Message-ID: <2370254.1075841873201.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 13:46:00 -0700 (PDT) From: pmadpr@worldnet.att.net Subject: PowerMarketers.com Daily Power Report for 23 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). Just go to: http://www.retailenergy.com/headsel.htm" Subscriptions to The PowerMarketers.com Power Report are free - you will never be charged. 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Energy Jobs Weekly Download current issue at: http://www.pmaconference.com/EnergyJobs.pdf ?TOP STORIES CALIFORNIA REGULATORS WORK TO PUT TOGETHER ELECTRIC RATE STRUCTURE State regulators last month announced an electric rate increase that would average a whopping three cents per kilowatt hour, hit bills beginning in May and punish power pigs while sparing energy misers. CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR SAYS AGREEMENT TO BUY POWER LINES MAY NEED CHANGES Gov. Gray Davis indicated Wednesday that he may need to alter the agreement to purchase Southern California Edison Co.'s transmission lines if he wants legislators to approve the deal. JUNO BEACH, FLORIDA-BASED POWER COMPANY PLANS TO BUILD PLANT NEAR DALLAS FPL Group said Tuesday it will build its third-largest plant, a 1,789-megawatt natural-gas fired project near Dallas. SOLAR POWER STATION TO BE BUILT AT HANFORD NUCLEAR RESERVATION Three Northwest energy organizations announced today plans to construct the region's largest solar power station on the site of the terminated WNP-1 nuclear power plant in south-central Washington. BRITAIN WAVES GOODBYE TO NOVEL FORM OF SEA POWER DROWNED IN RED TAPE The first commercial version of a revolutionary British power station which generates electricity from the tides is to be built in Iceland because of red tape holding up planning permission in the UK. 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 Elwood Energy/Exelon Generation -2: For 150 Megawatts US Pessimistic About Global Warming Accord In July Elwood Energy, Exelon Generation In Long-Term Power Pact Alliant Energy Earnings -4: 1Q Utility Net 42c/Shr Vs 46c REPEAT&CORRECT: Alliant Energy Earnings-2: 1Q Fincl Table Fla Elec Panel Advances Despite Lack of Legis Reaction Alliant Energy Earnings -3: Sees Annual Net Growth 7%-10% Coalition Appeals Judge's OK For 10 NYPA NYC Turbines Alliant Energy Earnings-2: 1Q Fincl Table Edison Still Negotiating With Banks On Refinancing Alliant Energy 1Q Oper Rev $852.7M Vs $574.1M >LNT Alliant Energy 1Q Net 42c/Share Mont. Power To Sell Elec From PPL Corp At 4c/KW ConEd Weighs Telecom Tech If Lights Stay On This Summer Mont. Power To Sell PPL Corp Energy At A Discount Mont. Power To Sell Up To 500 MW From PPL Corp Plant For Canada's Top Gas Producer AEC, World Is Stage Capstone Turbine Results -2: 1Q Financial Table, Comment Capstone 1Q Losses 12c/Shr On Item Vs $36.49 On Pfd Div Court To Rule Next Week On NYPA's 2 Turbines In Queens No Return Set For Ill. Power Plant Unit Shut By Explosion Texas Power Exports Now Seen Trimmed By Only 100 MW Mirant, E.On End Bewag Ownership Dispute; Catch Remains US Mid-Atlantic Pwr Prices Climb On Higher Temps, Loads EnbW's Goll: Won't Necessarily Keep Cantabrico Majority Brazil/Elektro -2: Report Said Enron's Price Was Too High UK Water Cos Brace For Restructure, Look To AWG Model Electrabel Denies It's To Make Big Pft On Telenet Sale Brazil's Elektro Denies Reports Of Acquisition By EDP Spain's Cantabrico Board Members To Step Down >E.HIC Revised Palo Verde Futures Vol. Apr. 19, 2 US Lawyer Files Class-Action Suits Against Cell-Phone Cos Alliant Energy Takes Over Debt-Ridden China Power Plant Alliant/China -2: Success For Bad-Loan Recovery Program Six Die After Falling Into Tunnel In Philippine Dam Proj Danish Vestas -2: Order Won't Affect Co Expectations Danish Vestas Gets DKK470M US Order For 170 Turbines INDIA PRESS: Enron May Sell Majority Stake In Dabhol Indonesia's PLN Signs Interim Purchase Deals With 3 IPPs Indian Tribe, Utils Sue Utah Over Nuclear Storage 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 Sdg&E Applauds Governor's Revised 20/20 Energy Conservation Program Solar Power Station to Be Built at Hanford Nuclear Reservation Energy Update/Los Angeles Department of Water And Power Daily Energy Update for Friday, April 20, 2001 Top Energy Summaries - Friday, April 20, 2001 - 5:02 PM -Tennessee State Officials Meet in California to Settle Owed