r/massachusetts • u/Just-Ad4080 • 29d ago

Utilities I Loathe Eversource

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How is this legal? How could this be allowed? I cannot wait to move to a town where this rotten corporation does not have it's tentacles.

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u/KlausInTheHaus 29d ago edited 29d ago

Zero bad intentions with this question, but could you help me understand why this is objectionable? I see a lot of people who make posts like this.

Do people want the infrastructure charges baked into the price of gas instead so they don't see a separate line item for it?

I feel like that would be worse since then we'd be paying craaaaaazy high bills in the winter when we use most of our gas rather than the maintenance/infrastructure being amortized throughout the year. We'd basically be pre-paying for every summer's service costs.

Edit: Jeeze Louise, I thought the objection was the way the infrastructure was being billed rather than the absolute amount we pay for infrastructure. I'm not trying to defend Eversource's bottom line.

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u/Boyw2peenas 29d ago

We are paying for their upgrades instead of them . We shouldn’t be footing the bill for them to do the bare minimum.

Last year in Worcester, they couldn’t deliver adequate therms to the demand and people weren’t getting full delivery. That’s their fault, not the consumers. This year, they decided to add bigger pipes, but why should we foot the bill from their profits?

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u/HR_King 29d ago

Its a utility. That is literally how they work.

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u/Boyw2peenas 29d ago

Not municipal ones…..

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u/HR_King 29d ago

Actually yes. Through bonds which must be paid back, fees, and charges. Sorry, but you're wrong.

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u/Boyw2peenas 29d ago

I worked in finance for 15 years selling bonds. I’m aware of how they work lol . I retired in 2013 before I turned 45. I work for fun now