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Posted on 7/2/26 at 11:27 am to BOSCEAUX
Tell them you're a data center. They'll have you back online in a jiffy.
Posted on 7/2/26 at 11:44 am to BOSCEAUX
I got lucky and moved to a DEMCO area, not perfect, but >>>>>>> over Eventually Power.
Posted on 7/2/26 at 12:24 pm to billjamin
Except the people that you elect regulates the max amount of profits they can make and in unregulated, more open markets, they are less capped on those profits...
Which would you prefer?
Which would you prefer?
Posted on 7/2/26 at 12:55 pm to Roy Curado
Sorry, guess I must have dreamed about receiving a check for this.
Posted on 7/2/26 at 12:59 pm to Roy Curado
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Except the people that you elect regulates the max amount of profits they can make
Somewhat. PUC approves rate cases but profitability rarely changes. If a rate case is rejected, then the infrastructure upgrade projects are typically abandoned.
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more open markets, they are less capped on those profits...
Again, somewhat. Deregulated markets still have a grid administrator that acts as the regulated utility. Then there are retail electricity providers that operate on an open market system. It's better but still has a regulated monopoly sitting behind it. Its mostly an illusion of choice with some minor benefits from plan competition.
This post was edited on 7/2/26 at 1:00 pm
Posted on 7/2/26 at 1:00 pm to BOSCEAUX
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Irish/German redhead I’m married to
We have rules here.
Posted on 7/2/26 at 2:31 pm to BOSCEAUX
Their call center is broken. They need a new process of taking orders and giving them to the right person to get things done. Example - Street light out in front of my place for months. Called and nothing. Was getting internet installed and mentioned it to the guy from Att doing the work. He called his buddy at entergy. 30 minutes later the truck was there and light was fixed.
Posted on 7/2/26 at 3:08 pm to BOSCEAUX
You have power 364.75 days out of the year. Power fails for 5 hours and the company is garbage.
Posted on 7/2/26 at 3:13 pm to andouille
Demco is garbage as well.
Posted on 7/2/26 at 3:21 pm to Itsnotme
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Demco is garbage as well.
It's a co-op, and it has issues, but much better to deal with than Entergy.
Posted on 7/2/26 at 4:59 pm to billjamin
The problem with deregulated energy market is really two-fold:
Dynamic rates lead to insane markups during times of crisis - there should really be a cap on non fuel rates. Look at TX winter storm for instance - absolutely insane prices due to supply and demand imbalance. With regulated, price is set by rate case and direct change during a disaster.
Duplication of services - really specifically, each new utility will have excess capacity to serve their customers. Customers moving between utilities means higher volatility in customer base. This means you build generating capacity for customers you may lose -> rates must go up when customer base goes down to compensate. This is why rates actually went up instead of down after deregulation.
Dynamic rates lead to insane markups during times of crisis - there should really be a cap on non fuel rates. Look at TX winter storm for instance - absolutely insane prices due to supply and demand imbalance. With regulated, price is set by rate case and direct change during a disaster.
Duplication of services - really specifically, each new utility will have excess capacity to serve their customers. Customers moving between utilities means higher volatility in customer base. This means you build generating capacity for customers you may lose -> rates must go up when customer base goes down to compensate. This is why rates actually went up instead of down after deregulation.
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