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Re:Power use is hitting record highs – what summer outage ri... by mwint on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @03:27PM (#31840697)
They're a state-sponsored monopoly. If they're not competent to maintain enough capacity for the easily-projected demand, go find someone who can and make them the new state-sponsored monopoly.

It'd be ugly, but if no one loses their job nothing will change.

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Re:Power use is hitting record highs – what summer outage ri... by otter-rock on Friday June 24, 2022 @04:24AM (#31859043)
We already have carrots and sticks to ensure reliability. That's what regulation is for. Changing those is a lot easier than changing companies.
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