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			 New Investment Needs for the Next Decade and Beyond  The Consumer Perspective 
			
				The Santa Fe Conference (New Mexico State University Cengter for Public Utilities) 
			
			March 19, 2007 
			
			
			Consumers are already burdened with utility bills that have as much as doubled at a time when most incomes have barely risen. Utility proposals to as much as double infrastructure investment must be reconciled with the need for affordable utility service. Key strategies include efficiency and reduction of risk. Special consideration is needed for low-income consumers.
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