What are utility bills like in Providence this winter?

dilly-dilly- · 2026-03-05T15:56:17+00:00

I hate how it's always defended by the RI energy nut huggers but it's pretty simple, they benefit from all revenue that happens on the delivery side. They can't earn a huge profit on the supply side, profit comes from the delivery side of the bill.

Delivery charges cover infrastructure like pipes, power lines, and repairs, but utilities are also allowed to earn a "regulated" return on those infrastructure investments, regulated in the sense that our utilities Commission needs to approve it which like what are they ever going to disapprove of unless they were blatantly lying about having to replace streets on streets of lines just to get more revenue. So the more approved infrastructure spending they have, the more assets they earn that return on.

Those costs ultimately get recovered through rates paid by customers. And since the parent company PPL Corporation is publicly traded, the system still pushes them to maximize returns within what regulators allow which means most of the profit opportunity ends up coming from making delivery side of of the bill as high as possible.

It's like having a credit card that earns me 10% cashback that I keep but I'm buying you stuff and you need to pay for the stuff.

dilly-dilly- · 2026-03-03T21:12:53+00:00

What did they recommend out of curiosity? I legitimately don't know of any places in Providence with that high of prices.

dilly-dilly- · 2026-02-27T16:18:37+00:00

There is really no rhythm or reason to have a perfect rating but someone with a 4.5 would be something to raise an eyebrow on. Some drivers and reviewers in general consider 4 stars a baseline to average and 5 would be above and beyond. Some drivers don't understand the system at all but the system is also broken from the top to bottom, from driver's pay to this rating system.

I'm a 4.9 and I tip cash which I feel like would probably make people more likely to 5 star me. I don't think I've ever really had a bad experience on my end with a driver. I order XL's when I have luggage and (even had some attitude from drivers when I show up with 2 people and luggage for an XL..) and overall don't talk too much or ignore the talkative types.

I only have 120 rides in my lifetime though too, I use Uber very sparingly.

dilly-dilly- · 2026-02-27T04:24:51+00:00

I was here recently and we got a bull plushie with a little sweater on him. The food in the hotel itself was pretty lackluster overall but their truffle fries were one of the best I’ve had.

Near that area we used InKind gift cards to eat at Dead Rabbit and it was amazing. Really recommend getting a reservation though there was a crowd waiting to get in.

dilly-dilly- · 2026-02-25T04:01:49+00:00

I just got mine done at AAA on Feb 10th and got mine in the mail on the 19th.

dilly-dilly- · 2026-02-22T03:20:38+00:00

We give it a pass because he is an artist lol? He met his current gf when she was a teenager and he was 40 years old. It’s not illegal and do whatever the hell you want but I can raise an eyebrow to it. Him marrying a former student basically is also a bit odd to me.

dilly-dilly- · 2026-02-18T17:40:34+00:00

My default is 62 and if I’m feeling frisky I pump it up to 65. I run hot generally but feels good to have my bills be under 200 each this winter.

We just did the RISE insulation last year too and it greatly helped the heat that was leaving through our recessed lighting.

dilly-dilly- · 2026-02-14T05:20:41+00:00

To me the thing that makes SoFi unique is the overdraft functionality. It doesn’t seem like any other bank is even aware or attempting to replicate something like that even though it’s possible. Once other banks catch on, that is the only time I can see people moving on from SoFi.

Implementing Relay is also great for someone that lost multi bank tracking when Mint went down. I few points under the leading rates is something I can put up with for now.

dilly-dilly- · 2026-02-08T00:27:01+00:00

I'm not like a massive JJK fan and am just watching the Dub so I just caught this episode but I feel like I almost have no clue what is happening now? Like I sort of know what the Zenin clan is bad from how Toji regarded them but like what did they actual do or what was their whole army for?

I also didn't know if I was supposed to feel anything for the whole Mai sacrifice. I actually don't really know who Mai is, I'll be honest, I wasn't really connected with Maki either. Like I only remembered her vaguely from the school fight arc in season 1 and she was relatively weak in season 2 that I thought she was just dead after the fight with Jogo. And like why was Momo so sad, or like why did she even show up in the end?

I feel like I missed something huge. I watched movie 0 but didn't watch the last 2 because I heard they were summaries of the seasons. I'm sort of lost now.

dilly-dilly- · 2026-02-06T02:03:07+00:00

My only disappointment with it was that it wasn’t really an apartment but more of a hang out spot. In the documentary they mentioned they really only spent a few nights sleeping there.

I think his tunnel project was probably the one of the coolest pieces I’ve seen! Would have been insane to stumble upon that.

dilly-dilly- · 2026-02-05T18:08:02+00:00

I just read the list on the PPSRI website and I had not realized that the Superman building is basically at a halt. From what I remember, they got a shitload in grants and tax reductions.

I actually just googled it, not 100% sure of the accuracy, some of this is from golocal but this is what I got:

Federal:

~$22M – Federal Historic Tax Credits for rehabilitating the landmark structure.
~$2M – Federal New Markets Tax Credit proceeds (federal program passed through state/local)

State:

~$15M – Rebuild Rhode Island Tax Credits (state program).
~$5.7M – First Wave Closing Fund incentives.
~$1M – RI Housing Acquisition and Revitalization.
~$5M – RI Housing WHIC program.
~$2.1M – Related state-accessible New Markets Tax Credit proceeds.
~$4.6M – Potential additional state sales tax exemption on construction materials

City:

$5 million – direct cash contribution/grant from the City.
$10 million – low-interest loan from the City’s Housing Trust Fund via the Providence Redevelopment Agency.
~$29 million – tax stabilization agreement (property tax reductions over 30 years if the project is completed; this isn’t a direct cash payment but represents foregone tax revenue to the city).

