{"id":33,"date":"2022-05-10T14:49:21","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T14:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/energy-serv.com\/News\/?p=33"},"modified":"2022-05-10T14:49:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T14:49:21","slug":"electric-bills-how-high-is-too-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/energy-serv.com\/News\/2022\/05\/10\/electric-bills-how-high-is-too-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric Bills:  How High is Too High?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If gasoline prices and rising inflation haven\u2019t already hit your bottom line, a full doubling of your electricity bills most certainly will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/05\/03\/business\/energy-environment\/high-electric-bills-summer.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuomT1JKd6J17Vw1cRCfTTMQmqxCdw_PIxftm3iWka3DIDm4ZiO4IGImG9lzWIqdlasE8znGWQsFAKrgpQfF00qhfPkNtDgSsr5CYgpUOZi80rYaoG3gr2pfAR_Y47TruJCGfGdtI-Yee7ViAISTiRrqMkjB6dlMyv5pvd1us2CFf2vvDQLNq3tV7juMrD58uWT0FbXKKu_O7AhUqP86ULU2JsnlAUOlZXDzZmNCf7qtRM1kBTAKbEw4spDo0-9heO9gIPargLhRGeMD2gbsZC2MAP57-TtRqBNCSz-M2xOaL_R-cy8O2xOE0E7FWv97HsGW5MlUtT9CGLYWdvbHFIpSVIJ3hgBSPl9I&amp;smid=url-share\">recent article in the New York Times<\/a>, the global macro and micro disruptions currently driving up pricing for electricity and natural gas could be just the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we continue to move away from reliable energy sources toward <em>less <\/em>reliable energy sources, the grid becomes more volatile and subject to increased pricing swings. Coupled with massive spending on infrastructures like transmission lines and sub-stations, costs will continue to increase for years to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How much pain can you afford?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EnergyServ Solutions is working with our partners every day to help mitigate the risk and uncertainty of today\u2019s energy market. <em>If you have an energy agreement due to expire in the next 12-18 months, let\u2019s discuss your next energy position now<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p><strong>\u201cThis is an affordability emergency. If you want to control inflation, one of the things you have to control is energy costs.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><cite><em>Mark Toney, executive director of The Utility Reform Network<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If gasoline prices and rising inflation haven\u2019t already hit your bottom line, a full doubling of your electricity bills most certainly will. How much pain can you afford? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[10,11,7,9,8,12],"class_list":["post-33","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","tag-electricity","tag-electricity-bills","tag-energy","tag-energy-agreement","tag-energy-costs","tag-energy-inflation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/energy-serv.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/energy-serv.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/energy-serv.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energy-serv.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energy-serv.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/energy-serv.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42,"href":"https:\/\/energy-serv.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33\/revisions\/42"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energy-serv.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/energy-serv.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energy-serv.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energy-serv.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}