Why Your Boring Utility Bill Is Much More Important Than You Think Share business financeconsolidated edisondavid pomerantzdominion energyduke power companyearthereconomics of regulationelectric powerelectric utilityelectrical gridelectricity pricingenergyentergylee zieschepacific gas and electric companypgepricingpublic utilitiesutility ratemaking An electrical specialist repairs a transformer in Jackson, MS. (Photo: Rogelio V. Solis, AP) To sign up for our daily newsletter covering the latest news, features and reviews, head HERE. For a running feed of all our stories, follow us on Twitter HERE. Or you can bookmark the Gizmodo Australia homepage to visit whenever you need a news fix. Most of us don’t give much of a thought about how the sausage of our electric bill is made. It comes, we maybe yell at our roommates about leaving the TV on or groan with our spouses about how cold it was last month, pay it, and move on. But more often than not, our utility bills reflect how big money and special interests are at play in a complex and opaque set of rulemaking that affects us all.