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Proof-Variation7005 t1_jeevr9r wrote

Reply to comment by Familiar_Ad1485 in Meter replacement carries $200M shock: Rhode Island Energy’s advanced metering proposal ‘costs would be borne by ratepayers’ by york100

It's not devil's advocacy to point out that we live in a capitalist society and a company passing on their costs is how literally fucking every company ever has operated.

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degggendorf t1_jeez1k9 wrote

> how literally fucking every company ever has operated.

Not only companies, every organization. Even if electricity were provided by a non-profiting municipal department (as it should be), they would still need to pay for their costs somehow. That money is either coming from customers paying a charge proportional to their usage, or it's coming from a broader tax that will make efficient users subsidize heavy consumers. I'm sure you can guess which I would vote for.

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