ILSR's short video explains how excessive profits for utility shareholders, also known as return on equity, drive up electric bills.
State and local governments can expand solar access and slash electric bills by simplifying complex and expensive permitting processes.
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An interactive tool to help consumers, reporters, and policymakers explore the link between excessive utility profit rates and high electric bills.
Learn about actions state utility regulators and legislators can take to lower electric bills for consumers.
In some states, 30 cents of every dollar a customer pays to their electric utility goes to the utility’s shareholders’ profits. How widespread is this...
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