China Still Sees Power Shorta

BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 31: (CHINA OUT) Workers fix wires on a wire pole along a road on March 31, 2006 in Beijing, China. According to a report by state media, the country has been battling an acute energy shortage as demand increases, seeing growth last year of about 9.9 percent. China consumed about 2,468.9 gigawatt hours of electricity in 2005, up 13.45 percent annually while the power supply hit approximately 2474.7 gigawatt hours, up 12.8 percent over 2004, according to China Electricity Council (CEC). (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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