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My Electric Bill is more than doubling this month, check your bill!

I just looked at my last electric bill after my wife told me it had gone up a lot. It usually goes up every December with the Christmas lights and all the family home, taking showers for hours at a time. 

In light of the recent reports of people having their bills double and triple, I took a closer look at my bill. Sure enough, I am getting charged over 50% more than CL and P would have charged me. I decided to switch back to CL and P as they have a decent rate and are holding their rate at 9.235 cents per Kilowatt Hour through June. 
They cannot switch me over until the billing cycle ends at the end of this month and then informed me that this months bill from my current provider will be billed at 22.5 cents per Kilowatt hour. That means that my bill will be 244% higher than CL and P would have charged me. IF my usage remains the same as last month, I will pay $285 more than I would have if I had used CL and P.

I got caught and am now paying the price for not watching this. I suggest to everyone that you review your bill and than go onto ENERGIZECT.com to look at the suppliers and their rates and pick one that works for you. I chose to go back to CL and P as they have a reasonable set rate through June and don't have any penalties for switching to another supplier.  


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