You think your electric bills were high this summer. You’re not alone

By Erin McCarthy, The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS)

When Jennifer Frankel received her electric bill in August, she was floored.

She and her husband owed Peco about $470 for the month-long stretch that spanned parts of July and August. She said it was the highest electric bill she has ever recalled since moving into their Bryn Mawr home 15 years ago.

Given the rising prices on many other necessities, like groceries, “I really was just like, ‘Oh, this is our new normal,’” said Frankel, 55.

She and her husband, who works in sales, can afford to pay the bill, she said. They chalked it up to multiple heat waves and their preference to sleep in the cold, she said. They’re crossing their fingers for cooler fall weather.

But, she added, “If it keeps going up, that’s a problem.”

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