Freedom of Information Act Question

[ni4ni]

This may be best answered by an attorney...

I'm generally pretty knowledgeable regarding the Freedom of Information legislation but this one has me baffled. I can see both sides.

If my municipality owns it's own electric company, can I request a copy of someone's electric bill under the Freedom of Information Act?

 

[DesiPower]

No, electricity usage is personal data <insert explicit for wasting time and cyber space>, that person paid for it. doesn't matter how provided the service.

 

[BladeVenom]

Is this about Al Gore?

 

[FoBoT]

no
but you can probably find it on google, or some hacker site where the electric company's 'private data' has been hacked by hackers

 

[IronWing]

The Freedom of Information Act covers federal agencies only. If your state or local government have a similar laws, you'll have to look at the specifics of the applicable laws.

 

[MotionMan]

The Freedom of Information Act covers federal agencies only. If your state or local government have a similar laws, you'll have to look at the specifics of the applicable laws.

This.

In any event, I sincerely doubt any law would allow you to get a person's electric bill like that.

MotionMan

 

[BladeVenom]

Maybe, if you request the information they send the police. Don't power companies sometimes send reports to police for unusually high usage so the police can investigate for marijuana growing operations?

After all wouldn't evidence the police get be public information?