Ofgem says electricity distribution companies can increase charges by around 1% for the first year of a new distribution price control, which was announced on Monday. In final proposals for the price changes, effective from April 2005 for five years, Ofgem says

ABB has won contracts worth $70m for three projects to strengthen Mexico’s power supply. The contracts, awarded by Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE), the Mexican state-owned utility, will enlarge the transmission network in different parts of the country. Under the first contract