# Light bill, power bill, electricity bill... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 24, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-bill-power-bill-electricity-bill/313933 "2005-07-24T16:34:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-bill-power-bill-electricity-bill/313933/1 "2005-07-24T16:34:31Z")
I came across the term ‘light bill’ in another thread. This got me to wondering: What do you call the bill that you receive from your electrical power company? I call mine the ‘electricity bill’ or ‘power bill’. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-bill-power-bill-electricity-bill/313933/2 "2005-07-24T16:34:57Z")
Power, or 'lectricity bill. Or “oh crap, more money” ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2005, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-bill-power-bill-electricity-bill/313933/3 "2005-07-24T16:36:11Z")
I say “the electric bill”. My parents called it “the light bill”. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2005, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-bill-power-bill-electricity-bill/313933/4 "2005-07-24T16:36:38Z")
Being from a family of Scousers I call it the ‘lecky bill’ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2005, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-bill-power-bill-electricity-bill/313933/5 "2005-07-24T17:07:06Z")
The bill that the Brinks truck just delivered. Where is my Mr. Fusion home energy source? ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2005, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-bill-power-bill-electricity-bill/313933/6 "2005-07-24T17:09:29Z")
‘hydro bill’ is the common term in some parts of Canada, though not Saskatchewan. ---
**Author:** ![available\_light](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@available\_light](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/available_light)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2005, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-bill-power-bill-electricity-bill/313933/7 "2005-07-24T17:13:15Z")
I call it the PG&E bill. Cause, you know, that’s who gets way too much of my money each month. And, by the way, that’s one of my personal “you know you’re an adult when” moments. I actually pay money, money that I could be using for fun stuff, to PG&E. For boring old gas & electricity. Le sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2005, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-bill-power-bill-electricity-bill/313933/8 "2005-07-24T17:21:31Z")
I don’t pay one directly right now. The last place I had one was Knoxville, and I called it the KUB (Knoxville Utilities Board) bill. I think I typically refer to them as the “name of the place” bill - so there was the GA Power bill before that. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2005, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-bill-power-bill-electricity-bill/313933/9 "2005-07-24T17:24:04Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > ‘hydro bill’ is the common term in some parts of Canada, though not Saskatchewan. If someone mentioned a ‘hydo bill’ to me, I’d think it was the water bill. ---
**Author:** ![Meaty\_Beaty\_Big\_and\_Bouncy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Meaty\_Beaty\_Big\_and\_Bouncy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meaty_Beaty_Big_and_Bouncy)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2005, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-bill-power-bill-electricity-bill/313933/10 "2005-07-24T18:07:27Z")
'letric bill ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2005, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-bill-power-bill-electricity-bill/313933/11 "2005-07-24T18:12:13Z")
Plain old “electric bill”. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2005, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-bill-power-bill-electricity-bill/313933/12 "2005-07-24T18:17:53Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > If someone mentioned a ‘hydo bill’ to me, I’d think it was the water bill. I found it a smidgen odd to refer to electricity as ‘hydro’ myself at first. (As in, “We need a campsite with hydro”, etc) But it’s not so odd when the electricity company is called Manitoba Hydro, or Ontario Hydro, etc. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2005, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-bill-power-bill-electricity-bill/313933/13 "2005-07-24T18:53:20Z")
“Utility Bill,” since it encompasses power, water, solid waste, sanitary(?!!) sewer and storm sewer. Not to mention “miscellaneous charges.” About all that’s missing is natural gas, which comes from a private company. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2005, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-bill-power-bill-electricity-bill/313933/14 "2005-07-24T19:14:34Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > If someone mentioned a ‘hydo bill’ to me, I’d think it was the water bill. Water’s how we make the electric! The water bill is the water bill. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2005, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-bill-power-bill-electricity-bill/313933/15 "2005-07-24T19:19:47Z")
> [@available light](#): > > I call it the PG&E bill… \ I find this post exceedingly funny, considering the name of the poster. 😛 The again, I am easily amused. I call it the BGE bill, for Baltimore Gas & Electric. Or maybe just electric bill. ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2005, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-bill-power-bill-electricity-bill/313933/16 "2005-07-24T20:04:49Z")
I call it the light bill, except when taking it out of the mailbox when it arrives, when I usually say “Ah good, the KU bill is here.” ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2005, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-bill-power-bill-electricity-bill/313933/17 "2005-07-24T20:23:30Z")
DWP bill (= Los Angeles Department of Water & Power Bill). Within the L.A. city limits everyone gets their power and water from this city-owned utility. They kept our prices down during the power crises a few years ago, so I guess this is one example of socialism that actually worked. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-bill-power-bill-electricity-bill/313933/18 "2005-07-24T20:35:13Z")
I call it by the name of the power company. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2005, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-bill-power-bill-electricity-bill/313933/19 "2005-07-24T20:38:23Z")
The Con Ed bill. Even though Con Ed doesn’t supply my electricity any more, BUG does. Brooklyn Union Gas actually prints the words “do NOT but BUG on your check” on their bills. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/45deac/32.png) [@Evil\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_One)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2005, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-bill-power-bill-electricity-bill/313933/20 "2005-07-24T20:39:12Z")
The “electric bill”. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-bill-power-bill-electricity-bill/313933.md?page=2)