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ninemm wrote:Those of us who do keep ours trimmed (or don't have trees) end up subsidizing those of you who, again, expect "special" treatment.

First of all, I NEVER received any such notice. The house is as I bought it, in 2006. If the PUC wants to issue me such notice, they are free to do so. But until they do so, any such "mandates" aren't worth a cup of warm spit, because I haven't been notified.

Secondly, I don't expect "special" treatment. I expect "courteous" treatment - including from you, as long as you're not familiar with the particulars of my case - which means don't break my stuff if you don't have to. If "courteous" means "special" these days and is no longer the accepted standard, then no wonder our society is all jacked up.

Thirdly, 3,000,000 x 60 seconds is preposterous and an invalid calculation. The number of homeowners with accessible meters is the majority of that 3,000,000.

I just spent $500 yesterday getting my wrought iron driveway gate fixed. It was sagging so much that it need to have a section of it cut out and new steel welded into place. The reason it is sagging is that the guy from Encor/Reliant/Whatever (I'm a Stream Energy customer) keeps climbing over my fence to read my meter. I don't have a problem with him reading the meter, but the gate/fence are well over 6' tall, and when he climbs over it, his weight causes it to sag. If he would just come to my door and ask permission, I would let him every time (I work at home), and it wouldn't add but 60 seconds to the process of reading my meter. Each time I've caught up to him and asked him to knock on my door the next time, he literally waves me off and just keeps on walking.

I went out and bought some "Beware of Dog" signs to put on the fence. Let him think twice about whether or not he wants to keep climbing my fence without permission. The rassinfrassin' bleepedy bleep.