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Old 04-24-2008, 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by reese_in_va View Post
In the campo here, Dominican's who "claim" they don't use much electricity, do not have a meter, their connection has been illegally hooked up, sign agreements with the power company to pay a flat fee of $300RD/ month. So that is consistant with Chips comment.
Of course they are all hooked up off our transformer......it's a good thing we have our own meter from our own line.
That would be a much better arrangement - a compromise - but they dont have anything like that - those that have paid have all got meters. Some have no power, my friend is running a wire from the house next door! She pays them a small amount each month towards their bill.

So many times I have nearly paid the connection fee but then I dont really want to get lumbered with the monthly bills, especially if she then decides to help out another neighbour!!!

Rio