11.   The company would continue to operate international utilities and its U.S. regulated utilities, including Missouri Public Service.

12.   The five-member Missouri Public Service Commission, which regulates utilities, will hold hearings to evaluate the complaint by the public counsel, who represents consumers.

13.   The seven baby Bells have already undergone wrenching changes as they have labored to transform themselves from regulated utilities into competitive companies.

14.   The staff of the commission, which regulates utilities, reached a proposed settlement with Con Ed in March that would break the utility into at least three companies.

15.   Those utilities are not regulated by the Kansas Corporation Commission, but by the boards and local governments that oversee them.

16.   Those utilities are regulated by state commissions and the federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

17.   Would have begun the process of changing the state Constitution to establish elections for the state Public Service Commission, which regulates utilities.

18.   No hikes are allowed without negotiations with the Office of Cable Television, located within the agency that regulates utilities.