“But, I sure hope somebody calls and attorney and takes the electric company to task over all these children being denied basic electricity. This was not a good plan.”
I can’t believe all the posts here saying utility companies have to give free electricity! So then the rates go up for the rest of us? Or do you want a new department of free handouts handling this?
It would just be yet more socialism.
Those complaining about the utility companies better not be complaining about Obamacare or you are hypocrites. Socialism is the same, no matter the product one gets for free while another pays for their own and the other persons.
Hence, my tagline.
Maryland has the MEAP program: Maryland Energy Assistance. It helps people pay their electric, based upon their income and the number of persons in the house.
One of the stories about this said that the family had gotten assistance last year, probably MEAP, and evidently had not applied this year.
Also, DelMarVa Power has a Good Neighbor Energy Assistance Program that is administered by Salvation Army in Salisbury. Applicants can apply for that assistance; that money is from donations by DelMarVa Power customers.
The MEAP program is run by the state through county offices; the churches help people pay for various expenses and/or refer them to MEAP or could apply for the Good Neighbor funds.