Re: what a mess

"Martin Brown" <|||newspam|||@nezumi.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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How odd. In the UK the companies generating (or selling) electricity and
those operating the power distribution grid are separate entities. You can
buy your power from whoever you like - even some supermarkets have got in on
the act of reselling electricity.

There are some places in the U.S. where such options are available -- moreso
in big cities, as you'd expect. I'm out in the country a bit (southern
Oregon) and we only have one choice... and to make matters worse, power
outages are not exactly uncommon -- it's happened twice in the past two weeks
here. A significant portion -- probably at least 1/4 -- of our neighbors have
small generators, and we're planning to install one too.

The previous owners of our home did have the good sense to install a wood
stove.


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