Couple thoughts.
We get pretty reliable power for about $4 per day for the average home.
Compared to a latte at Starbucks that's pretty reasonable
Try shutting your power off, especially in the winter, for a day. We are dead without it.
Are we overpaying. Probably.
From a conservation angle, people will only conserve if it hurts them in the pocketbook.
Same goes for municipal water.
We water out lawns and wash our cars with drinking water.
Still to cheap, maybe.
Just sayin.