if anything, i would expect prices to go up, as these companies will need to find a way to pay down their losses, in addition to regular inflation.

despite the rhetoric to the contrary (or perhaps because of it), things like this always go up in price under the conservatives, because they're not as strenuous about regulating arbitrary price hikes. for all their rhetoric abut "free markets", empirical observation clearly demonstrates that the only "freedom" that conservatives really believe in is the freedom of property owners to set prices however they want.

https://business.financialpost.com/commodities/energy/ontarians-may-see-a-7-reduction-in-their-monthly-bills-as-gas-utilities-halt-cap-and-trade-activities?video_autoplay=true