Regulated Quotes

Well, there's no question that the law passed in 1996 was flawed. It deregulated the wholesale market, meaning the price that the utilities had to pay energy companies for power, but not the retail market. - Gray Davis

Well, rates would go up whether you deregulate or not, and of course, the rates that are going up right now on the electricity side are still within the regulated framework. - Kenneth Lay

We'd love to see it regulated and taxed. - Michael Bolcerek

We would like uniformity in the form of federal standards. This is a heavily regulated industry already. We're not unaccustomed to regulations within the chemical industry. In fact, many times regulations are helpful because they provide clarity on how we're supposed to comply. The worst thing you can have in the chemical industry is ambiguity in regulations. - Chris Spear

We will still exist, with the same workers, and the same facility security plan, regulated by the same Coast Guard and Customs officials. And we'll be audited just as often maybe more often. - Michael Seymour

We were portrayed as having complete and total access to national parks, and that's just not true. We are already regulated. As long as they achieve some management objective, regulation is fine. - Ed Klim

We think those companies have both a strong regulated base with which to grow from, but also will do well in the deregulation area, making a lot of money there as well. We're looking at some great strong power price fundamentals for the next couple of years; they just look excellent. - Paul Patterson

We think the compliance and operational risk management concept is of critical and increasing importance ... in today's highly regulated environment. ESS has built a leading position in an important category within the broader enterprise software universe, and they have an experienced management team that can successfully take the company to its next level of growth. - Jeremy Wolfe

We own Edison International -- it is our largest position. It's a California utility. It could earn $2 a share next year, ... And it's probably worth between $22 and $24 (per share). They have an unregulated subsidiary, which could be worth another $2 to $4 (per share). - David Beard

We operate in a very intensely regulated world, including the mutual funds we manage and our company, which is publicly traded. Jerry Rubinstein has unique technical knowledge and skills; he is a CPA and an attorney. Furthermore, Rubinstein has tremendous entrepreneurial experience in the capital markets with leadership roles in several industries, ranging from oil and banking to the music industry. - Frank Holmes