For me the utility in DNA computing has been in getting me to think differently about what computations are".
On Dec. 16, Microsoft delivered its ultimatum to the utility in a letter from Darrell Amundson, the facility's manager.
"Most of the joy — the utility in econospeak — happens when you're not having the experience," he wrote last year.
Calpine, the utility in San Jose that wants to build the 48-megawatt plant, owns extensive leases for geothermal development in the national forest.
"We depend on the utility in these situations, and they responded quickly," said David Billig, a spokesman for the Fire Department.
That is because the solar power generated can be used to run the plant or sold back to the utility in a system known as "net metering".
In order to sell solar energy, developers need to know that the utility in control of the transmission lines is willing to purchase it.
The state's failed deregulation experiment has put the utility in the position of not being able to pass along the total cost of electricity it bought for customers.
The utility, in this case, is mostly that of providing succor and pleasure, a sense of direction and purpose, to addled bodies and minds.
Last month, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts invested $550 million for a 20percentt stake in DPL Inc., the utility in Dayton, Ohio.
