Sunday, January 7, 2007

Backup power - Scottish & Southern, Centrica Shares Drop With Power (Update3)

Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Shares of U.K. electricity producers, including Scottish & Southern Energy Plc, International Power Plc and Centrica Plc fell for a second day as U.K. electricity prices declined.
Power restored to all but 40 customers.
TOKYO The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry is likely to shelve a plan to open up the market for generating and supplying power to households in 2009, in view of high crude oil prices that would make conditions harder for potential newcomers, ministry officials said Saturday.
DeKALB - A pair of electrical lines that came into contact along Route 23 caused a fuse to blow and cut power to 19 ComEd customers Thursday, including all or almost all the stores in the Northland Plaza shopping center at Sycamore and Barber Greene roads.
TORONTO (CP) - Martin Biron isn't a backup goalie. He knows that, his teammates know that, his coach knows that, and his GM knows that.
With the recent bombardment of snow and wind and the subsequent power outages, South End businesses took a battering in the books. Though the weather was hard on many during the pre-holiday rush, Whidbey Island Center for the Arts seemed to grow stronger in the face of the storms, however.
DETROIT, Jan. 7, 2007 -- The Ford Five Hundred sedan packs nearly 30 percent more power and boasts a new look inside and out for the 2008 model year.
Recent power outages in the Municipality of Anchorage have two major electric companies squabbling. Their customers could suffer as a result.
With all six of Newark's legislative seats up for grabs this year, the city's Democrats are bracing for a potentially divisive battle pitting the untested political clout of Mayor Cory Booker against the proven prowess of the city's old guard power brokers.