1.   As it is, controllers from Kiev enforce rotating blackouts for as long as eight hours a day in many parts of the country.

2.   As the state danced on the edge of rotating blackouts, the company quickly applied to regulators for permission to expand its program, called E-Bid.

3.   A heat wave combined with the sudden failure of two large power generators prompted hours of rotating blackouts in California.

4.   For some small businesses, just as worrisome as rising energy prices is the promise of rotating blackouts this summer.

5.   Officials also stressed that the offers, while an important financial step, would not resolve the lingering shortages of power that caused rotating blackouts last week.

6.   Several months ago, the Public Utilities Commission said that oil refineries would not be exempt from rotating blackouts, despite a recommendation otherwise from the state energy commission.

7.   The fire chief, Rose Conroy, said the planning began last summer, when the utility first warned of the possibility of the rotating blackouts.

8.   The order has not stopped the state from suffering critical shortages in power, which caused the planned rotating blackouts in central and northern California on Wednesday and Thursday.

9.   The utility has gone to rotating blackouts involving some customers, Chew said.

10.   A stage three emergency usually results in rotating blackouts across the state, said Stephanie McCorkle, a spokeswoman for the Independent System Operator.