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Concern Rates & Bills
Industrial tariff cross-subsidy: Tamil Nadu textile lobby seeks to shift costs to residential ratepayers
The Southern India Spinners Association asks the Tamil Nadu government to lower industrial power tariffs, which would likely shift costs onto residential and small-commercial customers through cross-subsidy.
The Monopoly Desk Mara Quinn · Jul 4, 2026
Serious Rates & Bills
FirstEnergy's $1.5B Grid-Mod Rider Approved: No Accounting for Prior Spending, No Earnings Test
Ohio regulators approved FirstEnergy's request to continue a grid-modernization rider worth $1.5 billion over five years, despite the HB6 bribery scandal and consumer advocates' objections that the utility never fully accounted for earlier rider spending.
The Monopoly Desk Mara Quinn · Jul 4, 2026