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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: ValueOrGoHome ⎊  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Berkshire's decline
Date: 03/22/26 1:55 PM
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This is why we have Buffett and Able saying the electric companies cannot be an insurer of last resort. In determining rates, Public utility commissions do not take the assessed replacement value of real estate into account at all.

The original thesis in this investment was Berkshire would have the ability to invest massive amount of capital for reasonable returns set by the PUCs. But that hasn’t borne out either due to lack of appetite from governments to resolve energy issues. Berkshire even had a solution to Texas’ power grid problem, but was met with “no thanks”.
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