91.  Higher rates are essential if the government is to start selling state electric companies later this year, analysts said.

92.  How can I check if our meter is labeled correctly without bothering the electric company?

93.  However, many municipal electric companies do not appear to have taken the warnings seriously, which could result in isolated power outages.

94.  I have every confidence that soon, electric companies will be calling my home and offering fantastic deals.

95.  ICG has been teaming up with electric companies in an effort to expand its reach in the newly deregulated U.S. phone market.

96.  If it bids for Yorkshire, it could be the eighth U.S. electric company to buy all or part of a U.K. power distributor.

97.  If someone were to stage a race among electric generating companies vying to sign up Massachusetts businesses, there would be few entrants.

98.  In a few years, consumers will be able to choose their electric companies, much as they now do their long-distance carriers.

99.  In a little more than a year, deregulation will begin in earnest and Arizona consumers will be able to choose their electric company for the first time.

100.  In addition, Congress next year may consider a law that would end the monopolies Duke and other electric companies have on power sales to homes and businesses.