said by Jack_in_VA:said by sk1939:Phones here end at the demarc as well, which is generally that box on the outside of your house which is standard.
Most places, because I know this is the case in San Fran, a few parts of Illinois, quite a bit of the DC area, PA, NY, and NJ. Mostly places that have power from an actual company like PP&L, ComEd, ConEd, Pepco, BG&E, rather than a local util.
That doesn't indicate a "vast majority". Why do some of you go into a "tizzy" because our utility Dominion Resources here in Virginia doesn't gouge us? Jealously? Every time this issue comes up it's the same thing. Apparently you folks want to pay for all this is the only thing I can figure.
Are you trying to tell me that Dominion Virginia Power is nothing more than a local utility company?
If so then ComeEd, Pepco, BG&E are also only players in the parts of states they serve.
Commonwealth Edison (commonly known as ComEd) is the largest electric utility in Illinois, serving the Chicago and Northern Illinois area. The service territory roughly borders in Iroquois County to the south, the Wisconsin border to the north, the Iowa border to the west, and the Indiana border to the east.
For more than 100 years, Commonwealth Edison has been the primary electric delivery services company for Northern Illinois.
ComEd provides electric service to more than 3.7 million customers across Northern Illinois.Now I would classify ComEd a local regional utility with only 3 million customers.
Dominion Resources (D) is an electric and natural gas utility. Dominion Resources has approximately 26,500 megawatts (MW) of electrical generating capacity, enough to power around 20 million homes.
As the owner of the nation's largest underground natural gas storage system, Dominion also delivers natural gas to retail customers in eleven states.
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www.wikinvest.com/stock/ ··· _%28D%29You probably get your natural gas from Dominion Resources.
Simply because you act surprised when you find out it's not the norm for a lot of the rest of the country. I'm not saying it's bad, it's just the way it is and not the norm.