How they take your power

The biggest new load in a generation is negotiating in secret with your monopoly, and you're co-signing.

The market retired the plant; the monopoly billed you to keep the corpse warm.

The dividend was paid on time; the line crew wasn't.

The machine is working as designed; the design is the story.

When an essential service is bought with borrowed money, the ratepayer is the collateral.

A rate case is a wealth-transfer hearing that almost nobody attends; her job is to attend all of them.

The most profitable line item in a utility's budget is the statehouse.