Such fears were strengthened by claims that the state power distributor has overpaid private electricity generators, some of them owned by politicians.

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All told, electricity demand in these regions is likely to exceed supply by an estimated 19 million kilowatts (kW) in the summer, according to estimates by regional power distributor East China Grid Company.

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AES, an American power generator and distributor, thinks the new measures show the government's determination to be flexible if necessary.

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In the wreckage was Oasis pipeline, a unit of the wounded power and natural gas distributor Aquila.

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In the UK, it already owns UK Power Networks, the electricity transmission network in London and the South East, gas distributor Northern Gas Networks and a 50% stake in Seabank Power.

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Western Australia's Alinta is the latest big energy distributor to expand its "green" output, announcing Tuesday it will take power from a 90-megawatt wind farm to be built near Geraldton.

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Alliander is a major Dutch energy distributor and specialist in renewable energy, sustainability, technical innovations, and complex power systems in the Netherlands, serving more than three million customers in the region.

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First, it is most likely that a relatively low-ranking official banned my book, or even possibly a distributor who self-censored out of caution, rather than someone with real power in the central government.

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