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DethKnotWurst t1_j68ab4t wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in A big shoutout and Thanks to those who had to work in the cold to restore power by Sandi_T

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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