11.   Cost-effective photovoltaic cell technology could quickly reduce demand from traditional electricity suppliers.

12.   Deregulation was supposed to give ratepayers the right to choose among competing electricity suppliers.

13.   During the past two years, seven U.K. regional electricity suppliers have been taken over, including three by U.S. utilities.

14.   Georgia Power Co., a unit of Southern, is running local ads that emphasize its dependability as a longtime electricity supplier in the state.

15.   If the two pending bids succeed as expected, seven American utilities, including two joint partnerships, will own British electricity suppliers.

16.   If shareholders accept it, it will be the fourth takeover of a U.K. electricity supplier by a U.S. company in two years.

17.   New rules took effect in March that will allow businesses and eventually consumers to choose their electricity supplier much like they pick a long-distance telephone company.

18.   No one knows how many customers will switch to new electricity suppliers.

19.   On the one hand, the electricity suppliers have also said they do not want specific information divulged, he said.

20.   Other active issues included shares in electricity supplier Northern Electric Plc as the stock went ex-dividend.