Ooof Maine's public utilities crooks (commission) just unveiled how much the standard offer for power generation is for the year. 17.6 cents a kWh.
With CMPs rob-yah-blind fee of 8.8ish cents a kWh
I'm looking at 26.4 cents to get a kWh of power into my house....
I use around 30-40 kWh a day
$7.92 - $10.56 a day to keep the lights on (when CMPs line crews aren't scrambling around fixing managements mismanagement)
@crazyuncleharris Why the F is it so high?!
@wideeyedcurious oh and we can't forget corporate greed (CMP had heavy profits this year 🙃🙃)
Management will need lots of bonuses on the generation and distribution sides for having a tough year of "mis-managing"
@wideeyedcurious oh they do, however basic public sentiment about Maine's public utility commission is that they're in CMPs pocket and they're not so much for the people 🙃🙃 they basically just rubber stamp everything
@crazyuncleharris Well that sucks. You need one like we have here in Minnesota!
@wideeyedcurious yeah instead of just these little writeups on the public broadcasting website
"oh it's a 49% increase or about 32 bucks a month, nothing major what so ever"
https://www.mainepublic.org/business-and-economy/2022-11-16/cmp-customers-will-see-rate-hikes-next-year
@crazyuncleharris Sheez! They should be representing the public interest, not the corporate interest.
@wideeyedcurious at least our public advocate does sometimes attempt to reign in the utilities.
@crazyuncleharris I’m sensing that they don’t have to get approval for rate hikes from a state office…? (We have that in Minnesota.)