Private companies with a government-granted monopoly over electricity delivery.
Investor-owned utilities use their government-granted monopoly power to gouge customers, sabotage clean energy competitors, harm communities and climate, and evade accountability. Federal and state policymakers can break up utility monopoly power by reasserting public control over distribution of this public good.
Documenting how investor-owned utilities use their monopoly power to sabotage clean energy competitors, harm communities, and evade accountability.
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John Farrell summarizes ILSR’s recent report, Upcharge: Hidden Costs of Electric Utility Monopoly Power, and makes the case for restoring competition to the electricity system.
Doug Kantor discusses why the electric vehicle charging market must be competitive, rather than controlled by utilities, and why convenience stores are particularly suited to...
ILSR’s blockbuster report exposes investor-owned utilities as an abusive monopoly harming our communities, climate, and democracy.
Mariel Nanasi discusses New Energy Economy’s efforts before lawmakers, regulators, and courts to protect consumers from the nefarious plans of New Mexico’s investor-owned utilities.
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