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LIPA customers who spent weeks without power due to Sandy get zapped with normal electric bills
NY Post ^ | 11/24/2012 | NY Post

Posted on 11/24/2012 11:20:04 AM PST by Dallas59

LIPA customers who spent weeks without power got zapped with their normal electric bills — as if the outages never happened.

The clueless utility charged Sandy-soaked Long Island residents an estimated rate that covered the entire billing cycle, and the statements made no mention of potential refunds to account for the prolonged blackouts.

Jonathan Saporta was slapped with a double whammy by the Long Island Power Authority — a $649 bill for the Long Beach home he left in October and a $281 bill for his new Great Neck pad.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: bills; government; hurricane
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To: autumnraine
What power company actually comes out and READS meters anymore?
RG&E - Rochester, NY (and suburbs).
61 posted on 11/24/2012 2:12:49 PM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: miss marmelstein

I’m hip.

I could picture the whole situation just as you described it down to his facial expression.

If that’s a problem, portraying an accent, and it is sometimes, then Mark Twain wasted his whole adult life, but it’s what made “Tom Sawyer” a classic story.


62 posted on 11/24/2012 2:32:26 PM PST by stanne
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To: stanne

I love our accents. I grew up in an Irish-cop family where they really spoke with “d’s and dem’s” - as well as saying “erl” for “oil” and “terlet” for “toilet.” (The Irish, I believe, have no “th” sound in their language so it became a “d” sound. When they controlled NYC, they controlled the accent.) Most of that is gone now, but the “d” for “th” remains.

It’s so nice to meet a fellow Conservative New Yorker!


63 posted on 11/24/2012 2:42:19 PM PST by miss marmelstein
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To: miss marmelstein

I am a New Yorker at large.

My students often say, en masse, “say kwafee”. I tell them to “get back to work”.

Irish indeed.

I never noticed the linguistics re the Irish. I believe you have a good point. I know the German influence is there. They cannot say “th”. Used to drive them crazy (Germans) when I would get them prepared for a visit from a cousin “Marybeth, Kathleen”- Of curse, Caitlin in the Irish.

German, Yiddish, Dutch, Irish, I guess Italian, and the need for speed in communicating all contribute.


64 posted on 11/24/2012 3:08:21 PM PST by stanne
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To: miss marmelstein

“And I’ll go further: cops need to lose weight and stop holding up the line at Dunkin’ Donuts

=
There you go stereotyping again. My son just ran the Marine Corps Marathon. Hates donuts.

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65 posted on 11/24/2012 3:36:54 PM PST by Mears
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To: miss marmelstein

Small world story - -

We are conservative ex-Long Islanders (Queens Village; and Plainview/Hicksville and E. Northport), out in So. Calif. now, 43 years.

A few years ago we were in Manhattan, and our CA son-in-law asked why there were mounteds in NYC.
Entering a subway ramp, I saw 2 cops leaning against the wall, one twirling a billy-club. I went up to him and asked the question about mounteds. Got answers, we chatted, and eventually one asked me: “Where ya frum??”

Told him a small town in So. CA and he said, “That’s where my Aunt Marion lives!’
My family had continued walking, so I called them back and told them this.
Husband says, ‘Your aunt Marion??? I just played golf last week with your Uncle Paul!!!’


66 posted on 11/24/2012 4:55:39 PM PST by USARightSide (S U P P O R T I N G OUR T R O O P S)
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To: RegulatorCountry

For precisely what?


67 posted on 11/24/2012 5:03:24 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (How long before all this "fairness" kills everybody, even the poor it was supposed to help???)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Read the replies, take another look at the article and get back to me.


68 posted on 11/24/2012 5:07:12 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry

Go read what you claimed, an equal payment plan which is trued up at the end of a year.

Then go look at what was reported.

Now explain why apology is called for?


69 posted on 11/24/2012 5:07:22 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (How long before all this "fairness" kills everybody, even the poor it was supposed to help???)
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To: RegulatorCountry

See #69. (Crickets)


70 posted on 11/24/2012 5:08:09 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (How long before all this "fairness" kills everybody, even the poor it was supposed to help???)
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To: RegulatorCountry

You were still wrong, even if in a different way. The article says nothing about budget plan participants.


71 posted on 11/24/2012 5:11:05 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (How long before all this "fairness" kills everybody, even the poor it was supposed to help???)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Has anyone ever suggested that you’re a tad neurotic, lol? Drumming your fingers, counting the seconds, are you? Hurry up, hurry UP it’s been two minutes already, lol.

Surely you can maintain your composure and wait for my reply just as long as I waited for yours?

You can do it. Hang in there. It’ll be OK.


72 posted on 11/24/2012 5:16:41 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry

Crickets remain chirping for anything logical...


73 posted on 11/24/2012 5:17:53 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (How long before all this "fairness" kills everybody, even the poor it was supposed to help???)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

No, those aren’t crickets, it’s your stopwatch ticking. Try not to grit your teeth, you’ll get a headache. Wouldn’t want that.


74 posted on 11/24/2012 5:21:50 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: autumnraine
"...BFE..."

Haven't heard that in ages! Liked to choke on my coffee.

Impeach the kenyan or secession.


75 posted on 11/24/2012 5:26:37 PM PST by ex91B10 (We've tried the Soap Box,the Ballot Box and the Jury Box; ONE BOX LEFT!)
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To: RegulatorCountry

The crickets will chirp forever before you can prove you were right about the annually trued up budget plan being the source of the uproar.


76 posted on 11/24/2012 5:27:50 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (How long before all this "fairness" kills everybody, even the poor it was supposed to help???)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Put the stopwatch down and back away s l o w l y.


77 posted on 11/24/2012 5:32:39 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: autumnraine
It's not uncommon for every other public utility bill to be estimated based on historical data. It's done in CA and has been for many years.

There's no way to opt out because they don't have enough meter readers like in the old days. This is why they've been pushing for "smart meters" so the data is available to them wirelessly.

Estimated billing is a scam that works in their favor; customers can be compelled to essentially loan money to the utility every other bill.

78 posted on 11/24/2012 5:43:21 PM PST by newzjunkey
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To: stanne
The folks in Breezy Point? They lost their entire village to a fire (the whole village - the only thing left standing was a statue of the BVMary)...

It's the first time I've ever heard of Breezy Point referred to as a village, locals just call it Breezy and not everything burned to the ground, just a portion of the 'wedge'.

Meanwhile, the city’s Department of Buildings has slapped violations on the owners of condemned homes and there have been several robberies in the past few days.


79 posted on 11/24/2012 7:12:37 PM PST by Alice in Wonderland
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To: autumnraine
What power company actually comes out and READS meters anymore?

Santee Cooper in SC still reads the meters. I get a bill every month with the actual meter reading on it.

80 posted on 11/24/2012 7:37:28 PM PST by 2nd amendment mama ( www.2asisters.org | Self defense is a basic human right!)
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