Why don’t you share your wisdom with all of us? For starters let’s talk about “for profit”and “non profit” I lived in Colorado Springs for 3 years, the city owned all utilities except for Cable. Our winter utilities in total ( gas, water sewer and electricity) were about $200 a month, and yes it got cold in the winter at 6000 ft . compare that with maine where the Gas bill alone was $300 a month 2 years ago.