[HighlandPete]

Originally Posted by cmyx6go

Like I said in the first post, I really feel bad for those on a budget. I just filled my tank at $4.29/gal for super. That is up $0.20/gal from last week. $70 and I wasn't even empty. I can't even imagine the cost in CA.

UK fuel in my area is now something like $8.16 (US gallon) for 'super'.

[cmyx6go]

Originally Posted by HighlandPete

UK fuel in my area is now something like $8.16 (US gallon) for 'super'.

Ouch!

[zx10guy]

Originally Posted by cmyx6go

I just got the bill for propane at our PA property. It was $2.599, which is up about $0.10 from the last delivery. I checked the EIA.GOV website and it is showing $3.027 average residential cost for PA.

I just checked too. Delaware which is where my vacation home is shows $3.447. Looked deeper at the numbers and the site says per gallon price is up $0.597 from a year ago.

[Frostynorth]

Yep, heating fuel (nat gas) and electricity is up here too. This brutally cold winter hasn't helped one bit, it's up around 20-40 per month.

[Chick Webb]

Originally Posted by HighlandPete

UK increasing energy costs are really making an impact on family budgets. Some seeing up to about 50% increase in gas and electric bills.

Wait until April. UK energy bills to rise by over 50% in April as regulator announces hike

Here in NorCal PG&E has been asking their regulator (the CA Public Utilities Commission) for, and getting, 6+% electric rate increases every year. They have made it clear that they will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. And the PUC will grant the increases, because that's the deal here; under the laws that regulate them, in exchange for being one of the most heavily regulated businesses in the country, PG&E is essentially guaranteed a profit of ~5%, so as their costs rise they just pass them on.

[TiMSport]

Originally Posted by cmyx6go

2000cs
Like I said in the first post, I really feel bad for those on a budget. I just filled my tank at $4.29/gal for super. That is up $0.20/gal from last week. $70 and I wasn't even empty. I can't even imagine the cost in CA.

Aren't you glad you're driving such a fuel efficient vehicle?

[cmyx6go]

Originally Posted by TiMSport

Aren't you glad you're driving such a fuel efficient vehicle?

You mean my 13.5 mpg commute? I was impressed a few weeks ago when I took a drive up to our PA property. I got 21 mpg.

[TiMSport]

Originally Posted by cmyx6go

You mean my 13.5 mpg commute? I was impressed a few weeks ago when I took a drive up to our PA property. I got 21 mpg.

Yeah, that one.

[cmyx6go]

Originally Posted by TiMSport

Yeah, that one.

It's smiles per gallon

[TiMSport]

Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

My house was built in 3 sections. One is about 260 years old, the second 160 years old, the third 65 years old. Propane fed. My Propane Guy leaves a tube of KY jelly every month.

Well at least he's kind of enough to give you lube.

[freakystyly]

It's to plug the drafts, you've been using it wrong.

Seeing some of the building practices from the 60s makes you scratch your head, 260yrs would have been raw timbers and stones? Insulation maybe tar paper?

[TiMSport]

There may be differing opinions on that. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

[OkieSnuffBox]

Originally Posted by HighlandPete

UK increasing energy costs are really making an impact on family budgets. Some seeing up to about 50% increase in gas and electric bills.

My electricity bills have gone up this few months and more to come in a couple of months.

EDIT: I realized what I was going to say sounded horrifically insensitive to those who don't do things like play around on forums with BMWs.

[M-technik-3]

My usage went down 35 ccf compared to last year but my gas bill went up 15 dollars. Basically last year was 0.72 a ccf and is now 1.25 a ccf I'd say that more than the 5.9 COLA increase I got in my retirement.

[jsf721]

We are up 20 percent on gas and 35 percent on oil.

Things are just crazy right now. This is what causes business to raise prices to compensate.

[Kolyan2k]

About 15% up on gas, $30 bucks. Made a huge mistake and didn't install heat pump, then my heat would've been free with my solar panels

[rebekahb]

My electric bill has gone up substantially. I noticed it this past spring. My May 2021 bill was over $100 higher than May 2020. In May 2021 we were gone 16 days out of the month vs us being home almost the whole month in May 2020. We only have Entergy LA as an option for electric.

[paquet]

Another anecdote here that would agree with your narrative:
Gas bill went up for my place in Canada, even though actual consumption declined.

[3.0L]

My natural gas and electricity bills have gone up. The killer utility bill for me is water.

During the drought a few years ago, our city weenies asked us to reduce our water consumption, which we did. Next, our city weenies started complaining that while it was nice that we were conserving water, their water revenues went down. So, our city weenies upped our water rates dramatically so they could recover the monetary losses.

After the drought ended and folks could go back to watering their lawns, etc., the new, higher rates stayed in place. So now we pay exorbitant water bills and the city racks in bigger bucks than ever!

[TiMSport]

Originally Posted by 3.0L

My natural gas and electricity bills have gone up. The killer utility bill for me is water.

During the drought a few years ago, our city weenies asked us to reduce our water consumption, which we did. Next, our city weenies started complaining that while it was nice that we were conserving water, their water revenues went down. So, our city weenies upped our water rates dramatically so they could recover the monetary losses.

After the drought ended and folks could go back to watering their lawns, etc., the new, higher rates stayed in place. So now we pay exorbitant water bills and the city racks in bigger bucks than ever!

Tell the weenies in Cali to get rid of those damn almond farms!
Pretty sure you can put together a long list of $$ items in California like gasoline. I definitely don't miss that.

[XutvJet]

My heating bill (gas) last month was $232 to heat a 2000 sq ft home in the Kansas City metro. That's the highest it's been ever. It was fairly cold and I keep the house at 74 in winter. We also ran the gas fireplace a few times.

Everything is more expensive right now, especially food. We're spending about $150 more a month on groceries than we did 12 months ago. We eat expensive food because we cook all the time and spare no expense on quality meat, veggies, etc. I'm not going to skimp out on food or having a warm home in the winter. We can afford it and I simply won't do it. I like good food and my wife would be a villain if she was cold all the time.

The only thing we've really changed with all this inflation is not buying frivolously and pointless crap we don't need. It's been nice

[RickFLM4]

I have a client with large manufacturing operations in Europe and natural gas prices over the past 9-12 months have increased wildly. It will get a lot more expensive if Putin actually takes the next step into Ukraine. U.S. exporting a lot to Europe right now. Only so much to go around if Russia exports (as expensive as they are) are removed from the market entirely.