Name:   Lifer - Subject:   You're kidding, right? Date:   1/27/2018 3:37:12 PM

You don't realize how good you have it. You pay the lowest rates for electricity in the nation. As for the nuclear plant you obviously have no idea what you are talking about. Power doesn't go from a generator plant straight to your house, even if you lived in sight of the plant. It all goes into the grid and can be moved from section to section up to 300 miles without any loss. Southern company produces excess power daily and sells it onto the national grid, sometimes at up to 10 times the rates you pay in peak times. They can sell power generated here across the country with agreements with other companies to transfer it. On average they get 3-4 times our rates for this power, but at times much higher. All that excess sell off helps keep our rates low.

As for the payment centers, please point me to anywhere in today's world that doesn't have cashiers behind glass if at all feasable. If you want cheaper power then figure out how to raise Nikola Tesla from his grave to complete his wireless power grid. Other than that educate yourself a little before spouting off. Yes, southern company has a pretty sweet deal. In Alabama they get a guaranteed 15% ROI. A good deal for any business that can get it. They were given that deal in the earlier stages of rural electrification to encourage development in rural areas. Because of that they did develop the infrastructure to efficiently deliver cheap power. If you think it too expensive you are more than welcome to produce your own any way you can. Also by charter they are required to purchase any excess you produce from you. The Public Service Commission, or some simular government agency, is who sets the rates in most states, not the power company.

I'm sure you are thinking I must work for southern company or APCO. I don't. Never have. An ex-father-in-law did before retiring but my opinions have nothing to do with that. I am just an educated consumer. I also admire Nikola Tesla as much as anybody in history. He is the greatest inventor in history. Every month when you pay your cheap power bill you should thank him and the other early pioneers in the power industry like Thomas Martin. I will climb off my soapbox now.