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   AA> Maintaining above-ground lines is a constant task.  Poles need   
   AA> to be replaced, fuses blow, transformers fail, trees and brush   
   AA> need to be managed.   
      
   AT>Yea, but all that stuff doesn't happen all at once. My bill went from $70 on   
     >rage to $300 on average, and now I've got one for $591. There's no way to   
   jus   
     >y it. Is this not happening in your area? I don't wish it on you, but I'm   
   jus   
     >ondering if it's just a regional problem?   
      
   If this is recent I wonder if the Tariff wars has anything to do with   
   it since the Premier of Ontario is threatening to put big tariffs on   
   electricity Canada sells to millions of people in the USA, or possibly   
   cancel selling it altogether? I doubt you'd be buying from us unless   
   one of two conditions applied.. Either it is cheaper to buy from us   
   than to generate your own power or the company there just doesn't have   
   the capacity to keep up with needs. Price increases, if related to   
   that, might be for what they figure will be big future expense to   
   build a new power plant to replace that.   
      
   Something interesting that came up on today's news.. I'd mentioned   
   at one point that Canada sells oil to the USA at 20% below world   
   market prices (and if you eliminate oil from the trade numbers you   
   actually have a trade Surplus with Canada, not the deficit that   
   Trump keeps mentioning).. Anyways, the new thing was that we sell   
   liquid natural gas to the USA for $4 per unit (BTU). It's handy   
   to sell to you because you are close and have been reliable, but   
   apparently in Europe they pay $15 per unit for that, so shipping   
   is a bit of a job but it would be another big market with huge   
   profits over what we sell it for now, plus it would help keep   
   Europe from suffering as much with trying to stop buying it from   
   their past supplier, Russia..   
      
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