Subject: Re: Electricity rate payers are subsidizing AI
<< In France, to oversimplify a bit, on top of the charge for
consumption they charge you a minimum monthly fee based on
the rating of the breaker by the meter, whose capacity you
get to choose. That fixed charge is surprisingly high,
and it doesn't vary with how much power you use. You're
paying for the fact that you MIGHT use that much power.>>

Similar in Portugal, though this policy it didn't prevent our
Apagão (blackout) here and in Spain last April.

-Rubic