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Electric rates are going up again, but why? Every year, TVA does that, and this is the way they control their profits. TVA then gives its top-paid executives million-dollar bonuses. It is past time for this kind of thing to stop. If they show a profit, it should be given back to the people of Alabama. Last year, some TVA executives received more than $1 million dollars each, but they keep sticking us with the bill. This is not fair to a lot of older people, but neither TVA nor the city of Athens could care less.