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In Energy Insight for Tuesday, December 12, 2000

In Energy Insight Today (Blue Banner, all subscribers)
Industrial customers have been hurt so much by escalating natural gas prices
that they may be wishing for coal in their Christmas stockings. Find out
more about it at http://www.einsight.com.

In Energy Insight 2000 (Red Banner, premium-pay access only)

Read the latest news headlines from Energy Services, Fuels and Utility
Telecom and Diversification at http://www.einsight.com.

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Market Brief    Monday, December 11
Stocks  Close   Change  % Change
DJIA    10,725.80       12.9    0.1
DJ 15 Util.     386.41  0.6     0.2
NASDAQ  3,015.10        97.7    3.3
S&P 500 1,380.20        10.3    0.8

Market Vols     Close   Change  % Change
AMEX (000)      99,269  (27,518.0)      (21.7)
NASDAQ (000)    2,450,876       1,103,776.0     81.9
NYSE (000)      1,214,530       (115,500.0)     (8.7)

Dollar US $     Close   Change  % Change
Australia $     1.85    0.02    0.93
Canada $        1.523   0.00    0.13
Germany Dmark   2.23    0.02    0.72
Euro    0.877   (0.01)  (1.18)
Japan _en     110.7   (0.60)  (0.54)
Mexico NP       9.45    0.01    0.11
UK Pound        0.6866  (0.01)  (0.79)

Foreign Indices Close   Change  % Change
Arg MerVal      417.100 5.83    1.42
Austr All Ord.  3252.200        19.70   0.61
Braz Bovespa    15187.9500      204.96  1.37
Can TSE 300     9581.92 33.19   0.35
Germany DAX     6782.52 91.27   1.36
HK HangSeng     15408.54        219.21  1.44
Japan Nikkei 225        15015.7 319.19  2.17
Mexico IPC      5828.12 33.03   0.57
UK FTSE 100     6,370.30        82.00   1.30

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Sempra Energy sells stake in Energy America to Centrica Plc
Sempra Energy, an energy services company, and Centrica plc, a British
energy and home services company, signed an agreement by which Centrica will
acquire Sempra Energy's stake in Energy America, a U.S.-based energy
marketing firm, for about $56 million. Sempra Energy expects the sale to
increase the company's 2001 earnings by about 10 cents per share. Under the
transaction, a wholly owned subsidiary of Centrica will acquire Sempra
Energy's 72.5 percent ownership of Energy America, which has nearly 400,000
residential and small business customers in New Jersey, Michigan, Ohio,
Georgia, Pennsylvania and Maryland.
Sempra Energy, based in San Diego, is an energy services holding company
with 12,000 employees and revenue of nearly $5.5 billion. Through its eight
principal subsidiaries -- Southern California Gas Company, San Diego Gas &
Electric, Sempra Energy Solutions, Sempra Energy Trading, Sempra Energy
International, Sempra Energy Resources, Sempra Communications and Sempra
Energy Financial -- Sempra Energy serves more than 9 million customers in
the United States, Europe, Canada, Mexico, South America and Asia.