

The nuclear industry his dad helped design in the 1980s Alex is helping run safely for years to come. He gets the chance to continue his father’s legacy.

Network companies have a crucial role to play in. “I saw how Dad was able to provide a good quality of life for our family and I wanted to be able to do the same.”Īs a second-generation nuclear professional, Alex has a unique opportunity and responsibility. This applies to the bulk transportation and distribution of energy to consumers over monopoly networks. What he did know was the kind of father his dad inspired him to be. Little did he know he would be working for McGuire’s sister station decades later.

This will result in a redistribution of income in favor of higher-. The long-standing utility monopoly model is a relic from a time when it was deemed a social good to have a single wire going to a single home, and when consumption of power was ever-increasing. “I remember as a kid, Dad would wow our family with trips to the EnergyExplorium.” The effect of the monopoly power is to transfer income from consumers to business owners. Back in the Carolinas, he’s close to where he grew up when his dad worked at McGuire Nuclear Station in Huntersville, N.C. Even the beer we drink is controlled by monopolies three corporations make a staggering three-quarters of the beer Americans consume. Two telecom corporations dominate Internet access. Alex with his wife, RuthAnne, and daughter, Amelia.Īlex met his wife in Chicago, where they had their daughter in 2020. Four giant meatpacking corporations control 85 percent of beef processing.
