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FOCUS TASKS: Competition in electricity supply is being introduced in your country. Consumer groups think that many people already cannot afford their electricity, and that competition will make them worse off because none of the companies will want to supply customers who pay late or not at all. Discuss what campaign you could organise around this, focussing on the issue of public service obligations. Specify: what your objectives would be who you would target what specific demands you could make eg for a statutory right to a minimum supply of electricity RESOURCES: Electricity prices Aguas Argentinas Responsibility for pollution PSI policy on the environment TIME 1½ hours