PG&E will shut off power for nearly 800,000 customers starting Wednesday

[Black Aeronaut]

Personally, I'd go for a company that is owned and operated operated at the Federal level, and maintains power grids and generation nationwide so no one State can screw over their customers with dodgy laws. Private enterprise can still provide the resources (equipment, materials, fuels, etc.) but the line is drawn at having anyone but the Federal Government in charge of actual operations.

There would be one simple mandate that the company would operate by: NO ONE GOES WITHOUT POWER.

I wonder - would at-cost billing be cheaper than the bulk rate modern industry uses for purchasing energy?