natural monopoly
B2CEFR level
30/100Rarity: fairly common
TechnicalRegister
An industry where a single supplier serves the whole market most cheaply because of vast fixed costs.
A second parallel grid makes no sense; distribution is a natural monopoly and we regulate it as one.
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