Submitted by thentangler t3_10h5koi in RhodeIsland
Has anyone else also seen the jump in their gas bill? I thought last month was just an anomaly, but looks like it’s persisting even tho I made sure to reduce my thermostats and use as little gas as possible.
Anyone else noticed this from their RIE gas bill compared to Nov of 2022?
Jesus Christ we get it already. There’s somebody bitching about this on here every other post now.
Natural gas rates from RIE went up about 11% starting Nov 1, from $0.6137 over the summer/fall to $0.6831/therm.
Naturally, usage will be increasing as the weather (slowly) gets colder...it takes more energy to keep your house 65 degrees when it's 20 degrees outside than when it's 50 degrees out.
https://www.wpri.com/money/9-6-gas-rate-hike-approved-for-ri-energy-customers/
I'm starting to think that a lot of people have absolutely no idea how to read a utility bill, and that scares me.
I converted my system from oil to natural gas over the summer, and have been quite pleased with my bill. The last few years I've been paying between $225 and $250/month on a budget plan with my oil company, so my most recent bill of $175 was still lower than what I'm used to!
My fiancée and I had an eye-popping bill and we got someone from RIE to look at our meter. It turns out that we had a gas leak. The rates are still insane but always a good idea to get it looked at
Every day, same post. Yes - RIE rates are insane. Rates are insane across the country. We knew this was coming for months
Could you help educate then instead of rolling your eyes? And I do know how to read. And the reason I know it’s bullshit is because the significant increase was in the delivery charges and not the actually cost of gas itself. These fuckers took over national grid (which is already private) and trying to make more profit for their shareholders by squeezing the citizens by tacking on more fees for “delivery”. All the while getting subsidies from the govt
Mine was like $214. And I’m hardly at home!!!
Is it because we have to share LNG with Europe now?
If you are just noticing this now, it’s hard for people to empathize.
The energy company spent ad money explaining the issue and alerting their customers. The State Dept. of Public Utilities held hearings on the matter and did its best to alert consumers.
We get it, it’s annoying, lots of people literally can’t afford it. But this all goes back to October. So if you are just catching on now then people are rightfully going to think you are uninformed or ignorant of the problem. The added cost in fact has nothing to do with the local energy providers and has to do with the regional energy grid managers passing on cost.
So yeah, it sucks. But this exact post happens twice a week and most of the time from people who don’t understand anything other than , “My EnERgy BiLL wEnt UP MERRR!!!”
I guess I must’ve missed the memo. Although in my defense I did just recently move to RI.
I started using my programmable thermostat (changing +/- 2°F), and have a super-insulated 40 gal hot water tank that only loses 1°F/hr. It wasn't the cheapest system, but it's saving me money every month (so far). Hope you can figure out where you can cut some cost!
Sorry you missed it and sorry if people are giving you hate. If you need help paying for utilities, there are resources available. DM me if you want, and I’ll help you locate them.
If you are like most of us and this added cost is seriously a problem, but you can absorb it, know most of the western world is with you or has it worse. Look into home heating costs year over year in Europe. Then look at the UK.
RI does have it bad, we are one of the most expensive energy markets in the USA, but it’s as bad or worse for most of the world.
Welcome to Rhode Island.
It’s been going up since Biden declared that he was at war with the fossil fuel industry. Also, the Russians war against Ukrainian has caused the price to go up. Especially in Europe.
And it’s not even a cold winter ( yet)
What is the basis for that statement?
Especially natural gas. It powers our heat/stove/hot water, and many power stations. Kinda sucks, but it’s happening.
Going to be like this for now on you mean
Not in RI but we just got a $500 electric bill for a 2 bedroom apartment. I know it was Christmas but goddamn.
+Distribution Adjustment Charge went from .198 to .3713
+24h a day is now charge at peak distribution charge.
I understand the supply problem. I want to know why the charges they profit from have increased.
Ummm the news? We are now sending gas to Germany
Thank you for your kind words and the offer to help. I appreciate it. I can absorb the cost but it severely affects my savings rate and I’ll have to cut down on some other expenses.
I’m fine with the hate, but I just hope people can open their eyes and see that it is not something that is unavoidable. We have one of the largest natural gas reserves on the world, even with siphoning some to Europe.
But since the industry has been privatized, profiteering has made all the CEOs blame the Ukraine war and political policies to purposely inflate the prices when they don’t really need to be. We the middle class are the ones paying for their brownie points to their shareholders.
Maybe the govt is partially to blame but it’s the corporates that lobby to them and swing policies in their favor for increasing prices. I don’t expect people on here to hear what I say but one can only wish.
And thank you for the welcome ☺️
I hope that we build more nuclear. Unfortunately, lots of people are buying electric cars, this perversely will push up natural gas prices because of all the power to charge those suckers. Imagine too that electric trucks when they start to roll probably won't be paying fuel taxes...
Certainly a big part of it.
He’s at war with it but he’s losing. Just read a good article about Chesapeake Energy coming back from bankruptcy. They are at record natural gas production now. Unfortunately for New England there isn’t pipeline capacity to get it here. So it goes elsewhere and a more and more will be getting shipped to Europe as they build the terminals to fill the demand.
Ughh, I don’t have the energy to explain this again. It’s so much more complicated then what you describe and the cost increases aren’t coming from corporate greed or the war in Ukraine. The US is literally pumping out NG as fast as possible.
