Message-ID: <27715621.1075841817276.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 11:32:00 -0800 (PST) From: pma-marketplace@mgfairfax.rr.com Subject: 2 March 2001: Crisis and Opportunity Update Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: "The Power Marketing Association" <pma-marketplace@mgfairfax.rr.com> X-To: X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \kate symes 6-27-02\Notes Folders\Discussion threads X-Origin: SYMES-K X-FileName: kate symes 6-27-02.nsf ? CRISIS... AND OPPORTUNITY? Power Markets 2001 March 14-16 | Aladdin Hotel | Las Vegas Click here to view? CRISIS AND OPPORTUNITY: POWER MARKETS 2001 http://www.pmaconference.com/0103Agendah.pdf [IMAGE] March 2, 2001: Crisis and Opportunity Update Join the Power Marketing Association at its annual spring meeting to discuss the issues: ?California: What's in store for the summer? ?Gas Price Volatility-- Why? ?Power Market Risks-- Explained; The Texas Retail Market-- Will it Work?; ?New Powerplants-- How big is the opportunity? Credit Risk-- How to manage it; Real Prices-- is the retail market ready to live without price caps? ; Weather risk-- is it a market yet?; Transmission constraints-- are they completely intractable?; Provider of Last Resort-- is this a dumping ground? The web-- what's real, what isn't-- beyond the hype; Retail billing-- Getting it right before you're bankrupt; Powerline Telecom-- The next big thing?; Rolling Blackouts-- ?Peak shaving?; Distributed Generation-- Has the time come?; Coal- fuel of the future-- and present. ?and ?Where is your career going? ??There are already hundreds of registrants. ?Join us! Here are some stories from the past couple of days on the PMA website, powermarketers.com. ??Energy is moving to center stage in national policy again. ?Get the latest-- click on the stories below, and click on our conference brochure. ?See you in Vegas! REPUBLICANS UNVEIL ENERGY PLAN CHOCK-FULL OF TAX INCENTIVES Sen. Frank Murkowski, R-Alaska, chief architect of the National Energy Security Act of 2001, unveiled a mega-bill Monday packed with tax incentives for every sector of energy generation, including coal and nuclear power, oil and gas drilling and clean energy technology, such as solar and wind power. http://199.97.97.163/IMDS%PMANAT0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/courierp ress/2001/02/27/eng-courierpress_news/eng-courierpress_news_131343_74_72174061 69511 Alliance of Energy Suppliers Identifies Near Term Challenges, Opportunities for Nation's Power Market "We see a market where demand will continue to grow at an unprecedented rate. We see a market where 90 percent of current capacity will need to be replaced by 2015. And we see a market where consolidation trends will continue unabated. Criteria different from today's will determine success in this future market. What won't change is the need to understand your competitive position, as well as manage your risk." http://199.97.97.163/IMDS%PMANAT0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/comtex/2 001/02/28/pr/0000-1464-dc-eei-alliance-enrgy Prominent Tech Business Leaders Call for National Energy Reliability Initiative Leading energy associations and Fortune 500 companies have delivered a letter to Capitol Hill appropriations committees proposing that the U.S. Department of Energy create a $320 million National Energy Reliability Initiative for the 2002 fiscal year, specifically focused on the energy needs of the high-tech industry. http://199.97.97.163/IMDS%PMANAT0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/business wire/2001/02/27/BW/2438-0148-CT-SURE-POWER..... Small Generators Could Ease Energy Crisis Small power-generation systems scattered throughout the state, many of which could be attached to individual businesses, could offer some relief to California's strapped power grid http://199.97.97.163/IMDS%PMANAT0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/comtex/2 001/02/27/ao/0000-5247-power-woes-micropower ? Click here to view? CRISIS AND OPPORTUNITY: POWER MARKETS 2001 http://www.pmaconference.com/0103Agendah.pdf ? Qualify for the? CERTIFIED POWERMARKETERS EXAM Attend PMA's preconference seminar: FUNDAMENTALS OF POWER MARKETING http://www.pmaconference.com/0103Agendah.pdf Covered at the Fundamentals of Power Marketing Seminar Introduction to the Power Industry Getting Started as a Marketer Lexicon of Power Marketing Indexed Transactions Swaps Tolling Agreements Option-type transactions Finance-type transactions Serving the Retail Power Marketer Retail Power Marketing Key Issues in Retail Access Nuts and Bolts of Retail Marketing Future of Power This program is valuable not only for new industry participants, but for professionals who need an overview and "back to basics" review to provide context for their jobs. FUNDAMENTALS OF POWER MARKETING March 14, 2001 Click here to view? CRISIS AND OPPORTUNITY: POWER MARKETS 2001 http://www.pmaconference.com/0103Agendah.pdf