While I am not unsympathetic for the plight of those impacted by this I am left with a feeling that those very same people that are in this unexpected bill situ

While I am not unsympathetic for the plight of those impacted by this I am left with a feeling that those very same people that are in this unexpected bill situation would have kept an eye on their meter/utility bills during the 'good' times to boast about how much they were saving versus the 'suckers'. In my eyes I think this quote from the energy company says it all - Griddy told all of its customers earlier this week that they should switch to another power supplier as electricity prices soared as high as $9,000 a megawatt-hour on Monday. "We made the unprecedented decision to tell our customers—whom we worked really hard to get—that they are better off in the near term with another provider," Michael Fallquist, chief executive officer of Griddy, said in a statement. "We want what's right by our consumers, so we are encouraging them to leave," Fallquist continued. "We believe that transparency and that honesty will bring them back." Hats off to them for being so honest.