering it covers a 3 month period, it is OK I guess.

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@LadyDuck (459629)

• Switzerland

1 Feb 22

@snowy22315 - For a three story house with 4 bedroom all heated all the time is not expensive.

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@snowy22315 (170748)

• United States

1 Feb 22

@LadyDuck Could be worse for sure

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@Hannihar (129609)

• Israel

2 Feb 22

@snowy22315 I am glad they did right by you. I wish they would do that here.

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@snowy22315 (170748)

• United States

2 Feb 22

Yes, energy is costly everywhere, and I am happy this company has ressonable rates.

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@snowy22315 (170748)

• United States

4 Feb 22

@Hannihar Me too

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@Hannihar (129609)

• Israel

3 Feb 22

@snowy22315 Yes, you are right that energy is costly and I am glad you have a company that has reasonable rates too.

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@sweetashoney (3594)

• United States

1 Feb 22

I'm looking for mine to be way high this month. It seemed like on these freezing days and nights that my unit never cut off.

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@snowy22315 (170748)

• United States

1 Feb 22

I know, I hear that. Luckily the temps are warmer now, and we get lots of sunlight in here so not really needed so much now.

@sweetashoney (3594)

• United States

1 Feb 22

@snowy22315 It suppose to be around 70 later this week, but then drop right back down after that.

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@RebeccasFarm (86908)

• United States

1 Feb 22

Wow lucky you..not the case here..my bill is astronomical..I do not know what I am going to do here

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@snowy22315 (170748)

• United States

1 Feb 22

Wouldn't you qualify for heating assistance? They should offer that through social services. I have never applied for it, (and probably wouldn't qualify anyway) but plenty do.

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@RebeccasFarm (86908)

• United States

1 Feb 22

@snowy22315 I would if the heater worked..they will only pay if the heating works you see. They only pay for gas not electric. Leap you are talking about. They wont pay for space heating. Another reason why I am furious with this situation. I should sue them for cost.

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@snowy22315 (170748)

• United States

1 Feb 22

@RebeccasFarm Hmmm, well good luck.

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@xFiacre (12638)

• Ireland

1 Feb 22

@snowy22315 Our fuel bills have gone up on average from £500 a year to £1300. That’s just for natural gas powered heating. On top of that electricity has just gone up by 21% and will jump again.

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@snowy22315 (170748)

• United States

1 Feb 22

Argggh!!! How can people afford that?

@snowy22315 (170748)

• United States

1 Feb 22

@xFiacre Yeah, that will help for sure. My bills here are usually the lowest in April and October where heat or AC are not required.

@xFiacre (12638)

• Ireland

1 Feb 22

@snowy22315 A good lot can't and have to make difficult choices. I'm glad spring is just round the corner.

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@arunima25 (85697)

• Bangalore, India

2 Feb 22

That would be a big relief. I was shocked to see my power bills and then called them up. It was a mistake on their part. Though I pay my bills regularly on time, they included the last month bill also into this. Good that it was sorted out.

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@snowy22315 (170748)

• United States

2 Feb 22

Yes, I was thrilled.

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@arunima25 (85697)

• Bangalore, India

3 Feb 22

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@rebelann (111312)

• El Paso, Texas

2 Feb 22

I couldn't afford a $300 power bill. I'm praying mine won't be too much over $100.

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@snowy22315 (170748)

• United States

2 Feb 22

I can't either. That is why I was thrilled under 2.

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@rakski (112925)

• Philippines

2 Feb 22

that is good to know

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@snowy22315 (170748)

• United States

2 Feb 22

It is really.

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@TheHorse (206922)

• Walnut Creek, California

1 Feb 22

PG&E does "creative billing" to make up for the fines they had to pay because of the wildfires they caused. Monopolies suck.

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@snowy22315 (170748)

• United States

2 Feb 22

This company is smaller.

@cacay1 (83220)

• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines

2 Feb 22

I'm so happy for you. That was an awesome feeling turned to be ironical for the bill goes beyond your expectation. That's also what I'm feeling if current billing arrives for we consumed current much.

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@snowy22315 (170748)

• United States

2 Feb 22

Yes, it was wonderful.

@JudyEv (326381)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Feb 22

That's good news. I wonder if the power company tried to lessen the impact. I can't imagine them doing that here.

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@snowy22315 (170748)

• United States

2 Feb 22

I think they may have. If they charged for everything everybody used, I have the feeling it would have been alot more.

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@CarolDM (203451)

• Nashville, Tennessee

1 Feb 22

Many will have large bills for January.

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@snowy22315 (170748)

• United States

2 Feb 22

Definitely

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@Faster16 (2930)

• Indonesia

2 Feb 22

I also save electricity, we use automatic lights with sensors, in the morning it will turn itself off

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@snowy22315 (170748)

• United States

2 Feb 22

Ywah, those are good.

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@qianamalayeka (84)

• Indonesia

2 Feb 22

i'm glad to hear that ^^

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@snowy22315 (170748)

• United States

2 Feb 22

Thanks, I was happy.

@dodo19 (47121)

• Beaconsfield, Quebec

1 Feb 22

I'm glad to hear that it wasn't as high as you thought it would be. That's good news.

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@snowy22315 (170748)

• United States

1 Feb 22

Yes, it balanced out the audiofiles debacle.

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@Marilynda1225 (80023)

• United States

1 Feb 22

That is great news for you and hopefully you won't get hit with a big bill for Feb. My heat has been on a lot too along with my electric fireplace. I'm sure my bill will go up. I hate this winter and all the cold

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@snowy22315 (170748)

• United States

2 Feb 22

That is another reason to want the spring lower bills.

@Janet357 (75656)

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1 Feb 22

At least the bill was manageable:) it is something that we dread to see.

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@snowy22315 (170748)

• United States

1 Feb 22

I know..I had a friend who told me she always opens her electric bill sitting down, since she is afraid she will collapse,,,if she opens it by the door..

. Luckily since mine is online, I am always sitting down anyway!