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re: Couple shuts off electricity, uses 0 Kw...gets $115 bill from Entergy
Posted on 7/12/22 at 1:05 pm to lsu xman
Posted on 7/12/22 at 1:05 pm to lsu xman
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I can unplug my cable and internet modem and my Cox bill will still be $180 too.
Or you can use it all month long and your bill would still be $180.
Poor comparison.
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Posted on 7/12/22 at 1:05 pm to LNCHBOX
Yea, my dad worked for Entergy for 40 years. I do know the cable lines and electrical lines are NOT ran together, they are NOT made of the same materials.
We deal with mostly above head lines where I work, so I don’t know the routine for burying those things, other than what I stated.
Wouldn’t electric be deeper?
We deal with mostly above head lines where I work, so I don’t know the routine for burying those things, other than what I stated.
Wouldn’t electric be deeper?
Posted on 7/12/22 at 1:07 pm to LSUcajun77
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Yea, my dad worked for Entergy for 40 years. I do know the cable lines and electrical lines are NOT ran together, they are NOT made of the same materials.
They keep them separate due to the EM field generated by the power cables. It will cause interference with your lower signal cables like COX/ATT.
quote:
Wouldn’t electric be deeper?
Yes. There is a minimum depth requirement for your power cables.
This post was edited on 7/12/22 at 1:09 pm
Posted on 7/12/22 at 1:08 pm to LSUFanHouston
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I can unplug my cable and internet modem and my Cox bill will still be $180 too.
Jesus, some real idiots living amongst us, with these comparisons.
This post was edited on 7/12/22 at 1:10 pm
Posted on 7/12/22 at 1:08 pm to LSUcajun77
quote:
No.
Literally they made it up. It was nuts.
In Lafayette, after the Laura+Delta hurricane punch, Entergy basically told me "we didn't have any agents available to drive around reading meters, so we just took an average of previous months and charged you that"
Posted on 7/12/22 at 1:10 pm to Blutarsky
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Depth of the burial is one.
Those cable guys aren’t digging a trench and burying it.
All of our utilities are trenched in the same trench, including cable.. They just have to be 12" apart. We don't have gas here.
Posted on 7/12/22 at 1:13 pm to goofball
you're forgetting that 20% always goes to the Big Guy. The Big Guy needs his 20%.
Posted on 7/12/22 at 1:16 pm to jmcwhrter
Yep that’s something like they told me.
They couldn’t get to my home to read the meter so they took an average had I been living there with power the whole month.
frick outta here.
I told her to hire me to cut her grass. When the grass doesn’t get cut, still pay me had I shown up. She laughed and said no way. I said exactly. You want me to pay you for a service you didn’t provide me, but pretend you did. What planet are we on?
They couldn’t get to my home to read the meter so they took an average had I been living there with power the whole month.
frick outta here.
I told her to hire me to cut her grass. When the grass doesn’t get cut, still pay me had I shown up. She laughed and said no way. I said exactly. You want me to pay you for a service you didn’t provide me, but pretend you did. What planet are we on?
This post was edited on 7/12/22 at 1:18 pm
Posted on 7/12/22 at 1:23 pm 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.
I couldn’t have said this any better. I retired from them in 2016 after 34 years. The majority of people that are not in upper management are good hard working people. If you ask any hourly paid employee (not counting the majority of people that work in cubicles) they could tell you when their retirement date is. Gulf States Utilities was a good company to work for. When Entergy bought out GSU in the late 90’s it’s been down hill ever since. It really took a sharp turn south in the mid 2000’s when they started pushing all the diversity stuff.
Posted on 7/12/22 at 1:25 pm to goofball
He's a commercial acct. That's why he gets charged a demand as well. Sorry but every utility and most things have minimum feed and charges regardless of use.
Posted on 7/12/22 at 1:33 pm to Cosmo
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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
I pay $5/month for the gas at my shop in the summer.
Gas is only used for the in floor heat so is turned off 7 months of the year.
