"Electricity bills rose 13% last year, with 14 million people – one in 14 households - facing utility debt so severe they will be sent or soon will be sent to collections.

[Meanwhile] electric utilities raked in $244 billion in profit from household bills between 2021-2025 – roughly 13% of total consumer bills went to corporate profits over that time."

From that communist rag, Forbes
https://www.forbes.com/sites/energyinnovation/2026/03/22/utilities-pocket-244-billion-profit-as-energy-affordability-crisis-hits-americans/

Utilities Pocket $244 Billion Profit As Energy Affordability Crisis Hits Americans

New analysis shows investor-owned utilities raked in "excessive" profits as energy affordability crisis pushed up America's energy bills.

Forbes

@CelloMomOnCars

Ah the 'free market' working as intended. It sucks that its solutions always seem to be to let the wealthy stomp the rest of us into the dirt.