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Ed Markey: While nationally electricity rates have gone up 13 percent over the last 6 years, they have actually gone down in…

On the recordJuly 22, 2014
While nationally electricity rates have gone up 13 percent over the last 6 years, they have actually gone down in Massachusetts by 6 percent.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey contrasts rising national electricity rates with declining rates in Massachusetts.

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