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Energy Law

Nov. 14, 2002

Commission Tries to Balance Needs of Power Users, Utilities

Focus Column - Environmental Law - By David M. Niebauer and William W. Funderburk Jr . - When the government tries to decide how it should recover $20 billion for past overpayments of electricity costs, it gets everyone's attention. The state Public Utilities Commission is engaged in a high-stakes zero-sum game that pits users of electricity, who range from homeowners and apartment dwellers to commercial buildings and industrial manufacturers, against utilities to determine who will pay their "fair

        Focus Column
        
        Environmental Law
        
        By David M. Niebauer and William W. Funderburk Jr.
        
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