1.   And in San Diego, the first California city to feel the impact of unregulated power rates, average bills more than doubled last summer.

2.   After paying off these stranded costs, the utilities should be able to compete equally with unregulated power companies.

3.   Reliant Energy, a regulated utility in Houston, spun off Reliant Resources as an unregulated power provider.

4.   The company said Monday that lower interest rates, continued customer growth in the Southeast and an unregulated power generation business made the difference.

5.   The utility, based in Syracuse, N.Y., put its unregulated power business up for sale last spring in an effort to concentrate on its regulated operations.

6.   When Southern Co. launched its unregulated global power unit, there were questions about plans to invest in such places as China, the Philippines and Argentina.

7.   Other assets include Con Edison Solutions and Select Energy, an unregulated power supplier that serves New York, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania.

8.   The deal gives Houston-based Reliant a major foothold in one of five regions the company is targeting as it expands its unregulated power generating capacity.