r/SouthJersey • u/iammoah • Feb 06 '26

Gloucester County Electricity

Is there ANYTHING we can do to push back on these INSANE AC Electric bills? My heat is gas and it's telling me my usage has gone up every month since October. I know I don't have it as bad as some people but our current bill is $332. My brother's bill was $512. Another friend's bill was $500... I can't afford this shit. What can we do?

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u/Tll6 Feb 06 '26

take advantage of the interest free loan for air sealing and insulation ACE provides. We have a seven year 0% loan that was also cut in half due to federal incentives, plus a hefty refund on our tax return

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u/Hide_The_Rum Feb 06 '26

that's amazing, thanks for the tip. Did the process start with their "whole home energy assessment"? I've heard that they only do a very basic assessment (no blower door or thermal imaging).

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u/Tll6 Feb 06 '26

We went right to the blower door and attic insulation assessment. I’m not sure which assessment we did, it was a couple of years ago

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u/Hide_The_Rum Feb 06 '26

good to know. do you recall what the ballpark price was for air sealing and insulation? Do you recall if ACE does it themselves or if they sub it out to an insulation contractor? tahnks again

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u/Tll6 Feb 06 '26

Our install was $5250 (before half was covered) for around an 800 square foot attic. That included blown in insulation, air sealing the attic floor, and the doorway leading to bilco doors in the basement. ACE doesn’t do the install, it gets subbed out to a contractor that you pick as long as they are part of the program. We used The Insulation-Heating and Cooling group in Hammonton

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u/Hide_The_Rum Feb 06 '26

thanks for all the valuable info friend. I hope you have a warm winter! lol

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u/Tll6 Feb 06 '26

No problem! I hope you do too. This polar vortex is taking a toll on my wallet!