1.   Brazil has an electricity shortage.

2.   But deregulation, combined with the recent electricity shortage, has given the industry new life instead.

3.   But just a year ago, the governor was issuing Grinch-like warnings not to turn on holiday lights too early because of electricity shortages.

4.   But the electricity shortage the summer sun has brought to light will be with us, in the best of cases, for years to come.

5.   California is likely to face electricity shortages this summer.

6.   California Gov. Gray Davis has led the indictment of Texas for the California electricity shortage and rocketing rate increases.

7.   Democrats tried to place much of the blame for the crisis on the Bush administration, which they said had done little to alleviate the electricity shortage.

8.   Electricity shortages are common throughout the former Soviet bloc.

9.   Earlier this year, a severe electricity shortage in California led to rolling blackouts.

10.   In many neighborhoods, the electricity shortage that has afflicted the capital since Christmas also kept many celebrators at home or from watching Carnival events on television.