Strange bedfellows back utility revamp bill
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A proposal for the most fundamental overhaul of utility regulation in Massachusetts history -- meant to promote energy conservation while ensuring utilities benefit financially, or at least don't suffer from energy-saving efforts -- is drawing support from an unusually broad coalition of utilities, environmentalists, and energy-sector leaders.
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By Kevin Howe, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Dec. 15--SAN FRANCISCO -- A progressive increase in California American Water customers' bills was approved unanimously by the state Public Utilities Commission here Thursday.   Beginning Jan.
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By Najiah Najib; Kalbana  Perimbanayagam  L.T. TAN, of Klang, is upset he has to settle his former tenants' water and electricity bill which had accumulated to more than RM8,000.
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By Sammy Fretwell, The State, Columbia, S.C.  Dec. 10--Charleston utility owner Reece Williams IV is fighting efforts to make him reimburse taxpayers for fixing substandard water and sewer systems he once operated in the Columbia area.
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Late payments on credit card bills edged up this past spring, when high energy prices were squeezing the finances of some people.
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Pacific Gas and Electric Co. will raise its electricity rates Saturday, although the increase won&#39;t be as steep as the utility first proposed.
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By Antonio Velarde, The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C.  Jun. 22--After committing for the last three years to no rate increases, the Onslow Water and Sewer Authority on Thursday assured customers next year will have higher water and sewer bills.
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Those ghosts of unpaid bills past are coming back to haunt you.
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San Diego Gas &amp; Electric Co. customers won a reprieve yesterday when the state utilities commission delayed a decision that could shift $1 billion in crisis-related power costs to local consumers and cause a major rate increase.
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RE the letter from an ex- Scottish Gas customer, I have the same problem.  I pay my son's electricity bill on the internet, and had a message that his payment was to rise by pounds 14 per month, despite the fact that I opted for the capped bill until 2010.
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Problem of abandoned or storm-wrecked single-wides pushes states toward controversial fee on new units.
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The damage to a utility's underground network in the borough of Queens is greater than imagined &#151; a twist in the six-day power outage that could mean electricity won't be back until early in the week, the mayor said Saturday.
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By Joan Kent, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Feb. 20--Phil Weissenberger hasn't gotten the bill yet, but he knows he's  not going to like it.   The owner of Affordable Repair Service, 1303 S.
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By Manny Gamallo, Tulsa World, Okla.  Feb. 9--SAND SPRINGS -- Water, sewer and trash customers will see a combined rate increase of 3 percent to 5 percent in next month's utility bills, city officials said.
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By Tatiana Prophet, Daily Press, Victorville, Calif.  Feb. 14--Fo r 1 1 c i t i e s i n S a n Bernardino County, the prospect of paying a surcharge for a chemical that did not originate in their areas just doesn't seem right.
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But the measure is so different from a bipartisan Senate bill that many lawmakers say it may be impossible to reconcile them.
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This energy powerhouse looks cheap, despite recent setbacks.