Bad idea. The problem is that energy infrastructure will always have fixed costs (wires and pipes don't vanish when energy isn't flowing through them).
if fixed costs are recovered with usage-based charges, you create a lottery.
If usage is higher, profits are higher than they would've been if the charges were fixed.
if usage is lower, there's a risk variable payments don't cover fixed costs.
Energy companies will price this risk in as a premium... and bills will go up đ
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