61.   Last week, California dodged blackouts only after the federal Energy Department forced out-of-state generators to sell power to financially strapped utilities.

62.   Last week, Davis fired five consultants hired to negotiate power contracts for the state after learning that they held stock in companies that sell power to California.

63.   Los Angeles customers have escaped outages and steep rate hikes and the DWP has been selling excess power to the state.

64.   Nations and Trigen agreed to upgrade the plant and sell power to Coors.

65.   Northeast has been active in selling this power.

66.   One hundred and sixteen companies have registered to sell power in the state, and the rivalry is expected to be fierce.

67.   Other utilities that sell expensive power want to slow the process, so they can make the transition without bankrupting themselves.

68.   Outages at Commonwealth Edison nuclear plants left the company unable to sell power to other utilities during the quarter, said Sandra Allen, a spokeswoman.

69.   Pacific Gas and Electric and Southern California Edison would then be allowed to sell that power to the public at slightly higher prices.

70.   PacifiCorp also sells power in Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming and California.