It was reported in the Kansas City Start that Missouri will start charging a fee...... here, you read it, I'm chuckling too much.:
Analysis | With new charge, saving electricity could end up costing Missourians
By DAVID A. LIEB
The Associated Press
JEFFERSON CITY | Some Missouri residents and businesses soon could see a new charge on their electric bills — a fee for using less energy.
Though it might seem illogical, the new energy efficiency charge has support from utilities, most lawmakers, the governor, environmentalists and even the state’s official utility consumer advocate. The charge covers the cost of utilities’ efforts to promote energy efficiency and cut power use.
The assumption is that charging consumers for those initiatives ultimately will cost less than charging them to build the new power plants that will be needed if electricity use isn’t curtailed.
Legislation pending before Gov. Jay Nixon would set the criteria for state utility regulators to approve the energy-savings charges. If he signs the bill, the new law would take effect Aug. 28. [. . . .]
Yessirreeebob! Only in America would a gob'mint run utility charge their customers a surcharge for using less energy -- Any doubt in any minds, which party Missouri's Governor hails from?
As the "Show Me!" state - they sure are!!!
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