In Ventura County, the power was out for more than 1, 000 homes at the height of the winds, and nearly 300 homes in Orange County lost power.
Along with appointments to the city's Board of Elections, such waivers are one of the few levers of power controlled by county chairs by dint of their position.
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Bernard Jenkin, shadow regions secretary, says he wants to go further and reinvent civic Conservatism by decentralising power to city and county councils.
The utility was sharply criticized in the aftermath of Sandy, when 975, 000 of its customers in New York City and Westchester County lost power.
The company also still intends to move forward with plans to request regulatory approval to build a third reactor at its nuclear power station in Louisa County, Va.
We are delighted to have found in NRG a partner that shares our vision to build a solar power plant in San Luis Obispo County that enhances the local economy, protects local habitat and generates emission-free solar power for California.
However, a spokesman said power was back at the county's crematorium and full service has resumed.
BBC: Western Power supplies cut by snow in south and west Wales
Mr Attwood and department officials also briefed MLAs on a planning application for a biomass-fuelled power plant at Glenavy in County Antrim.
Pembrokeshire council said 1, 000 homes in the county remained without power - around half should be reconnected by 17:00 GMT and the rest by 23:00 GMT.
BBC: Western Power supplies cut by snow in south and west Wales
The earthquake Saturday morning triggered landslides that cut off roads and disrupted phone and power connections in mountainous Lushan county, in Sichuan's Ya'an city area, which is further south on the same fault line where a devastating quake wreaked widespread damage across the region five years ago.
More than 24, 000 of Atlantic County's 66, 000 residents had lost power by Monday afternoon, said Linda Gilmore, the county's public-information director.
The dynamics changed in 1947, when the state revised its Constitution, creating a strong governor and stripping county bosses of their power over the judiciary.
The best known, a warrant of execution, gives county court bailiffs the power either to collect the money owed or to remove goods belonging to a defendant to sell at auction.
In New York, the US financial capital, an explosion at a sub-station caused power outages and darkened most of downtown Manhattan as well as Westchester County and affected more than 650, 000 customers, power company Consolidated Edison said.
Ann McCaughan, who lives in Feystown, just outside Glenarm in County Antrim has been without power in her home since 11:00 GMT on Friday morning.
So it's not just a matter of a new centralisation of power in the Town Hall or the County Hall, it's also about involving people on local issues.
The bicycle will not save the county any money in terms of power bills, but it's making the inmates exercise every day.
Even the county's crematorium was without power for a while.
BBC: Power supplies restored in Wales after snow caused faults
U.S. Highway 84 in Lawrence County was shut down because of downed power lines and debris.
And school districts (which in Florida, are county-wide) will get more power in determining the validity of transfers.
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Donny Allred, the local county judge, is lobbying to lure the power lines to Amarillo.
Power and water supplies have been knocked out in Lushan county.
This is reducing Greece to less power than a Lander in Germany, to less than a county or city government in the US system.
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Convinced of its staying power, the company just opened a design studio in Orange County, Calif. and is building a factory in Alabama and a test track in the Mojave Desert.
The county lacked the electrical grid to supply cell towers with power.
Which is a bit weird when you realize that most electricity in this county is generated by coal, natural gas and nuclear power.
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In Nashville, the weather service listed dozens of damage reports across the region: a funnel cloud was reported early Wednesday in Jackson County, there were dozens of reports of downed trees and power lines, and law enforcement reported damage to homes and businesses.
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Montgomery County Sheriff's spokeswoman Brandy Wingfield said there was property damage, including downed power lines, in the area.
Remember one thing - regardless of the political changes in the county council elections - local government still faces a 30% cut in its spending power.
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