The atomic energy agency is to meet on the matter next month.

In California, the average is $2.10 a gallon, the energy agency said.

The atomic energy agency, also based here, is to meet on Friday.

It works with the atomic energy agency on nuclear issues.

Others said the bill could give the government a free hand to decide how to continue its relationship with the atomic energy agency.

"It is an issue we are still investigating," an official of the energy agency said recently.

Two senior officials from the atomic energy agency plan to continue their work in Iran for several days.

The energy agency found no evidence that companies withheld power to drive up prices.

This is in part because the energy agency typically uses a more conservative model, experts said.

But in fact the atomic energy agency's database is only a guide, and perhaps not even a good one.