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New Delhi Power cuts still go strong, pitchdark in several parts
Power restored in main Philippines island
Energy crisis hits power-hungry Brazil
Ecuador to ration electricity starting next wk
Blackout Strikes South Of Border
India states may face blackout
Kaiser delays restart
U.S. energy security a rising priority
Rest of nation starting to feel pain of power deregulation
Brazil tries to stamp out its continuing energy ills
Brazil government sees no end to energy rationing
Tacoma paid the price for energy crisis
Shell Energy to pull plug in Texas
Stressed-out grid jeopardizes U.S. power supply
Brazil Could Face Energy Crisis
Power crisis could happen in Wisconsin
Power outage sends Woonsocket 'back to the stone age'
Power cut hits BT Cellnet users
Australia: Electricity, water thieves get away with millions
Power Shift
Massachusetts Gov. threatens utilities with fines
Ottawa power rate leaps 9.7% with worse to come
NZ: Power Prices Will Bankrupt Companies
For operators, a daily high-wire act
Puget Sound Energy seeks to boost electricity rates 18%
A third of Maui hit by blackout
Power plug pulled in Fort Wayne
New England Power Plants Show Signs Of Strain
WA:Blackout Plans In Snohomish County
Power shortage response creating transmission woes
Venezuela Pumps Power to Brazil
Power loss kills BART for 6 hours- CHAOS
CT:Almost 8,000 left without powerdue to heat wave
Russia: 1000 Factories in Siberia Cut Off for Not Paying Electric Bills
New England's electric grid faces biggest challenge of summer
Western power grid has a close call
Drought, California Energy Shortage Create Gloomy Winter Outlook in Northwest
Rate hikes help cut power use in western states
Heat puts strain on Wisconsin utilities
Wholesale electricity prices surge in Texas
Thousands in Twin Cities still without power; relief from heat in sight
ANALYSIS: Whither the energy crisis?
NZ:Hospital to use diesel generators
Chinese Man Sentenced to Death for Sabotaging Power Supply
Brazil goes to extremes to fend off energy crisis
Power blackout hits parts of Jakarta
Energy costs soar on Texas' first day of deregulation
Excessive heat taxes chicago's power supply
ComEd: 2-Yr Pwr Load Record Broken, Higher Loads Expected
Bush slays the vampires
CA: Huge PG&E bankruptcy case creates many conflicts of interest
New Zealand government calls for power savings to avoid blackouts
LIPA warns of power shortages on Long Island, N.Y.
Energy crisis follows heat wave in Northeast
Aluminium industry the new power in Russia
High demand causes New England power outages
New England heat wave prompts power warning
Detroit Edison Customers Demand Record Amount of Electricity
Brazil's dim future
Not This August
Toasted Arkansas substation knocks out power to 9,000
Power outages plague NY farmers
Russia Cable Thefts Are Putting Nation's Lights Out
Price Caps on Electricity—Where's the Outrage?
Western Power Prices Decline for Third Day on Low Demand
MD: FERC gives PSC a big headache
Las Vegas wakes up following power shutdown
Electric Goods Sales Drop in Brazil
Cuba Blames Power Plant Problems for New Blackouts
Ford may order work stoppage in Brazil
Power Price Caps Knock Diesel Farm Off-Line
Power-Starved Brazil May Shut Down on Fridays
Supplier refuses Tacoma Power
Flawed system is hurting electricity competition in Pa., critics say
How California Spread Its Electricity Shortage
India: Enron pulls out of electricity deal
Kentucky Power grid at risk with more plants
Montana may be next up for massive power shortages
Company Paints Roof to Rein in Energy Costs
AZ: Heat stretches power supply
OK: Hugo Plant Outage Will Raise Energy Rates
Production resumes at power plant blamed for Vegas blackouts
Price caps increase blackout threat
Brazil's energy crisis affecting the economy
NV:Blackouts-They said it probably wouldn't happen. They were wrong.
NY: Capacity is critical to power policy
Extreme heat causes power outages in Bullhead City, Mohave Valley
WA: Wenatchee area smelter shuts down for 15 months
Nevada hit with rolling blackouts, declares red alert
Energy Crisis Is Just One More Thing for Brazil
Mid-Atlantic grid operator issues max emergency alert
Power out for third day in New Hampshire
Less Than Half of Power Plants In Development Likely to be Completed
CA: Power failure hits 15,000 customers
Sri Lanka set for black outs amid energy crisis
UK: BNFL Warns Of Energy Crisis
Czech RepublicBlackout threatened
Power Settlement Talks Enter Second Day
Bonneville Power deals to buy back energy
Australian Energy Prices May Surge 20% on Capactity Shortage
Power pact countdown hits midnight
Who gets power when supply lags?
