Message-ID: <21102735.1075841873097.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 18:14:00 -0700 (PDT) From: pmadpr@worldnet.att.net Subject: PowerMarketers.com Daily Power Report for 20 April 2001 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 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 The PowerMarketers.com POWER REPORT The PowerMarketers.com POWER REPORT Today's Energy Headlines From PowerMarketers.com The Industry's Preferred Source For Breaking Energy News And Information http://www.powermarketers.com "The PowerMarketers.com Power Report is in html format. ?For those who can't read html, you can still get the text version (or both text and html for that matter). 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ECOWATT ANNOUNCES 20 MEGAWATT BIOMASS-FUELED POWER PLANT TARGETED FOR MARYLAND'S EASTERN SHORE; PLANT WILL MEET LOCAL POWER NEEDS; ANSWER WASTE MANAGEMENT CONCERNS AND PROVIDE LOCAL JOBS ECOwatt, a Maryland based developer of community-based, biomass-fueled power projects, announces that it has selected the Eastern Shore as the site for a 20 megawatt distributed generation power plant. WILLIAMS ANNOUNCES PLANS TO DEVELOP POWER GENERATION FACILITY IN GEORGIA A unit of Williams today announced plans to develop a 1,230 megawatt natural gas-fired power generation plant near Fairburn, Georgia. END TO DEREGULATION OF NEVADA POWER Gov. Kenny Guinn signed a bill Wednesday that would stop the sale of Nevada power plants, halt deregulation and bail out struggling utilities with a new rate system. Dow Jones News, Preferred by the Pros DOW JONES NEWSWIRES- Access stories online at: http://199.97.97.79/IMDS|PMADJN0,PMADJN1,PMADJN2,PMADJN3,PMADJN4|index Brazil's Furnas Privatization To Include ADR Issue Brazil/Furnas -2: Acctg Adjustments Seen Prior To Sale US Midwest Pwr Prices Fall On Warm Weather, Light Loads US Mid-Atlantic Pwr Prices Fall On Weather, Light Loads Danish NEG/Order -2: To Build 88 Turbines In Spanish Deal Enron India/Dabhol Pwr -2: Owed INR1.02B For Pwr Supplied Enron India To Meet Dabhol Pwr Proj Lenders Apr 23 Endesa CEO -3: Seeks Active Role In European Mkts >ELE Endesa CEO Discounts Renewed Talks With Iberdrola >EN Endesa CEO: Asset Sales Seen Most Likely For Cash >EN Endesa CEO: Targets Sale Of Domestic Assets This Yr >ELE Endesa CEO -2: Sales To Finance EUR20B Europe Expansion >ELE Taiwan Power Sees NT$2.6B Payment For Nuclear Plant Halt Encal/Calpine-2: Swap 0.1493 Calpine Shr For 1 Encal Shr REPEAT:Explosion Occurs At Suburban Chicago Power Plant Explosion Occurs At Suburban Chicago Power Plant FREE TRIAL: For a free trial of the various Dow Jones index and data services, go to www.dowjonesnews.com, and click "create account," or call 1-800-223-2274. ?NATIONAL - Access stories online at: http://www.powermarketers.com/pma-nat.htm Electric Power Supply Association Tells Ferc That New California ISO Board And Its Flawed Market Plan Must Go Sterling Planet Launches the First 100% Green Energy Option Available to Every Consumer And Business in 48 Mainland States And D.C.Sterling Planet Makes Every Day An Earth Day Repeats: Energy Volume And Open Interest Totals-APR 19 Southern States Power Biodiesel Production Facility Nears Completion Nhs Urged to Greater Energy Efficiency Calpine Corp: Encal Energy Ltd. - Calpine And Encal Energy Announce Completion of Merger Infrastrux Group, a Puget Energy Subsidiary, Acquires Mid-Atlantic Pipeline Contractor Energy Secretary Abraham Warns of Energy-Related Recession in World Energy Magazine Silicon Valley Power Fight Continues Thermafreeze Announces First Energy Sector Acquisition O2micro Granted Two Power Management Patents Calpine to Purchase 46 General Electric Gas TurbinesTurbines in Place for 70,000-Megawatt Program Skyscraper Is an Ode to Green: The EPA's New Home Is Peppered with Artwork and Energy Innovation. Technology, Trade And Commerce Agency Announces Biomass Grant Awards Totaling $374,000; Program Strengthens Production of Renewable Energy in California Altagas Services Inc - Spends $8.0 Million to Increase Natural Gas Processing Capacity Texas energy firms gouged California, experts say Court Fight Looms for Power Plant Ecowatt Announces 20 Megawatt Biomass-Fueled Power Plant Targeted for Maryland's Eastern Shore; Plant Will Meet Local Power Needs; Answer Waste Management Concerns And Provide Local Jobs Apx Delivers Texas Renewable Energy Credit System to Ercot Williams Announces Plans to Develop Power Generation Facility in Georgia Aes Newenergy Teams with Energy Systems Group to Offer Energy Services to Illinois Customers Greenman Technologies Acquires Tennessee Tire Recyclers, Inc.; Acquisition Adds $2 Million in Revenues, Expands Greenman's Alternative Energy-Related Presence Electric Fuel Corp. Announces New Battery Pricing NY Natural Gas Pre-Opg: May Seen Flat to Higher on Consolidation Constellation Energy Group on Target to Complete West Virginia Power Plant for Summer Service Global Green USA And Environment Now Release ''Roadmaps'' to Help State Meet Energy Efficiency GoalsEnvironmental Groups Applaud "Chief Energy Advisor" to Davis And Signing of Energy Efficiency Legislation As First