well..if those numbers surprise you...just wait until Obama implements his "global warming policies" aimed at forcing plants to do major overhauls with installing pollution conttrols in one big chunk instead of only when they have to do improvements? The cost will result in some plants shutting down and workers being without jobs. Not to mention the cost of living will rise even more as a result of more investment in food based ethanols...and the implementation of more expensive electricity such as solar/wind. And if he does'nt implement nuclear power which is relatively cheap to operate....to help ease the ever-growing populations demand for electricity, more black-outs will be inevitable.