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CTrandomdude t1_itihhgm wrote

They are allowed to rip us off because they have bought and paid for our politicians and PURA. They hand out jobs to their family members and to those retiring from office as payback. They have been doing this for years and it has paid off. They get generous rate increases and they coordinate occasional high requests allowing the state to act all upset and deny it or agree to the lower one which was the plan all along.

This is not likely to change.

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Glasscubething t1_itv577s wrote

It’s not that simple. PURA needs additional powers to make a real difference. They are bound by the limits of their authority, which is not as much as it appears from the outside. The state legislature needs to directly address this issue. The power companies know this and they spend money making sure there is not a majority in the state senate supporting utility reform.

It’s frustrating but the issue is more complex and that’s partly why it hasn’t been solved yet.

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