No state requires the operator of an to be licensed.

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In fact, according to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the state's grid operator, more than 150 new generation facilities are in the development stage.

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Gordon Brown, operations manager of California Independent System Operator, the state agency that oversees the power grid, told CNN Thursday night that the declaration triggered contingency plans to stop pumping water for two hours, during the state's critical power usage hour between 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.

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Chugach provides every single passenger with a state-of-the-art Mammut avalanche airbag pack, the first US heli operator I know of to do so, at no extra cost.

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The operator of an LBO fund will find easy marks among managers of state pension funds.

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France generates 80 percent of its electricity with nuclear, and its state-owned firms are world leaders: Paris-based EDF is the largest operator of nuclear power plants worldwide, while Areva is the largest provider of nuclear services and technology.

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Nathaniel Bullard of Bloomberg New Energy Finance has been looking at photovoltaic projects registered with California ISO, the state's grid operator, since 2007.

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