>I can't easily switch the company that provides power to my condo. This is because they have a government protected monopoly. Cities like Chicago and Baltimor

>I can't easily switch the company that provides power to my condo. This is because they have a government protected monopoly. Cities like Chicago and Baltimore and NYC used to have dozens of competing utilities before the government began granting charters that gave one firm an exclusive right to provide power, gas, or oil.