Recent comments in /f/Connecticut

eddie964 t1_j6d8ydr wrote

Nope. Just used to work in the business (not for ES) and am constantly amazed at how little people understand about this subject. My only goal is to correct factual misinformation. (Ask me about the distribution rate increases both Eversource and UI are proposing, and you'll get a very different kind of answer.)

(By the way, having perused my history, are you really accusing a 15-year Redditor with 55k karma and a long comment history in dozens of subs of being a "burner" account?)

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Kolzig33189 t1_j6d7vo0 wrote

Why am I not surprised to see a bunch of pro eversource/“eversource isn’t the bad guy” posts in your history?

Duff burner account perhaps??? Lol. Or just an eversource employee? Really don’t understand people defending this crooked company at this point, how they make record profits every year and then turn and say “yeah we need to increase rates again.”

I understand that supply prices are based on cost of natural gas to produce our electricity. And natural gas has plummeted in price since the summer. Also, that has exactly nothing to do with why eversource has tripled their cost to consumers in a short amount of time. Care to explain that one and why eversource isn’t to blame?

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Clover_Jane t1_j6d7o5a wrote

Fuck. Where the hell have I been? I've never heard about any of this.

What a shame. I find it quite grotesque that the Republicans try to compare what's been happening in this country and around the world to anything related to the Holocaust, or that time period. Anyone with a half brain can see that it's not Dems trying to lock people up or murder people for who they are, but Republicans on the other hand... there's plenty of evidence of them saying stuff like that. I just saw something the other day about a right wing figure saying that stuff.

I'd link it but can't remember where I saw it or who the figure was. I've been blocking it out lately as it's just too much and I need a break from politics.

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dtgeorge12 t1_j6d6qiy wrote

My sister had her wedding there. It’s ok. A true wedding factory so they don’t exactly cater to your individual preferences. Service overall was decent. Food was good. Facility was nice. I personally would not host a wedding at this place but very few places in CT can hold 350+.

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eddie964 t1_j6d5skl wrote

Tell me, oh CT energy guru: What, exactly, is a "production rate"? And why would delivery rates change in response to oil or gas prices? (Is it possible you are just throwing out terms to make it sound like you know what you are talking about?)

Supply prices are adjusted 2x a year to reflect what it costs Eversource to procure electricity supply on the competitive market. Usually, the Jan. 1 adjustment is an increase, and the July 1 adjustment is a decrease. Obviously, when energy markets are haywire, that trend may fall by the wayside.

Fuel prices are generally down from where they were a few months back, so supply prices ought to follow that this summer. But because of the way CT utilities have to procure supply for their customers, it could take a while for lower prices to get fully baked in.

Keep an eye on competitive supply options in the months ahead, since there are likely to be some deals. But continue to compare over the longer term because Eversource's Standard Offer often falls below competitive supplier prices after prices rebound from a drop.

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psyco-the-rapist t1_j6d5hg3 wrote

They probably lost less then 10 percent of the flock. I don't know Bozrahs exact numbers now but when I worked at Hallandale's farm in Lebanon we had a fire in 2016 that we lost 80,000 birds leaving us with 1.5 million birds. The fun part is getting all the eggs from the coops to the processing room that are further away then the fire because the conveyor would now be inoperable that runs through all the coops.

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CassCat OP t1_j6d35q2 wrote

Reply to comment by speel in This is a cult, right? by CassCat

Sorry the sarcasm was lost. My point was that the since the funding comes from a huge hedge fund, it’s kind of shitty to be skimpy with wages

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virtualchoirboy t1_j6d2pk4 wrote

The new rate will be announced before July 1st. I believe there were news announcements of the new rate around mid-November of last year for the January 1st increase.

As /u/Synapse82 said though, make it a habit to check every few months through the EnergizeCT website. I make it a point to check when I'm doing quarterly financial stuff like checking IRA performance, etc. I check electric rates and home heating oil prices so that I have an idea of how things are trending.

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virtualchoirboy t1_j6d26g4 wrote

Eversource generation rates are based on whatever contracts they sign. It's a pass through cost because Eversource is not allowed to generate electricity in the state. That was part of the deregulation. That's why generation rate changes are always approved. If Eversource signs better (i.e. cheaper) contracts, their rates are required to go down.

Edit: As shown here, generation rate actually went down for July-December 2021. It does happen, it's just been rare lately.

You're right about delivery charges though. Those will never decrease because they are rapacious pieces of crap out for profit and don't care about their customers.

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