As consumers self-generate and defect from the grid, traditional cost-of-service regulation accelerates a "death spiral," where rising prices push even more customers away.

In a recent op-ed in The Baltimore Sun, former chairman of the Maryland Public Service Commission H. Russell Frisby sympathizes with Maryland ratepayers for the skyrocketing costs of their electricity ...

Regulated utilities may no longer need equity investors, as their low-risk, monopoly status makes such capital costly and unnecessary in modern markets. Historical legal frameworks like Hope and ...

"They are going to spend as much as they can, and they have." Industry insider slams utility company 'monopolies' after Americans get hit with rising electricity costs: 'They have no reason to reduce ...

A long-time California solar panel owner says the state’s utility monopolies have turned on him, using him as a scapegoat to explain higher prices. David DelPoio USA TODAY NETWORK I have become a ...