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Originally Posted by Regorium
The last time two of my coworkers whined about carbon tax, they claimed that it DOUBLED THEIR ELECTRICITY RATES and added $60 a month to their gas. To which of course, I called BS.
One guy was so adamant, that he pulled up his Enmax bill to PROVE to me how Notley has destroyed his life. Shockingly, carbon tax on electricity was zero dollars, and the carbon levy was $10 on the gas bill.
I'm not saying you're wrong Chingas, but your numbers are a bit outlandish. Is your overall bill like $1200+ a month? Then I can see a $100 a month carbon levy.
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I am with the jerks at direct energy.
My gas and power bills were a combined $700 for January. The carbon tax line item on the gas bill alone I believe was $85. I also presume that there was a corresponding increase in the service and gas charge but don't have the evidence to back that up. I don't have the bill with me and won't be back home for a few weeks but I can provide exact details at that time if you are interested.
The $100 a month carbon tax wasn't hyperbole. Further more my original point is that I think that this whole program is ridiculous. I do wonder why it is a blanket program that will negatively effect businesses that are trying to sell these items. Wouldn't a better use of these tax dollars be to provide tax incentives to green power start ups, or assisting people that can't afford to replace their old 35% efficient furnaces instead? Or how about subsidizing shower heads, light bulbs, furnaces, do dads etc and have people at least invest some thing of their own into things? A free for all program that is aimed at collecting the low hanging fruit with little scrutiny just feels like a mess in the making to me.