Fighting For Consumer Justice


An Expensive Month
August 31, 2007, 5:47 am
Filed under: Xcel, complaint

Today we got an Xcel bill for $193.86 which is insanely high for this time of year for us. Last year we were paying $84.28.  Xcel’s evil plan to destroy the customers through their monopoly on electricity and gas for our state is unbelievable.  The only difference between this year and last year was that we were convinced to sign up for the fixed monthly plan when we asked for the budget plan.  I am so upset that our government allows this company to continue harming its customers.  



Xcel’s $1.7M Lobbying
August 31, 2007, 5:43 am
Filed under: Xcel

Today I got another Xcel bill for the fixed monthly plan that I was convinced to sign up for.  I thought I would do a bit of reading on Xcel in the news and I came across an article in Forbes about Xcel spending nearly $1.7 Million lobbying congress.

I am sure this corporation has nothing but the best intentions as it bribes congress, perhaps it is looking for ways it can help reduce the high cost of heating in Minnesota.  Or maybe it is trying to find new ways to soak its customers and make even more money while congress looks the other way.

Here is a link to the article on Xcel’s Congressional Lobbying



Xcel Demands more Money
August 31, 2007, 5:40 am
Filed under: Xcel

Xcel has decided that it is expensive to create energy for its customers, so they would like to add a surcharge.  I would think that given the amount of money Xcel has already stolen from it’s customer’s through this Fixed Rate Gas plan, they would have enough money to fund itself for a while.

Here is the news on Xcel’s robbery of customers.