02-01-2017, 01:14 PM
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We will be gathering for this event on Tuesday, February 7th & Wednesday, February 8th.
We will run 3 shifts each day:
8-10 am, 12-2 pm, and 4-6 pm
This will be a PEACEFUL protest against Pacific Power & Light regarding our dishonest, horrendous December power bills and we will have live news coverage at this event.
The reasoning behind their actions do not add up. We know December was a brutal month for weather. However, MANY of us consciously conserved our energy. Many of us use wood heat and have gas water heaters. Many of us were not home for long periods of time for the holidays. Many of us had our thermostats set below 68°. Many of us lost power completely. Lastly, many of us had nothing different.
We know that the weather conditions made it impossible for the meter readers to be able to read some of our meters, although not all of us.
Pacific Power chose to add several days to our billing statements to supposedly compensate for the missing days the meters could not be read. The extra days on our bills may have thrown us into another "block" in our usage. The second block rates are higher than the first block.
We believe that IF indeed the extremely high spike in our bills were do to the extra days, as Pacific Power claims, they should have at least informed us of their intent and added the extra days on the following statement instead. So many seniors, people on fixed incomes and single parents struggle each month, budgeting their monthly bills. This increase is going to cripple our community tremendously.
Our hearts go out to the people, the elderly, the children and babies who are freezing in their homes right now because they have lowered their thermostats so low, in fear of not knowing what next month may hold.
People this month are having to choose between, food, medicines or heat. This is outrageous!!! We want compensation for all of us.
We want to emphasize that this protest is NOT aimed in anyway towards our lineman. We thank them for their hard work and continuously putting their lives in jeopardy for us. We thank them for the long hours and days they worked after the terrible storms we recently had and for those that may still come.
The following rules will apply to all participating:
1- We ask that everyone please make two signs, one for yourselves and one for anyone who may wish to join us that doesn't have one.
2- Do not park in the Dutch Bros parking lot. I believe the parking lot where Magic Man used to be is vacant or we may have to park in the plaza where Safeway is.
3- We WILL NOT block the PPL service trucks from moving in and out of the driveway. These lineman need to be able to do their job...we need them!!!
4- This is a peaceful protest. Political rants will not be tolerated...PERIOD!
5- PLEASE SHARE THIS EVENT AND ADD ANY INVITES YOU WISH.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR INTEREST AND PARTICIPATION....LET'S DO THIS!!!
We will be gathering for this event on Tuesday, February 7th & Wednesday, February 8th.
We will run 3 shifts each day:
8-10 am, 12-2 pm, and 4-6 pm
This will be a PEACEFUL protest against Pacific Power & Light regarding our dishonest, horrendous December power bills and we will have live news coverage at this event.
The reasoning behind their actions do not add up. We know December was a brutal month for weather. However, MANY of us consciously conserved our energy. Many of us use wood heat and have gas water heaters. Many of us were not home for long periods of time for the holidays. Many of us had our thermostats set below 68°. Many of us lost power completely. Lastly, many of us had nothing different.
We know that the weather conditions made it impossible for the meter readers to be able to read some of our meters, although not all of us.
Pacific Power chose to add several days to our billing statements to supposedly compensate for the missing days the meters could not be read. The extra days on our bills may have thrown us into another "block" in our usage. The second block rates are higher than the first block.
We believe that IF indeed the extremely high spike in our bills were do to the extra days, as Pacific Power claims, they should have at least informed us of their intent and added the extra days on the following statement instead. So many seniors, people on fixed incomes and single parents struggle each month, budgeting their monthly bills. This increase is going to cripple our community tremendously.
Our hearts go out to the people, the elderly, the children and babies who are freezing in their homes right now because they have lowered their thermostats so low, in fear of not knowing what next month may hold.
People this month are having to choose between, food, medicines or heat. This is outrageous!!! We want compensation for all of us.
We want to emphasize that this protest is NOT aimed in anyway towards our lineman. We thank them for their hard work and continuously putting their lives in jeopardy for us. We thank them for the long hours and days they worked after the terrible storms we recently had and for those that may still come.
The following rules will apply to all participating:
1- We ask that everyone please make two signs, one for yourselves and one for anyone who may wish to join us that doesn't have one.
2- Do not park in the Dutch Bros parking lot. I believe the parking lot where Magic Man used to be is vacant or we may have to park in the plaza where Safeway is.
3- We WILL NOT block the PPL service trucks from moving in and out of the driveway. These lineman need to be able to do their job...we need them!!!
4- This is a peaceful protest. Political rants will not be tolerated...PERIOD!
5- PLEASE SHARE THIS EVENT AND ADD ANY INVITES YOU WISH.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR INTEREST AND PARTICIPATION....LET'S DO THIS!!!