<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/84a8f00f-e08d-4b8c-ab50-e7ec6bc6f775/FBCC82BD-D0AD-4E40-A541-776411E819D3/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20091022/BUSINESS/910220396/1108/Bonacic-urges-PSC-to-reject-NYSEG-rate-hikes" href="http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20091022/BUSINESS/910220396/1108/Bonacic-urges-PSC-to-reject-NYSEG-rate-hikes" style="font-size: 11px;">www.pressconnects.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20091022/BUSINESS/910220396/1108/Bonacic-urges-PSC-to-reject-NYSEG-rate-hikes"><P><SPAN class="pp"></SPAN><B>REGION</B> State Sen. John J. Bonacic, R-Mount Hope, said Thursday he has filed comments with the New York Public Service Commission opposing New York State Electric & Gas Corp.'s request to raise its rates.<SPAN class="aa"></SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20091022/BUSINESS/910220396/1108/Bonacic-urges-PSC-to-reject-NYSEG-rate-hikes"><P><SPAN class="pp"></SPAN>NYSEG asked in September to raise its electric rates by 18.6 percent and its natural gas rates by 17.4 percent because of increasing expenses. If approved by the PSC, the increases could take effect by next August.<SPAN class="aa"></SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20091022/BUSINESS/910220396/1108/Bonacic-urges-PSC-to-reject-NYSEG-rate-hikes"><P><SPAN class="pp"></SPAN>The proposed increases would hurt New Yorkers who are struggling to make ends meet, Bonacic said.<SPAN class="aa"></SPAN></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/FBCC82BD-D0AD-4E40-A541-776411E819D3/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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