We Energies Raising Rates

Just in time for a cold winter. They are trying to break people!

Right after the holiday’s is when they are going to do this rate hike.
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I love how they ask customers for their input as if that will make any difference at all.
I’m not sure how much more people can take.


I really feel for young folks just starting out and the elderly. How the heck are they coping with all these rising costs.
Yesterday we bought a small bag of rice, it was $14… We used to be able to buy over 20lbs with that. I’m not talking a decade ago either.

a reply to: JAGStorm

Grocery shopping today. I saved $50 with coupons and rewards but the order was still higher than it would have been a just few years ago.

I had to get a second job. That’s how I am making ends meet with both my son and daughter in College. No frivolous spending. And trying to save money buy buying stuff on sale at the grocery store. Using gas cards at the pump to save .10-.15. It’s tough. I don’t know what I would do if I didn’t have that second income. a reply to: JAGStorm

What bothered me at the start of the pandemic were all the reports of companies donating million for Covid 'relief'. Our local electric company donate 4 million-just shortly after another rate increase for customers that was needed for 'infrastructure repair'. Not long after they posted record profits-which brought their CEO his biggest bonus ever.

Society can't be too far away from the breaking point.

originally posted by: nugget1
What bothered me at the start of the pandemic were all the reports of companies donating million for Covid 'relief'. Our local electric company donate 4 million-just shortly after another rate increase for customers that was needed for 'infrastructure repair'. Not long after they posted record profits-which brought their CEO his biggest bonus ever.

Society can't be too far away from the breaking point.

We Energies is saying this is for infrastructure and such.. Watchdog groups are saying they are making record profits..

a reply to: JAGStorm

Fu## Obidenomics.!

I love how they ask customers for their input as if that will make any difference at all.

The only answer I have for this is that the revel in our absolute displeasure. Not only are they screwing us — but they gleefully want to hear about all of it. - YAY 😀

You know damn well they will raise the rates, regardless if 100% of the feedback is negative.

Clear and present SOCIOPATHIC behavior.

This planet needs a cleansing of the top brass. I’ve spent more hours than I can count wondering what this planet would be like without them. It always looks like a e utopia compared to this sh!t hole they’ve created - due to their sheer GREED and lust for power.!

originally posted by: TacoLoco75
I had to get a second job. That’s how I am making ends meet with both my son and daughter in College. No frivolous spending. And trying to save money buy buying stuff on sale at the grocery store. Using gas cards at the pump to save .10-.15. It’s tough. I don’t know what I would do if I didn’t have that second income. a reply to: JAGStorm

I have worked 2 and 3 jobs several times. You have to do what you have to do. It sucks.
I know a bunch of college aged kids. They are all working 2 jobs. That’s why I get mad when people say they are lazy. They aren’t, but they are feeling hopeless.

originally posted by: JAGStorm



I really feel for young folks just starting out and the elderly. How the heck are they coping with all these rising costs.

Perhaps not elderly but defiantly a Senior citizen and still working. Don't know how much longer I can last however....


sp checker said "defiantly" that works...

a reply to: JAGStorm

About the only thing I’ve found that hasn’t gone up is lumber. “Except plywood “
Pretty much everything else is up 10% minimum.

There will be some sort of crash soon.. probably housing and auto.

originally posted by: Bluntone22
a reply to: JAGStorm

About the only thing I’ve found that hasn’t gone up is lumber. “Except plywood “
Pretty much everything else is up 10% minimum.

There will be some sort of crash soon.. probably housing and auto.

Airplanes, and Toys first. It’s gonna be a fire sale soon.

originally posted by: Bluntone22
a reply to: JAGStorm

About the only thing I’ve found that hasn’t gone up is lumber. “Except plywood “
Pretty much everything else is up 10% minimum.

There will be some sort of crash soon.. probably housing and auto.

Housing already starting…

originally posted by: Bluntone22
a reply to: JAGStorm

About the only thing I’ve found that hasn’t gone up is lumber. “Except plywood “
Pretty much everything else is up 10% minimum.

There will be some sort of crash soon.. probably housing and auto.

