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📋 Fighting to Keep Heat and Electricity Bills Affordable (AARP Article/Advocacy)

SummerOnTheWay1 — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:34:31 GMT

FROM THE ARTICLE.

5 Ways AARP Is Fighting to Keep Heat and Electricity Bills Affordable.

We’re battling rate increases to keep costs within reach for older adults.

By Molly Snow, AARP. Published January 15, 2026.

Older adults are contending with higher prices on almost everything, and utilities are no exception.

Nearly two-thirds of older Americans say their electric bill has gone up recently, and 83 percent fear it will climb even higher, according to a 2025 survey by AARP Research.

USE LINK BELOW TO READ THE ARTICLE.

https://www.aarp.org/advocacy/affordable-utilities-older-adults/

Re: 📋 Fighting to Keep Heat and Electricity Bills Affordable (AARP Article/Advocacy)

GailL1 — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:52:52 GMT

Our electrical utility - Georgia Power and our PSC - have agreed to keep our based rates steady for 3-years - but we have had a lot of construction cost in the last several years due to the building of Plant Vogel - but now it is done and we are all the better for building this Nuclear Power Plant.

Now all we have to worry about is Hurricanes and Tornadoes taking out the electrical grid and the associated repair cost. Which I doubt there is a way to shield against stuff like this.

Re: 📋 Fighting to Keep Heat and Electricity Bills Affordable (AARP Article/Advocacy)

papawofboo — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 22:37:13 GMT

I'm afraid the only thing that will lower mine is Spring.