Who’s Stranded Now?

Who’s Stranded Now?

Utility costs are like taxes.  Everyone knows they have to be paid, but most people have a reason that their own share should be smaller.  And, just as with taxes, there are limitless ways to divide up the revenue burden.
It’s been 20 years since electricity deregulation raised the specter of stranded utility costs – past investments that have turned out to deliver less value than was originally expected — and the question of who should pay those costs: Electricity ratepayhttp://www.theenergycollective.com/severinborenstein/2383186/whos-stranded-now?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The+Energy+Collective+%28all+posts%29ers? Customers switching to buy from a competing electricity supplier? Utility shareholders?