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Having no real love for either the unions nor, ConEd, and it's twin LIPA (formerly LilCo), I say just let them go to heck in a hand-basket.
It is amazing to me, how those who scream the loudest when it comes to private companies that corner a certain market on a product or service seem to have no problems with a "Public Utility" doing the same. Here in my neck of the woods we have at least a few options when it comes to power. If you don't like one, you can switch to another.
As mentioned above, the rates in NYC/LI area are extremely higher than here where I currently live. We are having a drought and a heat wave, which if it continues through the summer, will certainly rank up there with one of the hottest (and driest) on record. Yet my bill was have never been more than 200 bucks per month. I recall living in NYC/LI, wherein 500-700/month were the norm. That is outrageous IMHO.
One would think that a nanny state such as NY, with it's "concern" for the elderly, children and the downtrodden poor, would at the very least allow for competitors, to seek access to the market place. But, that would not be in line with Marxist thinking to the concept of the State is all powerful.