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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 07:13 PM Original message |
Power bills soar after electric deregulation |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. Deregulation |
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PDJane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. Of course. |
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Garbo 2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 08:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Deregulation is not synonymous with privatization. CA for ex had both private and public utilities |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
3. solar |
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seemunkee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. payback on solar is a long ways out |
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FreeStateDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. My rate increased 60% in one year, but happily it's being reported that inflation is under control |
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Maestro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
5. Same thing happened to us in Texas |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
7. Deregulation probably works if there is competition |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 08:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. They likely did not want competition in the first place. That's why they supported deregulation. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
9. Towns USED to have their OWN utilities |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
11. Mine went double until we did the following about it: |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 08:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Wow! Great job! |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
13. The same story with about everything these days. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
14. leader in the illinois senate fucked the citizens of illinois |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
15. I would like to remind people that Democrats |
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