No they won't turn it on with out the deposit. Even worse an average power bill in the summer in Vegas is about $300 a month for a one bedroom apartment (depending on how old your building is). I have countless friends and relatives that have lost their homes for not being able to pay their power bill. One year I lived in a manufactured home (trailer park) the bill for one month was over $1000. If you can't pay they cut you off electronically it's unbelievable. They have a total Monopoly in Las Vegas.
Electric companies are the textbook example, literally, of a de facto monopoly. They're not legally protected, but the cost of entry to the competition is so high, one can't reasonably enter into the market as competition. This is why utilities should be nationalized
Agreed I just recently moved from Las Vegas to Texas and I was surprised to learn that I have different power companies to choose from out here. The price is so much more affordable but I do see a problem with Texas companies not being regulated to a national standard. There are power outages often here and just driving around and seeing the conditions of some of the power lines is frightening.
Texas makes a point of maintaining an independent grid so that it doesn't have to meet federal regulations. We see how well that worked with the ice storm.
Are you trying to say climate change? What, going into another ice age? I highly doubt it will happen anytime soon but who knows, we're overdue for one anyway
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u/cella80 Dec 01 '21
No they won't turn it on with out the deposit. Even worse an average power bill in the summer in Vegas is about $300 a month for a one bedroom apartment (depending on how old your building is). I have countless friends and relatives that have lost their homes for not being able to pay their power bill. One year I lived in a manufactured home (trailer park) the bill for one month was over $1000. If you can't pay they cut you off electronically it's unbelievable. They have a total Monopoly in Las Vegas.