1.   As a result, Texas is self-sufficient, while California must buy electricity from neighboring states.

2.   Because the units were unavailable, the agency said, California had to buy electricity from other, more expensive plants owned by AES.

3.   BPA is proposing that aluminum smelters, which buy electricity directly from the agency, stop those purchases for up to two years beginning in October.

4.   After the plants are sold, TXU said, the utility will buy electricity from other providers rather than relying solely on its own generation.

5.   All customers will pay Peco for delivery, even if they buy electricity from someone else.

6.   But now that Northeast buys its electricity on the open market at peak hours, the price can change fast.

7.   But you will be able to choose the company from whom you buy the electricity that runs through those lines.

8.   Buyers will use the futures to lock in their utility costs weeks or months before they actually buy the electricity.

9.   Colombia will start buying electricity from Venezuela today to ease a shortfall caused by dry weather and a recent rebel attack against a power station, newspapers reported.

10.   Consumers could buy electricity directly from utilities.