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In reply to the discussion: His Lights Stayed on During Texas' Storm. Now He Owes $16,752. [View all]Takket
(21,726 posts)29. i'm stunned this can even happen........
i live in Michigan and my energy company, DTE, has to propose rate increases to the state and have them approved, and i believe they only do that once a year. our rates don't fluctuate based on some open market demand.
how can Texas not have some sort of regulations in place to prevent things like this from happening? No one should have to pay a bill like that they cannot possibly anticipate and have no chance to stop? Is this all because they unregulated their power and let the "free market" set its own rate? If so, they are INSANE. But i'm sure, as rick perry said, they are all happy to not have "federal regulations" on their system. Pfffffffffffffft
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In a week or 2 we should go FULL BLAST with adverts (TLP-style) that super glue the Rethugs to this.
Celerity
Feb 2021
#3
People are dying, so of course greedy people are trying to make money off of that.
tclambert
Feb 2021
#20
It's really (personally) irresponsible to sign up for a utility like this, imo.
RockRaven
Feb 2021
#22
I'm kinda 50/50 on this one. A lot of people are in favor of no government regulation,
MerryBlooms
Feb 2021
#25
This is what Texas and those people wanted. They chose to sign up with that company
Autumn
Feb 2021
#59
Exactly. "The Corporation" proved that the bottom line mentality of corporations is pathological.
ancianita
Feb 2021
#40
Right. Good for you. I've never done electronic banking or bill paying. Keeping a paper trail
ancianita
Feb 2021
#49
It's even worse if it's on autopay tied to a credit card or your bank account.
halfulglas
Feb 2021
#37