HEAT: Feeling it in bills

If Avista is going to charge $300 for this past February, as stated by Avista, I might as well turn on the heat and stay warm.

How many of you are living in a two-bedroom, two-bath apartment and keep the heat on low, even lower at night (wake up with frost on your nose), use blankets and quilts and your bill is still $300?

You actually know other people in the same amount of space and their bill is $150. Their apartment is warmer because they have a new baby.

I have to wonder if there is a surcharge for living downtown or just if living downtown is considered a “privilege;” therefore, you pay more for electricity.

Dressing in warm clothing and wool socks and keeping a blanket on one at all times while turning down the heat doesn’t seem to lower the cost of electricity. Even going out of town for two weeks doesn’t lower it. Guess they are making up for when we open our windows in the spring/summer.

With Avista having to pay some type of penalty after losing lawsuits, it would seem we would get some sort of break. Obviously, they did something wrong. A rent increase of $80 sure doesn’t help this season either. It always comes right after Christmas.

Coeur d’Alene is getting too fancy for me.

JUDITH YANCEY

Coeur d’Alene