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<blockquote data-quote="Earl Thigpen" data-source="post: 460020" data-attributes="member: 3999"><p>7 years ago I had electricity ran for a water well. Cost me $230 to set one pole and install a meter loop plus $12/month minimum charge.</p><p></p><p>Today a friend of mine wants to run power to his home site near Uvalde, Texas. Requires two poles and a meter loop. Power company wants $10,000 to do the job. The reason for the increase (I'm told) is beacuse of de-regulation of the electricity industry. Used to be that power companies would run electricity for little or nothing but would recoup the investment over years of use. Now if you don't like the power company you can change to joe blows windmill powered generator and the local company is out the investment they made in you.</p><p></p><p>We are installing an off grid generator this weekend for about half that. If the local power company ever gets off their high horse he can use the generator as a backup or sell it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Earl Thigpen, post: 460020, member: 3999"] 7 years ago I had electricity ran for a water well. Cost me $230 to set one pole and install a meter loop plus $12/month minimum charge. Today a friend of mine wants to run power to his home site near Uvalde, Texas. Requires two poles and a meter loop. Power company wants $10,000 to do the job. The reason for the increase (I'm told) is beacuse of de-regulation of the electricity industry. Used to be that power companies would run electricity for little or nothing but would recoup the investment over years of use. Now if you don't like the power company you can change to joe blows windmill powered generator and the local company is out the investment they made in you. We are installing an off grid generator this weekend for about half that. If the local power company ever gets off their high horse he can use the generator as a backup or sell it. [/QUOTE]
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