"George" wrote in message
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On 3/15/2012 11:10 PM, Malcom "Mal" Reynolds wrote:
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Ed wrote:

On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:43:14 -0400,
wrote:




We have competition here in PA but it didn't amount to anything since
all of the "competitors" didn't produce electricity and were simply
buying it from our electric utility who has huge excess capacity.

Basically a half dozen resellers popped up and annoyed the crap out of
everyone with constant phone calls with pitches of very minor short
term
savings. Just yesterday we got a form letter from the local electric
utility. It is still disingenuous because it is opt out but the letter
stated "we are now required to give you written opportunity to ask us
not to release your contact information to other suppliers"

Deregulation spawned a lot of suppliers that are buying in bulk from
the same people that used to supply us, re-sell the same power we used
to buy and skim off millions of dollars that should be savings in our
pockets.

These so called power companies are just a desk, phone, and computer
and a big bank account with our money.

Aw, those republicans are always out to let market forces reduce our cost
of
living, aren't they?

At least in my state our former democrat governor was a big proponent of
and the one that trumpeted deregulation when it happened.

Moral of the story? There is no difference between politicians and the red
vs blue stuff is what they do to keep everyone occupied.

Yes. What we got out of utility deregulation in Ohio was the mandate to
still pay high utility bills even when we conserve and reduce the use of
electricity or gas. That's all thanks to the "service" and other charges
added to the bill that are not based upon use. And, of course, there's the
confusion of trying to figure out the best deal (a betting scam?) every few
months.

Tomsic