Title: Over Twenty Million Households Struggle To Pay Energy Bills, It Will Get Worse Source:
[None] URL Source:[None] Published:Jun 13, 2022 Author:Tyler Durden Post Date:2022-06-13 18:54:22 by Horse Keywords:None Views:502 Comments:12
Over 20 million households are behind over $23 billion on their utility bills as we head into a blisteringly hot summer...
I can only imagine why my bill went up. Likely to absorb the cost of non payers
I actually looked at one of my electric bills about six months ago. It seemed really high, so I poked around a little bit and found out the freezer in my refrigerator was running at -20 F. I rejiggered the air controls and thermostats over several days and managed to almost cut my electric bill in half. I have two deep freezers in my garage, I don't need my fridge running like that, it's not designed to anyway.
I've been messing with my A/C today, it wasn't keeping up so I cleaned the filters. I've got the capacity right on the hairy-edge where it wont be able to keep up on super hot days, like the next three days, but it's worth not going for 100% for the 10 or less extreme days per year. I should be able to hold 80-85 on 100 degree days.
My AEP stock, parent of I&M Electric, dividends probably pay my electric bills anyway, but waste not, want not.
Inside coil froze solid a few days ago when we had a big hen party here for our #6 (honorary) daughter. Twenty women and the doors open a lot. We have 4 heat pumps here -- upstairs, downstairs, garage-converted-to- rec-room-and-laundry, and my office/lab in the back yard.