Our electric utilities are responsible for delivering electricity to us.
They are regulated monopolies (no competition), and guaranteed an 8-12% profit by law.
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The more they spend, the more they bill, the more they make. After all, a fixed percentage of a bigger number is just a bigger number.
It’s in their best interest to bill us more, not ours.
The dirty secret is that wind and solar make our electric rates go up.
In theory, as a standalone source of electricity these methods should be inexpensive. Though that is only due to huge taxpayer subsidies, essentially our own money from a different pocket.
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