Thank you. Evidently husband needs reviewed by an examiner and they said they are short staffed and don’t know when it’ll be reviewed. Just to keep filing and if he’s denied we have 21 days to appeal. So a month in and no payment. And still counting the weeks. What are people supposed to do. This is for basic living. It’s so frustrating!

4.6 Billion endowment days this is bullshit

That sounds like bullshit to me.

Reduce the administrative headcount. That's low-hanging fruit.

I honestly wish this myth was more true. Unfortunately, the pedos make it out and strike again. The statistics for repeat offenses is staggering.

Thanks. Guess i just wanted to see a list .but yeah im clean, no criminal or hospitalization history. 👍

Yes

You're misinformed hate is showing

Kline & Specter’s new niche

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Ritalin is fine. The provision forbids “unlawful drug use” at the federal level, so if you have a valid prescription to treat a medical issue, then it’s not unlawful. Despite being legal for use in PA, medical cannabis is still prohibited federally, thus being a cannabis user would therefore technically prohibit you from ownership of firearms. The only caveat I’m aware of is regarding psych meds (like Ritalin) is if you have been hospitalized for a mental health issue— that will also prohibit you from ownership.

Yes.

From the ATF, the following categories of persons are prohibited: > who is convicted in any court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year;
> who is a fugitive from justice;
who is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance (as defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act, codified at 21 U.S.C. § 802);
> who has been adjudicated as a mental defective or has been committed to any mental institution;
> who is an illegal alien;
> who has been discharged from the Armed Forces under dishonorable conditions;
> who has renounced his or her United States citizenship;
> who is subject to a court order restraining the person from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner or child of the intimate partner; or
> who has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence.

As someone with a legit prescription for ritalin, you are not an unlawful user of or considered to be addicted to a controlled substance.

What Ritalin prescription?

I’m some person on the internet, so you should disregard my answer, look up the ATF 4473 form yourself, and read the questions.

But, generally: Yes.

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That's what I am concerned with, I know the rate was supposed to go up. But I can't be sure they're not also charging me for electricity I'm not using, just because it seems like such a hike.

Now is a great time to thank your local farmers. It ain't like they love the smell either, but they are providing sustenance nonetheless.

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go to contact us area then it says live chat on the page.

How do you find chat agent?

Worse, if there's a billing issue, the most the PUC generally will do is say work it out with the 3rd party supplier, such as setting up a payment plan. And to switch to another 3rd party supplier or switch back to one's utility in the meantime.

From a consumer protection aspect, one is safest with their utility as default supplier. Soon as one switches away, they lose various protections. Suppliers have much leeway in what they can get away with. Buyer beware!

Door-to-door salespeople, which in my view, are mostly scammers, can get away with shady tactics since the written contract controls. PUC will essentially reiterate this. Likewise for buying other products and services, such as solar panel systems.

Way off on a tangent, but it's disturbing how something so basic has been made so complicated and full of pitfalls. Electric choice makes sense for businesses, but not most residential consumers. Should have never been a thing.

As Texas illustrates though, don't expect much change. PUC likely won't do much beyond remind people to be careful who they talk with and read the contract before agreeing.

PUC should do more, but as many have mentioned, they're presumably bought and controlled by the utilities. Maybe that's not so, but sure seems that way.

PPL's default supply rate has about doubled since last year. Distribution also increased plus a new 5% system improvement charge on top of that.

I've been harping on PPL's steep default supply rate increases for a while. More to the point, I believe PPL's related companies and/or insiders are profiting by shifting customers to suppliers they have an interest in. Doubt the PUC will investigate it on their own, but hoping someone else does.

As for the usage part, could be related to the billing problems they had. Alternatively, could be due to circuits outside of your unit (outside lights, misc outlets, another unit, etc) being connected to your meter. Not overly common, but does happen. PPL may be able to provide historical data, but will mostly need to rely on the landlord for assistance and/or have an electrician to check it out.

Or the meter itself could be programmed wrong and multiplying the actual usage by some incorrect factor. In such an instance would be off by 10X or 100X, but lower multiplier is possible. Ask PPL to send someone out to verify the meter is set up correctly and functioning properly.

In short, many PPL bills with them as the default supplier have roughly doubled since last year due to the rate increases alone.

They've all but told me they work for PPL.

They said I used 1800 kWh Feb '22. I live in an 800 sqft apartment. A year later, Feb 2023, I used half as much and paid more. To which the person on the phone replied, "See? Everything's fine. Your usage is down from last year (but still very high)."

...to which I replied, "Now I think you've just been ripping me off for more than a year."

Because people are not smart enough to decide how much they want to work and get paid.
Only in the minds of politicians can people work less get paid the same and there’s nothing to worry about. The money just magically appears.