Meanwhile, Anatoly B. Chubais, a former top Kremlin aide and the head of Russia's electrical monopoly, was headed for Washington.

And it will regulate powerful monopolies, like Gazprom, the huge natural gas company; United Energy Systems, the electrical monopoly, and the nation's railroads.

Both factions also seem determined to block Mr. Chubais from being appointed as chairman of the electrical monopoly.

Two of Li's children, Li Xiaopeng and Li Xiaolin, inherited and ran two of China's electrical monopolies.

The President repeated that the Government would tighten its regulation of "natural monopolies," such as Gazprom, the natural gas producer, and United Energy Systems, Russia's electrical monopoly.

He was now running Russia's electrical monopoly, United Energy Systems.

In a number of state capitals, Enron took on some powerful interests, including local electrical monopolies, which are often the biggest campaign donors on the state level.

We're taking the electrical monopoly away from the Hospital.

It has threatened to freeze the accounts of United Energy Systems, the electrical monopoly run by reformer Anatoly B. Chubais, to force it to begin paying up.

In a move that scared many investors, the Parliament voted earlier this month to restrict foreign ownership of the electrical monopoly, Unified Energy Systems.