31.   In mid-May, Enron issued a notice to the state utility, warning it to stop defaulting on payments.

32.   It has been accused of winning the contract without facing competitive bidding and of planning to charge the state utility too much for the electricty the project will produce.

33.   It is the fourth state electric utility to be privatized.

34.   Pataki also signed into law a measure that will prohibit New York state utilities from helping Midwestern companies that exceed their allowed emissions.

35.   Some Maharashtra legislators have accused Enron of winning the contract without submitting bids and planning to charge the state electric utility too much money.

36.   That post is particularly important with Pakistan pledging to step up its privatization drive by selling off state utilities, and following disputes over tariffs with private power providers.

37.   The consortium was led by Coelba, another privatized state utility controlled by Iberdrola, and Guaraniana, a special company also run by the Spanish utility.

38.   The head of the state utility in charge of the plant, Werner Hlubek, said chances were slim for any efforts to revamp the plant.

39.   The government says the companies charged inflated prices for electricity sold to the cash-strapped state utility.

40.   The government threatened Wednesday to use police force to break up planned strikes at subways and other state utilities by a new, maverick labor group.