When I signed up for service with Canoochee EMC in Reidsville, GA, I was required to put up a $285 deposit and $15 membership fee. Now that I have moved and my service voluntarily terminated, they are keeping my deposit, minus my final utility bill, for a total of $193, for 29 days. They claim they can only do refunds once a month and I just missed the cutoff. They are paying me no interest.

Because they are an EMC, they are not regulated by the Public Service Commission. This reminds me of the old days when the telephone companies could do whatever they wanted to the public. Well, now the public has a choice and the telephone companies are a lot nicer. Maybe soon this will happen to the other utility companies so that consumers have a choice.