Economics

What can be done to return to the historical trend? What happened? h/t @pmarca

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Utilities companies are currently rent-seeking entities. Disruption is badly needed. Increased investment in electrical transmission, and modern nuclear technology would be my opinion. But there needs to be true competition or price controls (tied to previously agreed upon electrical rates) depending on region. Otherwise monopoly pricing will keep costs high.

The bill has come due for supporting grid infrastructure.  Utilities are spending more money on reliability than on new MW of generation.  So unlikely to come down on a per kWh basis. 

Also, interesting to think about is what effect PURPA (1978) may have had, originally meant to drive efficiency -> more kWh per kW.

For the average person live in a community that cultivates, stores and distributes their own energy; solar, geothermal, etc., clean water including air to water generators, and waste protocols, which are numerous.