Industry representatives said the utilities had spent $2.5 billion, the price of several power plants.

Ignored Its Own Study Since then, utilities have spent $5 billion a year to comply.

The law required utilities to buy the power at a rate equal to that which the utilities would have spent to generate it themselves.

He said the utility had already spent $8 million preparing its filing, which will be delivered to the commission in Washington today.

The utilities have spent $48 billion on indirect costs, including waste disposal and investments in plants that were canceled.

Last year, utilities spent $66 million for the conservation effort, according to data compiled by the Natural Resources Defense Council.

In California, utilities spent $415 million last year.

In addition, electric utilities are spending more than $1 billion annually on energy-efficiency programs.

The utility has spent $3 million over the last year on the advertising, mostly for television.

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