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To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (88697)4/2/2001 2:48:54 PM
From: Joan Osland Graffius  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 436258
 
heinz,

We were in San Diego last week and people were telling us they can not afford their utility bills. One person said their electricity bill had gone from $168 per month to over $400 per month and an increase on top of this was on its way.

Joan



To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (88697)4/2/2001 3:03:56 PM
From: dawgfan2000  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 436258
 
>>they may be forced to conserve...i hear anecdotally that utility bills in some areas have become real horror-shows.<<

wait til HWP, SUNW, AMAT and others get their bill! hohoho. Kaiser Alum has shut down their mills and sold their electricity allotment: paid off all staff at full salary AND turned a bigger profit than if they'd kept production. this is just the tip of the 'berg.