Even though we reduced our usage in water, turned down the heat and went to a lot of trouble to lower our utility bills, our bills went up because of unannounced rate changes. Dh fixed a couple of leaks and I turned down the heat, but our bill still went up $5 on water and $50 on gas. I'm not used to these $90 + water/sewage/trash bills. Things were a lot cheaper back in WV. I think we used only a little over the minimum on our water. We'll try to cut back some more. After seeing the bills just go up and up even though we are cutting back, dh finally agreed to a clothesline in the backyard. *sigh* Thank goodness we can buy our groceries on base! Anyone else having the problem of rate hikes on utilities?






I still have some fixtures that can't handle the low use bulbs that I am looking forward to replacing. But by then it will be summer and the ac will be on.