Most turf grasses--the technical term for the plants that make up a typical suburban lawn--thrive in the cooler, wetter weather of the northeastern United States.

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"It was a technical fault in one of our power plants and not in the national grid, " he told Agence France-Presse news agency.

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Seven of the world's largest energy companies also announced that they would share technical plans on how to get more solar-powered generation plants to rural areas in poor countries.

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"We anticipate our discussions with Vinatex to be quite broad in scope and range from commercial and technical agreements encompassing global sales and services to more specific issues such as managing selected manufacturing plants in Vietnam, " Ross was quoted as saying in a statement.

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"In the long term, certainly anything that the federal government can do to expedite the creation and ... construction of power plants, of transmission lines will improve the situation, " said Tim Gallagher, NERC manager for technical services.

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