Eversource said rates will more than Double next month ..up 112 % …Thanks Joe Biden ..you rat Bastid

No you need to insulate and upgrade your windows! Block cracks under the doors. That was my problem according to some on here last January when I mentioned my 500 dollar electric bill

Yes I remember us in Kentucky being the first to bring this up. I called them thinking I must have a creeping meter or something and after a long explanation they basically told me everyone’s went up.

Ours up 64% since Christmas.

Buttiegeg or what ever , said the pain you are feeling in your wallet is good. Everything else has increased in price, electricity is not immune to Biden’s inflationary policies. Plus it’s just the beginning of increase electric rates, wait until everyone has an EV. LOL

thats what we get for voting against "the northern pass". propoganda had people all up in arms about ugly power lines destroying our scenery even tho they were willing to go underground in such areas. the northern pass would have delivered Canadian electricity from a large Quebec hydro electric plant. 90 something percent of our NH power comes from coal burning power plants. plug in your electric cars & save the world.

Go Amish = $0.00 Electric Bill

Making those solar panels look better now doesn't it.

I always wonder why there is never easy access to solar or wind, it’s like they just don’t offer a simple solution to either option really it’s treated more as a novelty really. So is it too expensive, inefficient or difficult to set up?

Just watch how much higher those rates are going to go when y'all get yer electric cars and trucks. Ya'll be remembering the 5 bucks a gallon fuel price as the good old times.

Expensive up front cost. And 7 to 15 year returns on investment. Battery's are Expensive around half the cost and go bad every so often. You can stay grid tied and not need Battery's.

I have been looking at them for years. I can read about it tell I'm blue in the face but for me to learn I need to be hands on. I keep waiting tell I'm ready to drop 20k on a system and it never happens. Now I'm thinking I may start with a smaller system with micro inverters I can add to later. This will be more for a science experiment for me than anything.

I installed my own 7.6 kw system three years ago and sure it cost me 15k up front but now my electric bills are about $12-13 a month! Doing the math it’s closer to a 5 year return on my investment, possibly less with the rising cost of utilities. Why would anyone wait??

Up front cost is it for me. Electric is not my only expense. Kind school, brokerage accounts, farm improvements, vehicles that get me to work ect. Life like everyone else.

I need to fix my boiler by winter also I doubt LP will be very cheap this season. I need to replace the controls that were damaged in the fire it’s not as difficult as it sounds really just some wiring needs to be done. I was shocked that the swing panel with most of the controls was only like $330 dollars I thought it would of cost more.

I've not paid attention. How much of solar panels is subsidized? Seems like the 70's again.

They use generated electric

25%

But you still have to be connected to the grid and sell back your unused power for 10 cents on the dollar's worth. Ain't no way around getting off the grid unless you go back in the sticks away from everyone and tell no one of your power generation.

That will be state dependent. If you have batteries there is no need to be connected to the grid in Indiana. The buy back rate is wholesale not retail in my area but I believe that is dependent on the utility. I will get hosed because we are part of an electric Co-op.. they have different rules than a normal utility.

A while back I read where with the tremendous strides that have been made in adding renewable energy sources such as wind and solar in the last 20 years, it has about a 2% effect on energy needs.
If we were to switch over to all renewable energy and eliminate fossil fuel it would be back to the stone age.