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Article #11059Re: high gasoline prices was Re: ATM fees are about to rise substantially
From: James Cartmill
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 00:00
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 00:00
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In <ADA5C014966812EE6A@ehrice.his.com> ehrice@his.com (Edward Rice) writes: >Maybe up in Montgomery County, Matthew (for those out of the area, it's the >poor section of the DC suburbs) -- but here in the Virginia 'burbs, closer >to DC than you used to live before you moved to Philadelphia, we certainly >haven't ever had "rolling blackouts." I know not how you ever got that >idea, either -- I never heard of that in Arlington or Alexandria, or in DC, >either. I'll take you word for it happening in Maryland, although it's >news to me. > FWIW, Georgia has quite a bit of excess capacity as well, thanks to Georgia Power really overestimating growth and overbuilding capacity, especially in the 70s. They've more wisely kept a low profile in more recent years. Regulatory schemes tend to reward overbuilding, since the bigger you get, the more in regulated profits (as a % of revenue or some other measure) you're allowed to keep. RC
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 11474a,88496eaf4440a9ba X-Google-Attributes: gid11474a,public X-Google-Thread: f6c48,88496eaf4440a9ba X-Google-Attributes: gidf6c48,public X-Google-Thread: 107518,88496eaf4440a9ba X-Google-Attributes: gid107518,public X-Google-Thread: 101049,88496eaf4440a9ba X-Google-Attributes: gid101049,public From: ytsur605@ix.netcom.com(James Cartmill) Subject: Re: high gasoline prices was Re: ATM fees are about to rise substantially Date: 1996/04/26 Message-ID: <4lr0s2$35v@dfw-ixnews8.ix.netcom.com> X-Deja-AN: 151596061 references: <4l3e60$nuc@netnews.upenn.edu> <4l8mh2$np@netnews.upenn.edu> <31791FEB.5F23@znet.com> <3179A998.3FE4@starlink.com> <4le4cg$qo9@wanda.phl.pond.com> <ADA5C014966812EE6A@ehrice.his.com> organization: Netcom x-netcom-date: Fri Apr 26 12:24:18 PM CDT 1996 newsgroups: misc.consumers,misc.consumers.frugal-living,alt.consumers.experiences,dc.general