The leftists looked at a red-blue map and concluded the best way to drain power form the red areas is to make suburban and rural living prohibitively expensive. The theory is once those Bible thumping conservatives are brought into the hive they will be assimilated. The auto, cheap gas and cheap electricity are bad things to the leftist fascist.
You are right. Obama said he would make electricity rates skyrocket. He is well on his way.
FUBO