Electrical production needs to be market-driven, not government-directed
By
Ronald Stein, Oliver Hemmers, Steve Curtis
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June 4th, 2025
United States citizens count on affordable and available electricity production and delivery to their homes and businesses more than any other factor to maintain their quality of life.
It would seem prudent that these electricity customers demand that the market for this most valuable commodity be optimized in their best interests. After all, the customer is king in a free enterprise economy, right?
The trouble is that all electricity markets in this country are monopolies. The most beneficial market for consumers is free enterprise, one in which the government enforces a fair and level playing field for all entrepreneurs. Consumers have allowed their government to transform this market into one that resembles a Soviet Union five-year plan, rather than a customer-demand-driven competition among different suppliers.
Predictably, the results of this government-supported monopoly seem to resemble the shortages, escalating costs, and brittle prospects of a slave state. Government is in business with the big companies (subsidies), regulations favor monopolistic dictatorship instead of competitive prices, and the consumer is forced to “take what they can get” and “pay whatever is asked” to stay connected to the life-giving river of electricity.
https://www.cfact.org/2025/06/04/electrical-production-needs-to-be-market-driven-not-government-directed/
