Coming from cities in a 3rd world country that had government owned utilities, I would say my experience is the opposite. Usually the government is underfunded,

Coming from cities in a 3rd world country that had government owned utilities, I would say my experience is the opposite. Usually the government is underfunded, the employees have no motivation and often are not even available to work thanks to their guaranteed jobs. Rampant theft of power and government have no interest to curb it due to vote banks. Unpaid dues by the government to energy producing companies resulting in bankruptcy of those companies. Political parties giving out free power and water to capture votes.