1.   Slowly, states are beginning to relinquish control of their energy industries.

2.   The downturn in the energy industry dragged on so long that workers drifted away and oil field equipment became outdated.

3.   Achieving that aim would have a profound effect on the energy industry -- coal and oil-fired power stations are major sources of CO -- and on forest management.

4.   Although many countries, for purely economic and fiscal reasons, have already eliminated energy subsidies and have reformed their energy industries to improve efficiency, others have not.

5.   Analysts speculated that the company would focus on the energy industry because Oracle has already worked with some customers in that area.

6.   And powerful lobbies have blocked deregulation of the energy industry.

7.   As a political appointee trying to build an uneasy consensus to modernize the energy industry, he cannot afford to antagonize the Mexican people.

8.   Arthur Andersen, which provides financial and consulting services for the energy industry, released the survey at its annual energy symposium.

9.   As the dominant accounting firm for the energy industry, Andersen still has plenty to do for dozens of local and national clients.

10.   Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, a Manhattan Democrat, has vowed to wrest control of the restructuring of the energy industry from the state commission.