101.   Consequently, banks, electric utilities, insurers and brokerages were among the biggest decliners.

102.   Cooler weather lowers air conditioner use and cuts gas demand from electric utilities, allowing storage levels to rise.

103.   Concern electricity distribution rates are set to fall sharply also weighed on electric utilities.

104.   Dallas-based Central South West owns four electric utilities serving Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas and the U.K.

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

106.   Consumers are already confused by a welter of offers in states like California, which soon plans to give residents a choice among electric utilities.

107.   Deregulation has hit the electric utilities, the last bastion of legal monopoly in the United states.

108.   Deregulation of the electric utilities is a complex issue.

109.   Deregulation is spurring mergers of U.S. natural gas companies and electric utilities.