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Public pays for settlement

Dear Editor: Energy Minister Bill Bennett assures us that the decision to pay $750 million to privately owned California utility companies to make a 10-year-old dispute go away will not raise prices for hydro rate payers.

Dear Editor: Energy Minister Bill Bennett assures us that the decision to pay $750 million to privately owned California utility companies to make a 10-year-old dispute go away will not raise prices for hydro rate payers.

One way or another, however, the money is going to be paid by the public.

It may come out of a different pocket, but it's the same pair of jeans.

Bill Brassington

Burnaby