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Originally Posted by Ducay
Welcome to utilities. Problem is they have to cover costs of infrastructure/delivery to everyone, regardless of what you use (a big upfront and ongoing cost) and if they just put all of those into one rate per GJ or kWh, it would likely double it, and people with low usage wouldn't be covering the own cost of their services, so high users would be subsidizing their usage.
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Increasing the variable costs of power would give people more of an incentive to conserve, which is probably a good thing. Plus, it would lower demand for new (expensive!) transmission projects, which we all pay for.