立即打开
美国人今冬账单可能翻倍

美国人今冬账单可能翻倍

Chris Morris 2021-11-15
天然气价格自从2020年新冠疫情期间下跌后,过去一年上浮91%。

通胀之下,很多消费者因为开支增多本来就苦苦挣扎,而今年冬天取暖费可能飙升,真是雪上加霜。

作为美国将近一半家庭使用的取暖能源,天然气价格自从2020年新冠疫情期间下跌后,过去一年上浮91%。利用其他方式取暖的家庭也不轻松,取暖油和丙烷分别涨价115%和148%。

美国联邦能源监管委员会(Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)最近发布的报告显示,预计能源价格短期内不会下跌。

在冬季的几个月内,承租人和私房房主会消耗50%到80%的住宅燃料。而今年10月全美确实比较温暖,但不要指望一直暖和。

根据美国国家海洋与大气管理局(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)发布的最新天气预报,2021年到2022年冬季,全美绝大部分地区比去年冬天稍冷,气温与过去10年冬季平均温度基本持平。AccuWeather长期天气预报显示,受气候现象拉尼娜(La Niña)的影响,今冬与去年寒冬有类似之处,美国东北部、五大湖区和北部平原地区均会出现比往常更冷的冬天。

预计到取暖费上调,拜登政府发放了低收入家庭能源援助计划(Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program)37.5亿美元基金中的90%。新冠疫情爆发前一年,该基金帮助过500多万家庭,平均每户获得439美元。游说者已经开始向美国国会施压,以在未来几个月增加基金金额。

这并不是2021年到2022年冬季有关取暖费的首次预警。今年10月,美国能源信息署(Energy Information Administration)提醒过私房房主,今冬取暖费可能会大幅上涨。(财富中文网)

译者:夏晴

通胀之下,很多消费者因为开支增多本来就苦苦挣扎,而今年冬天取暖费可能飙升,真是雪上加霜。

作为美国将近一半家庭使用的取暖能源,天然气价格自从2020年新冠疫情期间下跌后,过去一年上浮91%。利用其他方式取暖的家庭也不轻松,取暖油和丙烷分别涨价115%和148%。

美国联邦能源监管委员会(Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)最近发布的报告显示,预计能源价格短期内不会下跌。

在冬季的几个月内,承租人和私房房主会消耗50%到80%的住宅燃料。而今年10月全美确实比较温暖,但不要指望一直暖和。

根据美国国家海洋与大气管理局(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)发布的最新天气预报,2021年到2022年冬季,全美绝大部分地区比去年冬天稍冷,气温与过去10年冬季平均温度基本持平。AccuWeather长期天气预报显示,受气候现象拉尼娜(La Niña)的影响,今冬与去年寒冬有类似之处,美国东北部、五大湖区和北部平原地区均会出现比往常更冷的冬天。

预计到取暖费上调,拜登政府发放了低收入家庭能源援助计划(Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program)37.5亿美元基金中的90%。新冠疫情爆发前一年,该基金帮助过500多万家庭,平均每户获得439美元。游说者已经开始向美国国会施压,以在未来几个月增加基金金额。

这并不是2021年到2022年冬季有关取暖费的首次预警。今年10月,美国能源信息署(Energy Information Administration)提醒过私房房主,今冬取暖费可能会大幅上涨。(财富中文网)

译者:夏晴

With many consumers already struggling against rising costs due to inflation, the price of keeping their homes warm this winter could be about to skyrocket.

After dipping last year during the pandemic, the price of natural gas has increased 91% in the past year. And nearly half of the country’s homes use natural gas to heat their home. There’s no relief for people who use other methods, either. Heating oil prices are up 115%, and propane costs are up 148%.

And those prices aren’t expected to go down anytime soon, according to a newly released report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Renters and homeowners consume between 50% and 80% of residential fuel in the winter months. And, yes, October was a warm one around the country, but don’t expect that to continue.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s most recent winter forecast calls for temperatures for the winter of 2021–22 to be slightly colder than last winter’s for most of the country, and more similar to the average winter of the previous 10 years. Long-range forecasts from AccuWeather predict similarities between this year and last year’s brutal winter because of a weather phenomenon known as La Niña, with the Northeast, Great Lakes, and Northern Plains all in for a colder-than-normal winter.

In anticipation of the higher bills, the Biden administration has already released 90% of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program’s $3.75 billion in funds. In the year before the pandemic, that fund provided an average of $439 to more than 5 million families. Lobbyists are already pressuring Congress to increase that fund for the coming months.

This isn’t the first warning about heating costs in 2021–2022. In October, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) warned homeowners that heating bills could be significantly higher this winter.

热读文章
热门视频
扫描二维码下载财富APP