So when I get the bill the usage is way, way up. They come out at my request and do the dog and pony show, checking the meter running some tests and telling me everything is OK. But….no answer to the increased usage. Must have been the Alvin and the chipmunks or may Santa and his elves set up shop while we were gone.

The bill is an interesting lesson is who knows what, or that game 50 questions:

Generation service;
Transmission service;
Distribution service;
Customer charge;

So they generate, transmit, distribute and then have an extra customer charge. What is that?

In the Cleveland OH area one community was using less water so a politician told a radio host they needed to increase the price of water because revenues were falling.

So if we conserve energy (or water)the companies will receive less revenue and charge us more to make up the difference while the government adds taxes so we use less under the guise of global warming and conservation.

Taxpayer loses, politician wins, energy company increases revenues to maintain bottom line while inventing a term for “hidden taxes.”

Win Win for the utilites and lose more for us. Remarkable, indeed!