I live in a 700 sq ft apt, my So. Cal. Gas bill is $410.00!!

So. California?
Put on a sweater.

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Maybe this was a bit harsh.

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PGE with their customers:


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My bills insane as well

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Is this a normal situation for the area and your neighborhood?
Maybe close off a room or two.

Last Edited by Swamprat on 02/09/2023 12:46 AM

SACRAMENTO – As millions of California families experience soaring gas utility bills, Governor Gavin Newsom took action today urging the federal government to investigate the recent price spike affecting the Western U.S. and highlighted the state’s action to provide relief to Californians.

In a letter to the federal agency responsible for regulating wholesale natural gas, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the Governor requested that the agency “immediately focus its investigatory resources on assessing whether market manipulation, anticompetitive behavior, or other anomalous activities are driving these ongoing elevated prices in the western gas markets.”

Additionally, millions of Californians will soon see relief from high utility bills – with credits of $90 to $120 showing up on gas and electric bills as soon as next month.

On Thursday, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) voted to accelerate the California Climate Credit to help California families with high gas bills. The $90-$120 credit will be applied to residential utility customer bills starting in March for customers of PG&E, Southern California Edison, San Diego Gas & Electric, and Southern California Gas Company. Customers of Bear Valley, Liberty, PacifiCorp, and Southwest Gas will also receive an accelerated credit of varying amounts.

Tomorrow, the CPUC and the California Energy Commission will host an en banc hearing to examine the causes and impacts of the recent spike in natural gas prices.

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seems a bit much unless you keep the thermostat at 85

My bill was $1000 last month

In California

I rarely use the heat and we are freezing all the time...this morning my 6 year old son was like feel my hands and they were icebergs and yet $1000 bill

You live in Socal? Open the window and let the heat in. Quit gassing yourself.

Something is off there. Bad meter or leaking pipes.

Call the gas company and have them come out to check for leaks, doesn't cost anything. If they balk tell them you think you smell something.

You say So Cal so unless you are up in the mountains the climate should be fairly mild, not zero-ish like it gets here.

For going to bed get yourself an electric blanket and a good comforter to put on top. That works to keep you warm even if the room itself is below freezing.

Also are you somehow paying for OTHER apartments, not just yours? One way to tell for sure is to have the gas company just shut off your gas and see if anybody screams ... but then again you won't be able to get it back on until you pay the bill and probably put down a sizeable deposit.

Good Luck

Happened to me too last month in LA. Apparently the rates are dropping for February but.... They can eff off with this.

Honestly, I thought this was a troll, but looking at winter temps, this is serious.

Rofl

Chill out man. CNN and the news media said Americans can afford higher inflation

Why you worried?

Expect even higher inflation.

Look at your November bill. Look for rates per therm.
From November to January per therm went up:
540%
5.4 TIMES.
Five hundred plus percent.
If your bill was 100, it is 540.
Its a market scam.
They went on KFI radio saying it will
go down 68% next month.
BIG WHOOP!
Up 540% 60 days.
Aint no one can do that!
Gas, Electric, Water, Weather
should not be a money-makin fukin trade
on a dam stock market!
But, they are...

Its been 50s during the day and 30s at night this year. Some 60s. Some 40s.
STFU.

I live in Minnesota in a 1300 SQ ft home.

My gas bill was $300/mo

It was -20 for weeks.

70 in my house.

It's time to get out of California my dude.

They use every excuse to jack up your rates then come at you with government programs to help with the burden.

$400 fucking dollars to heat a small apartment in California.

California isn't even cold.

My friends in CA are all saying the same things. What is your heat set at? I’m in Northern CO and we keep our heat at 60 and wear jeans, layers with sweaters and socks or slippers. Drink hot tea, eat soup, hot meals. I wonder if a small ceramic heater would be cheaper to use?

The gas 'Dealers' will do whatever they want so long as they have an army of gas 'Junkies'.

80 bucks

Midwest

thermostat set to 68 degrees all day

Keep voting those libtards in and it can only get worse.

Go Green!!

LOLOL

Fixed it

Just keeping the furnace pilot light lit costs almost $200 a year

Why are you living in CA if you can’t afford it?

lol

socal here- keep my 2000-3000 sqft house at 62F. Bill was a bit over 200. Socal housing has terrible insulation. Its no suprise all the politicians were talking about banning nat gas appliances this month....

do you run it at nite?
are you being ripped off?
call them out to turn that shit off- u live in so.cal.

Access to "reasonably priced heat" is Not a basic human right.

But because California has taken away your basic rights, you are left to rely on them.
Not a coincidence.

There are places in California that get as cold as anywhere in your state.