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Podcast: Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
Episode: Electric Bills are Bonkers. What Can We Do About It?
Description: Rising electricity rates across the country are adding pressure to families and businesses already dealing with inflation in other aspects of their lives. Most Americans get their power from a utility that needs to turn a profit for its investors. And people are fed up with the status quo.
“Across the country, the utilities have just gotten greedy and are asking for more than they need,” says Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes.
Some communities are considering cutting out the profit motive for utilities, taking on the complicated and expensive prospect of moving to public power. But s...