Electric Company

How exactly does privatizing electric companies improve the energy industry?
Give me a scenario. You know what? Give as many details as you can.

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Would easing the legal monopoly of electric service help places with electric shortage (California)?
California can barely stand a summer without rolling blackouts. Would increasing electric service help? *I'm not saying there should be like 50 electric companies for one municipal. Obviously that's chaotic. But for example, Colorado Springs has ONE, ONE electric provider (separate facilities, there's one in Fountain but it's the SAME company). That's ridiculous, and how people complain about monopolies yet permit these electric/gas/water monopolies that rake profit by flaying people alive.

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How to shorten my speech?
I am going to present my speech this week, but when I say it, it runs for about three minutes and fifty-eight seconds. It's only allowed to go for four minutes. Here is a copy of my speech, any ideas on how to shorten it without cutting out any main ideas? I've already gotten rid of a lot, but anything to help would be fantastic. Thanks in advance. What do you think of when you think ?good for the environment?? I used to think of something along the lines of using solar panels, driving anything but a car that runs on fossil fuel, and getting your energy from wind mills. Many of these ideas work on a small scale, but if we used them to power the nation, monumental repercussions would emerge. Since reading The Conundrum by David Owen, I have learned about the many bogus ideas created to help the environment and the importance of being informed. All energy comes from the sun; fossil fuel just highly concentrates that energy. When someone uses a solar panel, they have to live in a place with few trees blocking the sun, ideally a desert. Some people claim that they make money from their solar panels by selling excess energy to the electrical companies. But the average family has to use a third less energy in order for solar panels to supply enough energy for just their house, let alone provide enough to sell to electric companies. If the United States government installed large scale solar panels around America, they would reside in deserts, covering miles of nature with electric appliances. Using Solar Panels means that families would lose money, and precious metals would go to waste in creating solar panels that cannot even make an impact on rainy cities like Seattle. In order to stop using fossil fuels that cause terrible carbon emissions, the world has turned to electric, hybrid, and diesel cars. But recently, America has done a large amount of research in biofuels, fuels derived from plants, and how they could lower our dependence on foreign oil. The research also includes studies on how biofuels can lower carbon emissions because they only emit what the plants previously took in. Looking at statistics, researchers have noticed terrible repercussions of using biofuels in America. Matthew Brown, a former energy program director, states that ?Replacing only five percent of the nation?s diesel consumption with biodiesel would require diverting approximately sixty percent of today?s soy crops to biodiesel production.? Now get this, university researcher David Pimental, claims that the ethanol produced from corn, yields thirty percent less energy than put into growing the corn. Essentially, the starving would get less food, and almost everyone in America would have to farm in order for us to rely mostly on biofuels. Currently many eyes have turned to wind power. It works well in small quantities, but it will never work well for a large country. Denmark gets about three percent of its energy from wind turbines, exporting the rest, and that method works well, most of the time. Three percent may not appear like a lot, but when the wind blew incorrectly in 2000, the Danish people had to import more electricity than they exported, drastically increasing their energy bill. Imagine if just thirty percent of America?s fuel came from wind. Even though America would use less fossil fuel to get electricity, America could go even farther into debt. In a world consumed by an energy crisis, people constantly search for solutions. When environmentalists tell them one thing, they start changing their entire lifestyle without realizing the environmental consequences of their actions. Sometimes environmentalists explain their ideas inaccurately. Every time someone tells you how to ?cure? the environment, make sure you understand the penalties of those actions before you do them. I know that without reading The Conundrum I most likely would have never found out about the terrible ramifications of solar energy, biofuels, and wind power. Now make sure you remember this: saving energy in some ways does not necessarily mean that it benefits the earth or the economy.

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How would I be able to pay the bills?
I want to pay the electric bill for a friend and I have to write a check. Do i write the check for my friend or the electric company?

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Pensioner received utility investigation from LSC, anyone familiar with them?
Hi my mother whom is in her 80's received a letter from Utility Investigations, Civil Enforcement Debt Recoveries. She has just moved into the property and has paid her first gas and electricity bills. She has not received any letters on her name demanding payment. However when she moved in there were outstanding bills addressed to the occupier (estimates). However she then registered her details with the gas and electric company and they said all old bills have been cancelled as they were not hers. Now she has received a letter from LCS with the heading 'Utility Investigation' and it asks for her Name, Date of occupancy to the Address Detailed, Name of Previous Occupier if Known, Forwarding Address of the Previous Occupier, Landlords Name and Telephone No/Address, Any other info deemed relevant to this inquiry. The property is a council property and my mother only moved in recently as she was ill (suffered heart problem). She however signed the tenancy agreement a few months back but was unable to officially move in due to her illness. She moved in after recovery. My mother is distressed and is extremely worried what this letter could be. It does not state any amount or is not addressed to her.. infact it is addressed to FAO The Occupier/Landlord. Anybody know how to deal with this, I don't want to worry my mother any further as she is very frail and it might impact on her health further. What would happen next if we ignore this request to cooperate with them? What would happen if we fail to provide them with the requested details? Thank you for your help. Sorry I meant LCS and not LSC.

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Which of the following is the best example of controlling a fixed variable cost?
A. setting a thermostat B. using a fireplace instead of an electric heater C. determining when ?off-peak? hours at the electric company are and only doing your laundry during that time D. all of the above I have answered all the questions on the study guide except this one. Thank you! :)

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Hawthrone effect whats uppp?
During the data and information gathering stage of the system development cycle, employees are involved actively in the process. They complete surveys, participate in interviews, and are observed while performing their jobs. Many researchers suggest that during observation, employees may not exhibit everyday behavior and many perform above and beyond their normal workday activities. They base this premise on the Hawthorne Effect, which is the result of a study performed in the 1920s in the Western Electric Company Plant in Hawthorne, IL. The study discovered that productivity improved during observation, whether the conditions were made better or worse. Researchers concluded that productivity seemed to improve whenever the workers knew they were being observed. What is your opinion of the Hawthorne Effect? Do you agree with the research? If someone is observing you at work (or in school), does this cause you to alter your behavior? Why or why not?

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