The month of July is our heavy air conditioning month, and our large electric bills. August will be similar, then it starts to cool down. Making it worse this year: both May and I were home the entire time. It helps when we leave town for a couple of weeks to travel. But not this month; there the whole time.
I just got my July, 2021, statement: $86.66.
For the archives for the grandchildren. It would have been a lot lower, but Texas is on the forefront of moving to expensive and deregulated renewable energy to save the planet.
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Forest Fire, Flathead Lake
A reader sent me a photo of the forest fire on Flathead Lake, Montana. This is located on the east side of the lake, about nine miles north of Polson.
I believe the fire started Saturday, July 31, 2021, and continued to burn through yesterday. All traffic was halted in that area, diverted, and the immediate area evacuated. A number of homes apparently were damaged or destroyed.
lucky you don't have heat oil; my last fill up was $680 and change...
ReplyDeletethat's at least 3 times a year...it was 9 times in the worst year, but that was before storm windows and insulation...and heat oil was a lot cheaper back then too
I feel your pain. We lived in Germany for many years and paid outrageous prices for heating oil. Yes, we are quite fortunate; my wife is incredibly helpful, keeping a/c off during the day. Our bill would be closer to $200/month if we didn't watch it like we do. But I don't take it for granted. We are simply very, very fortunate.
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