NJ electricity bills leaping by as much as 20%

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Isn’t this just swell… going to make a lot of people unhappy:

Get ready, New Jersey. You’re going to feel a proverbial electric shock when you crack open your electric bill this summer, judging by the results of the state’s annual wholesale electricity auction.

Monthly electric bills will see increases that range from 17.23% for Atlantic City Electric customers to a 20.2% increase for Jersey Central Power & Light customers, the BPU said Wednesday.

Here are the increases for the state’s four electric utilities, assuming an average use of 650 kilowatts a month:

Atlantic City Electric customers' bills will rise by $28.02, or 17.23%, to $190.62.
Jersey Central Power & Light bills will go up by $22.67, or 20.2%, to $134.92.
PSE&G bills will rise by $26.87, or 17.24%, reaching $182.71.
Rockland Electric, which services the far northern portion of the state, will see an increase of $25.48, or 18.18%, to $165.64.
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Time for some additional nuclear generation plants.

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I dont think these bills just go up, they are allowed to go up by the BPU, unelected burecrats who all get kick backs from the providers and they have to kick it up to the big guy.

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This pisses me off to no end. My PSE&G bill has already doubled since the fall and now they want another 20%? Go fuck yourself.

The amount of grift and collusion is staggering.

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And add that to how much more the natural gas bills have jumped this Winter.

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My NG bill has doubled since last year.