sdduuuude wrote:SDR has been

[CA renter]

[quote=sdduuuude]SDR has been saying for years that his food and energy bills are going up. My energy/water bills have been about the same for about 5 years, comparing the same month across years.

http://ycharts.com/indicators/food_index_world_bank

http://forecast-chart.com/cpi-food-prices.html

http://www.nasdaq.com/markets/crude-oil.aspx?timeframe=3y%5B/quote%5D

While I don’t have grocery receipts saved up over the last 5 years, it certainly is costing us more today than it did 5 years ago.

But I do have water bills from the past few years. Our rate in in 2008 was as follows:

0-6 units: $1.45
7-43 units: $2.23
Over 43 units: $2.60

From our last bill in 2014:

0-6 units: $2.26
7-43 units: $3.61
Over 43 units: $4.62

And they sent a notice in our last bill that it will be going up another 3%+ over the next year.

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For SDG&E:

In 2008:

Gas:
-Baseline (45 therms): $1.27253
-Non-baseline (over 45): $1.51482

Gas Energy Charge $0 8/29 days
$0 21/29 days

Electric:
-Baseline allow (313 kWh) $.06656
-101%-130% of BL $.08673
-131-200% of BL $.12577
-Over 200% of BL $.13459

-DWR Bond Charge $.00477

-Electric Energy Charge: $.05734 (times total kWh used)

In 2014:

Gas Service:

-Baseline (48 therms) $.72514
-Non-baseline $.88550

Gas Energy Charge $.47747 19/31 days
$.51634 12/31 days

Electric Service:

21/31 days 10/31
-Baseline allow (313 kWh) $.08109 $.08552
-100-130% of BL $.10422 $.10934
-131-200% of BL $.27069 $.26120
-Over 200% of BL $.29069 $.28120

Winter Electricity Generation $.06483 (x total kWh)

DWR Bond Charge: $.00513

It’s not formatting properly, but the electric rates have gone up quite a bit, while the gas rates look as though they’ve decreased. They’ve changed the way the bills are displayed, so maybe I’m missing something(?), so if anyone else has bills to compare, that would be great.

In the meantime, income is down — both earned income and investment income (mostly because of the Fed’s interest rate policies).