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[deleted] t1_j98gxka wrote

Reply to comment by FastWalkingShortGuy in Eversource doubles pay for CEO as 'skyrocketing' electric bills hit customers by WellSeasonedUsername

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Blicero1 t1_j98jjoi wrote

Yeah, power delivery is a natural monopoly. There is no competition. Should be state run

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Enginerdad t1_j9ajine wrote

Exactly. Free market capitalism requires two fundamental things to operate; valid competition and no coerced consumption. Both of these things are missing in utilities; there are no other distributors in the market, and people are effectively required to purchase electricity to survive and function at this point in history.

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