It's a disappointing end to the process because residential customers are getting hit by (electricity) increases, telephone increases, gas increases - the customers are losers. |
My biggest fear is that the utilities will try to wheedle extra charges out of their customers to pay for this stuff. |
To me, the law was clear before -- that what they did was contrary to what they are allowed to do. They are not supposed to take anything of value from the utilities. |
We need to make the storm reserve not biggest year of damage but average. It's too much money on top of everything else. |
We thought that it would be an outcome that all five county commissioners could probably put their arms around. |
What these companies give in contributions is just a pennies-on-the-dollar investment compared with what they get from the Legislature and Public Service Commission in terms of favorable legislation and rulings. |