Upgrades to aging utility equipment and efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions have combined to drive up electricity costs across the country, with the national average rising year over year.
As a business reporter for The New York Times, I examine the impact of rising electricity costs on consumer bills. With my colleague Madeleine Ngo, I recently looked at how higher rates have strained the budgets of low-income consumers — many of whom can’t afford clean energy technologies like solar panels and electric vehicles.
We’re planning more stories about the rising cost of energy and how it’s affecting people across the country. How expensive has it become to keep the lights on? What impact do electricity prices have on household budgets? What measures are people taking to reduce their bills?
And we need your help. Electricity bills show exactly what consumers pay for electricity. If you have an electricity bill that surprised you, we’d like to look into it. I will read each response to this questionnaire and may contact you to learn more about your story and possibly include it in a future article. I will not post any part of your response without talking to you first. I will not share your contact information outside the Times newsroom and will not use it for any purpose other than to contact you.
