• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    We had a nice setup, quasi public/private power company. Prices were low and we voted on the governing board. Cool.

    The the county sold us out to a strictly private firm and most people’s prices spiked 40%, literally overnight.

    I’m not much of a socialist, government solutions carry their own issues and inefficiencies, but a service as vital as power (and water and sewage) should be public works.

    • The Snark Urge@lemmy.world
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      15 days ago

      You’ve got to at least have a seat at the table as a community, for it not to be an entirely predatory relationship.