DaveKamp said:
and furthermore, if a gent has a house with 200A service, and wants a separate 200A service to feed his garage/shop, shouldn't he be able to be a customer there too?
I agree with you 100%, the utilities are supposed to be providing us with a service as long as we are willing to pay for it!!!! But you have to understand how far the mayor, and city councilmen and other "leaders" within Canton city limits and surrounding areas have their heads up there collective asses!! AEP is just following suit by being as annaly congested as they are.
Some examples are, supply plumbing within all homes in the city limits must be done with copper, no other material is allowed. Even though many plastics have been around for years and PEX tubing is starting to make it's presence known in the construction field.
If you want to remodel your bathroom, kitchen or any other room you must have a permit and inspections done so they can collect all of the necessary fees and taxes they think they are entitled to.
I had to go to traffic court one day with my wife and there was a gentlemen there who was being fined for not having a piece of siding on his house.
Fellows that I work with who happen to live within the city of Canton, one in particular, wants to build a garage. Nothing fancy and would follow all building codes and such. He can't do it because he has to get all of his neighbors who could see his proposed garage to sign a release form because it might block their view of the "slum" next door.
I'm not even going to get into the requirements for having licensed contractors do the work and things like that. But with building rules like those I can see why AEP, which powers most of Canton, has the stupid rules they do!
YOU COULDN'T PAY ME ENOUGH TO LIVE IN A CITY!!!!!!! Or even in town for that much. I like living way out in the country doing what I like when I like, this is the land of the free after all!