ELECTRIC COMPANY NOT HONORING THEIR COMMITMENT TO POOR ELDERLY RECEIVING NATIONAL INSURANCE PAYMENTS
By law, the electric company is now supposed to give a 50% discount on the first 40 kilowatt hours to senior citizens who are receiving National Insurance and Insured Income.The discount was supposed to become effective starting the middle of the month of September 2007 and so it is supposed to show up on the bill they just sent out.We know of at least one case where the bill does not show the discount.Attempts to rectify the situation were first met with a total brush off.Only after an insistent call was placed did they agree to refund the discount, but only on the next bill in two months.That agreement was verbally stated. The Electric Company refused to back up the promise with an e-mail.If you have been cheated, put in a complaint to the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor and to the State Comptroller.It is very likely that that will not be enough, as the Electric Company seems smug in their self-assurance.I would go further and advertise all over the net and the media that the Electric Company has not honored their commitment if this has happened to you.Write to: the mass media in Israel and abroad, to Olim Societies telling them of the matter; to any and all seniors groups; especially those who are planning to make Aliyah; etc.ORGANIZE!I've been contacted about this off line by interested parties.
The National Insurance Agency is the body that can tell you if you are eligible.
For the sake of solidarity: Use less electricity this winter, especially for heating. Nothing hurts them like getting it in the pocket. This may not apply to you directly, but it may to someone dear to you. Even if it does not apply to those near and dear to you, this is a very serious matter and should be one of general concern. No one knows what tomorrow will bring and any one of us may find ourselves old, frail, without means and being taken advantage of by a giant corporation.
Show them that they will pay many times over if they try to cheat someone, especially and elder on limited income!
I am really incensed by this and I need to say more about it.When a poor wretch robs an elder who has just received their Social Security money, the full force of the law comes down on them. When a company clicks a mouse and does the same thing, they do so with all impunity because the law has been devised by the flunkies and lackies of the rich to protect their interests. Stealing from the old, fragile and poor is as despicable as it comes. It is really a form of ELDER ABUSE and should be treated by society as such as such.
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Doreen Ellen Bell-Dotan, Tzfat, Israel
DoreenDotan@gmail.com
