Vito wrote:
When I was farming I bought supplies and electricity from co-op.s.
Suppliers like Southern States set prices to avoid loss so there was
always a little profit left at the end of each year. That money was paid
back to "producers" (members) pro-rata based on how many $$$ each member
spent with them - an after the fact discount if you will that erased all
profits and made a nice xmas bonus. The electric co-op did the same but
all users were included as members. How that equates to charging
non-users instead of users escapes me.

The way it works is, marina is the member/subscriber to the co-cop...and
it's the marina who gets the "master bill" from the co-op. All the lines
going to the docks and the meters to each boat are the marina's...the
meters at each slip are what the marina uses to itemize how much power
each boat is using...and it's the marina who's collecting from each one.
It's the same as if you'd put separate meters on your house, barns and
any other outbuildings or farmhand quarters and charged the occupants
for their pro-rata share of the power used. They pay you, but it's you
pays the co-op for the total amount used. What's illegal is charging the
occupants to whom you sub-let power more than just their pro-rata share
of your total usage.

Peggie
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Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987
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