111.   Venezuelan shares rose in light pre-holiday trading, led by utilities, on optimism that higher electricity rates could boost their earnings.

112.   Whatever the reason, lower gas prices, if they continue, bode well for California electricity rate payers because gas is a crucial fuel for generating electricity.

113.   A court order forcing HUBCO to cut its electricity rates has sent its shares plummeting.

114.   Ahmad said the system, which had been implemented in several countries, had not only proven to be more transparent but had also helped reduce electricity rates.

115.   Because of the tight money situation, Boonchoo said Egat would have no choice but to increase electricity rates to cover expenditures.

116.   Corbin McNeill Jr., the chairman, president and CEO of PECO, said customers are not expected to see much change in electricity rates.

117.   Davis said he did not expect electricity rates to increase outside their current structure, which includes raises implemented earlier this year.

118.   Deli owner Sam Sahouria fears further leaps in electricity rates will run him out of business.

119.   Even before the blackout, conservation measures were well under way on the Strip because of rising electricity rates.

120.   Experts attributed his rebound to an economic recovery and recent populist measures that raised the wages of state workers and subsidized electricity rates for the poor.