On 12/27/2018 10:26 AM, Peter wrote:
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There were LOTS of complaints, the State government got involved, fined
them, threatened even more fines and the power company suddenly started
a tree-trimming project, burying cables, replacing aging cables, etc.
and reliability has greatly improved.* Of course the power company then
took those costs to the public utility board and promptly got a rate
increase to reimburse the power company.* Of course we ended up with
higher rates just because the power company was forced to adhere to
expected standards of reliability.* Utilities have a real racket going.
No matter what they do, the customer ends up paying and the
stock-holders get richer.

We'll they're not a charity...who else is there to pay the bills?

You, too, can be a stock holder if you choose...if you have a 401(k),
probably already are...

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