Well, here we are again, only 19 days since the last power outage from duke energy. It is 6:02 AM ON December 28, 2019. Duke Energy has somehow learned to tell the future! I know this because our power went out at exactly 5:00 AM; but I received a text that our power was out at 4:59 AM; and Duke Energy's report line recording said it had been out since 4:42 AM! When I was able to get a (sort of) human on the line she said that crews had been dispatched and were on the way. Yet, even though they hadn't got here yet it was already known that it was a blown fuse. And, inspite of the crews prescient knowledge that it was only a blown fuse it was expected for the power to be out for exactly 3 hours. I never knew that Duke Energy, the company that's incapable of providing dependable power to its over-charged customers was so advanced in the psychic sciences.
Seriously, they don't even bother to lie convincingly. And it's become absolutely ludicrous that they can't keep the power going for even a month without interruption. Why our government doesn't do something to make this utility company, that is essentially a monopoly in this area, provide a more reliable service at a more reasonable price is beyond me. I guess duke energy has (apparently) covered their corporate butt on that front; which means we can forget about ever getting any help from that direction. I have to wonder how many duke fat cat corporate bigwigs, or their political buddies, have to go without power on such a regular basis? I'm guessing not many, if any, of either.
The bottom line is that Duke Energy knows they have us by the short hairs, that they know they either have the necessary politicians in their corporate pockets or, that the politicians simply don't care (flip a coin) and that we can't do anything because we don't have a choice of who we get power from. The fact that they're incapable of providing reliable power, at least over the holidays, is just icing on the crap cake they keep shoving down our throats.
Well, here we are again, only 19 days since the last power outage from duke energy. It is 6:02 AM ON December 28, 2019. Duke Energy has somehow learned to tell the future! I know this because our power went out at exactly 5:00 AM; but I received a text that our power was out at 4:59 AM; and Duke Energy's report line recording said it had been out since 4:42 AM! When I was able to get a (sort of) human on the line she said that crews had been dispatched and were on the way. Yet, even though they hadn't got here yet it was already known that it was a blown fuse. And, inspite of the crews prescient knowledge that it was only a blown fuse it was expected for the power to be out for exactly 3 hours. I never knew that Duke Energy, the company that's incapable of providing dependable power to its over-charged customers was so advanced in the psychic sciences.
Seriously, they don't even bother to lie convincingly. And it's become absolutely ludicrous that they can't keep the power going for even a month without interruption. Why our government doesn't do something to make this utility company, that is essentially a monopoly in this area, provide a more reliable service at a more reasonable price is beyond me. I guess duke energy has (apparently) covered their corporate butt on that front; which means we can forget about ever getting any help from that direction. I have to wonder how many duke fat cat corporate bigwigs, or their political buddies, have to go without power on such a regular basis? I'm guessing not many, if any, of either.
The bottom line is that Duke Energy knows they have us by the short hairs, that they know they either have the necessary politicians in their corporate pockets or, that the politicians simply don't care (flip a coin) and that we can't do anything because we don't have a choice of who we get power from. The fact that they're incapable of providing reliable power, at least over the holidays, is just icing on the crap cake they keep shoving down our throats.