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 Atco Ltd. said 
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its utilities arm is considering building new electric power plants, 
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some valued at more than one billion Canadian dollars 
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(US$851 million), 
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in Great Britain and elsewhere.
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 C.S. Richardson, Atco's senior vice president, finance, said 
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its 50.1%-owned Canadian Utilities Ltd. unit is reviewing cogeneration projects in eastern Canada, and conventional electric power generating plants elsewhere, 
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including Britain,
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 where the British government plans to allow limited competition in electrical generation from private-sector suppliers as part of its privatization program.
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 The projects are big.
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 They can be C$1 billion plus, 
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Mr. Richardson said.
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 But we wouldn't go into them alone, 
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and Canadian Utilities' equity stake would be small, 
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he said.
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 Ideally, we'd like to be the operator {of the project} and a modest equity investor.
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 Our long suit is our proven ability 
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to operate power plants, 
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he said.
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 Mr. Richardson wouldn't offer specifics 
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regarding Atco's proposed British project,
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 but he said 
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it would compete for customers with two huge British power generating companies 
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that would be formed under the country's plan 
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to privatize its massive water and electric utilities.
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 Britain's government plans to raise about #20 billion 
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($31.05 billion) 
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from the sale of most of its giant water and electric utilities, 
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beginning next month. 
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The planned electric utility sale, 
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scheduled for next year, 
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is alone expected to raise #13 billion, 
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making it the world's largest public offering.
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 Under terms of the plan, independent generators would be able to compete for 15% of customers until 1994, and for another 10% between 1994 and 1998.
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 Canadian Utilities had 1988 revenue of C$1.16 billion, mainly from its natural gas and electric utility businesses in Alberta, 
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where the company serves about 800,000 customers.
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 There seems to be a move around the world 
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to deregulate the generation of electricity, 
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Mr. Richardson said, 
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and Canadian Utilities hopes to capitalize on it.
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 This is a real thrust on our utility side, 
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he said, 
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adding 
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that Canadian Utilities is also mulling projects in underdeveloped countries, 
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though he would be specific.
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 Canadian Utilities isn't alone in exploring power generation opportunities in Britain, in anticipation of the privatization program.
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 We're certainly looking at some power generating projects in England, 
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said Bruce Stram, vice president, corporate strategy and corporate planning, with Enron Corp., Houston, a big natural gas producer and pipeline operator.
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 Mr. Stram said 
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Enron is considering building gas-fired power plants in the U.K. capable of producing about 500 megawatts of power at a cost of about $300 million to $400 million. 
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