Electricity cost here has tripled since Dec 2005 (the date I ran in grid power) and am re-visiting generating all my own power again given the current trends.
Pretty sad statement when the end consumer can generate electricity cheaper than multi-billion dollar companies.
It is a direct result of a true monopoly. The only monopolies that have ever existed: those created by force of law and defended by physical threat.
A heat wave is coming. Ever hear Budweiser (or Budvar, if you're an originalist) take to the ether and beg you all to cut down on buying Bud because the company can't keep up, and it's the right thing to do, and then "ask" you to accept rationing? Then, just when you need your ice cold Bud most, they take it away from you? Ever wonder why true monopolies do that? Ever wonder why true monopoly prices do just keep going up, *in spite* of regulation?
And people BEGGED for them. Still do.
Happy?