Utilities Strip Consumers’ Control Over Energy Bills – Episode 36 of Local Energy Rules Podcast

30/06/2016 15 min

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Episode Synopsis

A surge of interest in residential solar arrays threatens traditional utilities’ outdated business model of selling more and more electricity, prompting them to adopt a controversial fee that hurts efficiency and diminishes long-range cost savings — even for themselves. Mandatory fixed fees on utility bills force consumers to pay up no matter how much, or […]

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