11.   A long-term energy agreement between the two power producers would be lucrative for CTG, Wright said.

12.   A prime example is Enron, which has faced increased competition from power producers, such as Mirant, moving into the trading end of the business.

13.   A reasonable profit for power producers would be built in, supporters said.

14.   A number of states are putting pressure on power producers to buy high sulfur coal from local mines.

15.   After that, Boston Edison can buy power at auction from any power producer and resell it to those customers choosing to stay with Edison.

16.   Also among the losers was Banpu Plc, a coal miner and power producer.

17.   BUSH EXTENDS ORDERS ON POWER President Bush agreed to extend for two weeks federal orders that require power producers to sell surplus electricity and natural gas to California.

18.   But deregulation has greatly reduced that tendency, leaving most power producers with smaller reserves of generating capacity, said Philip Verleger Jr., a California energy economist.

19.   But now these power producers are not being paid.

20.   But it is not just the independent power producers that would suffer.