It's so commonplace. Every company with huge data processing needs is going to look at this.

We think the question of which company needs to do the deal more than the other is truly debatable.

We're a merchant plant that will sell the electricity to any company that needs it, including AEP or First Energy. And while we've had some delays, we're still very committed to bringing our plant online in the very near future.

These are not the recommendations we will make to the school board. These are three options to start a dialogue at the public meetings.

While formidable, Isabel will fall generally within the range of catastrophic risk that insurers anticipated and built into insurance premiums for homeowners and businesses along the East Coast. I would not expect the storm by itself to have a significant effect on insurance rates.

We can price for the probability of certain events. But we can't price for what amounts to political risk.