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WESTBOROUGH — Power company New England Electric System (NEES) said Monday it had agreed to buy Eastern Utilities Associates in deal worth about $634 million, in the latest consolidation spurred by deregulation in the electricity industry.
In December, NEES said it would merge with National Grid Group, a privately owned British transmission company. In its [...]