>my natural gas bill

No, we are not discussing in general "heating fuels." Natural gas is pretty specific and it is piped by UGI thru pipes placed by UGI to houses occupied by UGI customers in a relatively large area serviced exclusively by UGI.

I hope tent city gets moved indoors. 10 below is not camping weather no matter how propane heaters someone has going in that tent.

Before it was the OOS'ers, it was those swarthy folks from Quebec... and before them, those rumbly toothed fellers from across the pond...

1 day at 30 below is 4 days too many...

>Negative 40 wind chill is pretty out of the range of normal Maine cold

Not really. Spent many a winter morning outside waiting for the school bus. And then ran the town streets after school for practice. Lemme tell ya about the time coach sent us out to do Ohio Hills when the temp was sub-zero and the wind was blowing...

You need to chill, man. May I suggest a long walk in shorts and flipflops?

"Eggs will fry when the pavement temp reaches 105."

One good thing about really cold weather: the outdoor fridge is open for business.

Use the heater spaced like the old radiators. I have ceramics, baseboard style and the oil-radiators. All are easy to operate but the radiators are more efficient. A brand new one will give off a bit of an odor for the first hour or two. If you have a larger room, the industrial looking heater that has a fan works better at distributing the heat.

Do not use household extension cords with space heaters.

Also, avoid placing heaters on carpet.

Only took them a couple of weeks. Pretty fast for PUC. /s

It is PPL's job to bill correctly. Every. Time.

imho, utilities should not be able to grab an interest free loan from customers, which is how overcharges are typically handled. Given the recent inflation and price increases on nearly everything, there is a growing population that simply cannot afford to be forced to pay in advance. Not disconnecting or surcharging customers helps ease the burden, but seriously? Too many industry folks within PUC, imho.

UGI pretty much has a lock on natural gas in this area. No competition to temper the prices.

Conrad Weiser Homestead is not far from city limits, just a bit west on 422.

A word about firewood: https://www.agriculture.pa.gov/Plants_Land_Water/PlantIndustry/plant-health/Firewood/Pages/default.aspx

Another word: https://centrecountypa.gov/195/Sale-of-Firewood-in-Pennsylvania

And, last but not least: know the quarantine rules of whatever county you operate in: https://www.dontmovefirewood.org/map/pennsylvania/

>Bro, in fairness, you opted in to the argument.

Yeah, started up the brigade band.

Frankly, I can see how a dedicated left turn lane could work at that spot. Not all that unusual in lots of places.

$600 for 4 or 2? Seems like low-budget 25K life at that price for 4.

The blue is for summer, non? I use pink in winter.

Then drive to Bar Harbor and eyeball the hotels for yourself.

Find a tall building. Get to the top of it. Otherwise, maybe in Fairmont?

>only tax the value of the land itself, not any buildings or other improvements.

In other words, the guy who can only to afford to live in a trailer now would be taxed at the same level as a guy who can afford to put a mansion upon his property?

Still seems like a dumb idea that needs much more thought.

Under the current property assessment scheme in PA, we already pay tax on the land.

Theoretical bs, imho. How can I build my house if I do not own the land upon which I seek to build it?

There is an entire chapter in the PBI book on uniformity, along with a volume of case law and Article VIII, Sect 1 of the PA Constitution, but generally it means all properties in the same category must be assessed similarly. For instance, if your assessed fair market value for a 1 acre lot with a medium-size house is one value but a similar neighbor's house is noticeably less, then there is a uniformity issue. Same class, same assessed value.

Would that be ECRDA.com ECRDA.org ECRDA.net or the various facebook varieties? Brownfields are brownfields there's money in the bank just waiting for some authority somewhere looking to pay a consultant to help them spend all those federal buckeroos.