In article ,
Jim Yanik wrote:

Kurt Ullman wrote in

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In article ,
"(PeteCresswell)" wrote:

Per Frank:
It is my opinion that the power
infrastructure has been deteriorating over the years.

Deregulation.

The primary purpose of electric utility companies is now maximizing
profit.... period.

Yep. Now repairs, etc., are underfunded because of profits, whereas
before it was underfunded because politicians did not want to tick off
their constituents so the Utility Commissions never raised rates.


and they don't overengineer to give a large tolerance for abuse,they design
for economy and low-cost.

And part of it is that it is so hard (maybe impossible) to build new
(for instance trying to get a new big generation plant through the
bureaucracy) that you have to keep old around.