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To: Robert Graham who wrote (2927)	1/6/1998 4:20:00 PM
From: Wink	Read Replies (1) of 78546

>>Utilities are not growth stocks. Utilities do not make good value investments over the longer term. I do not understand why this has changed. Have I missed something here? I think there are much better ways in making money with a very manageable level of risk.<< Bob, as a utility person I can agree and disagree with the above. Historically speaking you are right, utilities do not make good value investments over the long term, but with deregulation comes the chance for utilities to go beyond their core service offerrings. My utility is in the home security business, sells and services water heaters, and is about to offer private line maintenance and other home appliance repair. We are also looking at power marketing and energy services in the near term. I can also agree that there are much better ways to make money with a a lot less risk. Those utilities that do it right though will add a lot of shareholder value. Note that "shareholder value" is the driving force behind my utility (BGR) and is probably so with others as well. ;>)

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