Because electricity is a common good. Some subsidize others so we may all have electricity.
Kind of like the postal service. Or insurance.
Kind of like the postal service. Or insurance.
If people want wealth redistribution, then do it with wealth taxes and cash.
You can't just buy fire insurance when your house is burning down, so you shouldn't be able to have "electricity insurance" when you buy a far away house
The postal service is necessary to do things like send you IRS communications, drivers licenses, jury duty, etc.
When the government no longer uses paper to communicate with people we can talk about privatizing the postal service