Shapiro’s Utility Plan Won’t Fix Pennsylvania’s Power Shortage

By Ross Marchand

Electricity bills keep going up, and Pennsylvania consumers are feeling the pain. For example, in Pittsburgh last year, many residents saw bills skyrocket fifteen percent in June and more than ten percent in December. Instead of embracing reforms that could lower prices, the state’s elected leaders are engaging in petty political games. Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro’s recent letter to utilities, urging them to halt rate increases, does more to score political points and generate headlines than to deliver meaningful relief to Pennsylvanians struggling to pay the bills.

The governor has called on 24 Pennsylvania-based utility companies to “control costs” and justify rate requests that, in his view, place too great a burden on consumers. It’s an understandable political message at a time when families are feeling the squeeze. But it’s also one that fundamentally misunderstands how the system actually works and what is actually driving rate increases.

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