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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of deregulate.

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  • A study prepared for public utility commissioners of the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade legislation finds that “any allowance allocation” in deregulated markets “will result in consumer-funded windfall profits,” and says investing allowance auction proceeds in “technologies and strategies that directly reduce energy use and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions is one effective strategy for lowering consumer costs.”

    Wonk Room » The WonkLine: July 16, 2009 2009

  • But as energy prices have soared, electricity rates have gone up more in deregulated states than in regulated ones ….

    Free Market Frenzy Nick Anthis 2006

  • But as energy prices have soared, electricity rates have gone up more in deregulated states than in regulated ones ….

    Archive 2006-03-01 Nick Anthis 2006

  • Thaler’s point is that many people hate making these choices and if people refuse to make informed decisions in deregulated markets, we will be slow to see the benefits of deregulation.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » The Double Standard of Libertarian Paternalism 2010

  • That’s the conclusion of a national utility expert, who also reports that those in deregulated states typically have had larger rate increases than customers in states still under regulation.

    Think Progress » DeLay: ‘I Cannot Run For Office’ In Texas, ‘I’m Ineligible’ 2006

  • We began building our sandcastles in the sky in the 1970s, when economists and policy-makers fell in love with the idea of deregulated markets.

    Les Leopold: Happy Wall Street Day? 2009

  • In 1968, they were privatized and therefore deregulated, which is to say, profitable for the few and corrupt for the many.

    BUSH'S ECONOMIC POTEMKIN VILLAGE FINALLY CRUMBLING 2008

  • In addition to the computational analysis, clustering of probesets was based on our extensive lists of genes previously described as deregulated in PD, and which include a wide spectrum of cellular pathways and processes

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Filip Simunovic et al. 2010

  • - the American power market was recently deregulated, which is expected to make the industry more open.

    Sound familiar? Ed Hollett 2007

  • But just imagine if Republicans had their way in your life -- say they 'deregulated' traffic laws, for instance.

    Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [131] -- Democratic Campaign Advice 2010

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