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human
What would be the affects of capping utility bills at the beginning point of a recession?
gpt
In the short run, it would help consumers of utilities at the expense of utilities.  In the long run, economic orthodoxy would suggest that less entities would want to produce utility services as they would have to take into account future uncertainty on profits.  

Note that in many countries utilities are government entities and/or publicly owned, so forcing utility providers to accept less revenue in the short term would potentially mean larger taxpayer outlays in the future to cover the short term "losses".