41. AmerenEnergy: Energy Deregulation Ameren Energy. What Is energy deregulation? For more information about energyderegulation in your state, select the stateby-state update below. http://www.ameren.com/AmerenEnergy/ADC_AE_deregulation.asp

AmerenEnergy AmerenEnergy Home Page Senior Management Bios Energy Management Energy Trading ... Contact Energy Ameren Energy What Is Energy Deregulation? Deregulation of the energy industry means you will have the power to choose who supplies your energy. Historically, public power utilities were vertically integrated companies which owned the entire supply chain including production, high volume transportation, and locally delivered distribution of electricity and gas. With deregulation, these functions will become unbundled. Initially, only certain pieces of this supply chain will be opened to a competitive market. In deregulated markets, the local utility company will continue to deliver energy to customers through their wires and pipes, but you will be able to purchase the actual electricity and natural gas that flows through these facilities from a provider of your choice. You would continue to pay a set regulated fee to use the local utility company wires and pipes to transport the energy to your location. This deregulation process is evolving at a different pace in each state and customer segment. Natural gas deregulation began with deregulation for industrial and commercial customers in the mid-1980's, giving heavy retail energy consumption customers the first opportunity to choose an alternative energy supplier. Electricity deregulation differs in its phased approach, which has opened access on a state-by-state basis to industrial, commercial and residential customer segments.

42. Energy Deregulation businesses. Currently, customers rely on one energy provider to doall three, but with deregulation this would change. You would http://www.ci.mesa.az.us/utilities/electric/deregulation.asp

Contact Us Electric Credit Programs Emergency ... Utilities home page Deregulation After all the problems many states have had with deregulation, the Arizona Corporation Commission has elected to postpone retail and wholesale competition. There were many factors that played a role in this decision, not the least of which was the impact on you as the end-user. As with any product or service, consumers should benefit when more choices are provided. Competition can make businesses work harder to keep their customers. To stay competitive, electric utilities will offer new rates, products and services. The disadvantage is that you may ultimately wind up paying for unnecessary services and higher rates. This article will help you sort through and understand the process and results of deregulation in the electric industry. It will also provide important facts about the benefit of municipal electric utilities, such as the City of Mesa’s. Frequently Asked Questions: What comprises the electric utility industry? How did the City of Mesa acquire its electric utility? When will customers begin to have a choice? Are these changes similar to what happened with the telephone industry? ... How did all of this restructuring come about? What comprises the electric utility industry? The electric utility industry is made up of three separate businesses that provide electric service to customers.

43. 2000-134.1 Summary California State Auditor/Bureau of State Audits Summary of Report Number 2000134.1- MARCH 2001 energy deregulation The Benefits of Competition Were http://www.bsa.ca.gov/bsa/summaries/20001341.html

44. Energy Deregulation WILL energy deregulation COST YOU MONEY? Coming soon are changes tothe laws governing utilities that could affect your rates or http://members.aol.com/oraction/energy.html

WILL ENERGY DEREGULATION COST YOU MONEY? Coming soon are changes to the laws governing utilities that could affect your rates or make it hard for you to get electric service at all! Energy utilities have thousands of dollars invested in influencing legislators to deregulate electric utilities. Under their plan, there would be no restrictions on how much they could raise your rates and no guarantee of service to your community. Oregon Action and the Fair and Clean Energy Coalition are working to pass legislation which will protect ordinary consumers and our environment. w It’s up to our elected representatives in Salem to decide how much you will pay. w It’s up to us to make sure our lawmakers work for us and not for corporations. WHAT DO WE WANT? 1. Consumer Protection Any changes in the electric industry must maintain regulated rates. We currently have the third lowest residential electric rates in the country. 2. Environmental Protection Any changes in the electric industry must protect our beautiful Oregon environment. We believe all utilities should minimize environmental damage by investing in energy efficiency, renewable energy research and low-income weatherization. 3. Low-income heating assistance.

