Deregulation Quotes

You'll have lower prices under deregulation than you will through regulation. - Kenneth Lay

Why should rate deregulation be an exercise in self-defense for pay phone consumers and a futile one at that? ... Government oversight must be maintained to ensure that pay phone owners and carriers do not abuse customers through high rates and by failing to disclose price information required by law. - Janee Briesemeister

What is noticeable from the moves of the administration is that they are merely concerned with short-term responses that aim to elicit short-term public approval. Why is it that the oil monopolies and their profits remain untouchable? Why is it that the oil deregulation law remains untouchable? - Renato Reyes

We're different than the gas companies in that the pass-through charge for us is fixed as part of the transition to deregulation in Pennsylvania. - George Lewis

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 have seen total deregulation in Victoria, they haven't looked back; and total deregulation this year in NSW for barley, canola and sorghum. That has occurred without a hitch. - Philip Hughes

We gave out more money that year because deregulation was going to have a big effect on our business and therefore was a very important issue to us. - Tim Brown

We consider that the gradual nature of the reform provides a fairly protected environment for European manufacturers over the next four years, and we continue to believe that full deregulation in the EU market for sugar production and processing is remote. - Olaf Toelke

Utilities are going to have to write off some of their debt. We are not going to compensate them for mistakes of judgment they made; they were big proponents of deregulation back in 1996. - Gray Davis