The distillers have talked to growers about signing purchase contracts for agaves when they are planted.
Jamaica Public Service, the island's sole electricity distributor, last month signed purchase agreements with two wind farms and a solar-power scheme.
Dr. Peterson said the American utilities could protect themselves by soliciting bids from companies that could do the work in this country, and signing purchase agreements.
Two other power plant proposals, the KeySpan Spagnoli Road generator in Melville and the American National Power generator in Yaphank, remain active, but the Long Island Power Authority has not yet signed purchase agreements with either owner.
JAN BURMAN, the president of Burman Properties, said the six-lot subdivision proposal includes four lots, totaling 90 acres and 600,000 square feet of buildings, that could be sold immediately to four buyers who have already signed purchase agreements.
If LIPA signed purchase agreements it would be committed to paying for a large portion of the plants' output whether or not the supplies were needed, and even if cheaper electricity became available elsewhere.
Signing purchase contract with external technology vendors is very common for banks in Taiwan.
With a view of the paddle boarders, scull boats and sailboats on Orlando's Lake Fairview, the Fairview Grande condominiums have attracted 120 buyers who signed purchase contracts during the past two years.
