1.   As well as the more obvious things like reducing energy costs and recycling where possible, the community is benefiting from the programme.

2.   Ekard believes the county can absorb the extra energy costs this year.

3.   Supervisors said then they might have to consider budget cuts to make up for the energy costs.

4.   The software then does the calculations, using built-in data on the energy cost of traversing different kinds of terrain.

5.   This low growth will result from such factors as inflation, energy costs, environmental constraint and low population growth.

6.   The compromise was reached after industrial leaders and some politicians had expressed fears that a precipitate phase-out of nuclear power would lead to large increases in energy costs.

7.   Many commercial undertakings failed owing to high energy costs, technical problems or poor acceptability.

8.   The energy costs of the production process, which involves mixing the oil with ethanol, must also be allowed for when assessing the environmental benefits.

9.   Also supporting the deregulation proposals are large industrial users, who see a nationwide competitive market for electricity as a means of lowering their energy costs.

10.   Already, several Georgia-based companies have cited higher energy costs for declining profits.