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Investor-Owned Utilities’ Excess Rates of Return with Mark Ellis

Investor-Owned Utilities’ Excess Rates of Return with Mark Ellis

Update: 2025-03-10
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Mark Ellis, an American Economic Liberties Project Senior Fellow, discusses his recent paper “Rate of Return Equals Cost of Capital.” In this episode of Second Request, he examines how and why investor-owned utility profit models diverted from their initial design, as well as how much excess returns cost American households. 

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Investor-Owned Utilities’ Excess Rates of Return with Mark Ellis

Investor-Owned Utilities’ Excess Rates of Return with Mark Ellis