Utahns are noticing higher utility bills this winter. Is it just cold outside, or is energy becoming more expensive?
in the West has driven down hydroelectric production, and natural gas electric production has replaced that demand.""My power bill almost doubled for the same usage," Duke Raoul, from Ogden, said on Facebook.
"If I turn down the heater at all, the people, like my mom, downstairs — they'll freeze because it's so cold down there," Wayment said. "So I always just keep it at 68 and then if it goes up, I still have to just pay the increase because if I turn it down, then they freeze downstairs in the basement."
There was also a smaller increase effective Jan. 1 due to incurred costs like expanding service, equipment maintenance and construction of a new liquefied natural gas facility to enhance reliability on colder days.
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