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[quote user="MP173"] 4.  I have no faith whatsoever in the utilities passing any savings along to the customers.  Yeah right!  As the AntiGates said so well, they are capitalists....just like me.[/quote]As you know, most capitalists are loath to pass on savings to consumers unless forced to by competition or regulation, US railroads being a good example of that..........[;)]However, you can be sure that any cost increases borne by the utilities will be passed on to the consumers.  The UP/BNSF flustercluck in the PRB forced many utilities to purchase energy on the merchant market or generate electricity using more expensive natural gas, and most of those costs were passed on to the utility customers.  So in a way, it does save the consumers unexpected increases in their bills if the utilities can get their coal reliably and at the lowest possible cost.  That's what the DM&E project will engender.
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