Fox has submitted a bill to Congress to further open the market for electricity generation and production.

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Instead it has ten regional monopolies (TEPCO is one), which hog 97% of the market for electricity generation and transmission.

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"We have a once-in-a-generation chance to rebuild our electricity market, rebuild investor confidence, and rebuild our power stations, " Mr Huhne said.

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"The reforms we are making to the electricity market through the Energy Bill and through our gas generation strategy are aimed at plugging this gap in order to keep the lights on, " he added.

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The main debate is on the second reading of the Energy Bill, which seeks to reform the electricity market and provide a new framework for low-carbon generation.

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Nevertheless, Mr Jank thinks the world market for Brazilian ethanol will grow and that the sugar industry can triple its electricity co-generation capacity to 15, 000MW (around 27% of Brazil's demand today) from its present acreage of cane.

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