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The_Stein244 OP t1_jdhkmre wrote

Reply to comment by NetLibrarian in CMP and Community Solar both charging me? by The_Stein244

Right that makes sense, BUT my combined bill is much higher than it used to be just through CMP. Maybe it's because all energy is higher now and it's just a coincidence?

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zezar911 t1_jdhkw6e wrote

yeah CMP costs have exploded in recent months... in all likelihood the extra power from CMP just costs a shitload more than it did before you had nautilus

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NetLibrarian t1_jdhmxme wrote

There's a few options here:

One, energy costs just recently went up a bunch. Everybody's getting much bigger bills than before, so it could be that, and we're just getting used to it.

Two: If this is a single month spike payment, it could be that CMP, for whatever reason, couldn't get to your meter to read it. They'll then estimate your power use for the month, and tend to estimate HIGH. You'll get a credit the following month when they get the actual reading.

Three, you could actually have an appliance that's sucking up a lot of juice. CMP does have an energy meter log that can show you how much juice you've been using per month. If that's suddenly spiked, you want to check your appliances. Electric water heaters, space heaters, and pumps (Well or sump) can all end up running constantly when something fails or is forgotten, and will gobble up juice when this happens.

Four, as I don't know Nautilus, make sure your agreement with them didn't include any extra fees or charges, particularly for the first X months of signup sort of thing.

Those would be the possibilities I can think of.

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Seyword t1_jdhzfgz wrote

How much are you paying in total? How big is your house?

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The_Stein244 OP t1_jdi2pwj wrote

Just whipped up some numbers for you, thanks for making me look back at it. My house is 1,000 SF.

Average Cost Per Month:

2018: $56

2019: $56

2020: $70

2021: $82

2022: $93

Average Cost Per Month (past 6 months, CMP+Nautilus):

$129 ($79 from CMP and $50 from Nautilus)

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Feb 2023 was an outlier with $167 from CMP and $83 from Nautilus

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mainebitch1 t1_jdime8i wrote

Hah haw! Channeling the Simpsons for ya enjoy those solar farms suckers! I gotta start my own what a racket

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The_Stein244 OP t1_jdimk80 wrote

assuming you dont do community solar... what do your electric bills look like the past year?

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mainebitch1 t1_jdimwrn wrote

Snot bad was 160$ a month and i use a ton of electricity. After cmp put the fucks to us and raised rates a ton now it averages 250$ but i also run a heat pump about 50% of the time

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