Living Off the Grid in the City Radio Show. Electric companies are often involved in corruption, theft of funds, bribery, and cheating to gain millions and billions of dollars. These funds come primarily from rate payers, but also from taxpayers. There are many high-profile cases to see these. Some of these cases are discussed here. Also here, I discuss some little-known tactics used by electric companies to cheat you out of your money and make you pay much higher bills than you should. Enjoy. By Hector Vladimir. Edited and updated 9-23-2024.