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zipplewrath

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3. Can be done

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Tue Mar 27, 2012, 09:13 AM

Mar 2012

A town here did that, for different reasons, they frequency of power outages was becoming irritatingly high. We have a "municipal" utility, albeit structured very much like a company. But it is techically publicly run. Some of the cheapest rates around too. Bolder might be surprised how happy it will be owning its own utility.

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