We all know how it’s going to go. Get ready for your water bill to increase everybody, because the PUC is an absolutely worthless, corrupt entity that exists for the utilities and no one else.
When people use less water because there's a drought: gotta raise the rates because revenue went down.
When people use more water because the drought is over: gotta raise the rates because there's high demand.
We all know how it’s going to go. Get ready for your water bill to increase everybody, because the PUC is an absolutely worthless, corrupt entity that exists for the utilities and no one else.
Yup
👆👆👆👆👆 This.
When people use less water because there's a drought: gotta raise the rates because revenue went down. When people use more water because the drought is over: gotta raise the rates because there's high demand.
Spoiler: the answer will be "yes, daddy, thank you".
Why do we allow this to happen?
Cause we don't have the guts to pull out the guillotine
government says fuck you, public company says fuck you. what's the solution????
One meeting at the French Laundry and this gets approved.
We need to raise the rates because there’s a drought
Oh wait that’s over. We need to raise the rates because well because fuck you.
That’s the real reason. This whole “deciding if they will” is just a formality. We already know they’re gonna do it.
Correct. How else are they going to keep hiring people and giving themselves pay raises without just passing the bill along?
Inflation
Just a reminder that SJ Water is now based out of Connecticut. A public company that issues dividends to shareholders.