1.   And because New York state has deregulated its utilities, power costs now vary much more sharply according to the time of year.

2.   As states deregulate their utilities the demand for inexpensive electricity from coal-fired plants is expected to rise.

3.   A bill to deregulate electric utilities in Texas was declared dead today by the lawmaker who sponsored the proposal.

4.   Britain is also deregulating its utilities and allowing competition for customers.

5.   Bush also wants to deregulate utilities to spur demand for natural gas.

6.   But he said one fallacy of deregulating electric utilities is the assumption that customers want a choice.

7.   California, which has moved further than other states to deregulate its utilities, has become the flashpoint for consumer discontent.

8.   Consumer groups and electric utilities square off at a public hearing on deregulating electrical utilities.

9.   Could Massachusetts, which like California deregulated its utilities and has a booming high-tech economy hungry for power, be vulnerable to an electricity crisis?

10.   Energy Group is considered a highly valuable prize among major international power companies, which are scrambling for advantage as utilities are deregulated in the United States and Europe.