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To   : AARON THOMAS
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Tue Apr 08 2025 01:30:00

AA> Maintaining above-ground lines is a constant task.  Poles need
AA> to be replaced, fuses blow, transformers fail, trees and brush
AA> need to be managed.

AT>Yea, but all that stuff doesn't happen all at once. My bill went from $70 on
  >rage to $300 on average, and now I've got one for $591. There's no way to jus
  >y it. Is this not happening in your area? I don't wish it on you, but I'm jus
  >ondering if it's just a regional problem?

If this is recent I wonder if the Tariff wars has anything to do with
it since the Premier of Ontario is threatening to put big tariffs on
electricity Canada sells to millions of people in the USA, or possibly
cancel selling it altogether? I doubt you'd be buying from us unless
one of two conditions applied.. Either it is cheaper to buy from us
than to generate your own power or the company there just doesn't have
the capacity to keep up with needs. Price increases, if related to
that, might be for what they figure will be big future expense to
build a new power plant to replace that.

Something interesting that came up on today's news.. I'd mentioned
at one point that Canada sells oil to the USA at 20% below world
market prices (and if you eliminate oil from the trade numbers you
actually have a trade Surplus with Canada, not the deficit that
Trump keeps mentioning).. Anyways, the new thing was that we sell
liquid natural gas to the USA for $4 per unit (BTU). It's handy
to sell to you because you are close and have been reliable, but
apparently in Europe they pay $15 per unit for that, so shipping
is a bit of a job but it would be another big market with huge
profits over what we sell it for now, plus it would help keep
Europe from suffering as much with trying to stop buying it from
their past supplier, Russia..

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