Electric Bills are Bonkers. What Can We Do About It?
From Climate One by Climate One from The Commonwealth Club
February 27, 2026 · 1h 3m
About this episode
The episode discusses rising electricity rates and explores strategies to make electricity more affordable while addressing corporate greed in utility companies.
Rising electricity rates across the country are adding pressure to families and businesses already dealing with inflation in other aspects of their lives. Most Americans get their power from a utility that needs to turn a profit for its investors. And people are fed up with the status quo. “Across the country, the utilities have just gotten greedy and are asking for more than they need,” says Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes. Some communities are considering cutting out the profit motive for utilities, taking on the complicated and expensive prospect of moving to public power. But switching from an investor-owned utility to public power is an uphill battle. What are other strategies for reining in corporate greed and making electricity more affordable? Episode Guests: Kris Mayes, Arizona Attorney General Naveena Sadasivam, Investigative Reporter and Editor, Grist Carroll Fife, Councilmember, District 3, Oakland, California Jackson Kaspari, Director of Member Services, Community Power Coalition of New Hampshire For show notes, transcript, and related links, visit https://www.climateone.org/podcasts Skill Up for Earth: https://skillup.earth 04:00 – Naveena Sadasivam breaks…
People in this episode
Guests: Kris Mayes, Naveena Sadasivam, Carroll Fife, Jackson Kaspari
Topics covered
- electricity rates
- utility companies
- public power
- corporate greed
- affordable electricity
- inflation
- community power
Keywords
- electric bills
- utility rates
- public power
- Arizona Attorney General
- inflation
- community power
- corporate greed
- electricity affordability
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Grist, Community Power Coalition of New Hampshire
Places: Arizona, Georgia, Tucson, Oakland, California
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