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Well, they could be cheaper.

Or the power company -- the only one you're allowed to do business with -- could lower their production costs but leave your rates the same, pocketing the difference as profit.

Not necessarily

However, this misses the point. We need to modernize our aging infrastructure as it is on its last leg. It honestly doesn't matter what drives it as long as it gets done.

Don't most countries offer subsidies for photovoltaics? Put solar on your roof and your energy bill goes down. That's the most direct government investment I can think of that will effect you directly.
Other than that, its supply and demand. The government building huge solar arrays wont bring your bill down if the demand for energy keeps rising. They'd need to build more production than there is demand.

When the price goes up it's because the renewables don't produce power when there is no wind and sun (which pretty much sums up January here). Building more of something that does not produce power is not going to help with the price shocks.

We need to figure out grid scale storage, fusion or build nuclear power to get rid of fossil fuels. Until then utility bills will be occasionally more shocking than jamming a fork in the outlet.

The UK is spending billions on green energy and has the highest electricity prices in the world.

I vaguely recall a lemming posting a highway outdoor advertising "Green coal" or something like that. Guess that's the green energy the USA govt is investing in (also crypto bros, because they got money to buy entire fucking power plants to run their stupid coins)

Unfortunately Trump has no ability to think about a future past tomorrow much less one that benefits anyone other than himself, so there’s no chance this will be fixed until he’s replaced.

Maybe Nuclear, given it can actually support the base load power, except they need to fully deregulate it first so Nimbys and lawsuits balloon the cost. It shouldnt cost more nowadays in inflation adjusted terms than France building them in the 70s.

Plug and play solar and wind are the future:

• Solar

https://pluggedsolar.com/collections/featured/products/plug-and-play-solar-panel-power-with-680-watt-inverter-simply-plug-into-wall-expand-to-680watts

https://www.amazon.com/SOLPERK-Maintainer-Waterproof-Controller-Adjustable/dp/B08GX19KT9?

• Wind

https://www.amazon.com/pofluany-Generator-Controller-Turbines-Windmill/dp/B0D1VHSHNH?

• Wind, not plug and play, but you get the idea

https://www.amazon.com/VEVOR-500W-Wind-Turbine-Generator/dp/B0D3T9Q6QC?

• You would need a few of these and also not plug and play

This 500W vertical axis wind turbine utilizes a helical design and a permanent magnet generator to operate effectively in low wind speed environments. Its high power output and low starting wind speed make it ideal for maximizing energy production.

https://www.amazon.com/Vertical-Generator-Permanent-Intelligent-Controller/dp/B0DSC27VD1?

I think the best move would be to remove soft costs and artificial barriers to supply across the board, whether it’s green energy or fossil fuels. The government shouldn’t be in the business of picking winners and losers, since that’s the source of much of the lobbying and corruption we see. Ideally, we’d rely on a system of profit and loss to signal the best use of resources, rather than having outside interference distort those signals and create bubbles.