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monsterscallinghome t1_j1dscnd wrote

Everyone remember to please go vote in '23 for the Our Power ballot initiative that will turn CMP into a statewide KLP!

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mouldyrumble t1_j1e3m6i wrote

tHaTs SoCiALiSm

… it is socialism. And it works.

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South_Dot4732 t1_j1eullv wrote

cringe

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cepheus42 t1_j1g7xm2 wrote

Person who uses highway system cringes at the thought of things being run as non-profits for the benefit of the public good rather than the wealth of rich investors. Film at 11:00.

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who-really-cares t1_j1e841n wrote

13c vs 23c/ kwh. That sounds nice….

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monsterscallinghome t1_j1ebttx wrote

Well, how else did you think CMP was going to make up the $300+ per customer that they spent on pro-corridor ads? YouTube ads don't buy themselves, and no one the c-suite is giving up a yacht for your grandma's oxygen machine.

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Gunnersandgreen t1_j1ec3zt wrote

Especially since they're sitting happily across the pond in Spain

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monsterscallinghome t1_j1ecl4e wrote

Exactly. Bring the governance of our utilities home to our communities, and take the profit motive right the fuck out of anything necessary for survival.

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intent107135048 t1_j1fwp8j wrote

TBF the anti-corridor electric suppliers also need to recoup their costs.

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monsterscallinghome t1_j1fx3c6 wrote

True, but they didn't spend nearly as much. IIRC from the article I read months ago, the pro side spent something not far off of an order of magnitude more than the antis. Definitely tracks with the relative ad frequency I saw.

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mrguyorama t1_j1gdv69 wrote

Just like the recent minimum wage for servers vote we had in portland. The "pro" camp was a grassroots effort that spent like a few tens of thousands on campaigning, while the "anti" campaign was primarily an out of state restaurant lobbying group that spent MILLIONS on their campaign, including that "vote no on everything, enough is enough" campaign that was entirely put together by a restaurant lobbying group. Neat.

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monsterscallinghome t1_j1gey1x wrote

As a restaurant owner-operator, that drove me nuts. My staff are in the top 10% of nationwide earners as servers according to the NLRB, and they deserve more - but I already pay as much above the minimum as i can and stay open. These kinds of industry-wide changes have to be mandated, at least at first, or the people who want to do it right will be driven out of business by those willing to exploit their staffs before the culture can change enough. I grew up on WA, where there hasn't been a subminimum wage for tipped employees since the 70's, and people still tip. And tip well. Front-of-house labor is such a small percentage of overall costs on this fucking place, anyone saying it's going to break them is either lying to you or riding the edge of bankruptcy as it is, and if it's not labor it'll be the cost of chicken that drives them under. Food costs have risen during the pandemic by nearly twice what I'd be paying without the subminum wage, if I can take the one I can take the other - and I'd rather see the increases in my prices go to my staff instead of Sysco, cause they're sure AF not passing it along to the drivers, pickers, or farmers.

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Faendol t1_j1dwzlu wrote

Would that not just cause the same issue with klp eventually. Can we not just open both up to sell to the state?

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monsterscallinghome t1_j1e1z5h wrote

I'm not sure I understand your question.

KLP is a consumer-owned utility, so they have no profit motive and the consumers can vote out the board of directors if they do a shite job. And the BoD are mostly local residents, who don't want their power to be unreliable and expensive, so they have a whole lot more incentive to not suck at their jobs than a bunch of Spanish millionaires basking in the Azores (on the yachts we bought them with our absurdly high bills) while we all shiver in the dark.

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Faendol t1_j1eowq7 wrote

That's even better than I thought, admittedly I wasn't directly familiar with KLP I assumed it was a local privately owned utility. That's awesome I'd love to see that at a state level.

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monsterscallinghome t1_j1f3vdd wrote

Well, it's on the ballot next November so don't forget to vote! It's an off-year election so turnout will likely be extremely low and just a few votes could be the difference of $0.20/kwh on all of our bills.

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