11.   Soaring energy prices allowed L.A. to make a hefty profit selling its excess power.

12.   They will market their excess power to other utilities, cooperatives and municipal systems in the Southeast.

13.   What has especially incensed state officials is a recent decision by DWP commissioners to rescind a commitment to sell excess power at the cheaper rate.

14.   B.C. Hydro and companies like Cominco export their excess power through Powerex, the B.C. Hydro trade subsidiary.

15.   But Egypt could sell excess power from wind farms to other countries.

16.   Excess power is sold on the wholesale market.

17.   Government officials defend the project, saying that it will meet the electricity needs of a growing population and that excess power could be sold.

18.   If the wind is really blowing, they can sell any excess power to a wholesaler.

19.   It is intended primarily to sell power within Arizona, but the companies hope to sell excess power to wholesale customers in Southern California, Nevada and New Mexico.

20.   That decision has kept them shielded from blackouts and provided opportunities to make money by selling excess power to the ISO.