He also says that the company will purchase some non-captive memory this year to meet demand requirements, pointing out that SanDisk did the same thing to a smaller extent in 2010.
Now deregulated, electric utilities compete for what used to be captive customers, and many operate in non-regulated businesses, such as trading energy futures or building power plants on spec.
Not surprising considering they have one-sixth of the world's population as a captive audience, as well as a sizable Non-Resident Indian (NRI) following.