The staff and other parties that were involved in the settlement negotiations ... have seen that our rate proposal would absolutely provide certain benefits to our customers and we're happy that they've agreed to the level that they did.
Companies that will sometimes supply mutual aid are just not able to spare crews to help us out. Some of them are asking us for help, and we can't spare any workers until we get all our own customers powered back up.
The unseasonable weather and significant storm activity allowed the customer benefit fund to be used during the first quarter.
We do not mark up the cost of energy. Our customers pay the same price we do.
