Utility Bills Rise as Americans Pay Off Storm-Recovery Costs for Decades to Come

Customers will be paying billions of dollars in fees as companies pass along extraordinary costs of energy and repairs Some of the heftiest fees to cover costs of recent storms are in Louisiana, where Hurricane Zeta tore through Grand Isle two years ago.

But the right is still mocking climate change. Greed is the word!

It's time to work on alternative sources of energy the Sun and photosynthesis by plants the only biological cheap and universal almost carbon neutral renewable energy producer from sea to mountains including deserts where Calotropis procera grows well at 50degree

I'm thinking gramps paid well for decades so wires can be underground for climate change. Must have been paying for the top to keep partying.

Another falsereport from fakenews masters. The increase in the amount of money from storms on the coast are because MORE infrastructure exists than ever before (MORE people are there) Not the weather changing. Liars climatecrisis is the next elite scheme elonmusk

How about putting utility lines underground?

Why didn’t energy costs double after Katrina, Sandy, or other damaging storms?

These for profit utility companies are forever making money off consumers, which I have no issue with if it’s within the rules, which it seldom is, especially with monopolies

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