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Later, 2:40 p.m. CT: look again at the dollar amount -- $286.08. Which "they" say is what their average customer pays for electricity over three months. Are you kidding? Less than $300 for three months of electricity. What a bargain. Might even make it worthwhile to buy an EV.
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See first comment: the story was picked up by The Dickinson Post but the Mountrail-Williams Electric Cooperative is headquartered in Williston. A big "thank you" to the reader for calling me on this.
Wow, I don't think I've ever seen this before. A North Dakota utility is giving its customers their electricity free for three months. The Dickinson Press is reporting:
Mountrail-Williams Electric Cooperative had a great year, and it’s customers will be rewarded.
Customers are getting free electricity or $286.08 off their bills, said Jessica Martin, a communications manager with MWEC.
MWEC serves about 6,000 customers throughout Mountrail and Williams counties. It’s experienced significant growth during the boom.For folks unfamiliar with MWEC this is a rural electric cooperative; the major utility in Williams and McKenzie counties serving residential customers is MDU.
Meanwhile, utility bills in New England will double, maybe triple this winter, and activist environmentalists apparently want those utility bills to go even higher. Previously posted.
Actually, the title should read "Send your consultants out to Williston, ND" because that is where Mountrail-Williams Electric is headquarted. Dickinson must have just picked up the story. Just an FYI. Dickinson has nothing to do with the 3 months free utility bills to the customers in Williams and Mountrail counties, but Williston does.
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