August 31, 2026
…The privatization failed; the owners are billing darkness
By Ben Murray-Bruce
Your Excellency,
I write not to insult anybody. I write to end a national pretense.
…The privatization failed; the owners are billing darkness By Ben Murray-Bruce Your Excellency, I write not to insult anybody. I write to end a national pretense. In April this year, our own regulator, NERC, published the figures. Of 13,625 megawatts of installed generation capacity, only 4,286 megawatts were available for dispatch. Thirty-one per cent. Ten […]
August 31, 2026
…The privatization failed; the owners are billing darkness
By Ben Murray-Bruce
Your Excellency,
I write not to insult anybody. I write to end a national pretense.

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