Report: The Electric Deregulation Price Premium
Proponents of electric deregulation have long promised that competition would drive down prices for consumers. The data today tells a different story. As demand growth from data centers and other large loads come online and begin to impact electric utility rates, the evidence against deregulation is growing.
Power for Tomorrow’s analysis of state-level average electricity prices makes one thing clear: residential electric customers bear the brunt of the costs of deregulation – and the harm to these customers is increasing.