51.   Electricity and water supplies were also reduced to a minimum service, the state utilities company said.

52.   The state utility still controls power transmission, distribution and nuclear power operations.

53.   Shevardnadze confirmed expected electricity, water and bread shortages in the coming winter while on a fact-finding tour of state utilities and private businesses in the Georgian capital Tbilisi.

54.   Thai officials said Clarke would offer British expertise on privatizing state utilities here.

55.   The consortium, which includes Harbin Power Engineering Co. Ltd. of China, will operate the plant for a certain period, selling power to a state utility.