71.   Meanwhile, the utilities that own the plant are forced to buy costly power from outside suppliers.

72.   Meanwhile, utilities were required to sell plants and buy power from a central supply point on a short-term basis.

73.   Much of the recent rush among companies to merge, acquire and combine has been fueled by the enormous buying power of stock as the overall market soared.

74.   New power stations and long-term contracts to buy power are expected to protect customers from wildly fluctuating prices.

75.   Nevertheless, some managers say a detailed knowledge of how properties operate will give them an advantage over third parties in buying power.

76.   None of the electric utilities in the area has been willing to sign up to buy power from the project, although several said they were studying it.

77.   Now countries like Taiwan are rethinking the wisdom of that strategy, having watched their reserves dwindle in buying power compared with the yen.

78.   Now it must sell what it does produce from its remaining hydroelectric and nuclear plants and buy more power on the commercial market each day.

79.   Over the next four years, the market would be opened to those who buy less power until competition eventually reaches the residential level.

80.   Part of the plan was to use the cells to provide power for the signs instead of buying power from coal-fired generating plants that emit pollution.