...because God knows you need some satisfaction in life besides shagging Captain Cardboard! And I never really liked you anyway. And you have stupid hair!

Spike ,'Selfless'


Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 09, 2010 1:25:21 pm PST #7424 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Our energy bills tend to be fairly low - last month's high water mark for me was an $85 bill for an 800 square foot apartment during a single digit cold snap. There are benefits to saying "Sure, build more nuclear power plants in our state!"


Steph L. - Feb 09, 2010 1:26:44 pm PST #7425 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

my monthly bill is $13-14 for gas & electric

Kerosene lamps?


Ginger - Feb 09, 2010 1:30:05 pm PST #7426 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

California's rates are about average and they were before the deregulation disaster. It was a different story when PG&E was forced to buy power at 100 times the going rate. New York and Connecticut generally have the most expensive rates in the continental United States. Hawaii's rates about about double New York's.

eta: Checked up on my memory. Memory was wrong.


javachik - Feb 09, 2010 1:30:52 pm PST #7427 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

I was just wondering if complaints about PG&E bills were like taxes, i.e., Californians think they are so high, but yet they're cheaper than everywhere else I've been.

Not in this case.

And yeah, your energy bills are lower here, but they should be, since it's not snowing and you don't need AC in SF.


megan walker - Feb 09, 2010 1:34:02 pm PST #7428 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

And yeah, your energy bills are lower here, but they should be, since it's not snowing and you don't need AC in SF.

Actually, they should be the same since I didn't pay for heat in NY and I didn't have AC until the year I moved.

We're talking stove, fridge, appliances, lights. In a NY 1-bedroom that was about $40-45 a month.


Ginger - Feb 09, 2010 1:34:30 pm PST #7429 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

California's cost per kilowatt hour is also lower.


Sue - Feb 09, 2010 1:36:09 pm PST #7430 of 30001
hip deep in pie

my monthly bill is $13-14 for gas & electric

Looks at $87 monthly bill for electricity alone. Cries.


Jesse - Feb 09, 2010 1:39:29 pm PST #7431 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

New York and Connecticut generally have the most expensive rates in the continental United States.

I am super excited that it seems like my utilities are about the same here compared to NYC, and here I'm paying for my own heat and am, so far, home all the time.


Gudanov - Feb 09, 2010 1:39:37 pm PST #7432 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

I probably average $250 combined for a three bedroom house.


Polter-Cow - Feb 09, 2010 1:40:15 pm PST #7433 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

my monthly bill is $13-14 for gas & electric

Hm, looks like my bill used to be around $30ish a month, but it's jumped to $50 recently. Huh. I think that's just the winter increase, though, from using the heater. Last year around this time I had a $70 bill.