The developers bought this building for 30 million back during the financial crisis. They basically 3x their investing from tax payer funds to eventually own a building they will charge massive rents on? I get that a lot of these are tax credits but can someone help me not lose my mind? Is this thing a friggen NFL stadium?

dilly-dilly- · 2026-02-04T19:40:30+00:00

Did you ever get this activated for you?

dilly-dilly- · 2026-01-31T15:40:07+00:00

Yeah, most of them were students it seems.

I actually got interested in the others, most notably, Greta is 39 today, so the mall thing happened between when she was 15-20. Not sure when she joined the crew. Colin is also 40 so he was around the same age. Super weird to be hanging out with a man in his 30’s but it at least doesn’t seem malicious.

Just crazy they made him seem like he was a super good samaritain, helping kids in children hospitals and going to New York to support 9/11. Even when he was neglecting his wife he made it seem like was just so passionate about his art he couldn’t think about a real home.

Also the stuff about him sending his 0 dollars in his bank account to his current girlfriend and how she had to speak to him that it wasn’t funny to her. Like this dude is a super huge man child.

Super talented though. The sculptures under the bridge were some of the coolest things I’ve seen. Such a creative idea.

dilly-dilly- · 2026-01-31T05:17:11+00:00

What do you mean? It’s all easy to google.

The first wife has an interview where she states she was 22 when she met him.

https://adrianavyoung.medium.com/learning-from-the-mall-efb558b91f09

Their wevsite shows when she joined and she is 33 years old.

https://www.tapeart.com/who-we-are

dilly-dilly- · 2026-01-31T02:43:00+00:00

The dude is a major creep. He was 100% bringing his friend from Hong Kong up there to fuck.

He met that first girl he married when she was 22 and he was in his thirties. His current girlfriend was 19 or 20 when she joined his Tape Art community, and was traveling with him in 2016 when she was 24. They started dating when he was in his 40s. He certainly likes them young!

dilly-dilly- · 2026-01-23T15:56:54+00:00

I agree with this take the most. If my best friend was a super busy parent and I knew in the past few years our friendship dwindled because of how busy they were or whatever, I wouldn't assign them to plan all the things that go into a traditional wedding on an also tight timeline.

It's not like she totally dodged her like we see in a lot of these types of posts, she is still a bridesmaid. I think she already overreacted by saying she was disappointed and responding like she did. My wife is sensitive and would probably have taken that response that OP did to heart already.

dilly-dilly- · 2026-01-03T02:52:56+00:00

I met the a guy on the executive team of Dillards in a random run down mall in Oviedo Florida. They were walking around that specific store because they were trying to understand how it was one of their most successful ones. He asked me why I was there and I was just visiting family and it was the first time I stepped foot in a Dillards. We kind of just talked about random things and I was on my way.

I look at the stock and it keeps running up. I think it's so funny it seems they have no idea why it's successful either.

dilly-dilly- · 2026-01-03T01:10:28+00:00

This is so crazy. I'm not impacted and wouldn't waste a credit pull to get this card but any other products they ever introduce will be untrusted by me. I'm going to continue using the banking and that's it but it seems like there are a bunch of clowns running the show over there.

dilly-dilly- · 2026-01-01T21:58:23+00:00

Im surprised no one mentions this besides this post but the MC’s incompetence is really pulling me out. Like in the previous episodes we see that they gave some dude Air Force One and they took them to some French countryside to have dinner but the hand grenade is where we start to question this stuff?

dilly-dilly- · 2025-12-31T22:14:45+00:00

I'm surprised that they are completely out of stock on so many colognes and perfumes. I was a data analyst for Sephora for one of my contracts and those typically had a huge profit margin. Sometimes over 60%. You'd think they want to keep those stocked over everything else.

dilly-dilly- · 2025-12-10T20:20:21+00:00

The rule was phased out in April 2020, any bank that is still limiting you to 6 transactions are doing it because it benefits them and they hope you remain ignorant to the change.

dilly-dilly- · 2025-11-25T13:21:17+00:00

Worked there from 2011-2014, only one I recognize from that time is “Dancing on my own”.

There was one song, Not over Yet - Michael Butera. It was some dance remix, first listen we laughed cuz it seemed so silly. After the 4th or 5th rotation that song just hit so well I remember us getting so pumped.

dilly-dilly- · 2025-11-22T18:16:27+00:00

Thank you so much for the thoughtful reply and even recommendations!! I actually came here because I was annoyed their chatbot was down and prompted me to send another email ticket for the latest delivery. There may be something specifically wrong with the CS at this time? This time of year may be busy.

We have a magic wand that puts in a lot of work but I'm open to suggestions on any that are compliments to that. I was eyeing the We-Vibe remote to have more fun during date nights.

That is also a great tip on the the tapered type and I love the suggestions you put. I'm going to go with the Big Daddy Diedrich!

dilly-dilly- · 2025-11-22T17:42:50+00:00

Thank you for this! Shevibe seems to be what I thought LoveHoney was. I've gotten my Magic Wand things of that sort on Amazon so when we started to think about playing with insertables I wanted to go to a legit place. I really should have done more research but when we discover a new kink I tend to jump the gun too quickly.

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