Very yesterday.
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oyo@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Privately owned publicly enforced monopolies are rife with conflicts of interest. PG&E should be taken over by the state yesterday.
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 1 week ago
ayyy@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
It’s ridiculous that due to some old unique contract the city of San Mateo? Mountain View (I forget) which is right in the heart of PG$E turf gets to set their own rates and they are less than a quarter of the price, for the same electricity from the same generators and wires. PG$E is such a horrible scam.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Which is worse, PG&E or SDG&E? Thankfully my house is all electric and solar powered so I get a refund from SDG&E every quarter for the excess energy I’m producing, so I don’t have much experience with them.
skip0110@lemm.ee 1 week ago
There are public utilities in the US. And yes, they offer better service and lower costs than the competing private utilities.
I didn’t know about the benefits until I moved somewhere served by them. I think we would have more of them if people could see the benefits, but unfortunately the utilities you have access to are limited by where you live.