There were also discussions around innovation that would be more relevant to utility markets such as smart metering, leak detection, pressure regulation, water quality monitoring and more.
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However, its defence is that it was under pressure to ensure regulation was "light touch".
None of them dared touch the pictures as a result of both public pressure and threatened regulation.
Whatever happens to the hapless phone sleuths at the News of the World, few doubt that the pressure for tighter regulation wll grow: Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, is the latest to call for at least a review of press practices.
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Credit card companies have been facing uncertainty as new regulation threatens to put pressure on their margins.
First, Mr Barnier and his colleagues are under pressure to propose swathes of crowd-pleasing regulation, especially in financial services.
Self-regulation, social norms, and public pressure can also help counter many problems without resorting to major changes in liability norms.
The Anaheim captain still delivered two remarkable assists in pressure-packed moments to hand Chicago its third regulation loss in six games after its 21-0-3 start to the season.
Frenkel downplayed the suggestion the suit was timed to pressure Goldman and other banks into remaining silent over the financial regulation reforms being discussed in Congress.
Much of the hype over impending government regulation comes from short sellers who have kept very public pressure on Washington to pursue particularly stringent new rules.
The real potential fallout for banks is the pressure the publicity puts on Congress and regulators to pass a real financial regulation bill that will mean something for financial sector stability and investor protection in the future.
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Prop 65 has historically been used to pressure companies into removing chemicals of concern from their products, in the absence of regulation that requires them to do so.
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This is the opposite of President Obama's approach, which has been marked by the helter-skelter of temporary tax cuts, stimulus after stimulus, housing bailout upon housing rescue, favoritism for some industries over others, and arbitrary regulation that may or may not be mitigated if the White House feels enough political pressure.
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