Sentence examples for forced power from inspiring English sources

The powerful winds forced power to be cut off in Wilmington as a precautionary measure.

Other militias have hampered production of oil, shut down the water running to the capital, forced power cuts, and participated in gunrunning and drug trafficking — all with impunity.

At the same time, state pollution-control laws idled some plants and forced power producers to buy expensive emissions credits for others.

The devastation has forced power cuts to 5.6m households in the most stricken region, and more than 1m households lost their water supply, according to the Japanese news agency Kyodo.Businesses are being disrupted.

Before the storm, a feeder cable problem in Brooklyn forced power managers to impose an 8percentt reduction in voltage in Brighton Beach, Coney Island, Sea Gate, Bensonhurst, New Utrecht, Park Slope, Kensington and Borough Park.

Sam Dillon (NYT) COLOMBIA: RIGHTIST SLAYINGS -- Rightist death squads killed at least 16 unarmed villagers after guerrilla attacks on towns and the bombing of electrical towers that forced power rationing for hundreds of thousands of people, authorities said.

Federal regulators were effectively cleared to write regulations forcing power plants to reduce mercury emissions.

The European Union's emissions trading system effectively forces power companies to pay for some of coal's excessive emissions.

Mr McConnell was echoing the opposition of many in his party to Mr Obama's executive order earlier this year to force power plants across the country to slash emissions.

The state coal monopoly is unable to dig up enough of the black stuff, forcing power firms to buy pricier imported coal.

Deregulation will force power companies to be more efficient, but some will embrace the new world faster than others.