If everything was paid off with taxes and income it would be around 1000 to 1500 if it's a hit month. Taxes and insurance are quite a bit in California.

Love me some NSP. We have their albums.

Bandcamp is still my go-to if I can help it.

I do love me some metal. Its my walking music. Ill check them out, thanks!

Yep that's an excellent idea.

There's also solar ac's that have started to catch on. I'm taking a look but they seem too new so I'm waiting a bit.

Good to know thanks!

Thanks! Phoenix is close to our weather, although this week is not a good example thank God. Its regularly over 110 most days of the summer. I have one of the watt meters + a raspberry pi that monitors our watts in real time and can tell what appliances take up the most power. The vast majority of the bill is the AC. In winter, we sip power. Our gas is actually more then.

I'm currently pulling 218 watts right now (fridge/2 laptops/small server/two pis/2 meshtastic devices/one light/ and a host of zombie power devices) and will pull a little over 3kw when the AC is on. And with the tier based system that PGE has, it means months where you do actually use the ac, they jack up the price at the worst possible times. Its closer to 60c per kilowatt hour before fees. And its going up again this year for the 4rth time...

It has new insulation but thanks.

You are absolutely right. ill be looking at the numbers. But with 50c+ per kilowatt...its going to be hard NOT to make my money back.

That program is closed now unfortunately. So many people tried to jump on that it was quickly overwhelmed from what I saw on the news.

I agree, its unfair for the bay AND the central valley. Given that PGE has had record profits year after year lately doesn't make me feel any better...

At this point im getting solar out of spite.

My AC was set at 84 and I still got a 400+ bill. Its insane. I thought at first my AC was having issues, but the guy came out and its only pulling around 3kw and its definitely working. Found out im using around the same KWH as last year (actually a bit less) but the rate hikes means we see more peaks and much higher bills.

Im in Fresno...we have some of the worst economic situations of a major city in Cali. So we pay bay area prices with midwest wages.

"This latest rate hike comes as PG&E stopped accepting applications for its REACH relief program due to overwhelming demand."

Its not my thing, but looks neat!

Yeah I would love to get off google. Good to know others are thinking the same.

I've done it once before with mailinabox. It worked for a while....then we moved.

Just seeing what my options are. Thanks!

Whats the best email service? I use Thunderbird for just about everything, but gmail has been getting on my nerves lately. I would love to selfhost, but my internet service provider blocks port 25...

Im so glad archive.org exists. People keep trying to change history when you can just go to archive.org and see all the real actions people took those days.

Its not mine, its someone elses (Elena). She has an ongoing series. This is just the latest post.

You can get an sp with that price. But I'm glad they are making them.