Sue, we had this problem over a similar period (hopefully it won't recur) and what ended up happening is that a bunch of us got together, called Xcel and the PUC, and they finally came out and cut the trees near the powerline and installed new equipment (transformers?)
Life has been a lot better, so I'd take Michael's advice. David Brauer King Field PS I'm curious how you sent a list post without power? Work computer? Wireless PDA? on 7/1/02 8:49 AM, Michael Hohmann at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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 _______________________________________ 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
