How to Save Americans $70 Billion

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Delivering immediate savings to American households struggling to pay their electricity bills is surprisingly feasible, not to mention politically palatable, according to Brian Shearer, director of competition and regulatory policy at Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator (VPA).