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Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Variable vs. fixed energy rates
I have never had the option to choose. Which one do you recommend? I have never really followed energy rates so I dont know how much they fluctuate. I know that a fixed rate would be good if the rates get very high, but it would be bad if the rates got super low.
Re: Variable vs. fixed energy rates
I have most of my statements and I could probably figure out what would be best for us. In the winter, we spend as little as $80 on electricity, but holy heck, the summer can send us to about $350 per month! I think I decided against fixed rates last year because the outrageous bills were only for 3 months. Maybe I'll do my homework this year and actually figure out what would be better. We are also always home, so setting the thermostat up/down for the majority of the day isn't an option. DH used to work from home FT and still does some work from home during the day once in a while. I'm with the kids and if I'm working on a contract project, it's from home too.
I'm interested in what others say.
This is sort of related, sort of not, but thought I'd chime in. We recently switched to levelized (averaged) billing on our utility bill and I love it. I know exactly how much our bill will be every month. We have a two-story that is a nightmare to cool in the summer. We also have a pool, and while we still only run the pump 6-8 hrs/day, it still adds up in the summer. We would have a $600 bill one month in, say, July, and then a $150 bill in January. It was ridiculously hard to budget, especially with a husband in sales.