For the record, there's a reason electric and water companies are granted monopolies (in exchange for regulation). If you think power lines are unsightly now, imagine five companies running separate sets of poles and lines down your street. And if it seems like the water company is always digging up the road in front of your house now, wait until there's a half-dozen of them competing for your business (not to mention the gas company....).

The best place to exert pressure is the regulatory agency (PURA), and the second-best is your local lawmaker's office. I worked at an electric company, and I can tell you from personal experience the extent to which the executives lay awake in bed at night worrying about pending regulatory decisions and legislation. (Not suggesting that I ever slept with a power company executive, mind you -- but I certainly got plenty of anxious emails from them during hours when normal humans are sleeping.)