21.   Meanwhile, the utilities that own the plant are forced to buy costly power from outside suppliers.

22.   Now, with half the country in some stage of deregulation, many utilities no longer own plants or build them.

23.   Nissan owns three plants in Mexico.

24.   Others are from data gathered by the Energy Department, which now owns the plants, its predecessor the Atomic Energy Commission, or their contractors.

25.   Plant spokeswoman Maureen Brown said the eight utility companies that own the plant had come to the conclusion that the plant was becoming too expensive to keep running.

26.   The Brighton plant is owned by Bull Information Systems, a subsidiary of the French electronics giant.

27.   The auction only applies to companies that also own generating plants in Ohio.

28.   The co-ops also have owned plants to turn seasonal milk surpluses into milk powder, cheese or butter, which are foods with a longer shelf life.

29.   The company owns plants in Los Mochis, Guadalajara, Tlanepantla, Arriaga, Jaltipan and Ramos Arizpe.

30.   The company that owned the plant was sold by the government to a subsidiary of Veba A.G., a utility giant in western Germany.