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_DeadFred_
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US utilities plot big rise in electricity rates as...
Public utilities are Public Utilities. Quasi monopolies treated differently and operated outside of 'supply and demand' capitalism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_utility
golergka
on July 10, 2025
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Prescriptive vs descriptive. I see absolutely no reason why public utilities shouldn’t operate on exactly the same principles, and I see plenty from real world examples on why they actually should.
anticensor
on July 13, 2025
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Because it would be severely inefficient if operated that way.
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