2 questions

[CTFSHWHISKER]

why has gas gone up 30 cent a gallon this week,oil has been steady from 35-40 a barrel for awhile...
read in the paper where lg&e is raising the rates $1-$2 a month to pay for storm damage for the next few years..does the federal money not pay for that in the disaster pakage?
oh and one more..how is it legal for them to "estimate" your utility bill and it is always way higher than any bill you ever had...father in law encounter...

[Tyme2fish]

We have been "Obamaed"

[bassin_bug]

oh and one more..how is it legal for them to "estimate" your utility bill and it is always way higher than any bill you ever had...father in law encounter...

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I don't know how it works in your area but, in mine, if there was a weather event that made it difficult to travel and read the meters, the power company would estimate the bill based on the previous twelve months. At my other home in AL they estimate it if (1) They are too lazy to do their job; (2) If I accidentally lock the gates and they can't get to the meter.

We now have those new 'fang dangled' meters in this area that can be read, by sattellite (I think) from either the street or from 2 miles away. btw Appalachian Power Co. has increased our bills by 24% this year.

Your father-in-law can go to the power company and dispute the bill and ask for an adjustment, based on his actual current meter reading. He can request that his bill not be estimated; that he wants an actual reading every month. Compare this month's meter reading vs the last month it was read and you may be surprised to find it hasn't yet reached the numbers that are recorded. That happened to me and I ended up with a credit of over $100.

[kygorski]

Why are we paying more for gasoline? because the oil companys want to make more money, thats why.If their profits fell, why they would be in front of the line of bail out money

[DJD]

Why are we paying more for gasoline? because the oil companys want to make more money, thats why.If their profits fell, why they would be in front of the line of bail out money

Yep they said they will cut back at the Refinery to bring the supply down. I guess they just can't deal with small multi Million dollar profits....gotta be in the Billions.

[kygorski]

Yep the free trade and open market place at its best! They are following the "golden rule" if ya gotda gold ya make da rule.

[MsgMills]

Yep the free trade and open market place at its best! They are following the "golden rule" if ya gotda gold ya make da rule.

Amen to that......

[CTFSHWHISKER]

We have been "Obamaed"

well i found the answer in the cj today..our gas here in the u.s.a is not made with the cheap oil that is traded on wall street at 34 and change a barrel now...it is made from the the oil that is pumped in britain...and is now 45 dollars a barrel...how many excuse can they actually have for...pumping us in the lower orifice?