[Gigachad]

Is this a problem though? Utilities will become more expensive for rural properties, but if those people are producing product that people need, they can just slightly bump prices to cover their electricity costs, which the consumers can cover with their new found savings on utilities.

The real benefit is that the people who don't have any reason to actually be rural, say remote software developers, will now have to either cover their costs rather than externalising them, or move to the city.

[rsynnott]

Thing is, it wouldn’t be _slightly_. If you’re a power company who just does rural customers, you’re probably going to be looking at charging rates so high that people simply can’t pay them.

[Gigachad]

They are currently being paid right now though. So it's possible for the population to fund it. The products being produced would go up roughly the same as the discount you got on power.