Record Cold Lands Family with Thousand Dollar Electric Bill
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The frigid winter is driving up electric bills on the First Coast.
"I dread when that JEA bill comes," Aluoch Moody said. "I don't even want to open it because I don't know what I'm going to see this month."
Aluoch and her husband Sterling Moody's monthly electric bill is always high, they said. A good month for them is between $200 and $300.
But their bill for the month of December was through the roof.
"When I got it this month there was like no words." Aluoch said she was shocked.
Their charges for electricity alone for the month of December totaled $993.70.
Gerri Boyce, JEA spokesperson, said although the Moody's energy consumption for in December was higher than the average of 60-80 kilowatt-hours, they aren't alone. Boyce said many customers saw their usage double between November and December because of record cold.