US homes pay 17.8 cents per kWh at investor-owned utilities and 14.5 at public ones (kadoa.com)
Utilities with shareholders also had longer outages in 2025: 120 minutes per home excluding major storms, against 80 at public utilities. Co-ops averaged 14.1 cents but 166 minutes.
The analysis reports what homes paid, not why. Public utilities do not pay income tax and can borrow tax-free.
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