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We Didn’t Just Get Expensive Electricity. We Built a System That Makes It Inevitable.

We Didn’t Just Get Expensive Electricity. We Built a System That Makes It Inevitable.
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William Murray
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Most Americans don’t think about electricity until the monthly bill arrives.

William Murray
William Murray
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William Murray is a former speechwriter for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the past editor of RealClearEnergy from 2015–2017, and currently the chief speechwriter for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).