It now costs the average American household only $1.71 to light its house or apartment by electricity for a month (using 40 kilowatt hours). If this home had to use candles, it would have to pay $346.65 a month for an equivalent amount of light . . . would have to burn 5,778 candles, totaling over a half ton in weight.
What has made it possible for this country to enjoy cheap and efficient electric service?
The answer is private enterprise. It rewards individual initiative. It encourages inventive genius and efficient operation. It induces investors to supply capital.
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