In Anchorage, we've had Municipal Light and Power since the dawn of time, at least the dawn of time recorded by electric clocks.
But recently, Chugach Electric purchased ML&P from the Municipality. I didn't understand how spending a billion dollars to complete a monopoly was going to make my bill go down or service go up, but I'm not an accountant or an electrician so I confess that I probably don't understand what makes this deal so wired.
My previous experience with Chugach Electric was a monthly visit to their office to ask them to PLEASE put the bill in my name so my former tenant would stop accusing me of refusing to change the bill. But that was like 40 years ago, so I assumed that they might have updated their billing department. Alas, just one more hope crushed in this cruel year.
The sale closed on October 30th, and today was the first day that they would accept payments from former ML&P customers, even customers like me that had auto-pay. They welcomed me to the fold today with two emails that said my payment was overdue. Alright, Chugach, just like old times.
