A new type of public power is growing in California, and raising alarms

Local governments have embraced it as a way exert more control over their electricity supply and set their own rates while using a higher mix of renewable power than the traditional utilities provide.

By David R. Baker

https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/A-new-type-of-public-power-is-growing-in-12946634.php?t=0925e3c1c5