The environment we operate in is a regulated world. Each individual rural electric co-op has its own board of directors. Under the legislature, we have our own control. We do our own regulation. That's only because we serve our own members. Our shareholders and our members are the same.
The other parties that are in the industry with us are large international corporations. They are guaranteed a 9.25% return on their investment through the [Inaudible--Editor]. Their incentive is to.... I guess they don't have the apprehension about making the investment. The more they invest, the greater their return.
We operate on the basis of trying to supply the service to our members, the owners of the co-op, at cost. So we're seeing quite a spread in the rates for our members and the utilities. Then of course, justifiably so, that gives them a little more incentive to eliminate the local co-ops as well.