“to make back their profits” - is electricity / energy generation usually all owned by for-profit companies and not at all by government/public? Is it any diffe

“to make back their profits” - is electricity / energy generation usually all owned by for-profit companies and not at all by government/public? Is it any different in USA vs other countries? I feel that energy generation (key component if we want to grow as a species) should be helped/sponsored by governments and not really expected to turn any profit.