21.   Hydroelectric generators have to buy expensive electricity from less efficient thermal power producers to meet sales commitments.

22.   In upstate New York, Alcan Aluminum Corp. won permission to buy electricity directly from a nearby independent supplier building a gas-fired plant.

23.   It dictated that electricity be bought and sold only in a single spot market.

24.   Its business plan is based on the premise that, given a choice, consumers and businesses will want to buy electricity that was generated in environmentally sound ways.

25.   It will buy electricity from outside sources if that proves cheaper than producing it.

26.   Just as your company buys electricity from centralized utilities, it can now purchase computer applications, on an as-needed basis, from centralized ASPs.

27.   Last month, Colombia said it would start buying electricity from Venezuela to ease energy shortfalls caused by dry weather and a rebel attack against a power station.

28.   Most people buy their electricity from slumlords, and the power is unreliable.

29.   MVM buys the electricity generated by the seven power stations and resells it to the distribution companies.

30.   Once the dams are sold, Daishowa will buy replacement electricity from the Bonneville Power Administration through Port Angeles City Light.