1.   Con Edison sees no reason, he said, even with the leak last month, to replace the generators immediately.

2.   They were seen as a better alternative because of the expense and risk of building big coal and nuclear power plants to replace generators dependent on imported oil.

3.   Two steam generators were replaced during the last two years and the third will be completed early next year.

4.   Until now, the company had resisted requests from residents, government officials and environmental groups to replace the generators.

5.   President Leonel Fernandez announced last week plans to buy several new power plants to replace faltering generators.

6.   President Leonel Fernandez last month announced plans to buy several new power plants to replace faltering generators.

7.   Silver said the utility was aware of the possibility of the failure and could have avoided the outage by replacing steam generators sooner.

8.   They are expected to help determine whether the generators should be replaced and when the plant can be reopened, said Robert Leonard, a Consolidated Edison spokesman.

9.   They are expected to help determine whether the generators should be replaced and when the plant can be reopened.