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Originally Posted by jamesqf
$68? My last month's bill was $37.88. $36.65 the month before, $34.40 back in April...
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Yes, $68 is a desired endpoint per WPSs roadmap to future pricing,
as has been the case with the increase from $8 to $21...
$68 is several years off, so just wait, as long as Wisconsins' regulatory boards are pro business, the increases will slowly rack up every 6 months to a year.
Sort of following the boil the frog slowly process so he doesn't notice.
These increases are occurring, even while WPS is still non-compliant with zero pollution controls on Weston 4, who exports all power produced while using the cost of building this coal belching system only on the locals around the plant. As WPS has shut down (but not removed) hydropower and been building unnecessary coal production, they have discovered a way to justify increases in costs to support these unnecessary efforts.
As is WPS has the highest fees and profits of any profit controlled producer in the Midwest.
My electric bills hover just above the cost of the fees and taxes, which is currently in the twenty something dollar range this time of year.
(aka I almost always use less than $3 of electricity a month, excluding 3 months a year where I use closer to $40 a month)
But as the $5-$10 fee increases start occurring (which also increase the amount of other taxes I pay) I will become increasingly wary of paying for dirty coal power, when I can make my own,
more cleanly for less money at home.