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Electricity Deregulation Puts Pressure on the Transmission Network and Increases Its Cost

August 27, 2003

In wake of the massiver blackout in the Northeast, government officials and industry experts are calling for a massive upgrade of the transmission system that would cost between $50 billion and $100 billion.

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