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This was before they became indistinguishable from America Online. The same chaos is about to break out in the electricity and natural gas sectors. And heating oil? Well, that's a last bastion of mom-and-pop small businesses, many of them modeled on Bonny and Clyde. <br><br> <table cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" border="0"> <tr> <td colspan="2" bgcolor="ffffff"> <p class="redbig">Utilities</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50%" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <li><a href="allegheny_energy.html">Allegheny Energy</a></li> <li><a href="ambit.html">Ambit</a></li> <li><a href="arizona_public_service.html">Arizona Public Service</a></li> <li><a href="bay_state_gas.html">Bay State Gas</a></li> <li><a href="centerpoint.html">CenterPoint Energy</a>, Houston</li> <li><a href="con_ed.html">Con Ed</a>, New York</li> <li><a href="consumers_energy.html">Consumers Energy</a>, Michigan</li> <li><a href="consumers_power.html">Consumers Power</a>, Oregon</li> <li><a href="dominion.html">Dominion Resources</a></li> <li><a href="dpi_energy.html">DPI Energy</a></li> <li><a href="dte.html">DTE Energy</a></li> <li><a href="duke.html">Duke Energy</a></li> <li><a href="ferrellgas.html">Ferrellgas</a></li> <li><a href="fla_power.html">Florida Power Company</a></li> <li><a href="gpu.html">GPU Electric Company</a>, Hightstown, NJ</li> <li><a href="homeland_park.html">Homeland Park Water</a>, Anderson, SC</li> <li><a href="laclede.html">Laclede Gas Co.</a>, St. Louis</li> <li><a href="lakeland_electric.html">Lakeland Electric</a>, Florida</li> <li><a href="long_beach_water.html">Long Beach Water</a>, California</li> <li><a href="mass_elec.html">Massachusetts Electric</a></li> <li><a href="national_grid.html">National Grid</a></li> </td> <td width="50%" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <li><a href="navapache.html">Navapache Electric</a></li> <li><a href="nicor.html">Nicor</a></li> <li><a href="no_ill.html">Northern Illinois Gas</a></li> <li><a href="novec.html">Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative</a></li> <li><a href="nyc_water.html">New York City Water Dept.</a></li> <li><a href="peace_river_electric.html">Peace River Electric</a></li> <li><a href="peoples_gas.html">Peoples Gas</a>, Chicago</li> <li><a href="pepco.html">Pepco</a></li> <li><a href="progress_energy_florida.html">Progress Energy Florida</a></li> <li><a href="pseg.html">PSE&G</a>, New Jersey</li> <li><a href="reliant.html">Reliant Energy</a></li> <li><a href="santana.html">Santana Energy</a></li> <li><a href="santee_electric.html">Santee Electric Cooperative</a></li> <li><a href="semco.html">SEMCO Energy</a></li> <li><a href="socal_gas.html">Southern California Gas</a></li> <li><a href="socal_edison.html">Southern California Edison</a></li> <li><a href="southwestern_electric.html">Southwestern Electric</a></li> <li><a href="txu_energy.html">TXU Energy</a></li> <li><a href="us_energy_savings.html">U.S. Energy Savings</a></li> <li><a href="virginia_natural_gas.html">Virginia Natural Gas</a></li> <li><a href="washington_gas.html">Washington Gas</a></li> <li><a href="xcel.html">Xcel Energy</a></li> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" bgcolor="ffffff"> <p class="redbig">Oil & Gas Dealers</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50%" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <li><a href="all_service_propane_ca.html">All Service Propane</a>, Anderson, CA</li> <li><a href="arlington_energy.html">Arlington Energy</a></li> <li><a href="bogus.html">Bogus Oil</a>, Elizabeth, NJ</li> <li><a href="hart_petroleum.html">Hart Petroleum</a></li> <li><a href="north_pole.html">North Pole Fuel Oil</a></li> </td> <td width="50%" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <li><a href="petro_oil.html">Petro Oil</a></li> <li><a href="ss_fuel.html">S&S Fuel Co.</a></li> <li><a href="windsor_fuel.html">Windsor Fuel Oil</a></li> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" bgcolor="ffffff"> <p class="redbig">Toll Roads, Transit Agencies</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50%" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <li><a href="ez_pass.html">EZ Pass</a></li> </td> <td width="50%" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff"> </td> </tr> </table> <br> <p>There are those, like Anita in St. Louis, who think that deregulation will be beneficial for consumers. 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