Power Struggle: The Fight for Affordable Energy

So a lot of people open their bills.

They see a number they cannot explain and assume it's just inflation or that they left the lights on too long.

Break it down for us.

What is driving these increases right now? What are they paying for? And who has a voice in making the decisions that land on a family's bill every month?

So first of all, I want to take that question and break it apart.

Please.

We tend to, unfortunately, people tend to blame themselves or people tend to blame us.

And we're not in charge of these bills.

We have to have electricity.

Electricity, energy is now a part of our lives.

And it's not a...

It's a right.

We deserve to have energy.

And so the bills that we see are a combination of things that make up our bill, our energy bill.

So there's about four things that make up our energy rates and bills.

One is, of course, the generation of electricity.

So the producers that produce electricity.

Mm-hmm.

Then there's the transmission of electricity, transmitting it to different places.

Then there's the distribution, getting it to our homes.

And then there's also the grid, the grid itself, which is the hub of where all of the energy goes.

So those four things really make up.

So each of those have rates associated with them.

And they're governed by different parties.

So, for instance, the utility company is really in charge of more of the distribution and transmission.