Kent Hobart
2024 Budget: Get Ready, Higher Electric, Gas and Water Bills are Coming!
Energy prices have continued to climb throughout 2023, due in large part to the continuing war in Ukraine. The price of crude oil rose...
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Kent Hobart
- Jun 15
- 3 min
Identifying Water Metering Problems
If your water bill includes a graph showing your last twelve months of consumption, please slow down for a minute and review it. Big...
Kent Hobart
- Apr 17
- 2 min
Monthly Review Process
Most of us get our monthly utility bill, compare the total at the bottom to last month’s or last year’s and if the totals are close we...
Kent Hobart
- Mar 7
- 2 min
Gas Conversion Factor
Bills for natural gas tend to be higher during the heating season, and as a result draw more attention this time of year. As you review...
Kent Hobart
- Feb 8
- 2 min
Franchise Fees
Franchise Fee, It's there at the bottom of your bill every month. What is it and why is it adding another five percent to my bill? More...
Kent Hobart
- Jan 2
- 2 min
Sewer Surcharges
Fats, oils and grease entering the sewer system from food service establishments and industrial users lead to big problems for wastewater...
Kent Hobart
- Oct 7, 2022
- 3 min
Outdoor Lighting
Outdoor lighting is a valuable service provided by electric utilities and also a common source of billing errors.
Kent Hobart
- Aug 19, 2022
- 3 min
Billing Errors
We are often asked how utility billing errors happen. The answer is a simple one, People Make Mistakes.
Kent Hobart
- Jun 13, 2022
- 2 min
Gross Receipts Tax
State governments are always on the lookout for dependable sources of revenue and Utility Gross Receipts Taxes are one of their...
Kent Hobart
- May 2, 2022
- 3 min
Saving with Time-of-Use Rates
We all have an intersection we wait at during the week, that we fly through on Sunday morning. Weekday schedules used by most schools and...
Kent Hobart
- Apr 4, 2022
- 2 min
Customer Charge
"Why are they charging me for being a Customer"? That's the obvious question isn't it? Maybe a more timely question these days is, ...
Kent Hobart
- Mar 21, 2022
- 2 min
Irrigation Metering
In many months landscape irrigation may be your largest source of water consumption. Dedicated meters serving only your irrigation...
Kent Hobart
- Oct 18, 2021
- 3 min
Fuel Cost Recovery Charges
One of the bigger numbers on your electric or gas bill each month will be a charge for the fuel you’ve consumed. Today’s post focuses on...
Kent Hobart
- Oct 4, 2021
- 2 min
Water Meter Size
If you look closely at your monthly water bill, you'll notice the size of your water meter in inches is probably displayed somewhere...
Kent Hobart
- Aug 31, 2021
- 3 min
Kilowatt Hour Consumption
In 2020 the average price per kWh in the Unites States was about 15 cents. That doesn't sound like much until you remember the tens of...
Kent Hobart
- Jul 30, 2021
- 3 min
Understanding kW Demand
kW Demand billing is one of the most confusing and expensive charges on your power bill. Keep reading to eliminate the confusion.
Kent Hobart
- Jun 30, 2021
- 2 min
Watts a kilowatt?
Have you ever looked at your electric bill and wondered, "What are these things called kilowatts"? Keep reading to get the answer.
Kent Hobart
- May 28, 2021
- 2 min
Why is my bill being multiplied?
Have you ever noticed the multiplier on your electric bill? Take a look at your largest bill and you'll see it in the same area as the...
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