Were you recently told your bill is gonna go up again when they put in that massive data center in a year or so? We were told. ¯_(ツ)_/¯ no option to say “fuck you, make them pay their bills.” Nope. PSE&g was like “brace for it bitch.” And that was ir.
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AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I live in NJ, USA. I thought I had missed a payment when my last electric bill came. Nope, just a huge rate hike. about the same amount of electricity as the prior year, double the bill.
FinalRemix@lemmy.world 7 months ago
jaybone@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
These taxes collected from tariffs have to go somewhere
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 7 months ago
PSE&G told some coworkers of mine their bill would go up by “as much as 20%” because they went up by 150%
AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I probably was. But I also just delete all their emails. They’re the only energy distributer in my area. Even if I contracted with someone else I’d have to pay their increased distribution rates.
FinalRemix@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Yeah same here. Just bullshit that they’re like “this is happening. Pay us more”
Damage@feddit.it 7 months ago
Europeans: “first time?”
My electricity costs must have tripled since the Ukraine war, not like they were low before…
KumaSudosa@feddit.dk 7 months ago
As a “European” my electricity bill has never been as low as it is this year. I think it really depends where you live
Tja@programming.dev 7 months ago
Where are you located? In Germany it spiked but now I’m paying less than before the war (25 vs 27 cents).
Damage@feddit.it 7 months ago
Italy.