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Couple shuts off electricity, uses 0 Kw...gets $115 bill from Entergy
Posted on 7/12/22 at 9:12 am
Posted on 7/12/22 at 9:12 am
Tell me how Entergy isn't a fraudulent monopolistic entity protected by the government.
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They shut off the power and used 0 kilowatts of electricity. The Entergy bill? $115.53.
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After months of frustration over expensive power bills, Michael and Sarah Trahan decided to conduct an experiment.
They shut off the main breaker to a building on their property. The bill for that meter came in last week — they'd used precisely 0 kilowatts of energy for the month of June. Their bill? $115.53.
"We're getting all these fees — a service charge, a fee charge, a this fee, a that fee, a fee-fi-fo-fum fee," said Michael Trahan.
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There's the $37 customer charge, the $20 demand charge and the $3 Entergy charge. Then there's a $38 formula rate plan, a $3 municipal franchise fee, a $15 storm restoration charge and the state sales tax of about $2.
This post was edited on 7/12/22 at 9:13 am
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Posted on 7/12/22 at 9:14 am to goofball
They are free to cancel their service if they dont want power
Posted on 7/12/22 at 9:14 am to goofball
Next they should try not watching Netflix for a month and see how that bill comes back.
Posted on 7/12/22 at 9:14 am to goofball
you can't tax nothing!
oh why yes you can.
oh why yes you can.
This post was edited on 7/12/22 at 9:15 am
Posted on 7/12/22 at 9:14 am to goofball
Electric bill smoothing.
Posted on 7/12/22 at 9:15 am to goofball
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monopolistic entity protected by the government.
Thats how utilities work, unfortunately. People need to pay attention to the PUC and put their nuts in the vice.
Posted on 7/12/22 at 9:15 am to Cosmo
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They are free to cancel their service if they dont want power
Isn't that what they pretty much did?
Posted on 7/12/22 at 9:17 am to upgrayedd
Now look where those universal service fees go.
Posted on 7/12/22 at 9:17 am to upgrayedd
They signed up for service. Entergy still has to pay for upkeep of the infrastructure that provides them that power even if they choose not to use any.
$115 is excessive but it shouldnt be $0 either
$115 is excessive but it shouldnt be $0 either
Posted on 7/12/22 at 9:17 am to goofball
For the most part, Entergy has solid rank and file employees. Their operations team is decent. But their corporate leaders and the company as a whole may as well be Comcast. Everyone hates them.
Posted on 7/12/22 at 9:17 am to Dicky
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Next they should try not watching Netflix for a month and see how that bill comes back.
So you’re telling me it costs $115 per month to maintain electricity to a building?
Posted on 7/12/22 at 9:17 am to goofball
That's a shame. When I was in college during 2010-2013, we wouldn't be at the apartment for the summer and the minimum bill was only like $50 haha.
Posted on 7/12/22 at 9:18 am to goofball
Utility companies with their greedy *checks notes* 7% margins
Posted on 7/12/22 at 9:18 am to dewster
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For the most part, Entergy has solid rank and file employees. Their operations team is decent. But their corporate leaders and the company as a whole may as well be Comcast. Everyone hates them.
This.
Posted on 7/12/22 at 9:18 am to upgrayedd
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Isn't that what they pretty much did?
No, they still had electricity service running to their property. I don't think it's news that there are a lot of fees associated with utility bills.
Would be pretty funny if these people were on levelized billing and were surprised they got a bill
This post was edited on 7/12/22 at 9:20 am
Posted on 7/12/22 at 9:18 am to Dicky
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Next they should try not watching Netflix for a month and see how that bill comes back.
if Netflix was a "by usage" type of service, this would be a good comparison, but it's not.
Posted on 7/12/22 at 9:18 am to upgrayedd
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Isn't that what they pretty much did?
No.
I'm pretty sure shutting the main breaker off does not mean canceling service. Entergy smooths their bills based on historical electricity consumption.
This post was edited on 7/12/22 at 9:20 am
Posted on 7/12/22 at 9:21 am to Cosmo
quote:Or switch to a competito...oh, wait.
They are free to cancel their service if they dont want power
Posted on 7/12/22 at 9:21 am to goofball
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"We're getting all these fees — a service charge, a fee charge, a this fee, a that fee, a fee-fi-fo-fum fee," said Michael Trahan.
Oh he's doing a bit.
Posted on 7/12/22 at 9:21 am to goofball
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fraudulent monopolistic entity
Most utilities.
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