For most people who live in that area, it's the only choice. But is that a problem? Utilities are often monopolies in the United States because of the high cost of creating and maintaining the infrastructure needed to operate.
Think of how prohibitively expensive it would be for a new startup company to try and build a power grid from scratch in Northern California. Because public utilities have to lay this massive infrastructure traditionally they don't have competition," Ellias explained.
Nor is it unregulated. Again, the short answer is probably no. There are some cities, like Alameda or Sacramento that are served by publicly-owned utilities, but it's not like people who live there can choose where their power comes from either.
It's thanks to community choice aggregation, which is when local governments get together to buy electricity in bulk from operators of power plants, wind farms, solar facilities, and other clean energy sources. Marin Clean Energy is a noted example. Each community choice program's governing board sets its own electricity rates, reports The Chronicle.
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