<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by EnhancedByCO:
during the summer of 2001 many hotel properties in the western U.S. (at least California and Nevada, in my experience) were charging this "energy surcharge."</font>
Yes, and many lawsuits were successfully won on the grounds of poor disclosure. The fact that others practice deception does not make the practice "fair" as you state in your post.