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Re:US utilities plot big rise in electricity rates as data c... by golergka on Thursday July 10, 2025 @03:14PM (#44524478)
That’s not how supply and demand work
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Re:US utilities plot big rise in electricity rates as data c... by _DeadFred_ on Thursday July 10, 2025 @04:46PM (#44525396)
Public utilities are Public Utilities. Quasi monopolies treated differently and operated outside of 'supply and demand' capitalism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_utility

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Re:US utilities plot big rise in electricity rates as data c... by golergka on Thursday July 10, 2025 @05:04PM (#44525601)
Prescriptive vs descriptive. I see absolutely no reason why public utilities shouldn’t operate on exactly the same principles, and I see plenty from real world examples on why they actually should.
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Re:US utilities plot big rise in electricity rates as data c... by bigbuppo on Thursday July 10, 2025 @06:41PM (#44526505)
Texas? Spain?
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Re:US utilities plot big rise in electricity rates as data c... by anticensor on Sunday July 13, 2025 @11:42AM (#44551208)
Because it would be severely inefficient if operated that way.
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