We also have utility companies who are repeatedly forcing ratepayers to pay even more while spending and profits at those utilities are going up and up. The utilities are making billions in profits last year alone and ratepayers are struggling. Utilities have done this while seeking massive rate increases on customers. National Grid, Eversource, Berkshire Gas, Liberty Gas, they've all proposed rate increases in the past year alone, some as high as 55%. (01:32–01:39)
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Asserts that utility companies made billions in profits last year while ratepayers faced financial difficulties.
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