Power outages and interruptions happen. If they happen often enough or for long enough you could be eligible for compensation from DTE and Consumers Energy. The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) Service Quality and Reliability Standards requires utility companies to compensate customers for losses associated with power outages. Rules regarding outage service credits and eligibility requirements can be found in the MPSC’s Service Quality and Reliability Standards. These standards provide customers a $25 credit upon request if the utility’s investigation of your request determines you have experienced a qualifying outage.
There are 3 types of available credits:
An investigation will be conducted and a decision will be rendered within 30 days. Your claim will be summarily denied if:
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Where does the money go? Answer: holes in your spending plan or spending leaks.
A spending leak is an uncontrolled expenditure of resources. Spending leaks are caused by a variety of reasons, both personal and economic. Common examples of spending leaks are susceptibility to impulse purchases, routinely paying credit card interest, or using energy inefficiently. Whether small or large, leaks add up and reduce the chances of achieving your goals. Sometimes spending leaks are hidden or camouflaged. So they have to be discovered. Others are more apparent. Once discovered spending leaks must be fixed. Fixing a spending leak may be quick or require a long term behavior change. All are repairable with varying degrees of difficulty. Here is one spending leak repair that is sustainable. It is a behavior change that eliminates a leak for a lifetime. Make a quality decision to Stop Paying Fees. A quality decision is one from which there is no retreat. Most people don’t make a lot of those in their lives. Nor should they. But you can on this one. Just set your jaw, head down, and just do it. Fees are not interest. They are other charges for privileges or penalties you have accessed through your actions. If you don’t access them, you don’t pay. It may take a strategy and some time to sustainably eliminate all fees but it can be done.I have for decades. Here are 5 fees to never pay again. When it comes to my money I see paying these fees as a self-inflicted wound. Those are the worse kind. I decided to stop hurting myself on purpose.
5/14/2019 Here is a very non-exhaustive list of the things that will cost you more because of the tariff war with China with a link to the full list.Read NowThe recent announcement of increased tariffs on Chinese goods will increase the price for thousands of consumer goods that are purchased every day. Here is a very abbreviated list: On The List
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Source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/10/business/china-tariffs-list.html It is not just how much money you make; it's how much you keep that makes the difference in your life. Getting the most for your money is one way to do that. Making the right buying decision is an important skill to master. And a great habit to develop. Here's a way to do that: Comparison shop everything, all the time, not just the "big items." To do that successfully you must be able to compare prices on your most frequently purchased items. To do so, you must use Unit Pricing. You can compare “apples to apples” with the Unit Price. Here is how to know and evaluate the unit price:
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