Listen−1.0x+0:009:34Listen to more stories on the Noa app.Electricity prices are becoming an outsize issue in American politics because they themselves are legitimately outsize. Compared with the cost of consumer goods, which have been rising rapidly over the past few years, electricity prices are climbing even faster, an estimated 13 percent nationwide since 2022. This year, roughly half of households making less than $50,000 struggled to pay their electricity bills. In California, where the rise has been particularly steep, rates have essentially doubled over the past decade.When electricity was first commercialized,…
