Sentence examples for threatening electricity from inspiring English sources

A further complication is that a drought last year is threatening electricity generation at Brazil's big hydropower plants.

And the surge of electricity from the ground would threaten electrical grids, perhaps plunging a continent or two into darkness.

But as consumers fret about the inevitable rise in food prices to come, the drought is unveiling another, darker threat to the American lifestyle, as it is now threatening U.S. electricity supplies.

"Never again can we allow out-of-state profiteers to hold Californians hostage," he declared, threatening to seize electricity assets and run them himself if necessary.

Fire crews are dealing with rising floodwater which is threatening an important electricity substation near Reading.

The reservists continue to help laying sandbags in a bid to hold back flood waters threatening the Pingewood electricity substation.

On this very World Cup finals weekend, the state electricity utility has threatened to cut electricity to 11 Free State municipalities, including Bloemfontein, because of non-payment for services.

But Russia is once again getting testy over an outstanding electricity debt, threatening last week to cut off supplies if Belarus does not pay up.

If pragmatic action isn't taken soon to fix the broken electricity market threatening the economy of the West, our national prosperity could be seriously harmed.

The City of Johannesburg has apologised to Nelson Mandela and his family for mistakenly posting a non-payment notice on the former South African president's house threatening to cut his electricity off.

Gas prices hovered near $2 per gallon in many parts of the country, and California was besieged by an electricity crisis threatening rolling blackouts throughout the state.