Utilities companies won't let you sell your own solar power. Why not?

The electric utility sector is broken - but the transformation we need will be virtually impossible so long as a handful of wealthy elites are calling the shots

A new report from the US-based Energy and Policy Institute last week found that investor-owned utilities have known about climate change for nearly 50 years - and done everything in their power to stop governments from doing anything about it.

From their commitment to toxic fuels to their corrosive influence on our democracy to their attempts to price-gouge ratepayers, it's long past time to bring the reign of privately-owned electric utilities to an end.