Posted on 7/12/22 at 1:41 pm to LNCHBOX
quote:Stories like this me appreciate my co-op even more and the under-ground utility lines they operate.
You have any idea how expensive running all this stuff underground would be? You think people are bitching about the fees now
Posted on 7/12/22 at 1:57 pm to goofball
This is a scenario I keep hounding on re: local/state political awareness. While yall are still fixated on abortion, Fauci or same sex marriage, the PTB legislate how to nickel and dime all of us from any angle. State approved thievery.
Posted on 7/12/22 at 2:07 pm 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
And this is the same reason why we are cancelling Comcast this week. 9 years later and it does not stop getting more expensive.
Sorry for going out of topic here.
Posted on 7/12/22 at 2:39 pm to goofball
Do they not want service or not want power? Because they don’t own that line that connects them to the grid, or anything upstream of it that gives them access to power.
It’s really not that difficult of a concept.
It’s really not that difficult of a concept.
Posted on 7/12/22 at 2:59 pm to SuperSaint
Agree. Flipping off your breakers is not the same as requesting a hard disconnect. Had there been some necessity for power - they’d have expected power when they flipped them back on. That’s what they are paying for at this point. Wouldn’t like to use 0 KW and receive a bill either but this was an attempt at a cute game on their part. They FAFO.
ETA - have a good baw that’s a lineman for Entergy in full disclosure.
ETA - have a good baw that’s a lineman for Entergy in full disclosure.
This post was edited on 7/12/22 at 3:04 pm
Posted on 7/12/22 at 3:08 pm to goofball
$37 customer charge - they admitted to being a customer. Close your account, and you wont be billed
$20 demand charge - this is to ensure they have electricity on demand. Again close your account, and you wont require electricity on demand
$3 Entergy charge - No idea. I assume its to recoup money they spent getting wires to that home
$38 formula rate plan - No idea. Entergy must include a pass along cost to customers. Again, if you have an active account you will pay your share of the rate plan Entergy signed, that allows then power off the grid when needed
$3 municipal franchise fee - bitch to city hall about this
$15 storm restoration charge - this is recouping from previous storms where they lost money getting your power back on for free
state sales tax of about $2 - bitch to the legislature about this
$20 demand charge - this is to ensure they have electricity on demand. Again close your account, and you wont require electricity on demand
$3 Entergy charge - No idea. I assume its to recoup money they spent getting wires to that home
$38 formula rate plan - No idea. Entergy must include a pass along cost to customers. Again, if you have an active account you will pay your share of the rate plan Entergy signed, that allows then power off the grid when needed
$3 municipal franchise fee - bitch to city hall about this
$15 storm restoration charge - this is recouping from previous storms where they lost money getting your power back on for free
state sales tax of about $2 - bitch to the legislature about this
Posted on 7/12/22 at 3:08 pm to goofball
I'll never understand why we didn't set up these utilities companies as nonprofits.
Entergy gross profit for the twelve months ending March 31, 2022 was $7.991B, a 2.5% increase year-over-year.
See this is bullshite that they have all those fees but profit 8 billion dollars. Looks like they have plenty of money to do whatever they need to do without gouging the people. They are the utility that needs to be investigated.
I'm so glad I'm not on Entergy.
Entergy gross profit for the twelve months ending March 31, 2022 was $7.991B, a 2.5% increase year-over-year.
See this is bullshite that they have all those fees but profit 8 billion dollars. Looks like they have plenty of money to do whatever they need to do without gouging the people. They are the utility that needs to be investigated.
I'm so glad I'm not on Entergy.
Posted on 7/12/22 at 3:33 pm to goofball
You’re gonna pay a minimum even if you don’t use the minimum.
Posted on 7/12/22 at 3:35 pm to upgrayedd
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Isn't that what they pretty much did?
no, they just stopped using it, you still have minimum fees for the service being connected even irf its not used.
they needed to have the service disconnected (meter removed and locked out) then they have no service and no bill
i have been paying $25 minumum charge service fee on a property for years, yet the meter never turns except when i use an extension cord to air up my lawnmower tires
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