1.   Eugene McGrath, chairman of Con Edison, attributed the power failures to equipment breakdowns, not the power cutback.

2.   Eugene McGrath, chairman of Con Edison, blamed power failures on equipment breakdowns, not on the power cutback.

3.   In one four-engine power cutback involving a Coast Guard plane, the flight engineer removed the synchrophaser from its mountings but the problem persisted.

4.   The company, however, said electrical problems could not be ruled out as causes of the power cutbacks.

5.   The Milosevic government has urged miners at Kolubara and at Kostolac, in eastern Serbia, to return to work, saying that power cutbacks were necessary.

6.   Power cutbacks, coming during the Christmas season and at a time when temperatures hover around freezing, have not been well-received.