4 Questions About the Future of Electricity
With summer heating up, Donald Trump promising more deregulation if he wins, and record storms causing blackouts leaving multitudes in sweltering darkness, we decided to seek timely guidance about electricity’s future from our favorite electricity guru, the Question Man (QM). 1. Will less regulation and more competition mean better prices for consumers? QM: Your question implies that deregulation came with effective competition—which it didn’t. And that the present deregulatory framework brought benefits to consumers—…