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Forming community-owned electric utilities: cities look to power their own way.
Communities and their citizens across the country are exercising their basic franchising authority to gain control over an essential local service--electricity. City officials are evaluating an option that has existed since the electricity industry began, a form of self-franchising that is an alternative to granting a franchise to an investor-owned utility. Through the creation of a community-owned electric utility, citizens achieve local control and with it greater stability in the price, reliability, and responsiveness of electric service.
Renewed Interest in Public Utilities
The interest in forming community-owned utilities, often called public power ...
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