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Top Stories (February 27)
CALIFORNIA LIFTS POWER ALERTS, BUT EXPERTS SAY CRISIS IS FAR FROM RESOLVED
As oddly as it arrived, California's electric emergency lifted Thursday
morning. At 9 a.m., the Independent System Operator, which controls most of
California's grid, ended a Stage 1 alert. It was the first time since Jan. 13
that the state hadn't been under a power emergency, declared when low
supplies threaten grid stability.
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PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC DECLINES COMMENT ON STATUS OF POWER GRID SALE TALKS
PG&E Corp. declined to confirm California Gov. Gray Davis' prediction Tuesday
that the state will conclude an agreement to buy the transmission assets of
its Pacific Gas & Electric Co. utility unit within two or three weeks.
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US HIGH COURT SAYS EPA ERRED IN SETTING OZONE STANDARD
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an attack on the Environmental Protection
Agency's authority to write air quality standards, ruling Tuesday that
Congress hadn't given the agency too much power to set pollution limits.
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MIRANT CORPORATION TO MOVE 1,000 MW IN POWER PACTS TO CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT
OF WATER RESOURCES
Mirant Corp. agreed to shift 1,000 megawatts in power contracts from the
California Power Exchange to the Department of Water Resources, which is
acting as the state's electricity buyer.
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UTILICORP STILL ON MIDWEST ISO FENCE DESPITE LOOMING DEADLINE
Utilicorp United Inc. has not yet decided whether to officially become a
member of the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator Inc. grid
operating group, a company executive said Tuesday.
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PG&E Declines Comment On Status Of Power Grid Sale Talks
Mirant Corp. Power Pacts -2: To Provide 750 MW In March
Mirant Corp. To Move 1,000 MW In Power Pacts To Calif DWR
PRESS RELEASE: Progress Lack Could Hurt Cal Econ-Moody's
Progress Lack In Pwr Crisis Could Hurt Cal Econ -Moody's
Utilicorp Still On MW ISO Fence Despite Looming Deadline
PECO Raising Natural Gas Rates For Residential Customers
US High Court/EPA -3: EPA Should Rethink Ozone Rules
US High Court - EPA -2: Ruling A Blow To Business
US High Court Says EPA Erred In Setting Ozone Standard
US High Court Backs EPA Power To Set Air-Quality Rules
US High Court:EPA Can't Weigh Costs In Setting Air Rules
Enron, Japan Utility In Tie-Up Talks - Nikkei
US Weather: Deep South Expecting Thunderstorms
HUNGARIAN PRESS: AES Won't Build Hungary Plant
FCI To List On NYSE, Paris In 2001 -Cogema Pres
Calif Power Officials Thankful For Miserable, Wet Winter
Danish NEG Micon/Order -2: To Be Installed This Year
REPEAT: Danish NEG Micon Gets DKK425 Mln US Order >K.NEG
Aggreko/12-Mo -3: Says 2001 Has Started Well
Aggreko/12-Mo Earns -2: Sales Up 24% To GBP279.5M
Aggreko FY00 EPS 14.51 Pence Vs 12.33 Pence >U.AGK
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Generators Could Ease Energy Crisis
Some Steps To Power Sector Restructuring Possible This Year
Energy Producers Inc. Announces Acquisition of A Majority Net Revenue
Interest in Texas Properties
Government's Track Record on Energy
Energy Firms Try Power Play
Ryan Energy Technologies Inc. Announces Results for the Year Ended December
31, 2000
Alliance to Save Energy Watches Energy Action Behind Rhetoric of President
Bush's Address to Congress
Transalta Seen Winning Mexican 450-Megawatt Contract
Comanche Energy, Inc. Retains Advisor
Mirant Agrees to Move 1,000 Megawatts in Power Contracts to California Dwr
US/Canada Spot Natural Gas: Cash Mostly Inside Monday's Range
Chubu Electric to Set Up Independent Power JV in April
Nuclear Power Surge Predicted
-New March 15 Entry Deadline For Optiron's Billing and Customer Care
Challenge Contest
Advisory/Powering a Clean L.a.; City Council And Local Government Set Course
for Energy Efficiency, Cleaner Air Through Landmark Energy Action Plan
Fuel Cell Technologies Corp - Annual General Meeting on May 8, 2001
Repeats: Energy Volume And Open Interest Totals-Feb 27
Department of Energy Application to Export Electric Energy; Idaho Power
Company
Department of Energy Application to Amend Presidential Permit San Diego Gas &
Electric Company
Total Energy Services Ltd. Announces Record 2000 Results
Astoria Power Plant To Get Go-Ahead
NY Natural Gas: Rallies on Power Mkt Strength, Short Covering
/C O R R E C T I O N -- Constellation Energy Group/
Energy Deal Signed for Llano Estacado Wind Ranch at White Deer
Rates to Rise March 1 for Peco Energy Natural Gas Customers
Around New York ; More Hearings This Week on Rockland Power Plant
Ford Motor Co. Introduces Stylish Electric Bikes with Th!Nk Bike Traveler and
Bike Fun
Correcting Table Headers in Fuelcell Energy Release, Bw2306
Rising Utilization Suggests Rising Energy Shares
Forrester Research Announces the Birth of The Information Utility
NEG Micon wins 54 mln usd contract to deliver 89 wind turbines to Iowa project
Total Energy Services Ltd - Record 2000 Financial Results
Caminus' Zai*Net Weatherdelta Selected by Williams Energy; Leading
Tulsa-Based Company Deploys New Caminus Software to Measure Weather's Impact
on Energy Contracts
