Message-ID: <8800990.1075841868832.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 14:38:00 -0800 (PST) From: pmadpr@worldnet.att.net Subject: PowerMarketers.com Daily Power Report for 16 January 2001 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: "The Power Marketing Association" X-To: X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \kate symes 6-27-02\Notes Folders\Power marketer X-Origin: SYMES-K X-FileName: kate symes 6-27-02.nsf Attention POWER REPORT Readers: Go to http://www.powermarketers.com/prdaily.htm to view today's edition with direct headline links to each story.] ====================================================================== The Industry's Preferred Source For Breaking Energy News And Information http://www.powermarketers.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- T H E P O W E R M A R K E T E R S .C O M P O W E R R E P O R T Today's Headlines From POWERMARKETERS.COM Subscriptions to The PowerMarketers.com Power Report are free - you will never be charged. 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This Is A National Problem, with Wholesale U.S. Gas Prices At Histo Nuclear Plant Will Retool for Power Boost Courage Energy Announces New Pool Discovery Xcel Energy Purchases Livedata's Recently Released Personalview Server Business Panel to Look at Local Power Issues Reliant Energy Begins Electronic Purchasing Via Pantellos Holiday Power Alert in Calif. Automated Power Exchange Names Victoria Reader Vice President of Human Resources Energy Update/Los Angeles Department of Water And Power Daily Energy Update for Monday, Jan. 15, 2001 A Full Tapps Helps in Power Crunch 'Different Scenario': Puget Sound Energy Sees Full Reservoir As Precaution in Case of Cold Snap Contact Energy Escapes Edison Crisis Fallout Reliant Energy Declares 2001 Annual Meeting Date Angela Sparks Elected VP - Government Affairs at Energy East 'Lights Out' Now the Buzz: Conservation Called Key Energy Option Keeping the Lights on Is New Jersey Learning Anything from California's Power Problem? Your Money's Worth ; Power Deregulation Makes Little Headway Causeway Energy Corporation Announces Normal Course Issuer Bid Tax Loss Brings Static Deregulation of Pa. Power Giants Costs Government Bodies Millions. They Will Lose More, While Utility Profits Soar. Energy Crisis Power Taps the Web Redwood Energy, Ltd. Slay Wants to Take Part of Windfall from Use Tax to Pay Utility Bills of The Poor United Energy Threatening New Energy Regulator with Legal Action Azcentral.com - Calif. Gov. to Push Plan to Buy Power Safeguards Sought for Energy Plan / Lawmakers, Activists Warn of Utility Bailout Mayor Proposes Creating Berkeley Power Authority / City Offers Ideas Amid Energy Crisis All Diesel Is Dirty, Critics Charge / But Transit Agencies Resisting Natural Gas Nrg South Central Generating Llc, An Nrg Energy, Inc. Subsidiary, Extends Exchange Offer Enters Into Agreement to Purchase And License Certain Aluminum-Air Fuel Cell Technology Organization Profile: Consol Energy Inc. 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