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My utility is now owned by a hedge fund (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by Terrapinjoe to c/aboringdystopia

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[–] Chocrates 25 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I got that email too. I am so fucking mad.
I do most of my cooking in my electric appliances so I can avoid most of my stove, but I can't do much about my water heater and I have yet to get myself to take a cold shower regularly, so i may need to move if they turn out to be real cunts.

[–] Terrapinjoe 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That was my gut reaction too but what happens when this happens to the electric company as well?

[–] Chocrates 1 points 9 months ago

We are fucked. Unless you have the wealth to both own a home and put solar with battery backups then you are tied to your local utility, and if that utility is owned by a hedge fund you are in trouble.

In a lot of states utilities have lobbied the governments to put strict rules on solar as well, because it is a threat to their business. So even if you have a good solar set up and want to still be on the grid they could force you to either take parts of your solar down or not be on the grid at all. That is all theoretical I haven't heard of a utility forcing a homeowner to remove panels though, I have just heard that they throw up roadblocks to putting them up.