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4. A little more detail

Reply to Tx4obama (Original post)

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 06:35 AM

Jul 2012

Maryland officials say utilities are limited to recouping lost billings from the first 24 hours of the outage only, and that, when spread across the utilities' customer base, that could be less than a dollar for the utility's average user.

"To be technically correct, they can only adjust for that first 24 hour period," said Maryland People's Chief Paula Carmody. "After that they're not collecting any adjustment."

http://www.wusa9.com/news/article/212306/158/Pepco--BGE-Allowed-To-Bill-Customers-For-Lost-Outage-Revenue-

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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