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New Jersey’s electric bills tripled this summer — and could cost Dems the state
Posted on 8/10/25 at 6:14 pm
Posted on 8/10/25 at 6:14 pm
Surprise surprise. Everything they touch.
When my friend Rebecca in Highland Park, NJ, opened her PSE&G gas and electric bill last month, she almost fell out of her seat: It had tripled.
It’s now costing her more than $1,000 a month to keep her modest home running.
“It’s been creeping up for months, in spite of the fact that nothing about our house has changed,” she told me. “In years past, it was averaging about $300 a month.”
“I don’t know how we’re expected to absorb these new bills,” she posted on Facebook.
Her neighbor Felix Urman wondered the same as he ticked off his household costs for me.
“Property taxes are up 6.3%,” he said — on top of what had already been the nation’s highest.
“Car insurance up 15%. Home insurance up 17%. Health insurance up 19%.
“I don’t know how non-dermatologists are living in New Jersey,” he concluded.
That question — how are we expected to live here? — is why the solidly blue Garden State is rapidly turning purple.
Newsbreak Article LINK
When my friend Rebecca in Highland Park, NJ, opened her PSE&G gas and electric bill last month, she almost fell out of her seat: It had tripled.
It’s now costing her more than $1,000 a month to keep her modest home running.
“It’s been creeping up for months, in spite of the fact that nothing about our house has changed,” she told me. “In years past, it was averaging about $300 a month.”
“I don’t know how we’re expected to absorb these new bills,” she posted on Facebook.
Her neighbor Felix Urman wondered the same as he ticked off his household costs for me.
“Property taxes are up 6.3%,” he said — on top of what had already been the nation’s highest.
“Car insurance up 15%. Home insurance up 17%. Health insurance up 19%.
“I don’t know how non-dermatologists are living in New Jersey,” he concluded.
That question — how are we expected to live here? — is why the solidly blue Garden State is rapidly turning purple.
Newsbreak Article LINK
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Posted on 8/10/25 at 6:14 pm to OU Guy
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Dan Lockwood, a spokesperson for PJM Interconnection, the regional grid operator, explained the problem plainly to the New Jersey Monitor. “These higher prices are the result of a loss in electricity supply caused primarily by decarbonization policies that have led to an uptick in generator retirements,” Lockwood said.
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In short: the state is using more electricity than ever before, after legislators systematically dismantled the infrastructure that used to provide it. And the New Jersey lawmakers who championed these green policies as bold and forward-thinking left regular families to foot the bill.
Posted on 8/10/25 at 6:41 pm to OU Guy
This is what they voted for. After listening to the EXPERTS tell them that coal, oil and gas are bad. They fell for it. The ole sow and reap.
This post was edited on 8/10/25 at 6:43 pm
Posted on 8/10/25 at 6:44 pm to G I Jeaux
Quickest answer is combined cycle units, gas and steam. They need to think nuclear for the longer term.
Posted on 8/10/25 at 6:47 pm to Lynxrufus2012
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Quickest answer is combined cycle units, gas and steam.
They can’t get equipment fast enough. POs are booked out 7 years.
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They need to think nuclear for the longer term.
Never going to happen. Especially not in Jersey.
Posted on 8/10/25 at 6:53 pm to OU Guy
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Car insurance up 15%. Home insurance up 17%. Health insurance up 19%.
And the voters will still put the rats back in office.
Posted on 8/10/25 at 6:54 pm to OU Guy
It is truly amazing how retarded the electrical and power distribution system is in the USA.
We expand everything that requires energy while reducing the systems that produce it reliably.
We expand everything that requires energy while reducing the systems that produce it reliably.
Posted on 8/10/25 at 7:18 pm to G I Jeaux
Not really...look at the gerrymander post. NJ votes red at 46% but has zero representation.
46% red is not deep blue as the legislative numbers would have you think
46% red is not deep blue as the legislative numbers would have you think
Posted on 8/10/25 at 7:22 pm to JerseyTiger07
NY too:
No More Gas Service In New Homes In New York State , all electric . Even as record numbers of people face power shutoff with bills higher than their mortgage.
No More Gas Service In New Homes In New York State , all electric . Even as record numbers of people face power shutoff with bills higher than their mortgage.
Posted on 8/10/25 at 7:29 pm to OU Guy
Free Free Free everything is Free
Unless you have a job
Unless you have a job
Posted on 8/10/25 at 7:30 pm to OU Guy
NJ turning purple ??
No it’s not. “We just voted in the wrong democrat”…. This next democrat will fix everything! (That’s how these blue freaks think).
No it’s not. “We just voted in the wrong democrat”…. This next democrat will fix everything! (That’s how these blue freaks think).
Posted on 8/10/25 at 7:55 pm to Cajun Slick
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NJ turning purple ??
No it’s not. “We just voted in the wrong democrat”…. This next democrat will fix everything! (That’s how these blue freaks think).
I know you said in jest. But some of the blue states are changing. Its a huge challenge because they have the cities locked down with corruption and stolen elections. But if enough fringe voters change (even in and especially the cities) then national and statewide elections can flip red. Not the city but the state/fed level ones.
And then eventually we can flip the cities. We should never give up on city votes.
Ironically its their own leftist policies that are forcing votes to go blue to red. This energy deal is serious. Its going to cost each person lots of money just to live. That might be enough to change votes.
Posted on 8/10/25 at 8:03 pm to OU Guy
I don’t care if any of these liberal States freeze into a block of ice or melt into a puddle of sweat. frick em. Let them learn the only way they know how: suffer consequences
This post was edited on 8/10/25 at 8:04 pm
Posted on 8/10/25 at 8:04 pm to OU Guy
But do they FEEL better for lowering their carbon footprint?
Posted on 8/10/25 at 8:10 pm to OU Guy
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and could cost Dems the state
Nope. They are idiots and will continue to vote the same way.
Posted on 8/10/25 at 8:20 pm to OU Guy
We just moved out of New Jersey. Our last few monthly electric bills, for an empty house on the market, the delivery cost has been more expensive than the electricity used. Fortunately, the house sale closed last week and it's no longer a problem. Screw NJ, so glad to be gone. Their state motto should be "frick You, Pay Me."
Posted on 8/10/25 at 8:28 pm to LSUAlum2001
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Nope. They are idiots and will continue to vote the same way.
I counter with Pennsylvania. They went from blue to red. Philly is still hard blue but in the last 8 years blue went from over 1,000,000 more registered blue voters to now its even with red likely to surpass them soon.
Thats how you do it. Keep working the fringes. Scott Pressler has done wonders and I think he mentioned working on NJ. All these sky high tax and utility increases hit everyone especially the poor. At some point those poor will see the Dims for the dictators they are but it usually takes a nudge or two.
We need to build our advantage and never rest.
Posted on 8/10/25 at 8:29 pm to Saint Alfonzo
Just curious, what state did you choose?
Posted on 8/10/25 at 8:31 pm to OU Guy
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Just curious, what state did you choose?
We moved back to North Carolina By God.
Posted on 8/10/25 at 8:37 pm to Saint Alfonzo
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We moved back to North Carolina By God.
I know it goes without saying but make sure and register to vote! And good luck, NC will be paradise in comparison.
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