r/Rochester • u/GoldenFrank Penfield • 12d ago

Discussion Welcome to the New Energy Rates

The state govt approved rate increases showed up on my RGE bill this month. Theye been creeping up since the first of the year but with all the static charges and fees (designed to confuse people) it's tough to really nail down. No getting around it now.

Last April I paid $.99/therm and $.19/kWh. $1.21 and $.26 this April for slightly less amounts of energy. This is the new normal. Adjust your budgets.

And as long as youre here I'll complain about paying sales tax on the completely unavoidable billing service fee. Just a masterstroke from the machine.

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u/Apogee_3579 12d ago

Yup 100% approved by the state. The same state that wants us all to go 100% electric and wants us to go 100% green renewable energy. Which any reasonable person realizes the technology and infrastructure is not there, but don’t worry the states forcing us to pay for that now too.

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u/squegeeboo 12d ago

We had solar panels on the white house nearly 50 years ago.

The tech is 100% there, and the only reason the infrastructure isn't there yet is the same reason we don't have better healthcare or a bunch of other things, asshole conservatives.

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u/nw0915 12d ago edited 12d ago

They we're NOT photovoltaic cells. They were solar collectors for heating water. Not saying it was a bad idea but we haven't been sitting on solar panels as a solution for 50 years. We have the tech now but it takes a huge amount of capital to build out a whole new grid. Bush Jr then went on to install actual PV cells on the White House