Once again, "power agencies" — the state security, the prosecutor's office, the police, the investigative committee — hold sway.
"Vladimir Putin is constantly receiving reports from the directors of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the F.S.B. and other power agencies of Russia," said the spokseman, Aleksei Gromov.
"There are a lot more detailed reasons, too, but I do think it's fair to say that the public power agencies continue to feel responsible for providing the power.
SINCE then, he has headed public power agencies in Texas, New York and Sacramento, and took over the reins at D.W.P. in 1997 when it was saddled with $8 billion in debt and seen as a dinosaur.
"Conservation has to become a way of life," said Patrick Dorinson, a spokesman for the power agency.
The state power agency is warning of imminent electricity blackouts because it can't pay its bills.
"You don't know where people are really from," said James Sample, a computer security specialist at the power agency.
Those who have power, agency, money or land can - metaphorically and literally - dump their crap on the rest of us.
Since the power agency's mission is to get the cheapest power possible, it tends to buy wind power on the spot market or through short-term contracts.
Even before the Fukushima disaster, Marvin Minsky, a pioneer in artificial intelligence research, castigated the nuclear power agency for being unprepared for disasters.