Eugene, Ore., Electricity Officials Prepare for Possible Blackouts
Western Energy Wars Headed For Showdown
MT:Drought putting the hurt on local power production
Crippled hydropower complex sums up Brazil's energy crunch
CA ISO through the top
How Bush Became a Believer to back FERC ruling
Arizona Opposes New Energy Price Controls, Blames California for Energy Problems
Energy crisis leaves Brazil in perpetual twilight
Minnesota , utilities announce power notification system
Feds Curb Power Prices In West
Who's down in the Northwest?
The Electric Slide
Ohio: Power on, off as transformer battles heat
Connecticut Power supplier issues warning
Why Price Caps Won't Work
Daily power cost dips below $30 million
Wisconsin Power outages cause inconveniences, closing
Girding Up For the Power Grid (Lonb article)
Report: Federal regulators to cap rates
Major Detroit power line fails
Blackouts–or blackmail?
Mesa Arizona power seeks 10 percent cut in use, threatens surcharge
Netherlands Energy Use Explodes
Power crunch puts the BPA under attack\
Illinois power problems could spark outages in Wisconsin
Power of advertising fights electricity rate caps
California not alone in energy quagmire
Northwest (will)power shortage
Brazil rations power
TX: TXU warns summer bills could increase as much as 21 percent
Alcan to cut Kitimat output to 50 percent of capacity
PA: Make deregulation magically disappear
Fears of an Energy Crisis Begin to Dim
What's the difference between California and the Titanic?
Power cuts hit eastern Nigeria
US diesel-generator boom threatens petroleum stocks
"the collapse will be strongly correlated with an 'epidemic' of permanent blackouts ...
Meanwhile, a Startling Surge in Demand for Electricity
Brazil Shortens Currency Trading Hours Due to Energy Cutbacks
The survivor's guide to blackouts
BPA Hopeful it Can Keep Prices Down
Energy Crisis in Brazil Brings Dimmer Lights and Altered Lives
World's No. 1 dam can't save Brazil from power crisis
Electricity rationing hammers Brazilian households
French Power Plays Trample Mediterranean Sensitivities
Blackouts go bicoastal
The energy crisis: ground zero
Industry feels energy squeeze
Massachusetts tackles time to save energy
Power crisis puts Brazil back in the dark age
Power Politics: A Failed Energy Plan Catches Up to New York
Brazil telephone firms warn of power problems
Montana: Locals planning power revolt
BPA-$2 Billion Needed For New Power Lines
Seattle electrical rates surge for 3rd time this year
Summer Electricity Prices in Eastern U.S. to Rise: Outlook
Power Shortage Disrupts Work at Iraqi Mills
ELECTRICITY CRISIS: 'I guess I won't eat'
Gas Price Site
Northwest Power Alliance Wages Radio War Against Bpa
BPA cuts power deal with PacifiCorp
Mass: Power firms make rate-hike bids
Blackout may generate riots, (NY) state warns
Mexico power plant goes down for hours
Not just a California problem
Columbia Falls Aluminum agrees to curtail power supply
Ontario consumers in dark on power rebate
MASS: NStar asks for electric rate hikes
Power cost puts heat on Texas businesses
Brazil introduces rationing as energy crisis looms
PG&E accused of gouging in the East
Ohio's summer electric supply 'tight but adequate'
Battle brews among major Washington power users
Utility warns of crisis for Iowa
Power Production Hindered By Old Power Lines
California Wants Washington And Oregon To Form 'Energy Cartel'
NW winter blackouts feared
From Rockies to Andes energy emergency spreads
Millions of US citizens 'face power cuts'
Power Crunch Puts Thousands Of Jobs On The Line
Iowa: Power shortage spurs shutdown
Communities fighting $ 270-million power line
As Power Prices Surge, Montana, Too, Asks Why
Power Crunch Pitting Steel Vs. Aluminum
Electricity fails in California
Western governors hold confab on power
Electricity strategy questioned. (Arizona)
Bush would allow eminent domain seizures for power lines
PGE: Streetlights Not Place To Save Power
California is dreaming of more power
Dry year intensifying NW region's power crunch
Mexico City ends dispute by changing its clocks
Arizona Power Plants Stockpiling Oil for Summer
Plan for temporary plants in NY to avoid outages gets mobbed by studio
Spain risks California-style power crisis
Heat Strains New England Power Grid
Electricity in a box
Seattle Power rates about to jump again
New Yorkers fear summer power struggle
Brazil may begin forced power cuts from August
3 outages keep Connecticut UI scrambling
Federal offices in California ordered to save energy
New York turns back to 'dirty' power plant
NZ: Multiple power bills cause `nightmare'
Calgary, Free Electricity: Is This Offer Too Good to be True?
