**AITA for Thinking Dominion Energy Is Just Playing 4D Chess With a Dumpster Fire?**

AITA for thinking Dominion Energy is just playing 4D chess with a dumpster fire?

💀 TL;DR: Dominion Energy accidentally burns down a Virginia neighborhood with a “controlled burn” that got way too uncontrolled, then has the audacity to send the residents a bill for “unpaid gas usage” from the exploded mains. CEO calls it “an operational hiccup.” 💀

☕ The Full Tea (or, ya know, ash): So apparently, Dominion was doing some “vegetation management” (read: setting the woods on fire to save on tree-trimming labor). The fire jumped the containment line, skipped “minor inconvenience,” and went straight to “Level 7: FEMA is taking notes.”

It torched three homes and a beloved local Waffle House (the real casualty here). Residents are displaced, looking at their insurance paperwork, when they get a letter from Dominion. Not an apology. Not a check. But a bill for the “estimated gas consumption” during the fire.

The kicker? The CEO is quoted as saying, “An unfortunate operational hazard. We are waiving the late fee for this billing cycle as a gesture of goodwill.” A GESTURE OF GOODWILL.

Meanwhile, shares of Dominion are up 2% because analysts are calling the fire “an innovative approach to land management and customer base reduction.”

Reddit, be honest: AITA for thinking this energy company is run by a bunch of sentient Excel spreadsheets? Or am I just salty because I wanted hash browns from that Waffle House?

(Also, yes, I know this sounds fake. But have you met utility companies in 2024? They are the final boss of “I can’t believe this is legal.”)