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Capital owns TKC Holdings (which owns Trinity Services Group), the latter of which uses over 7,500 offender workers to produce food in prisons.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"pestake-000089#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In New York City, the private equity firm Chicago Atlantic Group acts as a landlord and lender for cannabis dispensaries intended for people with drug convictions, using loan terms that include interest rates up to 18% upon default and the ability to seize properties.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"pestake-000089#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Private equity firms profit from the cannabis industry through adjacent security and enforcement services, such as BC Partners' GardaWorld providing armed transportation and Warburg Pincus' Allied Universal providing canine drug detection teams.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"pestake-000089#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["social equity"],"geography_discussed":["New York City","Alabama"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy analysis","financial investigation"]},{"id":"rmi-000522","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/rmi-000522","title":"How to Restructure Utility Incentives","publisher":{"name":"RMI","organization":"rmi"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2024-07-12","source_url":"https://rmi.org/resources/how-to-restructure-utility-incentives-four-pillars-of-comprehensive-performance-based-regulation/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report advocates for a transition from traditional cost-of-service regulation (COSR) to comprehensive performance-based regulation (PBR) to better align utility incentives with modern societal and environmental goals. 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