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Post Icon Posted: Aug. 03 2006,2:59 pm Post # 1 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
The heat wave nearly DOUBLED my average July Bill.... :angry  :beat .....$150 more than any previous month over the last 3 years...... :eek

Their readings say I used 4 TIMES my "baseline allocation"..... :rolleyes   FOCKERS are quick learners of the consumer rip-off strategy (Exxon, Chevron, etc.)
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I'm scared we haven't gotten ours yet... :(  :eek
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Post Icon Posted: Aug. 03 2006,3:28 pm Post # 3 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Thats sucks!!!  That baseline is BULL $HIT...  :angry









They say Im over my three year average but Ive been there for a year. So they get to estimate the avg. for me... Thats mighty nice of them :banghead

Edited by MrCord on Aug. 03 2006,3:28 pm

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Got our Havasu Bill for June 15 - July 15.  We ran the AC non-stop for 10 days during this period and much to my suprise, only had an $80.00 bill.    :good
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Post Icon Posted: Aug. 03 2006,3:46 pm Post # 5 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Thats not too bad at all!  Where ya get in trouble is over baseline...  Starts to grow about 3x faster

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Post Icon Posted: Aug. 03 2006,5:49 pm Post # 6 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
So how many more Kill-o-watts did you use compared to last year???  :stupid

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Post Icon Posted: Aug. 03 2006,5:58 pm Post # 7 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Quote (Sleek-Jet @ Aug. 03 2006,5:49 pm)
So how many more Kill-o-watts did you use compared to last year???  :stupid

Over 2000 total....guess that's a lot.... :stupid  :rolleyes
368 vs LY
540 vs 2LY

Mainly the A/C suckin' in down....time for a check-up... :beat

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You might have them come out and change the meter or at least check it... of course there will be a service charge  :rolleyes , but meters do get out of tolerance over time, focks the readings up.  

Another possibility... if your meter is read by a person still vs. a remote read (called a turtle system), the meter reader will "estimate" the read for several months and then actually show up and read the meter... your bill will be through the roof.  If your readings (kWh) are damn near the same for several months in a row followed by a big jump... you've got a lazy meter reader on your hands.

Don't know how big your AC is, but my 4.5ton unit used 1680 kWh last month... and it was over a hundred every day.

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Post Icon Posted: Aug. 03 2006,6:27 pm Post # 9 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Quote (Sleek-Jet @ Aug. 03 2006,6:23 pm)
You might have them come out and change the meter or at least check it... of course there will be a service charge  :rolleyes , but meters do get out of tolerance over time, focks the readings up.  

Another possibility... if your meter is read by a person still vs. a remote read (called a turtle system), the meter reader will "estimate" the read for several months and then actually show up and read the meter... your bill will be through the roof.  If your readings (kWh) are damn near the same for several months in a row followed by a big jump... you've got a lazy meter reader on your hands.

Don't know how big your AC is, but my 4.5ton unit used 1680 kWh last month... and it was over a hundred every day.

Thanks "power man"...... :good   I'll check things out....
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Solar elect panels.

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Quote (Trailer Park Casanova @ Aug. 03 2006,7:50 pm)
Solar elect panels.

... and that ain't no shit either...

I plan on putting up solar one of these days, the State of Arizona and TEP offer big incentives for installed kW... almost enough to cover a good portion of the install.  

You will start seeing a big push in the Southwest for installed solar (i.e. distributed generation)... Our generation company at work has more demand now than generator capacity, and it's getting to hard to site and build plants... solar is one of the options for taking the pressure off the assetts we have.

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Quote (Sleek-Jet @ Aug. 03 2006,6:23 pm)
You might have them come out and change the meter or at least check it... of course there will be a service charge  :rolleyes , but meters do get out of tolerance over time, focks the readings up.  

