Caplan, with the American Public Power Association and Brobeck, with the Consumer Federation of America, go on to say that regulators do not adequately monitor the open access system.

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Note that the cases that I have discussed so far (Jewel, Brobeck and Howrey) involved California law, but because the partnership acts are uniform, the results should be similar in other states.

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