"Tsunami Of Shutoffs": 20 Million US Homes Are Behind On Power Bills

It’s a dark dark time….

Well… maybe the grid can handle more electric cars after all.

There are hiring signs everywhere. You get shut off… sit in the freaking dark.

hmm...

While people not working for months on end probably affects this.... I think he Biden Administrations war on Fossil Fuels is more to blame.


How about they recognize that natural gas is a pretty darn good fuel... How bout they recognize that Coal may be the only affordable option some have... how about they recognize that wind and solar can be good supplemental options but not primary options.


BRING DOWN THE COST OF ENERGY and you would fix one big piece of the recession/depression.

Then cut government spending.... in fact just do away with the government.

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Adrienne Nice woke up early on the morning of July 25 to news she’d been dreading. The power company, Xcel Energy Inc., had shut off the electricity to the small Minneapolis apartment she shares with her teenage son, just as a heat wave was bearing down on the city.

Nice had been struggling financially ever since the pandemic hit, racking up more than $3,000 in past-due utility bills. The warnings she’d gotten on her monthly statement—“FINAL NOTICE” scrawled in big, bold letters—had prepared her to some degree, but it was still jarring to find the fridge dark and the air conditioner silent. With temperatures set to reach 95F (35C) in the coming days, she needed the power back on, and fast.

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Genuinely as a human, this is sad and I hate it for her. At the same time how the frick does this happen $3k in past due utility bills is something that even the poorest of the poor do not have. Something tells me she hasn't been the wisest with money. I know she's a house cleaner but geez.

I also work as an auditor in Arkansas and alot of our clients are non profit quasi government agencies that literally provide rental and utility bill assistance. Surely Minnesota has the same.

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20 Million US Homes Are Behind On Power Bills

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Driving up the energy prices... every bit of this is intentional...

"We have to Build Back Better, folks!"

FJB

Not surprising Entergy is raping everyone in south LA after Ida. Moms house went from 80-115 a month to $240-260 just about half the bill is a fuel surcharge in addition to normal usage plus there is an added hurricane fee.

Liberal surveys says 70% of the people want more renewables being used to generate power... yet none ask them if they are willing to pay just $20 more on their bill to pay for sun and wind farms.

That’s one way to go green.