The North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC)  asks House Speaker to 
act on electric reliability. NERC has written a letter to Speaker of the 
House Dennis Hastert urging his support for passage of legislation this 
congressional session to promote reliability of the electric power grid. 


Anger over pricey power in San Diego key to House race.  The soaring bills 
for electricity that have been showing up in the mail boxes of southern 
Californians are expected to influence the November ballot boxes in a tight 
race that pits Republican Representative Brian Bilbray against a Democratic 
challenger. 


N.H. Electric Deregulation Clears Last Major Hurdle. The three-year battle 
over the restructuring of Public Service Co. of New Hampshire has cleared its 
last major hurdle with regulatory approval of a state law. But a few 
potential stumbling blocks remain, officials said. 




In Tallahassee, Fla. the way electricity is generated and delivered to homes 
and businesses is likely to be vastly different in a decade. A panel on 
Wednesday began to decide how different by developing a statewide energy 
policy....One of the most controversial issues is likely to be the prospect 
of deregulation and out-of-state power companies that want to challenge the 
local monopolies of the state's investor owned utilities. 



A California power emergency escalated on Wednesday with some industrial and 
commercial customers cut off as scorching temperatures boosted demand and 
fires threatened three major transmission lines. 


Springville, Utah City officials again face angry power customers....
The City Council will meet at Tuesday evening to talk about payment options 
and again try to help 
residents understand why they are receiving high utility bills.