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Customers who save on electric bills could be forced to pay utility company for lost profits • Louisiana Illuminator (lailluminator.com)

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[–] invno1@lemmy.one 6 points 3 months ago

More efficient does not equate to cheaper for consumers, it just means more profits for the owners. A private company will always maximize those profits at the expense of the consumer. A public consortium has no need for profit and can spread costs evenly across all users based on usage.

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