Those high-cost contracts were seen as a way of assuring the state's power supply at reasonable rates, but after the crisis, when prices fell, they appeared much too costly.
Froch won his first fight in American network Showtime's Super Six tournament, beating American Andre Dirrell, and a victory over 31-year-old Kessler would go a long way towards assuring him a semi-final spot.
The city's manager of the department of neighbourhoods has spent weeks assuring them that the meters are just a way to draw the public's attention to the homeless and the services that help them.