State-run shops have been told to switch off their refrigerators for two hours a day.

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Consumer advocates worry the change could prompt plants that are currently USDA-inspected to switch to state inspection.

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Still, a good local broker should be able to tell you which insurers have a history of raising rates faster than average or denying legitimate claims, and which are likely to stick around your state--key considerations, since you don't want to have to switch insurers later, when you may not be as healthy.

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She oversaw its conversion in 2008 from a fee-charging school to a state-funded academy - one of the first private schools in England to make the switch.

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In September of last year, a massive explosion at a Pemex natural-gas plant near the northern border city of Reynosa killed 30 workers and caused critical shortages of the fuel, causing the state-run electricity company Comision Federal de Electricidad to switch to more expensive fuels in order to free up some natural gas for industry.

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The worst thing that can happen now is for the state of Wisconsin to employ its own bait-and-switch.

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New York state is currently insisting that Indian Point switch to closed-cycle cooling, which uses much less water and is safer for fish.

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The state-or-federal option would to some degree mirror U.S. banking regulation, where many banks can switch between state and federal charters.

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For example, the New York State Public Service Commission includes customers who agree to switch from grid-provided electricity to power provided from onsite generation to receive incentive payments under most DSM programs.

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