LMAO! You power is MANDATED by the government. A power company MUST ABIDE by the GOVERNMENT to provide power to ALL residents of a particular county, state, locale, at a MANDATED RATE. Your ignorance of how 'public utilities' are run is laughable. Seriously, learn something, and realize that you, yes you, BTS, is a net negative on the treasury. You do not pay in more than you draw out. As if YOU, BTS or your 'private company' pay for the road from your BFE shack to Armpit, FL. Get real.
Wireless carriers, power companies, water companies, gas companies, cable companies, and all the rest agree to government 'intrusion' in order to serve the whole of an area. Funny how you don't want to pay for anyone else, but the moment you are called on your own personal welfare you stick your head in the sand. Typical Republican.
As you note, all these things are mandated or regulated in one way or another, and I have no choice or say in the matter. I must use what is mandated by the government monopoly or go without. And I am not a republican, jackass.
So what is your point?
BTS