I'll take any opportunity to rant positively about how great living in Chattanooga, Tennessee is: our local city-owned electric board provides (up to, customer's choice) 20gbps synchronous fiber optic to every single address it delivers power.
The reason coporations pay so much money fighting against electric co-ops (and unionized labor) is because it costs more money to offer better services — it's WORTH IT.
Congrats, SF, for finally escaping the clutches of Pacific Gas & Electric.
We don't have full Internet, but Massena, NY also has some amazingly cheap power rates and one of the highest reliability rates in the state if not the nation thanks to public power.
TVA's CEO is the highest-compensated federal employee (by a significant margin) and it's because his position is worth it! We are grateful, every day, for the miracle of hydro and nuclear electric.
Yeah, the current line from the PG&E shills is that the rate hikes are justified because rural (and green) power is so expensive. It just beggars belief that anyone can say that with a straight face.
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[ 2.4 ms ] story [ 49.5 ms ] threadPGE is the worst.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hetch_Hetchy
The reason coporations pay so much money fighting against electric co-ops (and unionized labor) is because it costs more money to offer better services — it's WORTH IT.
Congrats, SF, for finally escaping the clutches of Pacific Gas & Electric.
Less than 4 cents a kWh a month.
https://www.massenaelectric.com/residential
A good read: https://nysfocus.com/2023/06/21/public-power-utility-massena...