The utility appears to have done everything they were required to do. The only thing I don’t agree with is the “renewal” period. If a person has a chronic permanent condition, they should either extend the renewal period to a yearly basis, or do away with it completely. The renewal seems to be a “conditions trap” to cover behinds in situations like this.
how about some more details on the husband? He found her 3 days after the power was shut off and she was dead? Where in the heck was he? And why didnt he assist in securing the extension for the emergency protection?
Re-read the article. He wasn’t gone for 3 days. The article said her husband found her about an hour after the power was turned off and she died 3 days later.
NJ you’re right oops again! but i still wonder why the husband did nothing about getting the emergency order renewed/extended…there is still a lot of information missing.
If they knew that she needed electricity to keep her alive, then why did they not pay their bill? That should have been one of the FIRST bills I would have paid. Also, I would not have let the medical condition paperwork expire, especially if they tried to shut off the power before for not paying the bill.
Tragic, I guess, but If all the facts were to come out, they would probably indicate that she sent her husband to the store with her last $5 to buy another pack of cigarettes (she did have COPD) but the husband got side-tracked at the bar and instead spent the money on beer. If life insurance is involved, often times people are worth more dead than alive. And for the utility company, this case is no exception. No mention though if the husband got the power turned on.
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The utility appears to have done everything they were required to do. The only thing I don’t agree with is the “renewal” period. If a person has a chronic permanent condition, they should either extend the renewal period to a yearly basis, or do away with it completely. The renewal seems to be a “conditions trap” to cover behinds in situations like this.
how about some more details on the husband? He found her 3 days after the power was shut off and she was dead? Where in the heck was he? And why didnt he assist in securing the extension for the emergency protection?
oops correction – she died about 1 hour after the power was cut off but he was gone for 3 days…still need details…
La vida no vale nada! Que lastima! Pobrecita.
Re-read the article. He wasn’t gone for 3 days. The article said her husband found her about an hour after the power was turned off and she died 3 days later.
Geek, you still aren’t reading it correctly.
“She died June 24, three days after her husband found her unconscious, about an hour after power was cut.”
Her husband found her unconscious an hour after the power was cut, then she died three days later.
I think all the details are there. Just an unfortunate incident.
NJ you’re right oops again! but i still wonder why the husband did nothing about getting the emergency order renewed/extended…there is still a lot of information missing.
C’est la vie? Mais non! c’est la mort!!
If they knew that she needed electricity to keep her alive, then why did they not pay their bill? That should have been one of the FIRST bills I would have paid. Also, I would not have let the medical condition paperwork expire, especially if they tried to shut off the power before for not paying the bill.
Tragic, I guess, but If all the facts were to come out, they would probably indicate that she sent her husband to the store with her last $5 to buy another pack of cigarettes (she did have COPD) but the husband got side-tracked at the bar and instead spent the money on beer. If life insurance is involved, often times people are worth more dead than alive. And for the utility company, this case is no exception. No mention though if the husband got the power turned on.