51.   Under deregulation, all consumers would be charged by their local utility for delivery and billing of electricity and stranded costs.

52.   Trouble is, nobody really knows how much the total tab is on stranded costs.

53.   What was determined Wednesday was the size of those stranded costs.

54.   While the theory behind recovery of stranded costs is solid, Moler said the method of recovery is unresolved.

55.   Stranded costs include old utility debts from building power plants under state regulations that would not otherwise get paid off under deregulation.

56.   The DPUC said this premium cannot be reflected in rates, but Mazza and other consumer advocates wanted the premium to offset stranded costs that consumers must pay.

57.   The higher the price of the plant, the lower the stranded costs will be.

58.   The higher price the plants get, the lower the stranded costs will be.