All my utility bills have steadily increased. One of my friends with a big apartment had a shocking electricity bill the other day. I never heard anything like it. The subsidies are all ending but I am not sure yet where rates will end up. I don't think they can raise rates too much or they will have mass rioting going on from people already struggling to get by.
There must be an error if it's 4 times what it usually is. Have you asked the doorman if your neighbors also got the same increase?
He said that the big increases are just starting now. I can't get through via phone or email to anyone at Aysa but will try to go to their office and see.
Time to start switching off the lights we don't need to have on all the time. I learned to do that quickly during my years in SoCal.
Yes that is correct. Electricity here was previously so cheap and subsidized so all of us have just left AC and all the lights on. The government wants to end all of that. I believe it's tiered pricing so the more you use it is much more expensive after you surpass the next level. I also had a friend that always leaves everything on report she got a shockingly high bill.
True. My electricity bill used to be ridiculously cheap. Less than $20 USD per month. My last bill went up to around $65 USD per bill. I need to get a better idea of how much it jumps up with the tiers. I understand about the government needing to remove subsidies and allow the utility companies to increase rates. I just hope it doesn't turn out like the healthcare premium increases.
My water usage is included in my HOA bill. However, my HOA bill has drastically gone up since December. It still is reasonable compared to comparable property I own in the States. But my electricity bill has also gone up. IIRC I usually pay less than $30 dollars per month and my last bill was around $60 equivalent. But I did have a longer term tenant so that probably accounts for the increased bill although last year I had long-term tenants and it was never that much.
Local residents will probably figure out how to turn things off now. My friends that live in BA always leave everything on. I would be shocked that we would leave to go out all day and they would leave all the lights and AC on all the time. You can do that when the government was paying the bill! People will need to learn to adjust.
Many, many moons ago, in Toronto, ON, Canada, I witnessed a conversation between roommates, one of them from Germany, the other one from the US. The German guy says as they are leaving the room, Let's go, we are running late and, for once, will you turn the lights off? The other guy says, But why, it's included in the rent. And the German guy goes, It doesn't matter knucklehead! You keep wasting energy for no reason! 😀
This is true and even something I need to be more aware. I mostly rent Airbnbs and when I leave I just keep everything on. Lately I am seeing owners are giving certain amounts of kwh free and anything above that they are charging now. This will probably be the new normal with rates surging not only in Argentina but other places too. We should be more careful not to waste energy.
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