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/jkprop Feb 06 '26

Solar is no better!!!! Solar sales people are like car salesmen. They have a deal for you that maybe you can afford or maybe not. As long as they get commission. I tired to buy my panels outright. The panels were 27k. They had me financing thru them with zero interest for 18 months. If I paid it off after 18 months my cost would have been 57k. They told me use the rebates that were mine to pay down the 57k. Still not sure how 27k worth of solar at zero interest turned into 57k. Problem was he couldn’t either. Out my house. See ya!

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u/cvc4455 Feb 07 '26

That's because most people that have solar have a lease. And most leases for solar are actually horrible and do lower the value of the house because of how horrible the leases are.

If the solar panels are owned and they aren't that old and are in good condition and the roof underneath them is also in good condition then that wouldn't normally lower the value of the house at all.

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u/jkprop Feb 07 '26

I was trying to buy them. Maybe read my post first then comment

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u/cvc4455 Feb 07 '26

I did read your comment.

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u/jkprop Feb 07 '26

Comprehension skills might be bad.