1.   Come summer when hot days command one-third more energy to run air conditioners, residents will be called to cut back even more to prevent blackouts.

2.   Day-to-day, utility deregulation will not have any significant impact on the operations of the grid, which will continue to be focused on preventing blackouts.

3.   Early Wednesday, Petta said the company itself cut the power to prevent the blackout from spreading across Manhattan.

4.   Like many of the residents, the mayor criticized Con Edison for failing to do more to prevent the blackout.

5.   More awkward for Bush is the fact that his plan will do nothing whatsoever to prevent either blackouts in California or soaring gasoline prices this summer.

6.   Such cutoffs are intended to prevent widespread blackouts by easing demand on the power grid.

7.   The city asked the courts to order Con Edison to develop a new plan for the design, installation and maintenance of its power distribution system to prevent blackouts.

8.   The Texas power grid uses these projections to prevent blackouts, as even a brief imbalance between consumption and generation destabilizes the power grid.

9.   Wood warned that the price controls imposed by FERC this week will not prevent blackouts this summer because electricity remains in short supply.

10.   He said the debate over wholesale prices is diverting attention from the need to find ways to increase supplies and prevent blackouts.