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<blockquote data-quote="Aries" data-source="post: 3536268" data-attributes="member: 44328"><p>If you saw the record cold spell coming and they didn't, then you planned ahead and they did not. If you couldn't see it coming, then why would you think they should have?</p><p></p><p>Using your logic, if you buy a new car, finance it at $300 per month and pay your $300 "bill" the first month, you paid what you were billed, so why should you have to continue to pay for 5-6 more years?</p><p></p><p>Answer: Your "bill" didn't cover the cost. It was a record setting cold wave, and record setting costs being paid to producers in order to keep supplying you with gas. The alternatives would be either for them to refuse to pay the extra cost for gas and let you go without any gas for several days, or bill you 10x (or whatever the increased costs) to cover all the expense of record prices for record demand. They are selling it to you for MUCH less than they paid for it, and trying to amortize the cost over a period of time, rather than on one bill as they would under normal circumstances.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aries, post: 3536268, member: 44328"] If you saw the record cold spell coming and they didn't, then you planned ahead and they did not. If you couldn't see it coming, then why would you think they should have? Using your logic, if you buy a new car, finance it at $300 per month and pay your $300 "bill" the first month, you paid what you were billed, so why should you have to continue to pay for 5-6 more years? Answer: Your "bill" didn't cover the cost. It was a record setting cold wave, and record setting costs being paid to producers in order to keep supplying you with gas. The alternatives would be either for them to refuse to pay the extra cost for gas and let you go without any gas for several days, or bill you 10x (or whatever the increased costs) to cover all the expense of record prices for record demand. They are selling it to you for MUCH less than they paid for it, and trying to amortize the cost over a period of time, rather than on one bill as they would under normal circumstances. [/QUOTE]
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