11.   Abramson said those subsidiaries can also sell electricity when the markets are opened up, and having combined with Lilco, will only gain expertise in the electric market.

12.   Although Atlanta-based Southern owns five U.S. electric utilities, its trading arm will continue to sell electricity generated by a number of producers.

13.   But further blackouts Wednesday were averted when U.S. Energy Secretary Bill Richardson extended an emergency order requiring power suppliers to sell electricity to California.

14.   By allowing many companies to sell the electricity they generated in an open market, the price of electricity was supposed to decline.

15.   By controlling the transmission lines, the state could invite utility companies around the country to compete to sell electricity to Long Island customers.

16.   Calpine will sell its electricity to homes and businesses as New England states force electric utilities to compete for retail customers for the first time.

17.   By joining forces, the three partners will have more clout in negotiating prices when buying and selling electricity.

18.   Cemig sells electricity in the fast-growing state of Minas Gerais.

19.   CalEnergy, an Omaha, Nebraska-based operator of power plants, intends to sell electricity in New York after deregulation ends monopolies there in a few years.

20.   California utilities now offer to sell electricity at reduced rates to businesses that allow service to be interrupted when necessary.