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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many utilities are for profit companies with a heavy layer of regulation. That's how to avoid monopolistic behavior when the product is a public good, while still retaining a modicum of competition. Do I think PEPCO is doing a good job? No. Do I think a new set of regulators/bureaucracy would do a better job? Maybe for 2-3 years max, but call me cynical. Will grousing on DCUM help? Heck no.

13:01, Comparing DC to Baghdad is beneath you, you know that's not true.[/quote]

You know what, I have family in a 3rd world country, and this doesn't happen to them.  Really.  They saw this story on BBC and emailed me to make comments.  We live in MoCo and they know our history of several multiple day power outages over the past few years and find it a bit crazy that this can happen 'in America'.  [/quote]

Yeah, but what percentage of the population in your country have electric day to day.  If 30 percent of the population have everyday electric, but 70 percent is without running water and/or electric, BFD that the very few who are powered never lose the electric.  [/quote]

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