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inis is tne worst lve seen it,” said Brown “People got by on their 401Ks, but those are running out, then what9”

MSN Money reports that an average family uses 1,000 kilowatt hours in a month, and that Virginia - at about 10 cents per kilowatt hour - is still below the national average of 12 cents. An average family in Virginia pays about $100 a month for electricity says MSN Money.

The state of Nebraska - which is the only state where utilities are entirely government owned - puts the national average at about 10 cents per kilowatt hour, with its rates near the bottom at 6 7 cents per kilowatt hour Virginia is ranked just below the national average at 9 cents a kilowatt hour as of February 2009.

But as Rappahannock residents surely know, rates start'd to climb significantly this winter.

Right now, there seems to be no end in sight to weary consumers.

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