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TexasTowelie

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3. So you want the electrical customers to sit in the dark?

Reply to WHITT (Reply #2)

Fri Jan 28, 2022, 07:32 PM

Jan 2022

AES is threatening to shut down the plant because it isn't profitable. The stockholders will take a hit, but if they are diversified then they might not even notice. However, the electrical customers are immediately vulnerable.

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Reports: Citing 'serious cash flow problem,' AES demands government bailout from Puerto Rico [View all] TexasTowelie Jan 2022 OP

snark alert: Mebbe the Puerto Rican government has a few spare rolls of paper towels abqtommy Jan 2022 #1

Let The Stockholders Eat It WHITT Jan 2022 #2

So you want the electrical customers to sit in the dark? TexasTowelie Jan 2022 #3

Surely PREPA WHITT Jan 2022 #4

What evidence do you have that PREPA can operate the plant at a reduced cost? TexasTowelie Jan 2022 #5

Profit WHITT Jan 2022 #6