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Comment by dist-epoch

5 months ago

If utilities charge them a premium, why would they sell power to those which do not pay the premium instead of auctioning all power?

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LargeWu  5 months ago

Because they're theoretically regulated and ordered to do so. The market for power is not a free market due to the locally monopolistic nature of it.

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