Bg & E (credit, house, heat pump)

[mrswoogie]

B G & E is killing me. I can not believe they are charging so much for electricity. 10.68 cents a kw. I think we are the third highest in the nation. I have around 1000 sq. My bill is 465 for one month, I ran some Christmas lights but this is insane, just over the top and its going to kill me. Any one else feel like this? They have quite a coverage range, I feel like moving out of their reach.

[kjg1963]

I do the budget billing at $285 a month for about 1,500 sq ft. I've usually had a credit at the end of the year. I think this year might be different though. They didn't raise my budget billing when they had that big hike in rates this year.

[tn_dreamin']

Yep, I know what you mean, my bill is about $400 now with the increase, before that it was around $200 and my house is about 2300 sq. ft.

[sobo16]

There is another post on the Maryland forum about BGE. There might be some helpful tips on there, and you can find out what other people are paying.

[mom2boys37]

I have Alleghany Power so ours isn't bad at all.

[ReefAreCoolToo]

Originally Posted by mrswoogie

B G & E is killing me. I can not believe they are charging so much for electricity. 10.68 cents a kw. I think we are the third highest in the nation. I have around 1000 sq. My bill is 465 for one month, I ran some Christmas lights but this is insane, just over the top and its going to kill me. Any one else feel like this? They have quite a coverage range, I feel like moving out of their reach.

$500 for a 1k sq ft sounds not right..do you have yr heat running 24/7 at 80F?
Do you have all the lights on 24/7 too?
Christmas lights dont draw that much of energy...

[Njrover0216]

I am paying 203 a month on budget billing and so far have a 200 dollar credit. I live in a 1300 sq ft house with a heating unit that is 25 years old.

[mrswoogie]

Originally Posted by myselfdotcom

$500 for a 1k sq ft sounds not right..do you have yr heat running 24/7 at 80F?
Do you have all the lights on 24/7 too?
Christmas lights dont draw that much of energy...

I know I keep telling them to do an investigation and this time I just got the letter back saying it is actual usage. I think my meter is messed up. I am afraid to run the heat pump furnace, I have 2 micathermic space heaters, they work great until the temps hit below 20 degrees. I got to find the other thread to read that now.

[mom2boys37]

Originally Posted by mrswoogie

I know I keep telling them to do an investigation and this time I just got the letter back saying it is actual usage. I think my meter is messed up. I am afraid to run the heat pump furnace, I have 2 micathermic space heaters, they work great until the temps hit below 20 degrees. I got to find the other thread to read that now.

Call the public service commission and see if u can speak to someone in regards to having your meter checked. I mean someone might be "borrowing" your electric.

[gypsywitch]

my bill this month is $600 i have a small cape cod in carroll co its this big increase and it is suppose to go up even more, something needs to be done !