45. Remarks Of Ratepayer Advocate On The State Of Energy Deregulation Before Assembl REMARKS OF SEEMA M. SINGH, ESQ. RATEPAYER ADVOCATE NEW JERSEY DIVISION OF THERATEPAYER ADVOCATE. THE STATE OF energy deregulation. ASSEMBLY HEARING. http://www.rpa.state.nj.us/state of energy dereg.htm

REMARKS OF SEEMA M. SINGH, ESQ. RATEPAYER ADVOCATE NEW JERSEY DIVISION OF THE RATEPAYER ADVOCATE THE STATE OF ENERGY DEREGULATION ASSEMBLY HEARING 10 a.m. February 27, 2003 Committee Room 15, State House Annex, Trenton Good morning Chairman Caraballo and members of the committee , thank you for inviting me to speak on the state of energy deregulation in New Jersey. While this is a very complex and technical subject matter, my goal is to provide you with some background as to what has occurred over the past three years, and what’s potentially ahead for New Jersey consumers. As you know, deregulation was approved in New Jersey under the Electric Discount and Energy Competition Act, commonly referred to as “EDECA.” The concept of energy deregulation was born out of the high cost of energy for big energy users such as steel mills, oil refineries, and manufacturing plants. With the new global economy, these large companies were competing against foreign companies whose labor costs are extremely low, in countries with poor environmental standards. In order to stay in business, the U.S. companies began to look into reducing their costs.

46. COALITION FOR COMPETITIVE ENERGY MEETING ON ENERGY DEREGULATION COALITION FOR COMPETITIVE ENERGY MEETING ON energy deregulation.March 25, 1998 Chemical Industry Council Trenton, NJ. REMARKS OF http://www.rpa.state.nj.us/endereg.htm

COALITION FOR COMPETITIVE ENERGY MEETING ON ENERGY DEREGULATION March 25, 1998 Chemical Industry Council Trenton, N.J. REMARKS OF BLOSSOM A. PERETZ, ESQ., DIRECTOR DIVISION OF THE RATEPAYER ADVOCATE Good morning. Thank you for inviting me to this meeting. My name is Blossom Peretz, and I am the Director of the Division of the Ratepayer Advocate. As you know, my office represents all utility ratepayers before the Board of Public Utilities, including the business community. I want to hear about your concerns, because my department understands that helping businesses stay in New Jersey is good for the residents of our State. We want New Jersey businesses to be healthy and competitive, and one of the ways to ensure that is to bring energy rates down. I expect that competitive retail electric and gas markets will bring lower rates to New Jersey, but there is a lot of work to do before we can turn over the energy industry to market forces. We must ensure that the transition from a heavily regulated, monopoly utility system to a competitive, restructured industry is orderly and well planned, so that all of New Jersey s ratepayers have a chance to benefit from lower rates and better, more innovative service.

47. HoustonChronicle.com - Enron Not Derailing Energy Deregulation Printerfriendly format. Jan. 17, 2002, 218PM Enron not derailing energyderegulation. By DAN MORGAN Washington Post WASHINGTON Undeterred http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/special/enron/dec01/1154515

HoustonChronicle.com Pick a section Home Page Business Classifieds Columnists Comics Community Directory Entertainment Features Health Help Inside Story Marketplace Metropolitan Page 1 News Search Archives Site Map Space Sports Travel Weather Section: National Section: Energy Section: Enron - December 2001 Current stories in Enron - December 2001: Enron stock joins collector's item list Enron sells off two assets for $310 million Senior Enron officials join line of creditors Dec. 29: ... Printer-friendly format Jan. 17, 2002, 2:18PM Enron not derailing energy deregulation By DAN MORGAN Washington Post WASHINGTON Undeterred by the collapse of energy trader Enron Corp., congressional advocates of deregulation plan to press ahead with legislation to encourage a further expansion of the wholesale electricity market pioneered and subsequently dominated by the crippled Houston company. Senate sources said Friday that a major energy bill to be introduced this week by Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., will contain provisions that support a widening of the competitive electricity trading system, which is intended to promote efficiency and stable prices. The goal is to help merchant companies such as Enron buy power where it is plentiful and cheap and ship it over borrowed transmission lines to customers in areas where supplies are tight or prices are rising.

