41. NGC and Enron are also leading wholesale electricity marketers, linking utilities wishing to buy electricity with utilities and other generators who have power to sell. 42. NGC and Enron are also leading wholesale electricity marketers, linking utilities wishing to buy electricity with utilities and other generators who have voltage to sell. 43. Nonetheless, predictions of more hot weather and tighter supplies of wholesale electricity in the region spurred the utility to request conservation. 44. Power marketers buy and sell wholesale electricity, hoping to profit by selling power to customers for less than traditional suppliers such as utilities. 45. Similarly, wholesale electricity prices have remained stable. 46. Since that plan opened up wholesale electricity markets to competition, consumers and utilities alike have struggled with high prices and low supplies. 47. Similarly, it is universally acknowledged that supply shortages drove wholesale electricity prices through the roof and forced the state to implement rolling blackouts. 48. Southern has been involved in wholesale electricity sales for years. 49. Such strong words are sparked in part by how important wholesale electricity has become for the utilities. 50. Texas, staring into the same energy abyss that swallowed California, struggled to find its way Monday as wholesale electricity prices spiked sharply higher. |