IS IT TRUE? December 5, 2011 Part 2
IS IT TRUE that the City County Observer has obtained a residential electric bill for a part of Henderson County served by Kenergy?…that this bill for the month of November is for a home that consumed 1,709 kWh of electricity and that the total charges for this consumption excluding taxes was $128.90 that includes a $11.14 fee?…that this calculates to a net rate to the customer of 7.54 cents per kWh?…that the rate paid by Vectren customers including all fees but excluding taxes amounts to 15.51 cents per kWh or a premium of 106% for the same electrons that Kenergy customers pay for?…that the residential bill is on the link below?
IS IT TRUE that the bill calculator at the Henderson Power and Light Website calculates during the winter that if a customer of theirs consumes 1,000 kWh of electricity during the winter that the cost to the customer is $49.63 or 4.93 cents per kWh?…that Vectren’s charge for the same amount of consumption is $155.10 or a 213% premium over what our friends in the City of Henderson pay for the same electrons?…that it must also be noted that Kenergy customers pay a premium of 53% over what Henderson Power and Light’s customers pay?…that a link that will get you to the Henderson Power and Light calculator is below?
https://city-countyobserver.com/2011/10/03/henderson-power-and-light-electric-bill-estimator/
IS IT TRUE that the State of Indiana has now taken down 1,151 meth labs in the state this year and that Vanderburgh County continues to lead the state in meth labs busted?…that unfortunately that probably means that we are also leading the state in meth production, distribution, and personal use?…that the eradication of meth became a hot campaign issue this year for the office of Mayor of Evansville with both candidates acknowledging the seriousness of the problem and vowing to do something about it?…that one of the remedies that has seen success in other states is making pseudoephedrine, the active ingredient for meth makers a prescription only substance?…that it is very hard to argue with the successes of Oregon and that the State of Indiana needs to add discussions regarding pseudo prescriptions to their laundry list of Right to Work, and a smoking ban?
IS IT TRUE that investors are looking for ways to profit from the soon to be phased in EPA restrictions on the burning of coal?…that this is the origin of the coming price increases in electricity in other coal burning areas that Vectren has been touting as the answer to the high premiums that we pay in SW Indiana?…that the Wall Street Journal today profiled three companies that are poised to grow rapidly from orders from utilities that are expected to spend lots of money over the next several years to achieve compliance with the EPA restrictions?…that these companies are ADA Environmental Solutions of Littleton, CO and Fuel Tech Incorporated of Warrenville, IL?…that knowing what was coming and how to deal with it would have been and could have been a very good opportunity for start-up companies in greater Evansville?…that if this area misses out on opportunities to prosper from coal cleaning solutions that we deserve what we get which may just turn out to be nothing?…that at the end of 2011 Evansville still does not have an Angel Investment Network or a Venture Capital Firm?
