At one presser that was delayed because of a power shortage, the always vibrant M.
Analysts say the power shortage could knock 0.2% to 0.5% off GDP growth this quarter.
Poor rains have hit hydroelectricity production and made the power shortage even worse this year.
The agency that operates the state power grid cited colder than usual weather, maintenance problems and a power shortage across the Northwest.
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The Panamanian government has ordered schools to close and government offices to reduce their opening hours as the country suffers from a power shortage.
Politicians and bureaucrats also worry about what would happen if supplying countries refuse to sell Japan the electricity when there is a power shortage.
Meanwhile, Tohoku Electric Power covers the northern region of Japan and it said its power shortage would depend on how quickly the region and its industries can be rebuilt.
Nadeem Babar is addressing Pakistan's severe power shortage right where it's needed the most: in the wheat and cotton fields and the textile factories spread across the vital Punjab province.
And, with a power shortage blacking out large parts of the country for two hours each day and unemployment rising sharply, there are plenty of other things to think about.
The fact that there is any power shortage this year after all the railroad building and power plant construction since 2004 undercuts the message that China is reforming its economy and seeking to rebalance it.
The threat of a power shortage in the country, and thus a curtailment of electricity needed for mining that tends to occur far under the ground, has been an ongoing issue for a few years now.
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This is a real power shortage.
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To ensure the reliability of the electric grid after that date, TXU is planning on building 1500 megawatts of wind generation and is considering building multiple nuclear facilities, though these would not come on line by 2015 at the earliest--too late to resolve the looming power shortage.
Power cuts are a common occurrence in Indian cities because of a fundamental shortage of power and an ageing grid.
India is faced with a crippling shortage of power to run its factories and light its homes.
An area of little doubt: The next few weeks will bring more difficulties to areas untouched by the earthquake and tsunami as the electric utility Tepco institutes rolling blackouts in the Kanto region around Tokyo to cope with a shortage of power.
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But if mass hunger begins with a collapse in purchasing power, rather than a shortage of food, it does not take an airlift to prevent it.
Mr. Srivastava said apart from production issues, there are also significant difficulties in moving coal from mines to power stations due to a shortage of rail wagons for hauling the dry fuel.
Kathmandu's residents have learned to live with much more deprivation than fuel rationing--four- to eight-hour power outages daily and an acute shortage of drinking water.
But then came July, when Mirant, Reliant Energy, Duke Energy, Dynegy and others took heat for their possible role in creating an artificial shortage during the 2001 electric power crisis.
Two economic issues above all are fuelling public anger: price rises, especially for food, and power cuts, a consequence of a shortage of money to pay for imported fuel.
The Colombians have an acute shortage of helicopters and air power, and it is hoped the new aircraft will help them build on the military successes against the rebels that the army achieved in the second half of last year, partly thanks to the use of air power.
Eskom says that power exports are reduced when there is a shortage at home.
Ever since it bombed the Taliban from power in 2001, America has relied on air power in Afghanistan to make up for a shortage of troops.
There's no shortage of creative ways to use increasingly cheap computing power.
India is facing a shortage of coal, which is widely blamed for frequent power outages in the country.
That way grid operators could, say, automatically lower the cost of transmitting power from a region with excess to capacity to one with a shortage, instead of letting the problem fester until the peaker plants turn on and phone calls and faxes fly.
It is not so much a shortage of money as it is that just about everyone in power is stealing everything they can put their hands on.
Bankrupt state-run electricity boards, an acute shortage of coal, skewed subsidises which end up benefiting rich farmers, power theft, and under-performing private distribution agencies are to blame, say experts.
On Wednesday, Mr. Singh led a highly publicized meeting of 20 power-industry executives and several government officials to try to find ways to relieve a chronic shortage of affordable coal as well as clear other hurdles such as lengthy environmental clearances for plant construction that are crippling the power sector.
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