THE BIGGEST SCAM IN AMERICA

Your utility company is a government-protected monopoly. They have ZERO competition. They raise your rates EVERY year. And there’s nothing you can do about it — unless you read this page.

THE MONOPOLY NOBODY TALKS ABOUT

Every other industry in America has competition. You don’t like your grocery store? Go to a different one. Don’t like your phone carrier? Switch tomorrow. But your electric utility? You have ONE choice. Exactly one. And they know it.

That’s not an accident. Utility companies spent decades lobbying state legislatures to make sure they’d never face competition. They wrote the franchise laws. They funded the campaigns. And now they sit in your mailbox every month, completely untouchable.

“They have ZERO competition. They raise your rates EVERY year. And there’s NOTHING you can do about it — unless you go solar.”

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly, 2024.

THE RATE CREEP: 3.5% EVERY YEAR, FOREVER

The average American utility raises rates 3.5% per year — every year, without fail. That doesn’t sound like much until you do the math.

Year	Your Monthly Bill	Annual Cost
Today	$200	$2,400
Year 5	$237	$2,844
Year 10	$282	$3,384
Year 15	$335	$4,020
Year 25	$473	$5,676

Total paid over 25 years: $87,000+

That’s $87,000.
From YOUR pocket.
To a company with ZERO competition.
Over 25 years.
And the price goes UP every year.

Source: EIA, Average Retail Price of Electricity, 2024.

HOW THEY DO IT: THE RATE CASE SCAM

Here’s how utilities raise your rates — and why you have zero say in it:

1. The utility files a “rate case” with your state Public Utilities Commission (PUC)
2. Their army of lawyers presents hundreds of pages of technical documents
3. The PUC — staffed largely with utility-industry alumni — reviews the filing
4. Approval rates exceed 90% (NARUC, 2023)
5. Your rates go up. Again.

The process is designed to be impenetrable. They’re counting on the fact that you have a job, a family, and no interest in filing 50-page rebuttals to regulatory filings. That’s by design.

THE NUMBERS THEY HOPE YOU NEVER SEE

These are real numbers from real government databases. We sourced every one.

• 3.5% — average annual utility rate increase (EIA, 2024)
• $0 — number of times your utility company’s profit has been reduced by competition
• 90%+ — rate case approval rate at state Public Utilities Commissions (NARUC, 2023)
• 42 states — states where a single utility holds a total monopoly on residential electricity
• $87,000 — what a $200/month bill costs over 25 years at 3.5% annual escalation

THE ALTERNATIVE: STOP PAYING THEM

You cannot vote the utility out of office. You cannot switch to a competitor. There is exactly ONE legal way to stop writing checks to the monopoly:

Generate your own power.

A properly sized solar system eliminates most or all of your utility bill. Not forever — systems have a 25-30 year lifespan — but for longer than your current car will last, longer than your last appliance warranty, longer than most mortgages.

The math on going solar:

Item	Amount
System cost (5kW)	$24,000
Federal 30% ITC	-$7,200
Net cost after tax credit	$16,800
Monthly bill reduction	~$150-200/mo
Payback period	7-10 years
Years of free power remaining	15-18 years
Total savings over 25 years	$50,000-$70,000

Source: NREL, Lawrence Berkeley Lab Tracking the Sun 2024, IRS.gov Form 5695.

ARE YOU GOING TO KEEP PAYING THEM?

The monopoly is counting on your inertia. They know that if you actually see the numbers — the compounding rates, the 25-year total, the 90% rate case approval — you might do something about it.

That’s why they don’t want you reading this page.

Now you’ve read it. What are you going to do?