I bought 2x4s this past weekend at nearly $4 a pop.

Get used to be $1.89 when obummer was in office, and probably half that before he started making this mess

a reply to: lordcomac

I haven’t bought a 2 x 4 in at least a month so after I read your post I looked on my Menards app.
You are absolutely correct.. they are up 40%ish.. from around $2.50 to $3.58.

a reply to: JAGStorm

We also noticed a sharp increase in the price of rice. We let our supply go down because of price increases, hoping for a sale on rice like usually occurs....but no sales at all in the last four months here and rice jumped way up. We still have maybe six pounds, but we usually stock around twenty or more pounds.

It is not a small increase either, it has trippled in price. Some stores have switched over to the Essential every day brand because the riceland we usually use jumped up in cost so much. We like the consistancy in cooking of the riceland and I am cautious of how the EE rice is going to cook up. We don't use the instant rices at all or the parboiled and dried again stuff that takes less time. We tried the Par-excellance for a while, but it just does not seem to have as good of a flavor to us.

What kind do you recommend?

I live in a small town without much shopping to speak of. We have a local pawn shop and occasionally I like to stop in there and just see what they have. I noticed they were having a 20% off sale storewide...which is rare. I stopped in to nib and the first thing I noticed was that they had triple the amount of guitars they usually have. And she told me they had more in back and no room to put them all out.

My son and I also visited both hardware store's gun counters and their racks were full. Lots of older shotguns and rifles.

When people start selling their guns and guitars you know the ball has started rolling downhill and it's about to pick up speed.

originally posted by: JourneyAbout
I live in a small town without much shopping to speak of. We have a local pawn shop and occasionally I like to stop in there and just see what they have. I noticed they were having a 20% off sale storewide...which is rare. I stopped in to nib and the first thing I noticed was that they had triple the amount of guitars they usually have. And she told me they had more in back and no room to put them all out.

My son and I also visited both hardware store's gun counters and their racks were full. Lots of older shotguns and rifles.

When people start selling their guns and guitars you know the ball has started rolling downhill and it's about to pick up speed.

Just two years ago during Covid, I could not find a used guitar to save my life at any pawn store, complete opposite now. Maybe people decided they can’t play one?

originally posted by: 38181

originally posted by: JourneyAbout
I live in a small town without much shopping to speak of. We have a local pawn shop and occasionally I like to stop in there and just see what they have. I noticed they were having a 20% off sale storewide...which is rare. I stopped in to nib and the first thing I noticed was that they had triple the amount of guitars they usually have. And she told me they had more in back and no room to put them all out.

My son and I also visited both hardware store's gun counters and their racks were full. Lots of older shotguns and rifles.

When people start selling their guns and guitars you know the ball has started rolling downhill and it's about to pick up speed.

Just two years ago during Covid, I could not find a used guitar to save my life at any pawn store, complete opposite now. Maybe people decided they can’t play one?

If they had to get another job, they've not got the time!
When the lock downs started, all hobby toys and tools went missing.
Cheap four wheelers used to be about a grand, they shot up to 4-5k.
Now that people are going back to work, and getting second jobs to make ends meet, they're selling off these kinds of things, and the prices are dropping.

If people are selling their old guns, in the other hand, I should check out some pawn shops. I could use a turkey gun

a reply to: JAGStorm

I'm sad that your prices are going up. I'd be surprised though if you are paying what we have to pay here in the UK for energy.
It wasn't quite so bad before the US blew up the Nordstream pipeline, which was nothing more than a complete act of vandalism. All done in order to weaken Russia and secure the European energy market and of course force us to buy from them. Gangsterism at its finest.

Dude(tte)

All I have to say is…





a reply to: KKLOCO

Here at my work, the cost of fuel oil & propane are climbing. It is supposed to be a worse winter than last year. I've already started putting money away for my fuel oil, and I get a discount.

I was talking to my niece's husband last weekend. He does repairs at a place that sells boats, ORV's and other "toys". He said the last month, have been the worst in sales they have had in over 4 years. Here in our small town, there are big kid toys for sale all over.

Not a good sign, for the economy being in such "great" shape.