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Article #2282Re: Power execs blame gas prices and environment regs for highelectricity costs
From: Jeffrey Siegal
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 04:23
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 04:23
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John Higdon wrote: > So for the privilege of having investor owned and operated utilities, we > only have to endure a six-fold increase in our electric bills? In part. And for the privilege of not building any power plants for 10 years, shutting down an operational nuclear plant, having red tape which takes seven years to build a plant, rather than two or three as in other states, etc. > Of course, at $2000 a month, a generator (diesel-powered, of course), starts > looking quite attractive. Isn't it illegal to use those for other than emergency backup? I've heard that some companies which volunteered to disconnect from the grid to save power and go onto their backup generators have been fined.
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