21.   Its Houston Lighting and Power Co. unit provides electricity to Houston and other Gulf Coast cities in Texas.

22.   Jones also played an important role in shepherding projects dealing with rivers, harbors and flood control, and providing electricity for Alabama from the Tennessee Valley Authority.

23.   Murphy invited Allegheny Power to bid to provide electricity to an economic development zone in the city.

24.   New York and about a dozen other states are encouraging private companies to provide electricity, hoping that the competition will mean lower prices for consumers.

25.   No electricity will be provided.

26.   Now only three -- MidAmerican, IES and Interstate -- provide electricity there.

27.   Palo Verde provides electricity to utilities in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and Southern California.

28.   Peco provides electricity to the city of Philadelphia and its suburbs, and supplies natural gas to the suburbs.

29.   Private utilities are promoting the idea as a more efficient way to provide electricity.

30.   Private utilities are promoting the idea as an efficient way to provide electricity.