CEI's rates rival Cleveland Public Power; Ohio's electric deregulation one cause of price gap reduction.(News)(Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co.)

Crain's Cleveland Business,  October, 2004  

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Byline: JAY MILLER City-owned Cleveland Public Power has lost its traditional price advantage against longtime rival Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co., a unit of FirstEnergy Corp. Bill Callahan, a West Side resident, noticed last month that his CPP rate had risen to 12.7 cents per kilowatt-hour, and when he ran a comparison he found the rate was equal to what Cleveland Electric Illuminating is charging.

"CEI's rates changed in July, the rates came down, and CPP didn't change,'' said Mr. Callahan, who is executive director of Cleveland Digital Vision, a local nonprofit ...

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