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Since the US utility industry was deregulated in the 1990s my power outages have been:

more frequent and/or longer
 (399) 52.36%
about the same
 (198) 25.98%
less frequent and/or shorter
 (97) 12.73%
not sure
 (68) 8.92%
Total Votes: 762
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Since the US utility industry was deregulated in the 1990s my power outages have been:






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