Beacon Power Appoints John Doherty Vice President of Sales And Marketing And
Stephen Spanos Corporate Controller
Constellation Set to Begin 1st Major Power Plant to Serve Southern California
in Over A Decade
Vericor Power Systems Offers Onsitepower(TM) Build-Own-Operate Gas
Turbine-Based Power Plants
Pengrowth Energy Trust - Fiscal 2000 Results (Part 2 of 3)
Pengrowth Energy Trust - Fiscal 2000 Results (Part 3 of 3)
Arizona's Largest Electric Company Rolls Out Eprise-Driven Web Initiatives
for Internal And External Business
Broad GOP Energy Bill Unveiled
Avista Corp. And Scapca Reach Agreement to Extend Operations of Spokane Power
Plant
Vector Energy Corp - Bateman Lake #22 Placed Into Production; $700,000 in
Potential - Revenue Net Per Year
International Absorbents Inc - Significantly Reduces Energy Costs; Return to
Energy Prices - at Lower Levels Will Further Strengthen Profitability
-Energywiz Announces 2001 Deregulation Seminar Schedule
Power Plan Pays Users to Conserve
Producing Winds of Change / As Power Prices Rise, Windmills Are One Way to
Decrease Costs
Governor Urges Water, Power Conservation Kempthorne Warns of Low Snowpack,
Orders Agencies to Save Electricity
Low-Sulfur Diesel Made From Natural Gas
Texas Firm to Manage Energy at Eli Lilly
Big Changes for Utilities Bill to Determine Prices If Power Competition Lags
Utility Buys Wenninger
Toyota to Introduce New Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle
Csiro: Salinity Battle Brings Dollars And Energy
Neg Micon Wins Usd54m Wind Turbine Order in US
Court Weighs U.S. Power Over Utilities
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Philippine Muslim separatists attack state-run power plant
Top Energy Summaries - Tuesday, February 27, 2001 - 2:20 PM
Top Energy Summaries - Tuesday, February 27, 2001 - 5:24 PM
Toyota Motor Develops New Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle
Chubu Electric to Issue Callable Bonds
Xcel Energy, Aep Accept Innogy Offer to Purchase Yorkshire Electric
Hydro Environmental Resources Signs $1.5m Contract to Build Pilot Energy
Plant in New Zealand
Spain govt cuts maximum natural gas price to 3.5672 ptas/therm vs 3.6829
Seizure of Shell unit in Nigeria cuts gas to power company
Wrap: Innogy to Buy Yorkshire Power for $2.7 Billion (Update 1)
Top Energy Summaries - Tuesday, February 27, 2001 - 12:22 PM
Temelin reactor connected to Czech power grid
Toronto Hydro Chooses Mincom Utilities Solution
Cvrd Invests US$177mn in Energy - Brazil
Mme Reinforces Energy Saving Programs - Brazil
Neg Micon to Sign 20.7mw Wind Contract - Jamaica
Aep And Xcel Energy Agree to Sell Yorkshire Power Group to Innogy Holdings PLC
Setc To Promote New and Renewable Energy Uses in Next 15 Years
Top Energy Summaries - Tuesday, February 27, 2001 - 9:32 Am
Impco Announces $4 Million Order from India for 4000 Natural Gas City Bus
Systems
Italy: Rolls-Royce Gets o6 Million Energy Projects Contract
Moscow, Seoul to Cooperate in Fuel And Energy Complex.
Wrap: Innogy to Buy Yorkshire Power for $2.7 Billion
Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant Supplies 10 Bln kWh Power To Hong Kong in 2000
Ocean Power Corporation Executes First Regional Joint Venture Agreements
Patent Application for 'Generation of Hydrogen' Filed by Reg Technologies,
Inc.
India's National Thermal Power Corp to Take Over Ailing Power Plants
Greymouth Petroleum to offer 3.70 usd per share for Fletcher Challenge Energy
Innogy acquires 94.75 pct of Yorkshire Power for 508.6 mln stg
FULL:UK's Innogy to Buy 94.75% of Yorkshire Power for 508 Mln Stlg
Pke in Talks to Buy Coal Mines Valued at One Billion Zlotys
Smi: Smi Updates Portfolio of Energy Management Reports
Uk's Innogy to Buy 94.75% of Yorkshire Power... - Part 3
Uk's Innogy to Buy 94.75% of Yorkshire Power for 508 Mln ...
NZ company launches rival bid for NZs Fletcher Challenge Energy
Large-Scale Repair Launched at Primorye Electric Station.
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Tennessee Valley Authority Uses Military Technology to Prevent Power Outages
Judge Says California Utilities Should Be Forbidden to Lay Off Workers
California Senator Announces Plan to Reward Electricity Conservation
California Governor's Deadlines on Energy Are Much Easier Set Than Met
California Lifts Power Alerts, But Experts Say Crisis Is Far from Resolved
Pennsylvania's Deregulated Electricity Market Proves Tough for Competition
New Term on Pennsylvania Natural Gas Bills Confuses Customers
Pueblo County, Colo., Commissioners Discuss Water Strategy
Hickman, KY., Finds Cause of Recent Power Outage
Florida Utilities Find Deregulation a Hard Sell in Face of California Debacle
Unit of Iowa-Based Energy Group Sues California Utility for Nonpayment
American Water Works Withdraws from Proposed Deal with California Water Firm
The Star-Ledger, Newark, N.J., Odd Jobs Column
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Street Smart Stock Analysis Column
Alliant Energy Hopes for Easing of Wisconsin Law to Enable Buyout
Houston's Reliant Energy Puts Its Power-Bill Fight with California on Hold
Massachusetts Utility Asks Regulators to Cut Rates by 18 Percent
Colorado Commission Forces Xcel Energy to Add Wind-Power Farm to Its Plans
Congressional Battle Expected Over New Energy Security Bill
Texas Railroad Commission Presents Forum to Air Gripes About Energy Bills
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