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Q&A Aren't the facts clear that municipal utilities in Iowa charge customers far less than incumbent utilities? Why shouldn't the city just use the profits the incumbent utility is making to lower electric bills and help fund city operations? Won't a new city utility be able to buy electricity at the same prices the investor-owned utility pays? If a city forms a government utility, can it later turn back to the investor-owned utility? Why can't the city build its own power plant? If Emmetsburg can do it, why can't my town? Why can't investor-owned utilities unbundle their rates, let the city take over distribution and keep selling the city utility generation and transmission at the current prices?

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