Texas now produces 2,800 megawatts of energy a year from wind, enough to serve 500,000 homes.

By the end of 1995, company officials say, the network should be able to serve one million homes.

The bill would also let telephone companies buy the local cable franchise in any area serving fewer than 50,000 homes.

Penney's invested $70 million in the project, which serves only 9,000 homes.

This project serves 386 homes near 10 contaminated water sources.

The initial system served only a few homes using an unreliable network of wooden pipes.

The dam's power plant produces enough electricity to serve approximately 45,000 homes.

At its peak the firm probably served no more than 2,000 well-to-do homes, all in lower Manhattan.

The cable's 330-megawatt capacity is equal to a midsize power plant and can serve 300,000 homes.

But the plants serve 12,000 homes, and their sewage has to go somewhere.