Comments on: States & Utilities United to Rob Energy Consumers http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/10/13/states-utilities-united-to-rob-energy-consumers/ Conservative and Libertarian Intellectual Philosophy and Politics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:00:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mickey G http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/10/13/states-utilities-united-to-rob-energy-consumers/comment-page-1/#comment-74340 Mickey G Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:51:03 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/10/13/states-utilities-united-to-rob-energy-consumers/#comment-74340 Good try on the article but take the utilities out of the bad guy category. Your article shows the common misunderstanding of how utility rates are set. No, utilities cannot just raise their prices at will. Unfortunately there are state regulatory commissions (oops politics rears its ugly head) which review any rate change request. In addition most states have another group that watches out for ratepayers (more politics). So where does this lead us? Utilities having to pay for these useless credits then waiting years to recover their payments since reflecting them immediately would result in "rate shock". Similar to the big boondoggle in NJ when our utility was guided by the regulatory commission to write contracts with cogenerators even though those contracts cost more than other alternatives available. Took years to get this paid for and if it sounds like Congress' interplay with banks and Sallie and Freddie, it sounds that because it is the same. Just another case where politicians come up with a hare brained idea but create a shield of someone to blame...the utility. Good try on the article but take the utilities out of the bad guy category. Your article shows the common misunderstanding of how utility rates are set. No, utilities cannot just raise their prices at will. Unfortunately there are state regulatory commissions (oops politics rears its ugly head) which review any rate change request. In addition most states have another group that watches out for ratepayers (more politics). So where does this lead us?

Utilities having to pay for these useless credits then waiting years to recover their payments since reflecting them immediately would result in “rate shock”. Similar to the big boondoggle in NJ when our utility was guided by the regulatory commission to write contracts with cogenerators even though those contracts cost more than other alternatives available. Took years to get this paid for and if it sounds like Congress’ interplay with banks and Sallie and Freddie, it sounds that because it is the same.

Just another case where politicians come up with a hare brained idea but create a shield of someone to blame…the utility.

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]]> By: Ivan Ivanovich http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/10/13/states-utilities-united-to-rob-energy-consumers/comment-page-1/#comment-74306 Ivan Ivanovich Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:08:38 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/10/13/states-utilities-united-to-rob-energy-consumers/#comment-74306 OK, so you are telling me that I have to pay a tax because of "Global Warming", but we are going into an Ice Age. That means I will have to buy more energy to keep warm and pay even more tax? Sounds like a plan to me. A plan from the Ministry of Truth. OK, so you are telling me that I have to pay a tax because of “Global Warming”, but we are going into an Ice Age. That means I will have to buy more energy to keep warm and pay even more tax? Sounds like a plan to me. A plan from the Ministry of Truth.

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