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[deleted] t1_j66frml wrote

They shouldn’t have to be out there so often.

Make your power company accountable for their botched maintenance.

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Imaskeet t1_j66uv6u wrote

Yes, and also make your friends/family/neighbors accountable by telling them not to put up a massive stink if the power company wants to trim their trees that are about to topple over on the lines.

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JustsoIcanGore t1_j68807d wrote

Was literally out on Monday during storm, trimming things that were all up in primary and home owners still coming out saying “who told you, you could do that? I’m calling the cops.” Bro I’ve got a detail right up the road turning traffic around go right ahead!

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Clock-Full t1_j66to55 wrote

Wanna tell the Reddit community what you said to me before you deleted it???

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Clock-Full t1_j66uez0 wrote

You said. "Yea I bet. I laugh every time one of you bucket retards gets fried" .

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DethKnotWurst t1_j68ab4t wrote

That's the problem with private utilities, they're incentivised to let things fail.

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Clock-Full t1_j68gnxl wrote

How do you figure that?

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DethKnotWurst t1_j6c6f0t wrote

Gives them an excuse to raise rates with all the labor they hire for a couple days. Get goodwill from getting the power back on (even if it shouldn't have gone out). And the way a lot of them run, they get extra money to build new things but nothing to fix or maintain.

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Clock-Full t1_j6dc6sf wrote

Those are extremely valid points. Thanks for the response

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SIR_ROBIN_RAN_AWAY t1_j6kqydg wrote

You mean the rates that are all submitted to and approved by the PUC?

Or do you mean the recently increased rates that have nothing to do with the maintenance of the grid, and only apply to the supply of energy?

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DethKnotWurst t1_j6lda2a wrote

Or we have public utilities that try to make the best system possible for the people, with no profit motive at all.

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