48. Energy Deregulation 101 everyone is aware of the tremendous opportunities deregulation of the electric industryhas opened up for commercial and industrial energy consumers nationwide http://www.sel.com/energydereg101.php

Electricity Supply Fuel Supply Energy Consulting Integrated Energy Management ... Contact Us INTRODUCTION TO DEREGULATION Not everyone is aware of the tremendous opportunities deregulation of the electric industry has opened up for commercial and industrial energy consumers nationwide. Twenty-one states and the District of Columbia have already taken steps to deregulate retail electricity, and Strategic Energy - a trusted, second-to-none, objective energy management company - has been on the forefront of several exciting market entries - with initiatives in place for serving many more in coming years. Before customers can embrace and wisely select an alternative supplier, they should first understand deregulation. THEN... Generation...Regulated Transmission...Regulated Distribution...Regulated Customers...Hostages NOW... Generation... Competitive Transmission...Regulated Distribution...Regulated Customers... Free to Choose a Supplier GENERATION Strategic Energy finds the best wholesale price for you.

49. Bush Energy Deregulation Plan Put On Hold Bush energy deregulation Plan Put On Hold. Energy Industry Must Be RegulatedAnd Held Accountable Under Future Legislation, Say Consumer Advocates. http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/utilities/pr/pr002870.php3

Home Volunteer Donate Subscribe ... Bailout Watch OTHER TOPICS Corporate Accountability Healthcare Insurance Citizen Advocacy ... press releases NEWS RELEASE Nov 14, 2002 CONTACT: Doug Heller - 310-392-0522 x309 Bush Energy Deregulation Plan Put On Hold Energy Industry Must Be Regulated And Held Accountable Under Future Legislation, Say Consumer Advocates Santa Monica, CA Federal energy legislation died in conference committee Wednesday, which means consumers have temporarily escaped the energy industry lobby's attempt to further deregulate the nation's electricity system. Consumer advocates warned that the Bush Administration will likely push another deregulation bill next year setting the stage for a national version of the California energy deregulation crisis. The nonprofit, nonpartisan Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) is urging citizens to contact their lawmakers and President Bush to demand that energy deregulation be taken off the table altogether. "As foolish as it seems to the average citizen, lawmakers are preparing to decrease oversight of energy companies, despite the abysmal record of deregulation. Americans should let politicians know that they won't stand for more Enrons and more deregulation," said FTCR's senior consumer advocate Douglas Heller. "The Bush Administration pushed hard but failed to get the energy industry's deregulation plan through Congress this year. We expect the energy industry to come back again next year, but if there is going to be another energy bill it must be built on the lessons of Enron and California. Energy reform should aim to hold power companies more accountable and regulate the system more carefully not less."

50. CDM CDM Helps Houston Save Millions Under Energy Deregulation Home Ideas@Work Press Releases Press Release Archive CDM HelpsHouston Save Millions Under energy deregulation. http://www.cdm.com/Ideas@Work/Press Releases/CDM Helps Houston Save Millions Und

51. Features Item : Capturing Advantage From Energy Deregulation Posted on 11/09/2000. Capturing Advantage from energy deregulation.Angel Abcede, Contributing Writer. Industry change unleashes a http://www.energyusernews.com/CDA/ArticleInformation/features/BNP__Features__Ite

