1.   And new reports show that ISO requirements may have helped spur the sky-high wholesale power prices charged by out-of-state producers.

2.   APS is also an active trader in the wholesale power commodities mar ket on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

3.   BART won the right to receive wholesale power last month under special state legislation authored by Senator Quentin Kopp.

4.   Because of the current rate freeze, the two utilities have been unable to pass along sky-high wholesale power costs to customers.

5.   Accusing the federal regulators of ignoring their duty while energy costs spiral, Western senators introduced legislation Tuesday that would impose temporary price controls on wholesale power.

6.   About two weeks into electric deregulation, Texas is enjoying some of the lowest average wholesale power rates in the nation.

7.   But the agency ordered that calculations for refunds be based on a price-control formula it imposed in June to tame wholesale power prices.

8.   California thus runs the risk of paying above-market rates in years ahead if, as many expect, wholesale power rates decline before the contracts expire.

9.   California has already found that it cannot unilaterally impose price caps on wholesale power because other states are also short of power, and the electricity simply goes elsewhere.

10.   Cheney noted that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has adopted limited controls on wholesale power sales in the region.