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Old 11-01-2015, 10:25 AM   #33 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by aerostealth View Post
All that is irrelevant. It cost over $3.00 a watt to install new generating capacity. A tiered rate structure which penalized excessive use beyond a certain level for all classes of end users is what is needed. We also need distributed generation capacity. The utilites are a monopoly designed to provide a public service, not to make large profits.. They need to be regulated as such.

They are regulated. All must file a rate case which, if approved, allows them to recoup expenses they already spent. Utilities can't just charge whatever they want.

You would want to penalize all factories in the US? Boy, you would do great things to our economy....
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