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Have energy prices gone up for you?  


Soulie
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I noticed just the last few months, my utilities have gone up. Electricity, in particular, is up almost 10%. I was shocked. I thought something was wrong but I read some news stories saying other places, like in the UK, have seen an 80% increase! That is scary!! 

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caphekitty
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Yeah, I think they have everywhere. I am not sure by how much but it was enough for me to notice it. Some places are way worse as you mentioned though. Yikes! 

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thirdstrikeIII
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I have been paying more for everything from food to bills. It seems like everything is facing some strange inflation because the markets got jammed up.

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TBH23
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I think they have. I don't actually handle the payments on them. I do room sharing and I am the one who pays for groceries and other things like that while the utilities are handled by someone else and we all split the rent. 

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NhimXuXu
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I don't know. I really don't pay attention. I am guessing if they did, it wasn't by much or I would have noticed. The cost of food is what has gone up the most for me. 

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NomNomNom
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Yup! They went up in 2021. They have gone up, even more, this year dude to the conflict happening with Ukraine. I think the prices were already going to go up but that just made everything worse. 

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readysetgo
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My utilities are about 20% higher I would say. Not ideal but not as bad as in some other areas. It seems like there are quite a lot of places facing huge rising costs.

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Soulie
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I am glad I am not alone then but at the same time, I don't like how expensive things are getting. It is really going to make it harder for me to save for travel! 

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@soulie That has been one of my worries. I will have to cut back on travel with prices going up. I had to delay my next trip to Vietnam as I need to buy a car in November now. 

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