[Chat] Power company rep

jberlin jberlin at bcpl.net
Wed Apr 16 13:25:33 EDT 2008


Why would he want to see your Bill? i don't know. being paranoid as i  
am i think about scams
judy


On Apr 15, 2008, at 3:29 PM, Greg Alexander wrote:

> Thanks, Rob.  He seemed like he was on the up and up (not a scammer)  
> but I was still not
> interested.  Thanks for the info!
>
> --- Rob Carlson <rob at vees.net> wrote:
>
>> They're a wholesaler.  Their whole schtick is to sell you a  
>> electricity
>> package that's more analogous to a fixed rate with overages cell phone
>> plan than a pay-as-you-use like your current BGE service.  They come  
>> out
>> because under deregulation, if you buy their package they can force  
>> BGE
>> to buy a bigger share of their wholesale power generation.
>>
>> Not to be overly cynical, but I assume these guys have done a ton more
>> math than the average consumer and you're not likely to actually turn
>> any savings in the end on the complicated plans they sell no matter
>> what you pick.
>>
>> --
>> Rob Carlson  rob at vees.net  http://vees.net/
>>
>> On Tue, 15 Apr 2008, Greg Alexander wrote:
>>
>>> Has anyone else had a guy come around today in a yellow embroided
>>> company shirt saying he was with the company who supplies power to
>>> BGE?  I cannot remember the name of the company he said he was with
>>> (I'm on Claritin for allergies and out of it).  He said I may be
>>> eligible for an eight percent discount off my bill and he needed to
>>> see a copy of my latest BGE bill.  I told him that we opted out of  
>>> all
>>> paper bills and pay online and he said OK and walked off.  Kind of
>>> weird...
>>>
>>
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