The pressure will become even greater as other low-cost strong utilities continue to combine and form regional giants.

Under the proposal, the state's utilities would continue to own their transmission systems and collect revenue for moving the power.

The utility continued to operate as its principal subsidiary.

But with crews continuing to work on the four other lines, the utility continued the brownout for a couple of hours.

The utility continues to make satisfactory progress to reposition itself for the periodic price review.

"If it continues to prod the utilities to continue to bring technology to the market in a good way, that's a positive."

The two utilities will continue to charge separate rates and be regulated separately, one person close to the talks said.

Not only industrial plants but services and utilities continued to function.

Critics are upset that the utility continues to spend millions of dollars testing the plant.

All utilities suffer from overstaffing, but continue to recruit staff.