The generators would sell power at whatever the market will bear.

We are going to see that kind of selling power.

And it is the reason why you will not be in the business of selling power much longer.

Instead, these companies have contracts to sell power directly to the utilities.

Such companies sold power at varying rates according to local costs.

Electric companies across the country are making plans to sell cheaper power as states like California open their markets to competition.

Outsiders can now sell power to the three state utilities, but not directly to customers.

But many companies have been restricted in their efforts to sell power into Florida because of limited access to transmission lines.

Since 1997 the company has also sold power to end-users.

"This is not in the first instance about whether we sell civilian nuclear power to China," he said.