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degggendorf t1_j5yh3lw wrote

Reply to comment by Coincel_pro in What if we all just decided not to pay our February electricity bills? by WeakAndWeary

>which of them are cheaper than the current RIE rate?

I left the link so you could check for yourself, but I guess I can click it for you to tell you that SmartEnergy is currently cheaper.

You can also join a community solar project and save 10% off your total RIE bill whatever the rate is.

>the alternatives are not cheaper making the whole thing moot.

If ever other option were more expensive, that would mean you're getting the best deal possible. You see that as a bad thing?

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Coincel_pro t1_j5yobh4 wrote

Hey that's great, 1st time in 3 years I've seen an advertised supplier actually cheaper than the default.

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Given that "the best deal possible" is 49% higher than what you were paying a few months before isn't really a deal it's just a way to normalize being shit on by a monopoly.

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It's not "Good" that alternative sources are now competitive because the default source has increased their pricing so much.

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I already have my own solar array so I did everything I could to avert this bullshit.

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degggendorf t1_j5ypqzl wrote

> Given that "the best deal possible" is 49% higher than what you were paying a few months before isn't really a deal it's just a way to normalize being shit on by a monopoly.

Do you really think that the only reason rates are higher is because RIE is making more money? Nothing outside of PPL is influencing the cost of energy?

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