Another possibility... if your meter is read by a person still vs. a remote read (called a turtle system), the meter reader will "estimate" the read for several months and then actually show up and read the meter... your bill will be through the roof.  If your readings (kWh) are damn near the same for several months in a row followed by a big jump... you've got a lazy meter reader on your hands.

Don't know how big your AC is, but my 4.5ton unit used 1680 kWh last month... and it was over a hundred every day.

Nope, the meter was spot on..... :rolleyes   I called them today to BITCH as most of the area billings are $200-$300 above expectation.... :beat

Def. looking at a solar supplement at this point.... :angry   It ain't gonna improve down the road....
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We pay the same thing every month year round, usually the last 2-3 months is pretty much free!.. :good
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We are really fortunate here because our power is cheap compared to most others. Our a/c runs 24/7 all summer and the bill has never exceeded $130. :good
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Post Icon Posted: Aug. 04 2006,8:06 am Post # 15 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
I thought I was the only one.......my bill went from $60 a month to my July bill which is $440.   :angry
I think they f'ed up.  :beat  :flamed
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Post Icon Posted: Aug. 04 2006,8:42 am Post # 16 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
I haven't received my bill yet this month, but I'm afraid to see what that's going to look like!! :eek  :eek

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I thought I was the only one.......my bill went from $60 a month to my July bill which is $440.   :angry
I think they f'ed up.  :beat  :flamed

Holy $#%&   that hurts!  





For sure have that one checked out!

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Did you know if you lightly bang on the bottom of the glass covering on your electric meter it stops spinning? Then tap it a few more times and it will start again. Or so I've heard  :D

Edited by NakedTurtle on Aug. 04 2006,10:39 am

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The hell with tapping the meter......I'm gonna take a 5 pound sledge hammer to the f'in thing.


I just got of the phone with Edison and they tell me that the reason my bill is high is due to the increase in rates.  They increased it 37%.........  :beat  I don't even charge that kind of percentage to my customers.  :flamed  

I guess I will be lighting candles for light in my house from now on...  :cry
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37%  :eek  :eek  Sounds like legal robery :guns

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The store I work at is VERY small.  It's one of the smallest in our chain if not the smallest (16,000 square feet).  Our 2nd Qtr (13 weeks) ends on Sunday and our electric bills for this 13 week period total more than $83,000. :eek  This is not a typo - thats EIGHTY THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS for a 13 week period. :eek  :eek  :eek





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The store I work at is VERY small.  It's one of the smallest in our chain if not the smallest (16,000 square feet).  Our 2nd Qtr (13 weeks) ends on Sunday and our electric bills for this 13 week period total more than $83,000. :eek  This is not a typo - thats EIGHTY THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS for a 13 week period. :eek  :eek  :eek

:eek   And your like two blocks from the F'n beach..... :beat  :fight
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The store I work at is VERY small.  It's one of the smallest in our chain if not the smallest (16,000 square feet).  Our 2nd Qtr (13 weeks) ends on Sunday and our electric bills for this 13 week period total more than $83,000. :eek  This is not a typo - thats EIGHTY THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS for a 13 week period. :eek  :eek  :eek

:eek   And your like two blocks from the F'n beach..... :beat  :fight

I wonder what the 60,000 square foot stores in the inland areas with higher temperatures are paying? :stupid  :beat





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The store I work at is VERY small.  It's one of the smallest in our chain if not the smallest (16,000 square feet).  Our 2nd Qtr (13 weeks) ends on Sunday and our electric bills for this 13 week period total more than $83,000. :eek  This is not a typo - thats EIGHTY THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS for a 13 week period. :eek  :eek  :eek

:eek   And your like two blocks from the F'n beach..... :beat  :fight

I wonder what the 60,000 square foot stores in the inland areas with higher temperatures are paying? :stupid  :beat

My highest last year was approx 390.00 in July, this one 690.00   :banghead . One large university in OC that we work with, $ 980,000.00 last MONTH, Yow! Cost of tuition is gonna be going up!
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