Electricity competition is good for consumers.(includes related information on local-delivery...

It is not true that electric utility deregulation will benefit large-usage customers rather than small consumers. Dereguation will not diminish electric power reliability or harm environmental or social programs.

Not so long ago, the monopoly phone company's idea of "customer choice" was to offer either a black or a tan phone. Things have changed: Sure, phone bills may be more complicated, but partial telecommunications deregulation has brought average long distance phone rates down more than 40%, saving consumers about $5 billion a year. And even though competition has yet