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Gulf Oil is looking to become an electricity supplier

By Erin Ailworth

 |  Globe Staff  

  January 26, 2012

The Framingham-based company, said it will launch the new service, Gulf Electricity, in Connecticut in March, but expects to expand into Massachusetts in about a year, and will ultimately spread nationwide. Utility deregulation rules make it possible for Massachusetts and Connecticut customers to choose between a default electricity supplier or competing firms to get the best price, though they still receive bills from their regular utility for distribution and transmission costs.

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