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The state Utilities and Transportation Commission has received 8,000 comments from the public on the proposal to sell Puget Sound Energy to foreign investors and raise rates.
A spokeswoman, Marilyn Meehan, says about 95 percent of the comments oppose the sale and rate increase.
The federal Energy Regulatory Commission has already approved the $7.4 billion sale to a consortium, led by the Australian investment bank Macquarie (muh-KWAR'-ee) and the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board.
State regulators could approve the sale and rate increase by the end of the year.
PSE is the state's and largest investor-owned utility, with one million electric and 721,000 natural gas customers in 11 counties.
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Information from: The Olympian, http://www.theolympian.com
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