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The hare and the tortoise
Costs for utilities rise faster than politically palatable rate changes can keep up |
Sean Casten |
07 Jul 2008 |
Gristmill |
| This is one for the 'Things No One is Talking About But Should' file. Greenwire has this report ($ub. req'd) from Standard & Poor's noting that the credit risk of our utilities depends in large part on their ability to recover rising fuel costs, and this ability is diminished due to the fact that: High fuel costs translate directly to higher customer rates, but instituting constant and often significant increases is politically and socially unpalatable. Th ... |
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| Topics: economy, electricity grid, energy, gas prices (all these topics) |
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