Electric industry restructuring

Electric industry restructuring
  The process of replacing a monopolistic system of electric utility suppliers with competing sellers, allowing individual retail customers to choose their supplier but still receive delivery over the power lines of the local utility. It includes the reconfiguration of vertically-integrated electric utilities.
  U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration's Energy Glossary

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