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From: kmo@ptsfa.UUCP (Ken Olsen)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Help: rapped [sic] and robbed monthly
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Date: Tue, 29-Jan-85 11:45:13 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 29 11:45:13 1985
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> 
> >> We are being robbed and	raped monthly by our gas and electric company.
> >> etc . . .
> 
> I remember reading somewhere that the San Diego Gas and Electric Company
> is one of the worst run utilities in the country.  Something about how
> they signed these long term contracts for oil just before the price fell.
> Does anyone remember that article?  I think it was in the Wall Street Journal.
> 

	There are two things I remember about SDG&E (I lived in Southern
California for the first 26 years of my life):

	1) Remember conservation?  SDG&E asked the people of  San Diego
	   County to conserve energy.  Since San Diegans are such good
	   citizens, they conserved.  The following year, SDG&E had to
	   raise the rates because San Diegans didn't use enough energy!

	2) Some brilliant SDG&E employee over-purchased on oil and SDG&E
	   had to pay for it somehow.  Guess how?

I'm sure these are not the only wonderful things they've accomplished.

	My experience:
		I lived in a 2 bedroom apartment in San Diego.  Without
		using a heater or air conditioner at all, my monthly
		bill usually was >$50.  Come on guys, I don't cook or
		watch tv that much.

		I now live in a 2 bedroom apartment in the San Francisco
		Bay area (Walnut Creek).  Last month, BLASTING the heater
		constantly, my bill was $35.

	Yes, SDG&E must be the one of the worst run companies in the country.

Ken Olsen
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