Most Government-Owned Broadband Networks (“GONs”) are funded by city finances in some way, in some cases by shifting costs to a municipally-operated electric utility. This shift of broadband costs to the electric utility is expected to increase electricity rates, while other funding arrangements are not expected to affect electricity rates of the municipal utilities. In this article, a statistical analysis is conducted on the municipal electric utility rates of four Tennessee cities that constructed GONs in or around 2008. Using electric utility data from the Energy Information Administration, the analysis starkly reveals sizable electric utility rates increases for residential and commercial customers when the utility-funded model is used, but not for alternative funding arrangements.

大多数政府拥有的宽带网络 (“GON”) 以某种方式由城市财政提供资金，在某些情况下，通过将成本转移到市政运营的电力公司。这种宽带成本向电力公司的转移预计会提高电费，而其他资金安排预计不会影响市政公用事业的电费。在本文中，对 2008 年或前后建造 GON 的四个田纳西州城市的市政电费进行了统计分析。使用能源信息管理局的电力数据，该分析清楚地揭示了住宅和商业电费的大幅增长使用公用事业资助模式时的客户，但不适用于其他资助安排。