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Don't you hate Utility cos.?
They write the rules, or should we say politicians do for them, & if you break the rules they created, you have to pay them a fine (late fees, disconnect deposits, reconnect fees - u name it.)
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- crunchLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
I believe you may have stumbled across the alternate meaning of the word, "regulated".
"Cap and trade" will cause a plethora of new and expensive government approved fees and charges which the government will be forced to approve to keep the power flowing.
At least, they don't call it a tax, right?
It took a hundred years to get the government induced "fee" dropped from every phone bill placed there by the government to pay for the the Spanish-American War.
The name has changed but the game remains the same.
Ever wonder why private companies are called "public" utilities?
- 1 decade ago
You betcha.. Little town in Tex charges as if we living in multi-million dollar mansions or something. It's ridiculous paying over three hundred dollars for electricity when your house is only 940 sq ft.
- 1 decade ago
In Lakeland Florida we have to pay 72.00 fuel service charge for the electric company to run their trucks around town that is added to our bill.
