[HN Gopher] Millions of Americans could lose their electricity a...
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       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)
        
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       | 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...
        
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