Virginia set to end retail electric competition
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Virginia became the first U.S. state to begin rolling back retail electricity competition as the state legislature approved a bill on Tuesday that would halt its planned market opening.
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Opening up electricity markets to competition was supposed to lead to savings for consumers. Instead, bills have soared in several states and the power industry is warning of a looming crisis.
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Comcast customers in Manassas and Manassas Park are finally getting what they wanted -- competition.
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By Zinie Chen Sampson Associated Press  RICHMOND, Va. -- Electronics retailer Circuit City Stores Inc.
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By Kimball Payne, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Feb. 15--RICHMOND -- State lawmakers are getting ready to try to negotiate an agreement on a pair of bills aimed at guiding the future of Fort Monroe after the Army leaves in 2011.   Sen. Marty Williams, R-Newport News, and Del.
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The state's 83-year-old prohibition on ticket scalping may be coming to an end. The Legislature's Consumer Affairs and Professional Licensure Committee reported out a bill yesterday that would scrap the existing antiscalping law and allow tickets to be resold at any price. The bill is expected to come up for a vote in the House this week.
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By John Patterson Daily Herald State Government Editor  jopatterson@@dailyherald.com  SPRINGFIELD - A plan to ease AT&T's entry into the cable television market cleared the state House on Thursday, but only after consumer and local government protections were added.
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By MICHAEL MARTZ  A City Council committee voted unanimously last night to let the state's largest telephone company bring cable TV competition to most homes in Richmond.  It approved a 15-year franchise agreement negotiated with Verizon Virginia by the city.
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TALLAHASSEE Â· A $250 million per year rate cut for Florida Power &amp; Light Co. customers will stand, but the Florida Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a health care group can ask state regulators for a much bigger reduction.
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The boss of the UK's biggest electrical retailer wants the stand-by function phased out on goods such as TVs.
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RICHMOND -- The Virginia General Assembly is trying to rewrite the complex laws that govern the state's power companies, moving toward an untested approach to electricity regulation and prompting charges from consumer groups that monthly bills will rise.
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ARLINGTON, VA - Members of three state public utilities promised a light regulatory touch on broadband over power line (BPL) service as electric companies begin to experiment with the alternative to traditional high-speed Internet service.
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By Michael Sluss and Mason Adams The Roanoke Times mik e.sluss@roanoke.com (804) 697-1585  m ason.adams@roanoke.com (804) 697-1584  The General Assembly ended an intense, election-year session Saturday after sending Gov.
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Good morning, Maryland. It's June 1, and your electric bill is about go up again. Depending on where you live, the increases have been spread over two years or four, but the impact is the same: roughly, a 70 percent jump in the typical residential bill since price caps were lifted. So we'll...
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Big consumer electronics manufacturers and retailers say deep price cuts on flat panels will eventually end. They hope.
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More than a decade after the drive began to convert electricity from a regulated industry into a competitive one, many states are rolling back their initiatives.
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By Matthew Barakat  BROAD RUN, Va. - The landowners and preservationists in Virginia's hunt country have taken on Disney and won, so a battle against the state's dominant utility over a proposed high-voltage power line leaves them undaunted.