As to the continued power outages experienced during extreme weather conditions, I'd suggest getting the neighborhood association together on the issue and sending a letter complaining and documenting your experiences (over recent years) to the state Public Utility Commission and copying Customer Service at Excel. Individual phone calls and letters would also help, as would petitions to improve the situation. The weather has been extreme, and some outages will always occur as the system is stressed, but improvements to the weakest system links in given neighborhoods should be possible. Good luck.
Michael Hohmann Linden Hills > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Sue Ponsford > Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 8:17 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Mpls] Power out > > > As one of the 3500 people whose power is out, I have > to say, I'm ready to start some sort of action against > Excel. I've lived in my house for 4 years and each > summer, whenever it gets hot, the power goes out for > 12-72 hours at a stretch. Adding insult to injury, I'd > say that the majority of the people on my block don't > have AC--so we aren't even the people who are causing > excessive drain on the resources. > > Seems to me, Excel would notice the pattern and > consider doing some real work in our area instead of > having to repeatedly fix us. > snip > Sue Ponsford > Bryant snip _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
