| | Three Gorges Probe - Three Gorges Dam news service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) |
 | | The State Power Grid Corporation predicted that the country's total electricity consumption would reach 1.84 trillion kWh this year, 12.3 percent more than in 2002. |
 | | Following the splitting up of the State Power Corporation at the end of last year, China is planning to create six regional competitive power markets in three years in a determined move to break up the traditional province-based electricity monopolies. |
 | | According to the contracts, electricity from the first group of generating units will be sent to local grids in Shanghai and Chongqing municipalities, and the provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Henan, Hubei and Hunan, which suffered severe energy shortages this summer. |
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