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Tx4obama

(36,974 posts) Thu Jul 12, 2012, 04:06 AM Jul 2012

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Maryland Power Companies To Bill Customers For Lost Service [View all]

WASHINGTON -- Power customers in Maryland will likely be fuming when they learn that electric utilities Pepco and BGE will be recouping lost revenue from the recent mass power outages from ratepayers.

According to WUSA-TV/9News, it's called "bill stabilization," which allows the electric utilities to bill customers for the electricity they weren't able to bill for during the outage.

Maryland is the only state where regulators allow utilities to recoup their losses directly from customers, the news station reports.

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Full article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/11/maryland-power-bill-lost_n_1664769.html

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Maryland Power Companies To Bill Customers For Lost Service [View all] Tx4obama Jul 2012 OP

Wow, that's Capitalism for ya. Zalatix Jul 2012 #1

I suppose next they will want retro payments AsahinaKimi Jul 2012 #2

Somebody paid a lot of money to convince Maryland's legislature to allow this activity. Selatius Jul 2012 #3

A little more detail quaker bill Jul 2012 #4

And where do I send the bill for the food lost in the freezer? MiniMe Jul 2012 #5

FPL did this in Florida RandiFan1290 Jul 2012 #6

you still have to pay when the power's out? well, that's about par. maybe the next step will HiPointDem Jul 2012 #7

Energy Cooperatives - why shouldn't the customers own the power company? Agony Jul 2012 #8

Buy from a different supplier and show the utilities they can't keep using us as ATMs measter29 Sep 2012 #9

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