No puff of white smoke emerged after Pope John Paul II's visit to Cuba - no indication that the island is any nearer to a new leader after four decades of Castroism. And yet, change seems to be in the air. For consumers, deregulation of the retail electricity industry has been mostly talk so far. Real action has been limited.
Few people can choose their own power provider.
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