1.   Fiat generates power for its factories, and occasionally sells surplus electricity onto the national energy grid.

2.   It seemed as if the energy grid was giving up the ghost.

3.   The countries are reducing tariffs within the region and talking about combining everything from telecommunications systems and energy grids to customs procedures and stock markets.

4.   Many people in the strife-torn central region were already reeling from explosions the day before that crippled electrical energy grids and forced many schools to close.

5.   Their main aim is to build transportation networks, energy grids, telecommunications and banking systems.

6.   They recommended that energy grids between Arab countries be linked, and that more gas and oil pipelines be set up to complement each others needs.