1.   A NOAC plane and the trailer-sized MERS communications and generating units arrive to set up an emergency field office.

2.   Cesp then plans to sell its two smaller generating units on the River Pardo in December.

3.   Eletrosul will probably be the first of the generating units of Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras to be sold.

4.   FPL idled eight generating units after losing its natural gas supply.

5.   Furnas and Eletrosul, another wholly owned generating unit, will be the first two Eletrobras assets to be sold to investors.

6.   Furnas Centrais Eletricas SA, a wholly owned generating unit of Eletrobras, was granted a greater-than-expected rate increase, Barreto said.

7.   Generating units powered by natural gas have gained in popularity because it is a cleaner-burning fuel and such plants are less expensive to build.

8.   Officials said they hoped to have one of the two failed generating units back on line by late Monday night, and lower temperatures are forecast for Tuesday.

9.   Plans by the federal government to sell its generating unit Furnas Centrais Eletricas SA as a single unit led Cesp to change its sale model, Matarazzo said.

10.   The plant closed for one day after heavy rain disabled pumps that provide water for electricity generating units and cooling systems.