Jul 17, 2014
Saw on another website that they wanted to speak to person whose name is on their Dominion gas bill. Just guessing this is one of those 3rd party marketing middlemen that deregulation of our utilities has wrought. Before deregulation we bought our utilities from the utility companies at a ressonable regulated rate. Now our utility companies charge us for "delivery" of our energy, & these middlemen charge us for the actual product. This is why our utility bills have doubled or even tripled in the last 10-20 years. Has anyones wages doubled or tripled in that time? Reregulation of our necessities would drive down the price, while still allowing the companies to make a very reasonable profit. The regulated formula in the past allowed the companies to mark up a fixed percentage of profit based on their actual cost, & this would detrrmine the price. After deregulation, the utility companies can charge as much as they can get away with, while "competing" with the middlmen (who of course all want to be millionaires) & they can do as little to maintain their infrastructure as they can get away with, & that difference is now their profit. Not to mention the insurance they now expect people to buy to cover the costs of any problem at a residence that the utility companies used to take care of as their obligation by means of a much lower service charge than what they now chargd. Reregulate Now!!