Thread: Should government control electricy?

Originally Posted by WickedTribe

Wait... I thought that private businesses were always more efficient than the government at providing necessary services. Why is electricity different?

Because there is no competition which means no motivation to become more effecient

MaFioSo

Government for the people. I am for it; healthcare and education next!

I'd be willing fork out more taxes if they go so far as to make it all universal ... and adjust some other things.


As far as efficiency goes, it is only profitable to make it efficient in terms of generating profit for your share holders; privatization does not necessarily mean efficiency for the consumer or the environment. Especially on something like electricity, roads, and other infrastructure and emergency services where there is not room (in terms of resource efficiency) for multiple businesses to actually compete. In those cases I am all for government controlled distribution.

Then the government should take over land lines, then cell service, then milk, then...

In Texas we have deregulation. One company owns and manages the lines while another, of your choice, delivers the actual electricity to your home.

As for the cost going up guess what, that new truck costs you more than it did 10 years ago too. Welcome to the wonderful world of economics. If you truly want to stick it to them go throw a couple of solar panels on your roof. With enough of them the electric company can pay you to pump juice back into the grid.

Fuck bigger government, they can't even figure out how to spend the money they don't have, let's not give them more to screw up.


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Originally Posted by CivilWars

As for the cost going up guess what, that new truck costs you more than it did 10 years ago too. Welcome to the wonderful world of economics.

Yea inflation increases at a rate of 2-3 percent a year. Not 300 percent over several years....and it's not a true capitalistic economic system when there is no competition and their free to charge whatever they want.

MaFioSo

Originally Posted by deathgodusmc

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Thats just a current example for my point. Currently the government controls water supply and gas. So why is electric exempt from this. This a multi billion dollar industry. In central florida alone the rates have gone up a dozen times in the past 2 years. Every time they asked for a rate hike it was agreed to aside from 1 occasion. By the government taking it over they could bring the prices down to a small profit. I had a bigger arguement for this but im curious as to where people stand on this one.

So if all other essentials are done by the government why should power be the exception?

It is governed it's called the PUC.

Here's your government. PSC Commissioners About the PSC - Mission Statement and Goals

No different either way. Here they go up on the rates and the city gets more money. If they ran it and were not turning big profits for the city to use for everything else...

Originally Posted by MaFioSo

Yea inflation increases at a rate of 2-3 percent a year. Not 300 percent over several years....and it's not a true capitalistic economic system when there is no competition and their free to charge whatever they want.

MaFioSo

According to the EIA the cost per kwh went up from 11.67 to 11.73 in Florida in the last year. Yes, that seems like 300%.

And to Wicked, you want a monopoly, just one controlled by politicians. I already stated that I have, and still support, deregulation.


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