Jiangsu is expecting especially severe shortages as the result of an estimated 16% deficit between supply and demand for electric power this summer.
As demand for power peaked last summer and the region experienced drier than normal conditions, California utilities scrambled to buy enough power.
The provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and Anhui are bracing for severe power shortages this summer.
Still, forward-looking corporate and sovereign statements point to demand growth in the second half, although summer power shortages are a risk.
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Winning popularity in California is less pressing for Mr Bush than for Mr Davis (although some of California's beleaguered congressional Republicans, facing elections next year, hope he will give way on price caps before the summer power cuts are over).
Even the small drop in France's figure of nearly 3m unemployed (the rate is down from 12.6% when the Socialists came to power in the summer of 1997 to 11.4% today) has boosted business confidence and consumer spending, they argue, and is helping the economy.
Ayrshire Power withdrew its planning application for a new coal power plant at Hunterston last summer.
India's power is woefully inadequate during summer months when temperatures soar to 115 degrees Fahrenheit and demand peaks.
In Delhi, which it has governed for five years, voters still smart from constant power cuts during a sweltering summer.
Who knows what our spending power will be in the summer but, evidently, we will have to add quality to the squad.
For audiences suffering from blockbuster fatigue (seven of the top ten earnings films of the year have been released this summer) the power of the brand might not be enough to propel Captain America to blockbuster status.
Gambarota started looking at ways to generate his own power after receiving his only hefty summer electricity bill.
Johnson described one pilot program that, in homes where the appliances are networked, can turn off your refrigerator for 15 minutes and turn down your air conditioner a few degrees on a hot summer afternoon to avoid power outages.
On at least two occasions last summer, the Bonneville Power Administration - the federal agency responsible for marketing power from dams in the Pacific Northwest - used water meant to aid migrating juvenile salmon to supply California with hydroelctricity.
Despite promises of government riches, the residents of Maki, a small seaside town, voted last summer against having a nuclear power station on their doorstep.
Several utilities offer their customers the ability to receive discounts in summer months in exchange for power companies being able to temporarily suspend air conditioning service.
Three new small power stations should be working by the summer, but not until 2003 will enough new capacity have been added to the system to eliminate the risk.
The Audubon Zoo is open on weekends, although the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, which lost most of its fish after the storm knocked out power, won't reopen until summer.
Talking about how the warm winter caused low demand for natural gas, which resulted in low prices, Mr. McClendon said a warm summer would increase demand for power generation and could boost prices for natural gas.
In summer 2006 Karachi was out of power for 36 hours and gripped by rioting.
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Best of all, his residence stands in a zone that is spared the long power cuts that plague Delhi in the scorching summer months.
Here in this region of Florida, this project will reduce demand for electricity by up to 20 percent during the hottest summer days that stress the grid and power plants.
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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.
They want to wire the block-long park with electricity so they could run a lawnmower, maybe bring out a band on a hot summer night, or install a few power outlets so residents could recharge an iPad while they hang out.
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The Texas power grid is usually only taxed in the middle of summer when air conditioners are in overdrive.
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California recently set a record for winter solar power generation, almost reaching the previous record set this summer of just over 1 gigawatt of solar energy.
Suntech will be supplying solar power to Beijing's Bird Nest Stadium for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Once a home is wired, utilities could turn down power-gobbling appliances, like air conditioners, ahead of summer brownouts.
The civil servant who has been leading the government's efficiency drive since the coalition came to power, Ian Watmore, left his post suddenly earlier this summer.
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