[HN Gopher] Millions of Americans could lose their electricity a... ___________________________________________________________________ Millions of Americans could lose their electricity as shutoff moratoriums expire Author : claudeganon Score : 24 points Date : 2020-08-28 22:07 UTC (54 minutes ago) (HTM) web link (carbonswitch.co) (TXT) w3m dump (carbonswitch.co) | noodlesUK wrote: | Why is punitive electricity shutoff a thing at all, let alone in | a pandemic? Losing A/C or a fridge's worth of food can be a death | sentence for some people who are on the edge, or more commonly | push them over into homelessness. Same goes for water. Society is | judged by how it treats its most vulnerable. Liens can be placed | on houses, collections can be done other ways, or we can just | forgive and forget. The taxpayer built the grids, and in many | places subsidises generation. We don't have to be cruel. | noodlesUK wrote: | For instance this is what happens in the U.K. if you don't pay | your water bill. | https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/consumer/water/water-suppl... | | You can be disconnected from electricity in rare circumstances, | but I personally haven't heard of it... ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2020-08-28 23:01 UTC)