The idea of extending electricity rate caps appears to be
gaining momentum in Harrisburg.  Gov. Ed Rendell has invited two
proponents of extending caps, Sen. Lisa Boscola, D-Northampton,
and Rep. Camille George, D-Clearfield, to discuss the matter
next week. Both Boscola and George have drafted legislation that
would head off a surge in electricity prices by extending caps
that are due to expire in 2010 and 2011.  "Sometimes I feel like
Paula Revere," Boscola said in a news release late Tuesday.
"Deregulation is coming! Deregulation is coming! And no one
around me knows what I'm talking about.   "But, it's coming and
it will hurt people, kill small businesses, and be one more huge
shock to household budgets that middle-class, working families
just can't afford," she said.  Under pressure from the electric
industry and large electricity consumers, Pennsylvania began to
deregulate its electric industry in 1996. The change meant the
state's Public Utility Commission would no longer be able to set
electricity pri