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rotomac hdisons 322,(XX) customers saw electric rates decrease in 1989, a direct result of lower fuel costs and sales of electricity to nonaffiliated utilities, according to the company’s annual report.
For residential customers, the average cost per kilowatthour dropped four percent, from 6.21 cents per kilowatthour in 1988 to
94.3%