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You make a very good point about the power supply charge, especially as it would have to double again if they actually fixed the delivery infrastructure.
Infrastructure is a whole different maelstrom. I'm talking about just giving homeowners a better chance to handle the day-to-day expenses in a land (LI) where the daily expense of owning and running a house, is the highest in the nation.
When looking at the totally inadequate infrastructure, given the labor situation, the tax situation, political climate... the list goes on and on, I just don't see the infrastructure ever catching up. Too many hands out, too much greed. The power grid will continue to fray, especially as zoning and planning boards continue to approve plans for more strip malls, high-density housing projects and office buildings.
Infrastructure is a whole different maelstrom. I'm talking about just giving homeowners a better chance to handle the day-to-day expenses in a land (LI) where the daily expense of owning and running a house, is the highest in the nation.
When looking at the totally inadequate infrastructure, given the labor situation, the tax situation, political climate... the list goes on and on, I just don't see the infrastructure ever catching up. Too many hands out, too much greed. The power grid will continue to fray, especially as zoning and planning boards continue to approve plans for more strip malls, high-density housing projects and office buildings.
Understood - but I'm thinking post-Sandy where there were thousands of contracted line workers getting paid to restore power which has to get reflected somewhere in the bill. Same goes for any other big storm in the winter or summer.
Don't expect to pay a penny less than $225 a month for electric.
The most expensive electric bill I've had was for August and it was $232. This is in a 2400sqft house with 3 air conditioners, electric dryer, electric stove/oven. I also work from my home office so I'm consuming electricity all day every day.
Electric $1125 (stove, refrig, clothes washer and dryer, one tv, lots of computer use; LED light bulbs; single zone central air system circa 2013, runs in the daytime only; a dehumidifier was only added in September so I won't see the impact of that until I fire it up again in the spring.)
Water $160 from Suffolk County Water Authority (no inground sprinklers or swimming pool)
Garbage pickup portion of my property tax bill is $413 on the tax bill I just paid. Pickup 3x/week including one recyclables, yard waste pickup is approximately twice a month.
No sewers here, so $0 for that
Heating oil from October 2017 to Sept 2018, $3370 but that is partly because the house is kept very warm (72F 24/7) in winter, and partly becuase untili April 2018 it was old inefficient equipment.
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