Chicago and Boulder want to become their own utilities too. It is another source of money while they neglect the infrastructure.
Exactly.
Novice politicians running the utility,... what could go wrong?
Look at your highways and figure it out for yourselves.
I got angry watching the news on TV; SF leaders were promising they could provide the electricity cheaper than PG&E if they took over the infrastructure. Cheaper? Costs will skyrocket!
Everything local government does is wasteful, and there will be runaway costs and failed infrastructure that is neglected. The city can't fix potholes in the streets. Items that were well-maintained in the past and were free, now are poorly maintained and have high fees. For example, parks and their attractions used to be free and kept up. Now, the city charges a fortune for the Zoo, arboretum, museums, the Japanese Tea Garden, etc. They used to be free or near-free when I was a kid; now a small fortune to get in.
The city would screw up the electrical grid and double the costs.
“Chicago and Boulder want to become their own utilities too. It is another source of money while they neglect the infrastructure.”
yep. Been following the Boulder saga since its inception. Boulder wants to condemn the Xcel infrastructure serving the city, use taxpayer money to forcibly buy it, and continue to buy power from Xcel while the city supposedly converts to 100% renewables ...
so far, it’s not going so well for Boulder, but should they eventually get their way, it’s going to be disastrous for their citizens as the People’s Republic of Boulder has no idea how to maintain and operate an electric utility ...