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Energy regulators in Rhode Island implemented performance-based standards in an attempt to improve market competition and maintain low service rates charged by utilities. These standards prompted feeders to enhance customer service by providing tree-resistant wires and other measures.

Author: Simpson, Peter, Fuller, Mary

Publisher: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Publication Name: Electrical World
Subject: Electronics and electrical industries
ISSN: 0013-4457
Year: 1998

Usage, Prices and rates, Energy policy, Electric power distribution, Rhode Island, Electrical wiring, Electric wiring

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Has Congress hampered utilities in the telecom market?

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Pole attachment regulations restrain the entry of utilities into the telecommunications industry. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 contains 2 opposing sections that allow utilities to enter telecommunications, provided that utility poles may be used by the telecommunications sector.

Author: Kowalski, Ray, Richards, Jack

Publisher: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Publication Name: Electrical World
Subject: Electronics and electrical industries
ISSN: 0013-4457
Year: 1998

Telecommunications services industry, Telecommunications industry

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Subjects list: Laws, regulations and rules, Electric utilities

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Has Congress hampered utilities in the telecom market?