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When I moved where I live now the local power company told me I had two options to avoid having to pay a deposit to have the lights turned on. The first was have someone that had been a resident in the city for 3 years "endorse" me or have them check my credit. The first wasn't an option so I went with the credit check. They turned me down. Apparently my credit was good enough to buy a house, but not good enough to be trusted to pay the light bill. They never would tell me what on my credit caused me to not "qualify". After a long discussion the guy basically admitted to me that their standards are so strict that 99% of the people have to pay a deposit and you only get the deposit back if you are never late with a payment during the first 12 months. If you are one day past the due date on the bill you forfeit the deposit. I would imagine most people never get their deposit back. It is a scam for sure.
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