Anyone hear of a massive increase in utilities in Lewis Co/Vanceburg?

[kcredden]

One of mother's renters just called and said that her utilities had rocketed to around $900. She also said others is reporting huge increases as well. So what has other people heard? What's going on? Is it a mistake? Someone needing a new BMW?

It's going to affect our office too, I'm afraid.

- Kc

[frogg]

Our electric bill had been running about $75 - $85 ........... our last bill was $170. Yeah, I would say a major increase.

Forgot to mention that we heat and cook with gas. <sigh>

[Marcia_Montieth]

hummm i live in the Tollesbor area we have Fleming mason and we use total electric and ours has been running around 400 a month but it is always that high this time of the year...

[Brian K Beckett]

People are paying 400 to 900 a month for electric??? Do you live in a mansion? Does the electric companies think we live in mansions? If I didnt have it allready I would switch to a Geothermal. It cost a little more to install but I know now its worth it. I have a 3 br with basement and I am paying on average of $150.00 and am on RECC and I thought I was paying too much. I bet if I was on KU it would be less then 100.
Wow 400 to 900 a month for electric that would buy another house.

[Marcia_Montieth]

People are paying 400 to 900 a month for electric??? Do you live in a mansion? Does the electric companies think we live in mansions? If I didnt have it allready I would switch to a Geothermal. It cost a little more to install but I know now its worth it. I have a 3 br with basement and I am paying on average of $150.00 and am on RECC and I thought I was paying too much. I bet if I was on KU it would be less then 100.
Wow 400 to 900 a month for electric that would buy another house.

Brain i Have lived in the same home for 7 years and our electric bill has always been around 400 from december to march. In the summer with the ac going it is usually around 130. We are thinking about gettin one of those outside wood stoves that hook in your duck work for next winter. We also live in a 3 bedroom home no mansion but RECC charges like we live in one lol>>>

[kcredden]

I'm not sure of the exact size of this house, but it's a rental so it's not fancy, just habitable - I estimate around 800 SF. Just seems like an incredible jump in utilities.

Thanks to all for responding. We'd like to hear from other folks, so keep talking.


- Kc

[Bengals_Mama]

We have an outside woodburning furnace, so our bill is never above $100 in the Winter. Before we had it we were paying anywhere from $140-170 in the Winter. We live in a single wide mobile home, so I cannot imagine what it would have been if we lived in the house we are getting ready to build, with just the electric furnace!

The way our woodburning furnace works is just like a woodstove outside, but it has hot water lines that flow to a radiator that heats up, then blows hot air out of our regular furnace ducts. It also runs to our water heater, which can use more electricity than your furnace can sometimes.

In the event that the woodstove goes out, or we go on vacation our electric furnace will kick on if below a certain degree.

These things really come in handy, but to chop & haul wood can be hard and time consuming. It's worth it when you get your bill though, believe me! I doubt you could use one within city limits though, but if you live in the country it's worth the investment. Don't go with the one that's advertised in the papers though, it's crap. Ours cost about $4,000, and has already paid itself off. Our neighbor made ours.

I would check out your water heater though, that may be where the bulk of your electricity is going to.

[Cobra]

We are also on RECC and have geo-thermal. Our average bill was about $135 but then it jumped to $175.

[Brian K Beckett]

I just checked last two electric bills it went from 130 to 193 I couldent imagine paying 400+

Cobra do you like your Geo thermal???

[wmjsmallwood]

i live in mason co and have ky utilites ,i heat with propane(ashamed to tell what this cost) and my bill this month (for electric)was $207.61,,,,!!!!!highest ever!,,water was also high,$150.00 ,,,i'm checking everything ,i think something is wrong!!

[Cobra]

Cobra do you like your Geo thermal???

We have had it now for 8 years with no problems yet. The initial cost of installation was a bit of a shocker but after hearing what others pay per month on electric I'm glad we've got it. I only wish we were with KU instead of RECC.

[bubbysgarage]

No offense to you all on RECC but this is one of the reason's I like living in the city. I like my KU and they always respond quickly if we have a problem. Our garage on the other hand is in the county and is on RECC and if we have problems well lets just say the response time is horrible. My father in law pays the electric bill so I'm not sure if its went up or not but I'm gonna tell him bout this so he's aware if it hasn't.

[Scooter16]

My co-worker spoke with someone at RECC and they told her there was a 13% increase accross the board.

[kdown]

I know it doesn't seem this way but Kentucky has the 4th lowest electric cost in the nation



http://www.neo.ne.gov/statshtml/115.htm

[Chuck]

Sorry KC but it sounds to me that new windows and some insulation might be in order for that old home. We have had a fairly cold winter and it will suck the heat out of a well insulated home.

[kcredden]

Good point Chuck. I did want to make sure this wasn't just us, or maybe an all-around mass increase. Like internet. Sometime's it's Firefox, sometime's it's the server :)

- Kc

Sorry KC but it sounds to me that new windows and some insulation might be in order for that old home. We have had a fairly cold winter and it will suck the heat out of a well insulated home.