Idaho Electric utility granted immediate 25 percent rate hike
Oregon: Higher energy prices looming
Ontario Should Sell Power Plants to US
North India heading for major power crisis
Americans concerned that the California energy crisis will hit home
Colorado:Almost 30,000 suffer morning power outage
Volkswagen Brazil warns on electricity rationing
Energy woes may impact produce costs
Energy crunch slams Cheyenne
Energy problem's roots found in overpopulation
Federal energy move called illegal
Power outage hits 11,000 customers in downtown Fort Lauderdale
Power surges plague Orem Utah
Locomotives will generate electricity
Aluminum's 'shameless subsidy'
California isn’t the only place bracing for electrical shocks
Brazil power rationing unavoidable
Who gets BPA power: smelters or utilities?
South Carolinians gulping electricity
BPA, Aluminum Industry in a Dogfight Over Energy
Higher electric bills? Most users unshocked
Ontario to Open Electricity Market
UK faces power cut threats
Keeping the lights on in Florida
Power Crunch Hitting Hospitals Hard Too
Power resale puts smelters on hot seat
N.Y. power prices seen up 46 pct by 2005
Montana economy faces power play
Bush advisor: Power crisis a ‘wake up call’
Nevada repeals power deregulation plan
Power crisis to linger
An energy crisis has arrived
Karachi:Season's worst power shortage: Grid supply snaps
Another energy problem brewing in U.S. heating bills
Seattle: Energy costs soak City Light
Rentals help Oregon utility meet power demand
BPA again puts power before fish
Update on U.S. grid status PLUS heat-wave forcasts
NW utilities get socked the hardest
Northwest's Power Supply Dries Up
New Yorkers nervous about possible electricity shortages
Oregon's top utility regulator accuses BPA of backing away from agreement
Power Woes Spread
States Want Power Prices Policed
BPA asks aluminum makers to go dark
Delaware transmission grid in doubt
California crisis fuels summer fears in U.S.
BPA Warns 'Reduce Power Consumption Or Else'
Caterpillar boosting generator production
NYSE&G Says New York Short on Energy Supply
Montana: Electric rates on their way up
Judge Blocks New York City Summer Power Plants
blackouts predicted a while back
BPA will save water for electricity instead of helping salmon
Georgia: First gas, now electric bills rising
Mass. Electric to hike rates up to 69%
Without rains, government says Brazil faces summer blackouts
Washington Governor :Real crisis will come this fall
California, the Y2K crisis has come a year later
WA: Bellingham pulp mill closing permanently-High electric prices
Victoria: Electricity bill savings wiped
Western dairy plants grapple with energy costs, disruptions
North American transmission system is gridlocked
Northwest Power Planners Urge Reduction In Dam Spillage
Ontario Power to Cost 8% More
NW Blackout concerns mount
Power deregulation takes another hit in Alberta
Northwest leery of Regional transmission plan
Electricity Rate Hikes Hit Rhode Island Consumers
California energy crisis stalls Oregon deregulation plans
Emergency Western Power Plan Sent to White House
Brazil struggles with energy
Aluminum Making May Vanish in U.S. Northwest as Power Surges
Metals industry jolted by electricity crisis
Northern lights face blackouts
Reliant executive paints dire power picture for US West
Arizona Safe from California Power Crunch
Don't forget the 'C' word
Cheney Warns U.S. on Energy
Nevada Casinos, mines fight electricity rate hike
Massachusetts may see “California-type” electricity blackouts
Arizona Power Crunch?
