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March 4, 2021 6:39 PM Zachary Dodge
HUMBOLDT, Kan. – “Typically we get billed about 35 thousand dollars a month. We’ve been advised that the estimate for February’s cost will be 1.6 million dollars,” explains Humboldt City Administrator Cole Herder.
It sounds like something you might hear in a movie or some other work of fiction. But for the City of Humboldt, this worst-case scenario is all too real.
“Our customers can’t stand that kind of a bill in one month. It just would bankrupt everybody,” says Herder. “That’s just unheard of. Our annual budget for the gas supply is about 375 thousand dollars. And we budget above what we think we’re gonna need.”
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The sub-zero cold snap that gripped the Midwest in early February led to a jaw-dropping rise in natural gas prices, the cost of which consumers will feel.
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February 15, 2021
RAPID CITY, S.D. – As the cold weather persists, the West River Electric Association and Black Hills Energy are asking customers to limit their energy use.
Due to unusually high energy consumption tied to the freeze, they’re asking customers to avoid things like laundry, showering, cooking and washing dishes during peak energy times. That means limiting use of hot water. Peak times are morning and night from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Companies urge conservation to continue until temperatures start to warm back up.
Black Hills Energy says rolling black outs are not a concern for their customers. West River Electric says they are “doing everything in its power to avoid this escalating to that level,” in regards to restricting energy use. Lacreek Electric Association says their customers may experience outages.