How did everyone like this month's utility bill?

[Buster]

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Energy use is directly correlated to standard of living. Buster wins.

My renovation involves a giant h ole in the side of my house.

[Tik-Tok]

So it's not a menopausal wife opening all the windows in the house while the furnace is set to 23°c?

[arcticcat522]

Natural gas is the devils fuel....s/

[Buster]

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So it's not a menopausal wife opening all the windows in the house while the furnace is set to 23°c?

Thank god no. The solution to the renovation is much simpler.

[jutes]

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The one and only benefit of living in multi-family housing.

Not even close.

[03ozwhip]

Mine doubled to $450

[Sentry]

350 to 550 here Jan 2021 vs Jan 2022.

[pheoxs]

530$ for me with water / city fees

[littledan]

$430 for gas and electric here in edmonton on fixed rates. Carbon tax raised our bill by about $100 over last janurary with similar usage somehow.

[killramos]

But think of all the platypuses we saved by paying that tax.

We still remit 100% of carbon taxes back to taxpayers in ‘Berta right?

Will nicely offset my real but hurt, namely federal income taxes.

[Maxt]

My gas bill was 550.00, electricity 300 for December.
I saw some chatter that Kenny was looking at bringing back the energy rebates as prices go up. If he rebates the carbon tax on top of that, the feds reaction should be interesting.

[topmade]

$688 and I'm actually quite happy with this.

[pheoxs]

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But think of all the platypuses we saved by paying that tax.

We still remit 100% of carbon taxes back to taxpayers in ‘Berta right?

Will nicely offset my real but hurt, namely federal income taxes.

Sadly we don't actually get it back. Carbon taxes are simply a federal income tax rebate, a flat amount for every Canadian.

Yet in AB we'll pay more in carbon tax because of natural gas heating and coal / gas powered electricity than say QC which uses a lot more electric to heat via hydro power.

So AB likely pays more but all Canadians get a equal rebate. Such a shitty system.

[tonytiger55]

Did not affect me. Condo life.. Electric was up though. But I used the dishwasher a lot more and all the administration fees went up.

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Edit - NVR mind, didn't even realize I replied to Toma

[Misterman]

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It’s hilarious that people are bitching about their bills being doubled when their usage doubled. Fixed rate doesn’t mean fixed usage. But it’s the UCPs fault.

It’s not like the UCP is doing a stellar job, but the more stupid pass the buck rhetoric gets thrown around, the less meaningful it becomes. I guess they don’t understand that either haha.

No doubt. I was irate when I saw my bill was almost double this month. Everyone online is foaming at the mouth about distribution fees and whatnot. I went and actually examined my last 2 bills. Yup, still getting fucked by distribution, but no worse than any other time in the last 10 years. My electricity usage is up by 50%, which I assume is because of the huge space heater the wife was running in the bedroom during the cold spell. And gas usage was at least double, which obviously the furnace runs harder when it's cold out. Good, I can forget about this and hope it stays warmer going forward.

[dirtsniffer]

Six fiddy. Last years highest was 460

[Shlade]

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Did not affect me. Condo life.. Electric was up though. But I used the dishwasher a lot more and all the administration fees went up.

Same. Maybe ill hold off on looking for a house with all these extra costs lol.

[AndyL]

60 days :


With some heavy mining and devil's lettuce flowering occuring

I'm not complaining. I paid almost that monthly in HR without needing to pay for electric heat.

[Swank]

My bill was overshadowed a tad by the cost of having to replace our furnace