1.   Among the independent power producers, Calpine is our favorite name.

2.   And it banned all separately negotiated contracts, including long-term deals for lower prices, between power producers and utilities.

3.   And that percentage will keep growing, as utilities continue to sell power plants to unregulated companies and independent power producers build more and more new plants.

4.   And the price surge, he said, could help stimulate independent power producers to build new plants.

5.   Any independent power producer or other utility may also sell power into the pool or directly to customers in bilateral deals.

6.   As industry restructuring pushes utilities to unload their generating assets to competitive power producers, a handful of national energy giants such as Entergy and Amergen are lining up.

7.   At that time the commission favored allowing customers to buy their power directly from other utilities or independent power producers.

8.   At the same time, state pollution-control laws idled some plants and forced power producers to buy expensive emissions credits for others.

9.   Big utilities such as NSP and independent power producers can now sell energy anywhere in the U.S., with the effective end of monopolies in certain geographical areas.

10.   Both generally support the deregulation of the electric power industry to allow power producers to compete in serving consumers.