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FirstEnergy plans to go forward with voluntary light-bulb giveaway
COLUMBUS (AP) — An Ohio utility criticized for the passing on to customers the cost of a mandatory light-bulb giveaway program is proposing a voluntary program instead.
Akron-based FirstEnergy says the change will accommodate customers who do not want to receive the energy-efficient bulbs but warns it will increase costs of the bulb distribution program.
FirstEnergy suspended the bulb distribution earlier this month after consumers complained about the details and the $21.60 cost.
The voluntary program would take place over two years instead of the five weeks this fall the company originally planned for.
Art Korkosz, a FirstEnergy lawyer, says in remarks prepared for state regulators that the longer rollout also means the company can’t meet 2009 energy-efficiency standards.
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BACK DOOR RATE INCREASE nothing more. The big corporation of this country runs our society. Whatever they want they get
So the one guy who accepts the light bulbs is going to get charged 3.5 million dollars for two light bulbs?
What can we expect from big government? Making us accept what we don't want and over-charging us for it too. Resist Marxism! We are Americans, not sheeple. Now prove it. Join a Tea Party Patriot Group. Stand up for your family, your friends, your country and yourself. Get active. Dedicate our sacred honor to us and ourselves.
GIVE ME LIBERTY OF GIVE ME DEATH!
They weren't going to meet those standards with out without passing out those bulbs. This is just a ridiculous idea from the get go. And now they are going to put the blame on the consumer for their own poor management and planning. Stupid monopoly.