I hate them so much. It took months of complaining when our bill was over 1000 kwh/month for our bill to suddenly decrease. And we have the old meter that was made for different rates at different times, so I don't know how to read the three different displays (sends readings automatically). I called and demanded they switch it out for a standard digital read and they're coming next week. If needed, I'll be demanding a manual read. I've been thinking they've been ripping us off as our usage wasn't this high in the past. The only change is we both work from home, but our computers aren't on 24/7.

Not feasible with the way our roof faces and the tree coverage.

I've already been thinking our meter is wrong and we have the odd one from when they did the different rates at different times of the day. I called and complained for months when our usage was over 1000 kwh/month and it suddenly decreased. But, I called again and demanded they replace our meter with one I can actually read and they're coming out next week to make the swap. So, that may be more of the issue than I thought.

Op doesn't own an EV and has no idea what they're talking about.

The free stations are on business properties used to lure people to their businesses or as a perk for employees. They are slow charging stations that would take 4 hrs to charge completely. The electricity is paid for by the business that owns that property. Fast charging stations that charge in about an hour are all paid for by the consumer.

FYI the Worcester Public Library has Kill-A-Watt power meters available to borrow if you want to further investigate which devices draw the most power.

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National Grid makes tens of billions annually. Just saying.

Is solar an option?

That’s equal to 1094W of electricity running 24/7 for 30 days. That’s a lot of power. 60x led bulbs running, a 1000W microwave running, 30 bathroom vent fans running, or 2 blenders running.

Something is wrong here. Buy a kill a watt and test everything you can!

We have the same set up as you (nat gas heat water and dryer) and at 1500sqft we use half the electricity and also keep probably 7 led bulbs on 24/7.

How old is your furnace blower fan? It may be time for a replacement.

Look into fuel assistance for the city of Worcester. I think they help with all kinds of energy expenses. Fuel Assistance - Worcester Community ... https://wcac.net/fuel-assistance/

The cheapest one. My roommate handles the electric bill so I told him to choose the cheapest provider on National Grid’s website. He said he just sorted them by cheapest and chose that one

We have a 2 year old fridge. And we have too much tree coverage to make solar worth it for us, plus we'd have to put the panels on our lawn due to the way our house faces.

Who is your provider?

I will check them out. Thank you!

Right?! We need to go back to nuclear power. It would be much cheaper.

We have.

Yup.

We have a few of those and use them for lots of stuff.

Worcester residents want more parking sadly. They don’t understand that so many don’t want to drive in this city with hills everywhere. Improved public transit and pedestrian infrastructure is a benefit for EVERYONE. Drivers, non drivers, businesses, the city, etc, but people are extremely selfish.

I’m not tuned in politically so I couldn’t tell you what’s stopping the city govt from doing something about this, but I’m sure it has to do with money.

Old refrigerators are inefficient…. Solar panels are a great investment

This, you get it

Did you select your provider on their website? We just switched to an $0.18/kWh provider. Not very clean energy, but who cares it’s cheaper

A local game can have a slight impact on WotC in the form of Players and DMs buying books, starter kits, and whatnot from WotC.

I mentioned it here since many D&D newcomers responded to this thread who might value learning that the current game license is worth looking into, and so they might make an informed decision on it: pro, con, neutral, or to abstain.