Sentence examples for electricity competition from inspiring English sources

In others, such as gas and electricity, competition for domestic business is only just starting to have an impact.

A number of proposed electricity bills are before Congress, and several states are debating whether to follow the example of California, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania in enacting electricity competition laws unilaterally.

Mr. Lay told him that "he and Enron would like to support me as chairman, but we would have to agree on principles" involving the commission's role in expanding electricity competition, Mr. Hébert said of the conversation.

Enron won those fights to open up natural gas and electricity to competition, and it became Houston's signature company.

About 10,000 of those jobs have disappeared since, according to the association, as wind companies have been buffeted by weak demand for electricity, stiff competition from cheap natural gas and cheaper options from Asian competitors.

His testimony, calling for opening electricity markets to competition, was part lecture, part sermon.

Five years ago, one of the biggest states in America decided to open up its electricity market to competition.

The revenue projection was lowered partly because of delays in Texas's plan to open its electricity market to competition.

Germany opened its electricity market to competition two years ago, and prices plunged by more than 50percentt for many industrial customers.

By James Surowiecki Five years ago, one of the biggest states in America decided to open up its electricity market to competition.

A referendum in 2002 to open up Swiss electricity markets to competition was lost even though the proposal seemed to offer a way of bringing down the country's high and locally very variable electricity prices.