From my experience with those two companies, which I admit is not very broad, when you ask them a question they do everything they can to avoid the answering part, they do just about anything they can to dodge it to the point where you forget what you asked in the first place....

John Christensen jbc329@earthlink.net

"Come forth into the light of things, Let nature be your teacher." William Wordsworth

----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Price To: jbc329@earthlink.net Cc: jkotcon@wvu.edu; DSGJr@aol.com; ibtreehugger@gmail.com; EC@osenergy.org Sent: 2/11/2009 9:56:46 AM Subject: Re: Re: [EC] Fwd: NYTimes.com: Utilities Turn Their Customers Green,WithEnvy

Maybe we should ask them?

mike

Feb 11, 2009 09:25:42 AM, jbc329@earthlink.net wrote:

Leave it up to California to lead the nation in this sort of activity, can you imagine AEP or Alegeny doing the same?

John Christensen jbc329@earthlink.net

"Come forth into the light of things, Let nature be your teacher." William Wordsworth

[Original Message] From: James Kotcon jkotcon@wvu.edu To: DSGJr@aol.com; jbc329@earthlink.net; Vickie Wolfe

ibtreehugger@gmail.com; EC@osenergy.org

Date: 2/11/2009 8:53:21 AM Subject: Fwd: NYTimes.com: Utilities Turn Their Customers Green, WithEnvy

Here is a great way to encourage energy efficiency. Let's keep this in

our toolbox as we talk up the energy efficiency standards bill.

JBK

SCIENCE / ENVIRONMENT | January 31, 2009 Utilities Turn Their Customers Green, With Envy By LESLIE KAUFMAN Customers in California have been using less electricity, driven by their

utility to compete with their neighbors.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/31/science/earth/31compete.html?emc=eta1

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