Live in Seattle where they have postponed city electric utility payments starting in March and have extended it now until the end of year. So I didn't pay them because I didn't have to, and I hate those people anyway. There is already in place a city of Seattle regulation prohibiting the disconnection of utilities for non-payment during the winter months of November - March in any year.
So feasibly, I can now continue to not pay electricity until next March. How do they suppose to get an entire year of utility payments once March 2021 rolls around? I don't see how people will be able to come up with a year of back payments.
So what will they do then? I think they're going to write it off somehow and non-payers will be off the hook.
I'm riding this to the end to see what happens. (we are also planning to move out of state after the first of the year, come and get me baby.)
Thoughts on how this will shake out?
So how the hell are the electricians supposed to get paid when no one pays their bill?
If it's a public utility, expect a massive tax bill to cover all the delinquent payers. If not, expect Venezuelan-tier blackouts as no one's going to repair downed power lines in the middle of winter on empty promises.