The current situation the PUD finds itself in, and the inflated rates its ratepayers are being forced to pay, are the direct fault of its commissioners and its employees. I don’t believe that these were mistakes. I believe the rate hikes were done as a money grab, because the commissioners and employees both know that an annual rate increase is out of the question. The “energy crisis” was an excuse.
I attended two public meetings regarding rate increases for the Snohomish County PUD. I heard PUD employees bragging that if they could get the rates, they would spend the money. I heard an employee tell commissioners that the PUD had been shielded from most of the effects of the energy market. I saw all three commissioners still rubber-stamp unprecedented and unnecessary rate increases. I see them collecting more money than necessary now. Perhaps we need an irate ratepayers association.
Sultan
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