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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