Steps to Recovery for California Tradespark Opens Houston Texas Office -- Most Comprehensive, Fully Electronic Energy Marketplace Builds Presence in Energy-Hub City Nuclear Energy Is Viable Alternative Environmentalists Oppose Proposed Power Plants UN: Sustainable Development Commission Takes Up Energy And Transport in Its High-Level Segment Power, Pain of Eminent Domain Landowners Battle Transmission-Line Easements Declared Necessary by Georgia Power under Its State-Granted Authority. End to Deregulation of Nevada Power ?INTERNATIONAL - Access stories online at: http://www.powermarketers.com/pma-intr.htm GREENPEACE OFFICE CONNECTS SOLAR UNIT TO ARGENTINE POWER GRID Westcoast Energy Inc - Open Season on Southern Mainline And Westcoast Alberta Facilities Peru: Repsol Ypf to Invest US$14mil in Power Plant Top Energy Summaries - Thursday, April 19, 2001 - 2:13 PM Baku: Azerbaijan to Create Energy Ministry Top Energy Summaries - Thursday, April 19, 2001 - 12:25 PM Celanese AG to Exhibit Fuel Cell Components at Hanover, Germany Trade Fair Next Week El Pais: Government Regulates Greater Liberalisation of Natural Gas Market Today(El Gobierno Regula Hoy Una Mayor Apertura Del Mercado Del Gas Natural) Top Energy Summaries - Thursday, April 19, 2001 - 9:19 Am China's Daya Bay Nuclear Plant Supplys More Power to Hk Profile - China's Electric Power Industry (April 2001) AuIron Energy to start commercial production of pig iron late 2003 Top Energy Summaries - Thursday, April 19, 2001 - 7:40 Am Woodside Energy awards 280 mln aud North West Shelf expansion project Siemens Power Generation Streamlines Development of Fossil Fuel Power Plants with Sap's Product Lifecycle Management Solution Energy And Utilities Taxpayers Tipped to Foot State Power Bills ?KRT - Access stories online at: http://www.powermarketers.com/pma-krt.htm Connecticut Governor Announces Fuel Cell Purchase Commission Orders Tulsa, Okla.-Based Energy Firm to Relinquish Documents Tampa, Fla., Energy Firm Reports 18 Percent Earnings Growth for 2000 Washington State Utilities Declare Vulnerability to Shortage Minnesota Utilities Start Cutoffs for Non-Payment Minnesota Fines Ethanol Plant in ST. Paul for Noise, Environmental Problems Testimony Indicates California Electricity Market Was Troubled in 1998 California Governor May Back Energy Firm's Proposed Power Plant Bellevue, Wash.-Based Puget Sound Energy Keeps Course in Rough Sea Sacramento, Calif., Electric Rates to Soar Higher Than Predicted Colton, Calif., Utility Company Hopes to Bring New Generator Online Soon North Carolina Lawmakers Back for Power Plant Pollution Control Bill Portland, Ore.-Based Utility Company Promotes Rate Bill in Legislature Northwest U.S. Braces for Summer Onslaught of Electricity Crisis Energy Secretary Likely to Uphold Decision to Shut Down Hanford, Wash., Plant Washington State Power Authority Takes More Land Out of Production Federal Inspectors Fine Operators of Cambria County, Pa., Power Plant Chino Hills, Calif., Man Reduces Electricity Bills Through Conservation Former Energy Secretary Is `Leery' of California's Purchase of Power Lines New Jersey Utility Hints at Rate Hike in 2003 New Jersey Utility Advocate Advises Against Merger Approval Nashua, N.H., Water Utility Announces Plans for Proposed Rate Increase Milwaukee-Based Utility Begins Energy Shut-Offs for Delinquent Customers Nevada Regulator Seeks Delay in Proposed Utility Deal California Energy Crisis Results in Major Loss for Utility Parent Company Houston Chronicle Jim Barlow Column Minnesota Power Company Posts a Profitable First Quarter Energy Crisis Prompts Look at Generators, Air Quality in Bakersfield, Calif. Utility Company to Begin Pilot Program in Texas Southeast Texas Lags Behind Rest of State in Electricity Deregulation Santa Barbara, Calif., Start-Up Looks to Make Electricity from Algae Albany, N.Y.-Based Plug Power Shares Rise on Announcements -Pollution Control Project at Owensville, Ind., Power Plant Is a Tall Order ?REUTERS - Access stories online at: http://news.powermarketers.com/news/articles/ElectricPower.html Ontario set to unveil power deregulation - source No injuries after explosion at Midwest power plant UPDATE 1-CONSOL output up, pushes profit past expectations Environment ministers save energy in UN bike ride Falconbridge to take hit from power rate hike UPDATE 1-Avici Q1 loss narrows Nevada repeals electric deregulation plan UPDATE 1-Con Edison profits slip on system investments Milan bourse ends down; Montedison falls, Fiat up Con Edison profits slip on system investments UPDATE 1-Enron India unit lenders to meet on April 23 WPS Resources Q1 profit falls 16 percent Avici first-quarter loss narrows Japan nuclear plant cuts output over suspected leak Calif Energy Commission okays Otay Mesa project Black Hills offers 3 mln shares at $52/ea UPDATE 1-Nicor says profits flat, hit upper range of estimates NEW on the PowerMarketers.com TRAINING PAGE: Access all online presentations at: http://www.pmaconference.com The presentations below are from PMA's Power Markets 2001, taped at the Aladdin Hotel, Las Vegas, March 15-16, 2001. 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