1.   To avoid a total shutdown, Dalenergo has rationed power, blacking out parts of its grid for hours at a time.

2.   Engineers on Thursday sweated to repair two overworked power units whose breakdown forced the government to ration power.

3.   In Venezuela, droughts have led hydroelectrical plants to ration power.

4.   Power was rationed in March because of poor monsoon rain last year.

5.   The state electricity company began rationing power.

6.   Utility officials said that power would be rationed to five hours a day throughout Meta.

7.   The problem is also compounded by a sharp surge in the number of households consuming gas as electrical power is severely rationed.