[StBernard] Entergy Bills

[Westley Annis]

This is true Westley, they didn't try very hard.

Laurie


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>Not that I'm taking for Entergy since they are a pain to deal with, but 

>here

>are a couple of things to remember.

>

>While the flood waters may have stopped your use of electricity, your meter

>was still intact and Entergy was able to visit your home after the storm to

>record usage from the date of your last meter reading until the storm.  In

>other words, if your last bill before the storm showed they read your meter

>on August 2, you had 27 days worth of usage when they read your meter after

>the storm.

>

>Entergy's attempts to help storm victims with their bills was only a 50%

>effort.

>

>After my wife and I found a new place to live, Entergy waited five months

>before they started billing us.  Didn't really need it, but ok, nice

>gesture.

>

>Half-hearted effort: I then received five months worth of bills in three

>days.  What good did that do me?

>

>Some over-paid, no-heart, upper-level manager figured out how to get 

>brownie

>points in the paper right after the storm with no fallout when the truth

>became known.

>

>Westley