Moore County Citizens Shocked by Increased Power Bill

It’s that time of the month when the power bill is due, and Moore County residents expecting a low bill this month are shocked at how expensive it is because of extensive Christmas light displays.  The attack on multiple substations in Moore County made national news, as hundreds of thousands of residents were left in the dark, forced to live off cell phone data and whatever was in their pantry.  During this disaster, citizens rallied together to help one another while power companies scrambled to remedy the situation. After multiple announcements and numerous questions, local power company vice president of customer relations, Bob Lineman spoke to reporters on the matter, “This was obviously not just an attack on customers' wealth, but a total terrorist attack, and it’s not our fault.  This is really expensive damage”.  Lineman fielded questions during a briefing downtown where Maureen Stanley, a resident of Whispering Pines asked, “are we going to have cheaper light bills given to us for all of the frustration that has been caused?"   Another resident shouted, “will we be charged for the days the power was out?”.  Understanding the frustration, Lineman explained that because of the outage, everyone’s bill at the end of the month would in fact be less rather than without a power outage.  This explanation relieved tension in the room, and most hands raised went back down.  What the residents didn’t count on was that the holidays were upon them, and though the power bills would possibly be less because of the outage, the excessive display of lights around town canceled that out and kept bills at the normal rate.  Though this was a huge shock to the residents in the county, without any lights on display, there is a huge risk of not having any Christmas cheer, and that’s something most citizens are determined to have for at least forty-five days.