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[rbV5]

Originally posted by: Newbian

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: rbV5

Originally posted by: Newbian

Originally posted by: AlienCraft

Originally posted by: Newbian

Originally posted by: compman25

Originally posted by: Newbian
Why not just switch to another one for a few months and reactivate it again under a new name such as adding a JR after your name?

How many cities have more than 1 electric company to choose from?

Most cities do last I looked.

WRONG, Utlilities are the last refuge of State sponsored monopolists.

Odd... I looked up the op city and found 3 others in a matter of seconds.

Every city I have lived in had choices so it's not that hard if you looked.

Yea sure

I've never had a choice of provider for electric power in ANY city I've ever lived in. I've worked in water utlities and have never seen more than a single electric utility with either locating or digging in a public right a way either..not ever.

I don't think he's lived on his own yet.

Read what Mugs has said.

I have lived in Minneapolis and near Milwaukee just to name two and both times I had multiple choices and even had 2 different ones during the Minneapolis time.

regardless, you claim "Most" cities do, which is nonsense, most definately Do not.

Mugs also says you don't have a choice "where" it comes from, which is also actually false. Even here, where you can't choose a provider, you can however choose to pay extra for renewable energy.

 

[Argo]

Originally posted by: ICRS
This is why having private companies provide a necessity such as electricity isn't good. Government run electric companies are much more efficient, and they don't care about profits like private ones. If you had a government run power company, they wouldn't be sending letters like this.

Oh great, lets give government another thing to botch. That way we can bail them out in a few years.

 

[boomhower]

Possible but not likely. She is a old fashioned middle aged woman that lives with her husband. Compared to my wife, 2 kids, desktop, 2 laptops, server, plasma, bedroom TV, kids TV's, etc etc. I seriously doubt she is using more power than I am but I suppose it is technically possible.

 

[BUTCH1]

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: BUTCH1
No, not 30 days, more like 10 from when I get the bill and after 13 years with no history of lates, disconnects, or final notices they could have cut a little slack. I do feel badly for those that lost their jobs as this might be a deal-breaker for them..

what I said was is you KNOW 30 days from your LAST bill you will have ANOTHER one.

Did you lose your job? If not it has no bearing other than you aren't paying your bills on time.

You shouldn't have to wait for a monthly bill to come to start preparing to pay it.

Well yes I knew another was coming 30 days later but the $$ was mostly used before that, I wasn't living in la-la land I had to cough up co-pays trying to get my wife's medical condition fixed so the $$ got stretched tight. I'm not denying my responsibility here but sometimes hard choices have to be made as to who gets paid at what time.

 

[Malfeas]

Originally posted by: ICRS
This is why having private companies provide a necessity such as electricity isn't good. Government run electric companies are much more efficient, and they don't care about profits like private ones. If you had a government run power company, they wouldn't be sending letters like this.

That depends upon the utility. I work for a privately owned electric utility, and we waive late fees and overdue bills all the time. In fact our average for disconnects for late payments is over 3 months after the account is overdue. Compare this to Texas(or so I'm told by another operator who worked in Texas), which has an unregulated market, where they send someone out to disconnect you the 2nd day you are overdue. But they then take up to a week to reconnect you.