Lots of people seemed shocked to find out that yes, a public utility can shut off your only heat source during the coldest week of the year, even if you are old or sick or have children. They thought it was a law that you couldn't leave someone in a freezing house. But they were wrong.
And go figure- leaving people without heat during the winter can lead to people freezing to death.
State Representative Jeff Mayes (D-Bay City) and State Senator Jim Barcia (D-Bay City) today called for a review of the tragic death of Marvin E. Schur, a 93-year-old World War II veteran, who froze to death in his Bay City home after Bay City Electric Light & Power placed a device on his home to limit his electric use.
Public utilities are public for a reason. It is our tax dollars that build the damns and the power plants. It is public land that brings the power to the towns and cities that use it. We own the public utility system. All of us. So why do allow this to happen?
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