Reply #30: electric bills in my neck of the woods are [View All]

going up by 35% in jan 2007

we'd "shop" around for another utility company - but there's only 1 that will service our area.. so much for "competition"

we heat with oil and supplement heating with a wood stove - we've already contacted our cord wood suppliers - we are getting 9-10 cords delivered over the next 3 months. heating oil is going to be a killer this winter too - we ordered 150 gallons this week - $2.20 a gallon

last winter we had about 6 cords, fairly mild winter - wood lasted us until mid-march.

going to do some major insulating in the basement and anywhere else we can.

meanwhile - gas station down the road from us was at $2.79 yesterday morning, yesterday afternoon it was up to $2.89, this morning it's $2.99

other stations in the area went from $2.70 to $2.89 in a day. gas gouging going on? sure smells like it