Monday, Apr 07 Search our Site: Current News Editorial Current Features Columns ... Search Archives Collected Archives Editorial Fundamental Series Critical Issues ... Want to use this article? Click here for options! Posted on: 11/09/2000 Capturing Advantage from Energy Deregulation Angel Abcede, Contributing Writer Industry change unleashes a chaos of commercial and industrial energy opportunities. Who's positioned to benefit? With the deregulation of electricity slowly becoming a state-by-state reality, energy users in businesses across the country are watching with curiosity and caution as the energy commodity and services market-potentially a $250 billion industry-redefines itself. Who the players are, what products and services will be available, and where the cost savings lie are a few of the unknowns surrounding future electricity supply, leaving business executives trapped in near-term uncertainty. For managers and executives overseeing their company's energy consumption, the good news is that most experts and industry analysts say cost savings will occur. Competition from new and reborn players will lower the cost of power itself and initiate a climate of energy conservation that may mean even bigger savings for businesses. Also tied to the energy supply and conservation wave is information-knowing for the first time the line-item detail of a company's energy bill. In a regulated industry, costs were fixed, unbundled, and served up without any meaningful breakdown. Now, knowing exactly what company dollars are paying for may revolutionize the way in which businesses view their energy costs.

52. Energy Deregulation - The Progress & Freedom Foundation energy deregulation Moving Ahead Quickly (and Wisely) by Michael K. BlockMichael Block is a Senior Fellow at The Progress Freedom Foundation. http://www.pff.org/deregulation.html

Studying the Digital Revolution and its implications for public policy W HAT'S NEW W HAT WE DO ... OME Progress On Point Periodic Commentaries on the Policy Debate Release n June 1996 Energy Deregulation: Moving Ahead Quickly (and Wisely) by Michael K. Block Has the time come to allow consumers to purchase their energy needs much as they do their long distance telephone service? The idea of being able to choose from what company you would like to purchase your natural gas or electricity is not as far fetched as many imagine. In fact, 46 states are considering introducing competition into America's energy markets. There is even a move afoot in the U.S. Congress to completely overhaul Federal regulation of the U.S. energy industry - this year. While it is crucial that an outdated regulatory structure be replaced as quickly as possible, current proposals could actually harm the chances for a productive and smooth transition to a competitive energy market. America is home to nearly one-third of all the installed electric generating capacity in the world, with investor-owned utility assets in excess of $500 billion and total revenues of the electric energy industry of $270 billion a year. That is all in the way of saying that it is important to move ahead wisely, as well as quickly. Repealing PUHCA One major step toward deregulation would be to repeal the Public Utilities Holding Company Act of 1935 and, in so doing, remove a major barrier to reform efforts underway in the states. In six states - California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Rhode Island - the state public utility commissions or legislatures have adopted, or are close to adopting, specific restructuring plans. Yet their efforts are threatened by PUHCA, which could be repealed relatively easily in the current Congress.

53. [PushBack] The Fraud Of Energy Deregulation For years, Dr. Bill Wattenburg on KGO Radio AM810, has warned the west coast thatthe socalled energy deregulation plans are a massive fraud on the working http://www.pushback.com/Wattenburg/articles/EnergyDeregulationFraud.html

Home Bill Wattenburg Justice Shocking Facts ... Please upgrade your web browser to enjoy a better view of this site. The Fraud of Energy Deregulation Working Families Will Be Robbed For Years to Come With Double and Triple Home Utility Bills What can you do about it? Why did your legislators allow this in the first place? For the last five years, big customers and the utility companies knew full well what was coming. The big boys knew how to safeguard themselves. The utility companies knew how to profit from the coming crisis in a big way: This page was last modified on Thursday, 09-Jan-2003 01:22:11 EST. Unless otherwise noted, contents of this site E-mail, Postal, Phone and Fax Contact Information This article, and many other interesting ones, can be found at PushBack.com Related Information

54. Energy Deregulation - M-co The Marketplace Company energy deregulation in New Zealand. Mco, the marketplace company electricity,gas, transport and telecommunications. energy deregulation. http://www.m-co.com/energy_deregulation.htm