The cost to get that NG out of the ground and deliver it to your house or your closest generation station is the problem.
Good luck here my dude. Make sure you take a left where Almacs used to be.
they have a hard time accepting a lot of things in life other than a gas bill increase...lmao....wild times we live in
I think I can answer part of that.
For natural gas, all of November through April is considered peak season, which is accurate as far as usage goes. Why distribution costs more when we use more and there's a reverse economy of scale? I don't know.
I also don't know what exactly the Distribution Adj Charge means, nor why it's almost doubled. Ultimately because the PUC approved it, but I haven't read any report or seen any meeting minutes it anything to explain it.
They keep electing the same officials and expect change.
I find it so absolutely incredible that there are still people out there that think elected officials somehow control the price of energy.
But then again, I probably shouldn’t be surprised.
There are a lot of things that can be done but it’s 1am and I respectfully don’t feel like getting into a Reddit debate.
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I love the down votes. I give them facts and because of their political ideology, they can’t accept the truth.
Mine was $109 this month. I have gas for heat and hot water.
For Nov-Dec I had a $250 gas bill with the thermostat at 62. Dropped it to 58 for our mild Dec-Nov and it’s $280. Stupid. It’s a squeeze.
Is there no reprieve? And I see the Fed touting that inflation is going down. Bullshit I’m gonna have to ask my employer for a raise to pay my utility bills.
Not inflation just the passing from National Grid to RI Energy and the crazy hike of the charges that are not federally regulated.
Double
Biden has hampered US energy production
Your not wrong!
This is what JOE BIDEN wants!!! Our planet is chock full of natural gas.
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Maybe you could drop some links to reliable sources that prove your "facts"?
Dude has literally approved more oil permits and pipelines than the last guy that was in office by this time.
But sure, think what you want.
That’s the definition of inflation lol
One specific product increasing in price because of extenuating circumstances is not the definition of inflation
Not for nothing, but the electricity price increase started October 1, and the NG price increase hit November 1
🤣🤣😂 did you say just one specific product?? Either you are privileged or you have your head stuck in the sand lolol
We're talking about the price of natural gas here.
I didn't say inflation doesn't exist, I said that one product's price increasing isn't "the definition of inflation" as you claimed.
Come on he has not.
Something I found with Rhode Island Energy, you can create an account at internet.speedpay.com and pay your energy bills with a credit card and they don't charge a convenience fee. Unlike the national grid site where credit cards were charged a convenience fee. I know its not a huge break, but sometimes it helps not having to have the cash come out of your bank and use credit with no fee.
Keep drinking that crazy juice, hun.
I always pay off my credit card so I guess it wouldn’t make much of a difference… but that is a good suggestion. Thank you!
Maybe you live in an older house like mine I know mine is not insulated well and I paid 208 this month. Last yr at same time..you can see this if you have an online account it was 160
Selected officials
Don't know why this is downvoted many people just don't understand what is happening.
Cutting off our energy independence means buying from other Countries means our prices go up.
It's like a simple math equation the stewnards can't understand or grasp.
Dude we are buying from other countries hence all this inflation.
Bidens like a high school bully. Just because Trump made us energy independent he wanted to punch back at Trump but he has hurt all Americans.
Wonder what those documents he was hiding have to say.
Check the Biden family holdings and learn something.
Another huge bill myself
I’m just curious to see how long the people are going to shut up and take it in until they start to push back. Sure now the M2 supply is still high lots of people have a padded savings account, but that’s fast dwindling and it’s starting to eat into the basic needs of Maslow’s hierarchy
I don’t know how the elderly on fixed incomes are doing it they’re going to have to choose between eating or heating. This is brutal, but people keep voting the same way and expect a different outcome is literally the definition of insanity. Our leaders don’t care we’re cattle they need our tax money, and clearly no one wants to fix the energy crisis, which would be easily fixed if we opened up the United States capacity to create energy. But that’s not gonna happen for another at least two years. Economies going off the cliff it’s like eight or nine bucks for eggs I live in Warwick I’d buy a chicken if I could they won’t let us. I have a wood stove and natural gas we’ve been running the woodstove and our bills still double what it should be.
Exactly! And they don’t allow you to have chickens in Warwick? My friend has a chicken run at his place in Attleboro and I thought Warwick was more country that Attleboro… that’s so lame that they won’t let you have chickens there.
No we can’t have chicken coups in Warwick but Coventry or Exeter you can. Anyway your right I’ve been using my wood stove nightly and still my gas bill is double it’s unbelievable that people are ok with this. Most people I know are not but if you blame the administration or any leaders you get censored or outright banned on Reddit. Doesn’t matter if you’re Republican or Democrat we’re all getting hit the same way in the pocketbook hard. I have upvoted you, but just give it time. You will have negative votes in no time don’t dare to question why energy is high. You made a good post. This is a big problem for people who don’t make a lot of money or who are low income or on fixed income or people who may lose your job as this recession continues. Good luck to you.
Thank you I appreciate it!
Except rewards. I mean if we're going to be paying hundreds per month, might as well be getting the points. This is good info indeed.
We're not "sending" it, they're BUYING IT. Like every commodity, the highest bidder gets it. They paid more than local companies were willing to pay. It's capitalism
potholesandpizza t1_j56ki2w wrote
There were major rate hikes for gas and electricity that started effective Nov. 1. It’s going to be like this all winter.