An Open Letter to AEP: A Sincere Thank You for Your Diligence

Dear Indiana Michigan Power/AEP:

Please receive this correspondence on behalf of those in the South Bend area still without power.  We want to offer this letter as a token of our sincere appreciation for your diligence in rectifying the situation.

As of this writing, we are among those who have been without power since the thunderstorm of June 18.  We first want to express to you our genuine understanding of your seeming unpreparedness for such an event.  The thought of a combination of rain, wind, thunder and lightning in the month of June seems so...Southern Hemisphere.  We were as shocked as you when Mother Nature threw springlike weather at us in this most peculiar time of year.

So that we'll both be prepared in the future, we've done a little research on weather patterns.  The following are some other weather occurrences that we may encounter:

Turns out, severe storms can pop up all the way through May, June, July, August, even into September.  I know - it's not fair.  We were surprised to learn this as well.  These storms could actually create a similar event in which power is knocked out.

In December, January and February, there exists the possibility of snowfall and ice.  Again, don't shoot the messenger.  These could also create the need to restore power if ice freezes and breaks lines and utility poles.

You get a break in the months of October, November, March and April.  I would suggest implementing the necessary rate hikes then.

We write this letter because we understand your predicament and because we want to help.  After all, if one of us was a day or so late paying a bill, we know you would exercise the same spirit of patience.

So again, keep up the good work.  It is literally, lights out.

Sincerely,


The Flashlight Few