Funny how that old outdated “Supply and Demand” economic paradigm works, no matter how much Socialism you throw at it.
I guess they can “reward” us for conserving energy by raising prices! I hear that is what the democrats want to do with gas - tax it up to $4.00 a gallon....
“Hey, demand’s down! That means we need to raise our rates, right? Let’s whine about it to the Public Service Commissioner.”
Customers are starting to turn off lights and use the ac less. How inconsiderate.
they should be praising we consumers for cutting back on power consumption in order to save the planet. :)
Thatz what they wanted us to do wasn’t it??
Wait’ll we start using those high efficiency flourescent bulbs.
Baloney. Once we see infiltration of plug-in cars, power consumption will surge. If we don’t continue looking to install new generation facilities, there will be a proliferation of brownouts once again.
I guess those CFL bulbs really do work!
Now to convert the population to plug-in electric hybrid cars (with $40,000 price tags and $1.60 gasoline...)
We’re keeping our home much colder this winter, we’re driving much less, not going out to eat very much at all & have eliminated unnecessary expenditures. This economy is dealing a bad blow to our business & we’re having to hunker down to get through it. Ever since the first bailout, our business has DIED.
Electric Companies all over are advertising to unplug appliances, put a sweater on and use the toxic bulbs, jumping on the Green bandwagon.
Now they’ll have to raise rates to even the playing field.
Wait until we get electric cars. And the population of the US will grow by 135 million in the next 40 years. Brownouts are the more likely scenario.
Its just another excuse to go for an increase...its not about usage, needs, economizing, or any other rational excuse. “Because we can” is the socialists mantra....
They force us to buy expensive lightbulbs, tell us to turn our thermostats down and our industries are laying people off and cutting back on manufacturing.
Gee, less energy use and these people act surprised by it?!
I act surprised like this over something so logical in my field of expertise and I would probably be fired...
This is all part of the new American, how to increase profits by producing less, energy business model. Have the customers use less, scare them if you have to. Raise the rate on the reduced supply.
If they think it’s bad now wait till everyone gets rid of their CFLs and goes to LED. If I could get LED bulbs for $10 I would do it now.
Old people are dying, the illegal aliens are leaving and Americans have been aborting their posterity for 35 years.
All the better for me. My company provides service to the power industry. If they are not building and growing, it means that they are paying to extend the life of their existing equipment. In fact, this has been the case since about 2000. The more they continue to do that the more money I make.
I wonder...do you think that a measurable part in the drop, is that of all the Cathode Ray Tube TV screens and computer monitors, being turned off for a final time, and being replaced by lower power consuming LCD monitors and TVs over the last couple of years?
It wasn’t that long ago, that a 19” LCD monitor would set you back a couple of grand...and just yesterday I saw an ad for a 22” LCD screen for less than $300.