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On 05/10/2024 17:54, Paul S Person wrote:
> On 4 Oct 2024 18:53:33 GMT, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>)
> wrote:
> 
> <snippo>
>> I recall an essay on corruption in Italy to the effect that yes, of course,
>> you had to pay a bribe to the state telephone company to get your phone
>> installed, but you *would* get your phone installed.  In the US no govt
>> official would ever ask for a bribe, but conversely, your problem would
>> never be solved..
> 
> My brother, who was stationed in Sicily for a while when he was in the
> Navy, reported a story: an American sailor stationed in Sicily "on the
> economy" kept getting really large electric bills. So, after dark one
> evening, he threw the master switch on his breaker box.
> 
> All the streetlights on his block went out.
> 
> The relevant Italian organization was out the next day rewiring those
> streetlights.
> 
> Is this true? Who can say? I don't doubt my brother heard the story,
> but that doesn't mean it really happened.

"Bad electric wiring" stories are plausible.
Always, basically.

I expect that street lighting shouldn't run
on a private metered supply.  Unless somehow
it's the responsibility of each house to
provide lighting.  It isn't, where I am.

We do hear about municipalities saving on
their bill by fitting cheaper lighting or
by turning it off, but I don't know if that's
on a metered or an estimated supply.

On the other hand, it's also plausible that
someone's meter is illegally wired to one or
even all of the apartments in a building, or
even one or more adjacent buildings.  I suppose
that if the someone isn't paying their own bill,
then they are more likely to be targeted,
as being not concerned about it.