Government offers L.A. funds for utilities relief
To avoid a California storm, construct shelters now
N.Y. power agency warns against energy shortages
Idaho Power braces for long summer
Power blackouts could affect Colorado
Relief agencies overwhelmed
Aluminum's power play over energy
Utility plans 60 pct. increase in Cheyenne electricity rates
GA: Electric bills may rise 25 percent
BPA cuts off power to California to protect salmon runs
Alberta: Most power plants won't be built, report says
Cal-ISO back to stage 2 emergency
N.Y. Faces Probability of Blackouts
When Your Life Depends On Power, The Crunch Hits Hard
Tacoma Talks Tough On Power Conservation
Oklahoma Deregulation Delay Dead for Year
Big Aluminum's power plan doesn't sell here (Washington)
Rising Energy Prices Could Tip Washington Toward a Recession
Energy Crisis May Slam Salmon Recovery, Aluminum Plants
Western states concerned California may ban selling power to neoghbors
Electricity crisis slams Cheyenne
Soaring Electric Use More Fiction Than Fact
Soaring electric use more fiction than Fact
Electricity fears grow in Texas
Power outage darkens Saskatchewan
FERC Orders Refunds in California Power Sales
Mexico's power woes hinder Bush's plan
Water, gas shortage to boost U.S. West power prices
Canada's Ontario Province Faces Power Shortages
Major power blackout in India
Electric power supply shortage could spread east
State can raise rates to finance power purchases
WA governor signs deals increasing power generation
Washington State fired up to meet power crunch gton
Power grids could be vulnerable to hackers
Alberta Power prices continue to shock
'It's the worst of the worst' NW power shortage
Air may pay price for energy shortages
CA-ISO back to stage one emergency
Power woes boost jet-engine sales
Scotland: Power Firm Attacked Over Supply Claims
Bad federal energy policy turns off independent power plants
USA's power lines are fraying
Canada Urged to Take Action Against Three Coal-Fired Power Plants
Whole West could be hit by energy woes this summer
Colorado Springs, Colo., Utilities Firm Looks to Raise Rates 25 per cent
Nevada, California Face Up To Crisis
Nevada is steaming, and blaming California
Northwest warned to prepare for summer power shortages
New power plants face lack of turbines
The Slow and Constant Leak of Electricity
Power Shortage brings conspiracy theories
Idaho Power seeks 32% rate hike; California bills in arrears
N.Y.C. may face power crisis, too
On the Grid of off the Grid Bigger is Better
Most of West in the Same Power Jam as California
Ontario may repeat California's energy woes, critics
Rising utility costs make some choose between food, heat
As crisis expands, list of players in power game expands
Florida: Deregulation -- will it zap us?
Edmonton: Negative Deregulation Studies
Las Vegas Electric bills will increase
Deregulation: Darling to pariah in a summer
PA: Electric market is proving tough for competition
For New York, Energy Lessons Flicker in West
MT: Energy-price jumps could burn state, schools
Could energy crisis drive crime rates up?
Power woes echo across West
Idaho Power bills may rise up to 44%
BPA officials planning huge wind-power buy
Ireland faces power shortage
Aluminum plant's shutdown cuts jobs at Port of Everett
Shortage of Power Lines Looms
New York: Can Calif. power crisis happen here?
Consumers' power bills to jump at least 19%
WA:The drain on area's power - and money
Utah: Lehi's power woes stifle development
Doubts surface about New York City summer electricity supply
Hard to Pin Blame for Plant Shutdowns
ISO head says no injunction means power shortfall
Vermont: Stowe electric bills going up
California power crisis may affect Florida's future
Seattle: Shock to the System: Summer blackouts possible
Long Island Power Authority Says Its Low on Juice
BPA considers production step-up
Calif. Power Woes Affect Wash. Ferry
Firm offers to buy state's power grid
US energy supply insufficient
Tiny co-ops face huge power bills-452 per cent?
Californians plugged-in ways highlight crisis
Michigan regulators say lack of transmission access hurts retail market
Arizonans' power bills rising
Tampa, Fla., Utility Asks State to Raise Rates
BPA weighs buying out big contracts to curb rates
Electric supplier cutting off Nordstrom
Summer blackouts are likely in all of West, energy experts say
BPA asks Navy to use backup generators
Montana: BPA predicts 90% electricity hike for Pacific Northwest in October--termed economic disaster
California's Winter Misery Spreads to N.M.
Palm Pilots, not Californians, are the real electricity hogs
N.Y. groups working together to keep NYC lights on
BPA says crisis means it's solvency vs. salmon
NW energy woes? Wait till next year
New England Could Face Power Crisis Like California's
Calpine to sell energy to Calif.
Study: Outages rise in New England after deregulation
Close call on power for northwest
Puget Sound Energy sues largest customers
Bush to let emergency electricity sales order to expire on schedule
If Florida runs out of electricity
Southern states could face a power crisis
Washington smelter slashes aluminum production in order to resell its BPA power
Electric bills jolt Southwest Florida
US West's Power Crisis Offers Tough Choice
Northwest blackout fears grow
Energy outlook growing darker
Two Suppliers Depart New Jersey's Electricity Race
Cost of power crisis will be stunning, governors told
BPA wants Kaiser to share millions
Electricity utilities fear tech drought at server farms
Utah Power Wants Rate Hike -- Now
Internet centers guzzle energy
Seattle Electric rates go up again
Nevada Utilities seek record increases
Indiana is warned of potential for shortages in electricity
Proposal Threatens PSE`s Ability To Serve Customers
Denver grapples with Calif. crisis
Diesel power generators readied as energy crisis continues
Utah Cities bracing for power crunch
Arizona Rural utility gives rate alert
Power crisis hits Idaho businesses
Seattle City Light looking at 50 percent boost over last year
Pacific Northwest: One more cold snap could spell real trouble
Electricity bills up nationwide
Hawai'i power bills soar
Some fear Arizona electric shock
WA;Snohomish PUD chief answers "Who's to blame for power rate rise?"
Boeing and energy
Northwest Urged To Conserve Energy
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