My power was off for almost 6 days in Sept. with Ike .... got my Duke bill yesterday and ...Wow it went up $60!
Call Duke just for fun and was told by talking head that all there customers will share in the burden of costs to repair "your" wind damaged lines.
I then asked if they could deduct the increase from my "electric company profit shearing account" , he said "what"...
I said "if your charging me to fix "my" lines,poles,transformers,etc when they're damaged then when they're up and running and costing us nothing shouldn't I be getting royalties from "my" lines.... he chuckled and said ....have a good day....click!
Jeff