โ Scribed by Magruder, Kathleen E.
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A in a number of venues were provided in 1995. The topic for consideration was whether small customers of gas utilities should be able to choose their gas supplier and, if so, how small a customer should be given that choice. Hearings were always well-attended and discussion was always lively. After a while, however, it felt as if the players were in a traveling road show playing out their parts week after week to the same conclusion. Certainly, the names were different from place to place and the nomenclature varied depending on the jurisdiction, but the issues were the same and the process and solutions were invariably predictable.
. -it felt as if the players were in a traveling road show playing out their parts week after week to the same conclusion.
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