It would be similar to citizens utility boards, which are effective non-profits organized on the state level to fight utility company abuses.

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Our report for the World Economic Forum suggests that utility companies should complement technology rollouts with more effective education campaigns.

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Critics have often cited exactly these threats when calling into question the utility and survivability of the Navy's most effective power projection platform, its aircraft carriers.

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