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I'm on the road going to three weddings in a month. And I am in California right now. And then I'm going to Chicago where I will be for a wedding right on the 4th of July. And it's going to be very hot. So I bought a new linen suit,

my first one. That's quite fancy. You know, I had friends who got married on the 4th of July just because, A, they got a discount, and B, every year they get fireworks on their anniversary. Oh, I love that. That's great. It's going to be hot, though, right? It is going to be hot. And that's what we're talking about today. So, I mean, I'm in Southern Arizona. It's kind of always hot. But it is hot in a lot of places that aren't used to it. Right now, record-breaking temperatures are searing across Western and Central Europe, especially in France, Spain and Britain. And this is tied to climate change. We're seeing

longer summers, hotter days, hotter nights, and that all means it takes more energy and money

to keep us cool. And I would say we've also seen higher bills for monthly expenses that's

putting pressure on our finances. On top of that, electricity rates are getting higher for

people all across the country. Consider this. The average monthly electricity bill increased by

about 30% from 2021 to 25, according to the National Energy Assistance Directors Association.

So we're re-airing this episode from last June because, frankly, the same factors are all

still at play. Extreme heat is a growing risk, as is the practice of electric shutoffs, because

higher utility bills and costs of living make those shutoffs more likely.

I'm Ariana Brocious.

I'm Kusha Navadar. And this is Climate One.

When people can't pay their utility bills, the power companies generally have the right to cut them off.

Along with prices, this practice is on the rise. According to a report by the Center for Biological Diversity,

in just nine months of 2024, more than 600,000 American households had their power shut off due to an inability to pay.

And in April of this year, the U.S. Energy Information Administration released its own report on home shutoffs.

And their numbers are even more striking. According to the report, which covers the whole of 2024,

utility companies disconnected U.S. households from electricity more than 13.4 million times.

That doesn't necessarily mean 13 million homes because the same customer can have multiple

shutoffs, but it is still a very high number.

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