Demco Bill sky high this month.

Making up for that ice storm and Ida, I guess.

Seems reasonable

You growing weed plants or mining crypto?

They sent out an email about fuel costs etc. Ours was a good bit higher than normal too.

quote:

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First, wholesale power costs for DEMCO rose 60 percent beginning this past summer. One reason for this increase is DEMCO spread the costs of Winter Storm Uri over a year to prevent a shocking increase in one month. The Louisiana Public Service Commission allowed this approach for all utilities to help all ratepayers. Paying these costs over time has increased rates by about five percent per month.

The main driver, though, of higher wholesale power costs since the summer is the extraordinary closing costs related to our power supplier permanently shutting down the Dolet Hills Power Station in Mansfield, LA. These closing costs have been pushed into the rates of all CLECO consumers, including wholesale customers like DEMCO. The Dolet Hills closing costs have increased retail rates by about 25 percent over the past six months. All of this is exacerbated by higher fuel costs over the same period.

The good news is that we are close to paying off the winter storm costs, and we will soon see the end of higher costs tied to the Dolet Hills plant closing. As a result, the monthly kilowatt-hour price from DEMCO to our members will decrease by about 25 percent beginning in early 2022.

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“Your energy bill may be a bit higher this month - here’s why experts say that’s a good thing:”

My electric was 50 something dollars.

That’s going to happen until the recoup their investment for storm damage. They market to you that you pay $.08 or $.10 per kWh but the additional charges make it $.13 or $.15 per.

In a non-shaded area, solar is a 30 year <$.05 cents per kWh investment. Regulate your utilities and allow for 1:1!Net Metering. Case closed.

My bill was like $85

Havent run the AC or heat much at all the last month

Lmfao 94,000 kWh is damn near impossible. That’s either a mistake or there’s some weed growing in a basement being lit & heated 24/7.

Even then, there’s no way to use that much in a 30 day cycle.