Energy Deregulation Energy deregulation in New Zealand - we worked with government and industry to create a wholesale electricity marketplace. Previously the industry was wholly owned and operated by government. Our concept enabled a competitive market to be established with multiple generators, suppliers and retailers. Today the market trades 85% of the country's electricity. M-co leads the way in creating modern marketplaces. We work as a trusted partner with industries and governments around the world. M-co was formed in 1993 to design, implement and operate a new marketplace structure for the wholesale electricity market in New Zealand. Since then we have gone on to establish other successful trading exchanges within Australasia, and have provided a range of consultancy and project services across Africa, Asia and Europe. We remain actively involved as a trusted partner in the daily operation of many of these marketplaces, through service contracts and active investment - or as a joint venture partner. More information about Energy Deregulation

55. NCPA - Daily Policy Digest - The Case For Energy Deregulation US The Case For energy deregulation. European Union member countries continueto benefit from energy deregulation efforts in 1998. Electricity http://www.ncpa.org/iss/reg/2002/pd111502e.html

Policy Issues NCPA Publications Both Sides Editorial Opinions ... Audio/Visual NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS HOME DONATE ONE LEVEL UP ABOUT NCPA ... CONTACT US The Case For Energy Deregulation Daily Policy Digest Regulatory Issues / Electrical Power Friday, November 15, 2002 The case for energy deregulation remains strong despite the problems Californians faced with market restructuring, according to a recent study. Strict regulations are costly and negatively affect energy providers and consumers. While the actual cost of regulations has yet to be tallied, experts estimate that restrictive trade practices cost hundreds of millions a year. Experts project that the demand for energy will increase by 60 percent in the next 20 years. Basic market principles hold that if demand for energy increases while energy supplies stagnate, energy prices will skyrocket. Consumers should expect rising rates on heating and cooling unless restrictions on energy trade are eased. On the other hand, case studies in the United States and Europe indicate that energy de-regulation spurs substantial economic growth. Following the extensive reforms in the United Kingdom that took place in the 1990s, industrial gas prices fell by 45 percent and consumer gas prices fell by 25 percent.

56. Corporate Research E-Letter No.11: Energy Deregulation Corporate Research ELetter No. 11, April 2001. energy deregulationLessons from the Golden State energy deregulation CAN IT EVER WORK. http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/crp/apr01.htm

GJF Home CRP Home How to do corporate research What CRP can do ... Corporate Research E-Letter Corporate Research E-Letter No. 11, April 2001 Energy Deregulation: Lessons from the Golden State by Mafruza Khan In a few short weeks during the summer of 1996, the California legislature rushed through AB1890, the energy deregulation bill that is now being regarded as a colossal failure by all and blamed for the state's ongoing energy crisis. As one writer comments, "If California's misbegotten electricity deregulation scheme is ever reduced to canvas or film, the artist would have to be some cross between Hieronymus Bosch and Federico Fellini. At one level, it is a surreal story of grossly compounded economic errors, at another, a gruesome morality tale." It isn't very hard to understand why AB1890 did not work it was based on wrong assumptions, incorrect forecasting and manipulated by corporate executives and politicians. The consequences of the bill - in addition to up to a 46 percent rate hike for consumers, $4.6 billion in taxpayer monies spent by the state to pay for electricity in the spot market, and a backlash on environmental regulations, including a resurgence of nuclear power - remain to be seen (and felt) in the future. It has also led to the largest investor-owned utility bankruptcy filing in history (the third-largest corporate bankruptcy filing ever) by Pacific Gas and Electric Company.

