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Originally Posted by Skippy
My power hasn't gone out for more than a few seconds in about four years. My electric bill ranges from $20 in the summer to a high of $115 in the winter (electric heat sucks). The grid seems to be working fine in current form from my perspective.
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I was hit by the remnants of Hurricane Ike as he strolled up to visit Ohio...the power was out for 10 days at my houe, and longer in other areas.
The local power company has been charging $20 per month for "Line Maintenance" for years, yet discontinued the act of trimming trees around the lines 17 years prior to Ike's visit. There was over a million people without power for days.
My point is this...most power companies already charge for "line Maintenance" yet don't perform the service that is paid for on a monthly basis. If they were to just maintain the lines, as promised, perhaps the "grid" would do what it's supposed to do.
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