1.   It has to keep its own prices down so that it can compete with other major electricity suppliers.

2.   Two years ago, the Public Utility Commission instituted a program allowing residents to choose their electricity supplier.

3.   Incentives would also be given to new electricity suppliers.

4.   APS also has already entered the power marketing business, becoming the first out-of-state electricity supplier to peddle power in California.

5.   At the same time, states in the region have been moving aggressively to open their markets to outside electricity suppliers.

6.   ATLANTA - Mirant Corp. is facing renewed scrutiny for its role as an electricity supplier in California.

7.   A merger would give Suez, which already controls Belgian electricity supplier Tractebel SA, more of an industrial bent.

8.   Both companies remain the two biggest generators and bulk electricity suppliers in the country.

9.   Calenergy thus became the fourth American buyer of a British electricity supplier in the last two years.

10.   Consumers then could choose their electricity suppliers.