57. Corporate Research E-Letter No.11: Energy Deregulation by deregulation, price gouging, and high demand by creating a shortfall in theexpected supply of hydroelectric power. Experts told the Senate Energy and http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/crp/may01.htm

GJF Home CRP Home How to do corporate research What CRP can do ... Corporate Research E-Letter Corporate Research E-Letter No. 12, May 2001 Energy Crisis: From the Golden State to the Region by Mafruza Khan Besides their economic connection, the Western states are connected by the infrastructure of the Western Power Grid, which distributes power to 11 states and two Canadian provinces. High prices in one part of the West ultimately translate into higher prices throughout the region. The arrangement that the Pacific Northwest has generally had with California is that, in the summer when demand is high in California but low in the other states, California imports electricity produced by the 30 federal dams in Idaho, Oregon, Washington and western Montana. In winter, when loads are higher in the Northwest, California sends power up to the region. The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), a federal agency, based in Portland, markets about 50 percent of this power. (Others include the Western Area Power Administration.) BPA was created in 1937 to market the power from dams built during the Depression to aid economic development in the then-isolated region. Until recently, BPA had been sending California electricity in an exchange arrangement that returned to the Northwest 2 megawatts of power for every megawatt delivered. BPA owns 80 percent of the region's transmission lines, more than 15,000 miles, and sells power to 18 customers in the state that include, nine rural cooperatives, seven municipalities, the Bureau of Reclamation and Idaho Power Company. The agency produces 40 percent of the electricity in the Northwest.

58. Calif. Vote Spells End Of Energy Deregulation Calif. vote spells end of energy deregulation 27 de Enero de 2003. SANFRANCISCO, Jan 16 (Reuters). California's disastrous experiment http://www.energia.org.mx/noticias_y_eventos/2003/01/california.html

Calif. vote spells end of energy deregulation 27 de Enero de 2003 SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 16 (Reuters) California's disastrous experiment with energy deregulation ended with a whimper Thursday in a brief order issued by state utility regulators. The five-member California Public Utilities Commission unanimously voted to cancel an order from April 20, 1994, that set the state on a course toward cheaper electricity through free market competition, letting homeowners and businesses choose their power provider. Today's order, which CPUC Commissioner Carl Wood called "historically significant," noted that restructuring the energy market was now moot. "The commission should close this deregulation proceeding, not just because there is no continuing need for it, but also because it was a disaster for ratepayers, utilities and their employees," said Wood, a harsh critic of the failed scheme. None of the commissioners who pushed for deregulation nine years ago still sits on the CPUC.

59. NW Energy Coalition - Publications: Energy Activist Winter '99 Oregon Passes Landmark energy deregulation Bill. Lawmakers put consumers, most vulnerablehouseholds first. Key Elements of the Oregon energy deregulation Law. http://www.nwenergy.org/publications/activist/99_winter/99_winter_7.html

The Energy Activist Oregon Passes Landmark Energy Deregulation Bill Lawmakers put consumers, most vulnerable households first After three years of tireless effort, Oregon's Fair and Clean Energy Coalition (FCEC) succeeded this year in passing the nation's most progressive energy deregulation bill. Signed into law by Governor John Kitzhaber in late July, SB1149 will protect every Oregon consumer and will make $10 million per year available for bill payment assistance. The bill will also infuse over $50 million every year into statewide investments in low income weatherization, other energy conservation measures, and new renewable resource development. "The signing of SB 1149 marks the end of a three-year process to produce a landmark consumer and environmental bill," said Jeff Bissonnette, FCEC's organizing director. Jason Eisdorfer, a lawyer for the Citizens Utility Board of Oregon said SB1149 is distinct from energy deregulation adopted in other states. "What it does not do is throw residential customers out into the market and hope a market develops," said Eisdorfer to the Eugene Register-Guard. SB1149 allows business and industry to shop for power on the open market without forcing residential electricity consumers to give up the service they currently receive. Under SB1149 residential electricity customers can choose service based on the market price of power, opt for an environmentally friendly or green power product, or stick with what they already have.

60. Arter & Hadden LLP - Communications & Energy Deregulation Representation in regulatory proceedings before federal and state regulatory agencies;strategic deregulation consultation energy financing and corporate http://www.arterhadden.com/practiceareas/CommEDereg/default.asp

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