An Electric Revolution, Chapter Five: Giving Consumers True Power
Our nation was founded on the principle of decentralized opportunity, not centralized control. Change comes when leaders step forth, backed by growing and informed public support, to advocate what is right. The proposal must be accompanied by a candid acknowledgment of the deficiencies of the existing structure and its governance.
The change also has a noble purpose. Articulating the problems of the current system is neither anti-business nor subversive, but a product of rational and objective thinking. Indeed, if we look at today’s electricity industry with what Thomas Paine called “simple facts, plain arguments and common sense,” the need for reformation is self-evident.
An Electric Revolution must start with the notion that electricity consumers deserve the same rights as they have in every other industry. Only then will the current rules begin to change.
