 ARPremium,ExMod 2001-04
join:2000-09-21
Toronto, ON | hey....have your utility bills jumped up? I got my bill yesterday and it's $79! It's usually $55-65 TOPS!
It can't by my George Foreman, right? Other than that....I don't even watch much TV because I'm racking up lot of hours at the office!
Did the rates go up or something? |
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 dirtyjefferAnons on ignore.Premium
join:2002-02-21
London, ON | which bill, electricity?
are you on TOU billing? |
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Which bill, how do you heat your place.
It's winter. |
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ARPremium,ExMod 2001-04
join:2000-09-21
Toronto, ON | reply to dirtyjeffer
Yeah...the electric bill for my 600sq ft little condo.... 
I have no idea of what billing I am on. I just come home back to sleep and then sleep some more over the weekends. It's a dog's life  and now I have to pay $80 for something I don't even know what! |
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dirtyjefferAnons on ignore.Premium
join:2002-02-21
London, ON | 600sq ft?
my garage isn't much smaller than that...you should be able to heat that place with a lamp or a toaster...even better, just leave the heat off and leech the heat from neighbouring units.
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be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world. - Jack Layton 1950-2011 |
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ARPremium,ExMod 2001-04
join:2000-09-21
Toronto, ON | It might be the heat.....but it's not like this place is overly warm. But I'll turn it off today.
Bit by bit....someone is taking away MORE of your money...bit by bit. And no salary raise to compensate. |
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dirtyjefferAnons on ignore.Premium
join:2002-02-21
London, ON | do you have electric heat?
if so, that is likely the culprit...it's the most expensive way to heat a home. |
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 andybPremium
join:2003-05-29
SW Ontario
kudos:1 | reply to AR
Title of this thread is weird as when have they never gone up |
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ARPremium,ExMod 2001-04
join:2000-09-21
Toronto, ON | reply to dirtyjeffer
yep, electric heat. It's a condo....remember? |
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dirtyjefferAnons on ignore.Premium
join:2002-02-21
London, ON | reply to andyb
natural gas is at "record" lows (likely not record, but very low nonetheless). |
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dirtyjefferAnons on ignore.Premium
join:2002-02-21
London, ON | reply to AR
said by AR:yep, electric heat. It's a condo....remember?
yea, lots of newer condos here in London use forced air gas heat and have A/C on the system as well...you get a "utility closet" in your unit where the system (along with the hot water heater) is housed.
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My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us
be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world. - Jack Layton 1950-2011 |
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andybPremium
join:2003-05-29
SW Ontario
kudos:1 | reply to dirtyjeffer
Yes it is low.I even got a discount a bill or 2 ago on that line of my bill.Also got an increase on delivery etc on the next 2 lines |
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 LazManPremium
join:2003-03-26
canada | reply to AR
My hydro bill is $151/mth (on equal billing) - usually end up with a month or so's "credit" at the end of the year, but the predictable monthly bill helps for budgeting... Heat's forced air gas, and that's about $80/mth - also on equal billing.
1050 sq ft raised bungelow - about 1800 sq ft of finished space, I work from home, and have a good number of "toys", so the bill is just the price of doing business... |
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There is ONE THING that has not kept up with energy, utility, cable & telecom costs. Not even close. ... ... ... my paycheque.
Anyone else in the same (sinking) boat? |
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peterboroPremium
join:2006-11-03
Peterborough, ON | reply to AR
said by AR: Bit by bit....someone is taking away MORE of your money...bit by bit. And no salary raise to compensate.
At least you have a job, I know a guy on EI with a family and an apartment with baseboard heat and TOU is set to go here in a couple months. Vacancy rate is so low here he can't move and still stay in the same school district or anywhere in the city for that matter. |
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ARPremium,ExMod 2001-04
join:2000-09-21
Toronto, ON | As DJ would say.....tell him to get a job!!!
No, seriously.....I checked and my heat was on 24/7. I've turned it off because I'm not in much now and it's a well insulated place anyways. I don't need to pay an extra $30 for nothing. |
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 elwoodbluesElwood BluesPremium
join:2006-08-30
HarperLand
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said by peterboro:said by AR: Bit by bit....someone is taking away MORE of your money...bit by bit. And no salary raise to compensate.
At least you have a job, I know a guy on EI with a family and an apartment with baseboard heat and TOU is set to go here in a couple months. Vacancy rate is so low here he can't move and still stay in the same school district or anywhere in the city for that matter. But if he moved to London, he'd get a job tomorrow.
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No, I didn't. Honest... I ran out of gas. I... I had a flat tire. I didn't have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn't come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from out of town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake....... |
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ARPremium,ExMod 2001-04
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Toronto, ON | reply to vintagewino
The US economy is coming back. Does that mean maybe our salaries will eventually go up as employers fight for talent and skilled people? |
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said by vintagewino:There is ONE THING that has not kept up with energy, utility, cable & telecom costs. Not even close. ... ... ... my paycheque.
Anyone else in the same (sinking) boat?
everyone... when the rate of inflation is nearing 3% (of course the government doesn't include things like fuel in that, so in reality double the "official" rate) and wages staying flat, or even going down (take a pay cut or lose your job seems to be the new employee relations standard), disaster lies ahead. |
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said by peterboro:said by AR: Bit by bit....someone is taking away MORE of your money...bit by bit. And no salary raise to compensate.
At least you have a job, I know a guy on EI with a family and an apartment with baseboard heat and TOU is set to go here in a couple months. Vacancy rate is so low here he can't move and still stay in the same school district or anywhere in the city for that matter. that seems to me like one of the very few situations where a retail electricity contract might make sense. retail contracts are flat rate, no TOU, which in the case of electric heat, might end up costing less. |
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