Unbeknown to many outside the power industry, parts of London came remarkably close to a blackout. In order to stop this catastrophe, London was forced to buy additional energy and a massive cost. Sadly, this was avoidable but the UK chose to cut off traditional energy sources in favor of a solar & wind only strategy. As a result, the city of London was forced to pay record breaking prices in order to avoid facing blackouts of nearly $12,000 per megawatt hour or a 5000% increase to avoid homes and businesses going dark.
If New Jersey were to face the same type of energy challenges and price increases, a resident that used 1,543 kwh in one month to power their home, would then be force to pay approximately $18,000 instead of $118. Simply take your energy and multiply by twelve and you can see how much more it would cost you.
WHERE TO FIND HOW MUCH ENERGY YOU USE ON YOUR BILL
If you look at your energy bill, you will see the amount of KWH used. That represents the amount of energy you have used in that billing period.
The amount of energy used is then multiplied by the rate to determine how much you will owe on your bill.
Across Europe, we have seen countries return to coal to keep the lights on setting back progress that has already been made fighting climate change. These are the choices they are being forced to make because politicians chose to virtue signal rather than develop a sound strategy that would provide energy security instead of forcing residents and businesses into energy poverty.
No matter how much Affordable Energy for New Jersey has continued to sound the alarm and warn that these failed policies are poorly thought out, not ready for primetime and frankly will not work, New Jersey continues to take missteps that are costing us time to get it right and money from our wallets.
And now instead of taking these cautionary tales into consideration and hiding costs for over 920 days, New Jersey is trying to utilize a fake report to try to argue that there is no chance New Jersey could face these same energy shortages in the next decade. We deserve an energy policy that doesn’t pick winners and losers as we try to ensure energy security and affordability because in the end, we will all lose and be left in the dark.