Capt. Ahab here, with some information about what I am hoping to harpoon as I sail around.
I’m not the fictional Capt. Ahab, the monomaniacal sea captain invented by author Herman Melville in the great American novel “Moby Dick.” Rather than hunt whales, I am firmly planted here on land and the target of my harpoon is bloated utility ROE.
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