A.& P. said it had been affected by higher utility rates, underperforming stores, management changes and a difficult retail environment.
"This unrealistic plan, that the president would dump on his successor, would ensure higher utility rates and far fewer jobs".
The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, the supermarket chain better known as A.& P., said today that higher utility rates and slack sales would push second-quarter earnings below estimates.
"This unrealistic plan, that the president would dump on his successor, would ensure higher utility rates and far fewer jobs," he said.
While the state still has higher utility rates than most of the nation, it is now below the levels of New England states.
"Obviously, we're concerned whenever ratepayers are going to get an increase in their utility bill, especially in New Jersey, where we have some of the highest utility rates in the country," she said.
"There's a great irony here: we have some of the poorest people in the country, and some of the highest utility rates in the Southeastern U.S". said Mr. Campbell, who added that he was "not interested in giving Entergy any money for this storm".
"This unrealistic plan, that the president would dump on his successor, would ensure higher utility rates and far fewer jobs," Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said.
The public, however, does show reservations with respect to policies that pose direct individual costs, such as higher utility rates if using energy from non-renewable sources.
At the country-specific level, uncertainties are very similar among all samples when it comes to requiring higher utility rates for using non-renewable energy sources.
