Some smaller nearby utilities in flooded areas were also pessimistic.

Circuit riders usually operate within a specific area of their designated state, visiting the small utilities on a regular basis.

A number of small utilities and drivers developed by various third parties.

This leaves a large number of mostly smaller utilities engaged only in power distribution.

The result is increasing competitive pressure on smaller utilities.

We'll pay anything from £25 for a small utility, to £800 for a fully featured program if we include it on our disk.

Lilco was originally formed from the merger of several small local utilities in 1911.

The figures at the lower end of the range are from very small utilities.

Difficult Calculations He pointed to a $1.2 million loan his bank just made to a small local utility as an example of the problem.

Many of the smaller municipally-owned utilities are financially less viable.