Here in the US, it is mixed. There is a place in the NY city area that went to government owned from private. It worked out great there. Safety is up and cost is down. There have been several others with similar stories.One of the nails in the UK coffin was privatising the utility companies.![]()
Here Sacramento has Smud and Redding has its own power utility too. Prices are lower for both.
PGE seems to have cut maintenance for shareholder profit.