Frequent Utility Power Shutoffs and Poorly-Timed Alerts Endanger Medically Vulnerable Customers
A disabled utility customer describes frequent planned power shutoffs disrupting temperature-controlled medical needs, plus redundant middle-of-the-night notifications and high summer bills, driving them to relocate out of state. Highlights how utility outage and notification practices can create serious hardship for medically vulnerable ratepayers.
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