11.   Later, regional utilities were created and sold electric service to the factories.

12.   Negotiations by regional utilities to create the organization failed.

13.   Northern said it will parcel out its benefit from the National Grid, owned by the regional utilities, to shareholders.

14.   Non-voting shares in regional utilities controlled by the state of Sao Paulo also rose.

15.   Nowadays, whether directly or indirectly, the regional utility, the Kansai Electric Power Co., employs the bulk of the population.

16.   Plans to deregulate U.S. electricity sales are prompting acquisitions designed to make regional utilities into diversified, national competitors.

17.   Regional electric utilities that are partially owned by Eletrobras look to it for financing because they lack the resources to borrow.

18.   Regional utilities, partially owned by Eletrobras, look to it to raise funds to finance the expansion of generating capacity and expand transmission systems.

19.   Ruhrgas acts as an intermediary between natural gas producers and regional utilities.

20.   Texas Energy may bid still higher, but some financial analysts predicted the U.S. company would instead target another regional utility, such as London Electricity.