when is it our turn?

APS announced that they are going to raise rates by 5% next month and again in April for another 5% to cover the increase costs of fuel and their little power outage at the nuclear power plant two weeks ago. The plant went down for 7 days or more and now we get to pay for it. Then, all these companies are losing money, like UPS and other companies that use vehicles regulary, are also losing money so they are passing the cost on to the consumer. How does big business get away with chargeing everone else for their losses? I mean I can't afford to spend $35.00 on gas every 7 days but I do. I don't pass the cost off on someone else. I mean I don't think I would if I could because it's my responsibility to pay my own expenses. If you think about it we are paying a little extra for everybody else on top of what we pay for ourselves. this is total crap. I don't care if a company stays in the red for a year or two. We have a van that delivers to all our stores in Phoenix and it mainly does this for the one college that is on-line and those students depend on being able to come and buy their books at a closer location then the central location of that college out in Tempe. the service has always been free and it will continue to be free because that's good business. We don't punish our customers, we just budget it in for next year and take our loss this year. The customers are already paying high gas prices and then they drive out to buy their books, why should they pay the gas bill of our driver?