Dont know how bad the power company is where yall live, i never had any trouble with them in Knoxville...but in NC dealing with Duke Power is insane. They have a largely unchecked monopoly, and do whatever they choose...whenever they want. They make no apologies or pretense to give a damn about customers, deadlines, logic, reason, or professionalism. It is truly something to behold. Even the apartment complexes we build are in the $50MM range and each will net Duke hundreds of new paying customers each month indefinitely....and they could not care less about getting the necessary lines run, buried, hooked up, meters set etc. They are a nightmare to deal with.