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Originally Posted by belsarius
Deregulation of power has been a terrible experiment that has benefited only the power companies. Klein even gave them the money back they paid in the auctions just to provide rebates because we were so upset about the rapidly rising costs of energy. Terrible for the average Albertan and the government as a whole, I hope the planned legislation is re-regulation of the industry again and end this debacle of monumental proportions.
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This really is the most under-recognized story in this province in the last 20 years. The private power companies bent the province and consumers over and absolutely reamed them.