PECO Combats People Using Everyday Items To Steal Power

Joe Holden reports.

[kennethfrese]

And a few minutes after the crews and cameras dispersed, the nails and beer cans were replaced, and the power was back on.

[SiontheRapadant]

Thank you for teaching us how to get rid of our power bills

[mikehuntsore]

As an electrician, its the power company that's been robbing residents for years. I like how the reporter tries to make the viewer think that the power thiefs costs "us" millions. In reality, here's the deal. The power companies many years ago went around buying peoples land so they can hydroelectric dam which they boasted would supply the masses with cheap affordable power to everyone. The turbines at the powerhouses are retrofitted every 75 years or so to make them more efficient, but other than that they are manned by a skeleton crew. In fact if all the people disappeared today, the power would flow for another 35 years or so. The storms are what really costs the city having to do repairs during outages. But believe me the money they are paying out for the equipment and crews is miniscule compared to how much they rake in from the ever rising cost of a kw hour when they buttfuck customers. Please don't let these fucks get you twisted. I have a 2 year old and a pregnant wife. And they won't give a flying shit about putting us all in the dark tomorrow if we don't pay them. You all included. The flow of electricity us free and they don't bother metering ANY of it till it hits our homes. They are never going to be interested in making ur bill lower by exploring a cheaper solution. They WILL bash solar panels, wind turbines, ect to turn people off of the idea of pumping power back into the grid because they enjoy fucking us hand over fists. They want to be some whiny bitches and get the news team to do a bogus story to get us to side with them, but don't tell me if you could successfully tamper with ur meter and cut ur bill in half, and get away with it, we'd all sign up for that shit. A company that runs a monopoly and has complete control over electricity that lies to you, then bends you over and rams it in with no lube deserves to be fucked over a little bit by just a few people. If people figure out how to bypass a meter and not electrocute themselves personally I admire. They show us that tenacity and determination is the American way no matter what the chumps at the utility building think. Good for them.

[XoxJasonReynoldsxoX]

Costing "YOU" millions of dollars? No, it is costing the utility company (who is in bed with the government) pocket change compared to what they make each month in fees/penalties from people using too little electricity. They charge whatever the hell they want because they are the only show in most towns and they constantly raise the already high rates. Stealing anything is wrong; but let's just say I won't be shedding any tears for the poor, insanely wealthy utility giants and their cronies who use situations like these as an excuse to charge people even more.

[MrTheJokersChannel]

"There work is dangerous " shows a calm dog...

[RIP]

The easiest thing to steal in the 90’s was your neighbor cable all u need was a cable cord and a splitter

[johnnymcblaze]

I was born and raised in Chester. I live in texas now. BEST. DECISION. EVER.

[mayarichie]

I tried to put the power in my name when I moved into my new house I rent and since the previous tenant who died left a huge balance and the power was cut off Peco said when I called that they WILL NOT turn it on until they do an "investigation" to make sure I'm not associated with previous tenant and it takes a MINIMUM of 3 business days... They aren't open on weekends to call customer service so I haven't had power since Thursday and can't even talk to anyone until tomorrow (Monday) because some dude I don't know that lived at my address before he died and they re-leased the apartment left a huge bill... So yeah I see why people steal power from PECO. Thank God my mother in law is keeping my kids at her house til this is taken care of cuz PECO doesn't give a shit that one of my kids has a breathing machine all they care about is the previous tenant paying his past due bill from beyond the grave smh

[TheLegendaryLinx]

I know a few Peco workers who are stealing electricity at their own home. They know all the tricks of the trade.

[brianvalentas]

Maybe if they didn’t charge so much for a basic need, people wouldn’t go through these lengths to steal.

[dredrotten]

Doesn't this just go to show that electricity prices are way too high?

[PaulPetrea]

You guys have NO clue about "dangerous wiring" to a home. You really need to visit Southeast Asia to get a REAL feel of shotty power connections to home. :)

[pureblood]

Stop charging people 3 to $400 a month

[godman]

How is it not thievery when they lobby for laws that say you must be hooked to thier network even if you can provide 100% of your own power?

[dylanlafreniere]

I love the shot at the end, they told those two guys to stand there and look like there are doing something. I don't understand why they try so hard to set up fake back drops. It's to funny.

[hieptruong]

OMG these guys costed me millions? no wonder i'm always broke

[krashd]

Bad people will always steal, but if you make things difficult to afford then you drive even good people to steal.

[namefake]

With the price of power so high, who is really stealing from who?

[TheAkashicTraveller]

I like the way they keep on making out $3.6 million to be a lot of money to a company that makes $3.77 billion.

[danfuerthgillis]

Nikola Tesla ultimate goal was to remove all meters but the man who lit the world with AC is never remembered or even has a National Holiday after him.