The state fared better than Nevada, which had to borrow electricity from California after declaring an energy emergency.
They washed and screened sediment, borrowing water and electricity from a homeowner whose backyard overlooked the dig.
They lived in a borrowed apartment without electricity or running water and bathed their two young children in a neighbor's swimming pool.
The near insolvency of many state electricity boards has precluded borrowing money to invest in generating and distribution capacity.
It's borrowed directly from the electricity industry, which finances power plants by borrowing against long-term contracts called power purchase agreements.
It's strange that German and French nationalised utilities running their railways, gas and electricity can borrow capital commercially, enabling them to invest in acquiring British rail contracts, as well as acquiring our former nationalised gas and electricity concerns.
At the time, the money to pay for the electricity was borrowed from the state's general fund.
But the government's illogical aversion to borrowing means it is subsidising Hinkley by guaranteeing the price paid for the electricity it produces over 35 years.
By borrowing a trick from optical-fiber technology, a startup makes cells that trap light to create more electricity.
