Tell me how a company can be guaranteed profit margins but on the same coin is heavily government regulated? Do you work for AEP? Have you not gotten a raise in the last 4 years other than cost of living, maybe.
It concerns me that if enough people do not want to pay for something they will moan until they get their way but gladly pay WAY too much at a gas pump or a pack of over priced cigarettes. Running a company isn't cheap regardless of size, and if your costs go up and you don't raise prices, you end up with nothing.