Energy Debt Neb Will Not Allow Westcoast Energy to Reopen Its Pine River Gas Plant Sulphur Pipeline Until Safety Issues Are Addressed Power Drops Bring Claim Surge, Insurer Says California Governor Davis to Help Initiate New Elk Hills Power Plant Project Repeats: Energy Volume And Open Interest Totals-APR 20 Top Energy Summaries - Friday, April 20, 2001 - 2:24 PM Smud Directors Vote to Hike Rates: a Tentative Increase of 19% to 27% Is Blamed on Rising Energy Costs. State Might Balk on Power: But Refusing to Pay 'Ridiculous' Prices Could Add to Crisis. Bay Area Economic Forum Quantifies California Power Crisis: Billions of Dollars And Thousands of Jobs Southland Business And Industry Saving Money, Water And Power Through Metropolitan Conservation Program Hydrocarbons And the Environment Are Compatible, Says BP Amoco's Sir John Browne in World Energy Magazine Altek Power Corporation - Private Placement of 3,762,500 Units Purcell Energy Ltd - Launches State-of-the-Art Interactive Annual Report Web Site - at WWW.Purcellenergy2000.Com Top Energy Summaries - Friday, April 20, 2001 - 12:19 PM Nevada Holds Off on Power Deregulation Intergraph: Process & Power 2001 International Conference Offers Plant Information Management Roundtables; Industry Experts Focus on Value, Benefit in Specialised Two-Day Program AP Sells Solar Enegy Cielo Wind Power And El Paso Electric Flip Switch at Hueco Mountain Wind ` Ranch(TM) to Celebrate Earth Day Progress Energy Becomes Presenting Sponsor of the Carolina Courage Top Energy Summaries - Friday, April 20, 2001 - 9:39 Am At Plastics Inc - Agrees to Sell Its Peachtree City, Georgia Power Cable Insulation - Business to Equistar Chemicals Power Plant of the Future Cinergy And Convergent Group to Launch Empowernet, An Asp-Based Energy Delivery And Energy Market Management Solutions Venture Power Crunch: Puc Delays Decision on Rate Boosts Top Energy Summaries - Friday, April 20, 2001 - 7:24 Am The Yankee Group's Energy Communications Research And Consulting Practice Enhances Focus And Changes Name Alternative Power Probe Opens Vestas wins 470 mln dkr order from FPL Energy for 170 wind turbines E-Business Strategies in the Power Generation Equipment Industry ?INTERNATIONAL - Access stories online at: http://www.powermarketers.com/pma-intr.htm ECOFIN Ministers agree 'common structure' for energy taxation Gasco to Invest $100 Million in Natural Gas Business Napocor to Save 40 Mln Usd by Closing Certain Power Facilities Iberdrola, Others to Invest 72 Mln EUR in Spain Solar Power Project EU Agrees to Debate EU Energy Tax Alcoa Counters Power Cut Risk - Brazil Brazil: Pqu Replaces Energy for Steam CHILE'S GASCO TO INVEST $100 MILLION IN NATURAL GAS BUSINESS Consol Energy Opens Australian Office Alliant Energy International Announces New Power Plant Joint Venture in China UN: Sustainable Development Commission Hears 32 Speakers in High-Level Segment; Energy Development, Climate Change Among Issues Highlighted -- Part 2 of 3 UN: Sustainable Development Commission Hears 32 Speakers in High-Level Segment; Energy Development, Climate Change Among Issues Highlighted -- Part 3 of 3 UN: Sustainable Development Commission Hears 32 Speakers in High-Level Segment; Energy Development, Climate Change Among Issues Highlighted -- Part 1 of 3 Uk: Powergen Sells Assts to Nrg Energy for o130mn Italy: Enel Keen on Buying Southern Water from Scottish Power Getty Copper Corp - Development Power Rate Agreement Completed Iberdrola, others to invest 72 mln eur in Spain solar power project Beijing, Inner Mongolia to Jointly Build Power Plant Japan's Furuno Electric Develops LAN System for Boats Britain Waves Goodbye to Novel Form of Sea Power Drowned in Red Tape Deal Near on Power Site Rio Tinto Agrees on Coal Price Rise with Japanese Firm Philippines Energy Regulatory Board Studies Purchase Amendments Indonesia Power Awaits Approval to Go Public China's Yunnan to Supply 2.5 Bln Kwh of Power to Guangdong Korea Considers Importing Chinese Coal As Alternative to Garlic Vietnam to Connect Southern Villages to National Power Grid ?KRT - Access stories online at: http://www.powermarketers.com/pma-krt.htm -Tulsa, Okla.-Based Williams Again Asked to Justify Electricity Prices -Tennessee State Officials Meet in California to Settle Owed Energy Debt Pickets Criticize Richmond, VA.-Based Energy Company Clark County, Wash., Energy Task Force Gives Report Twin Falls, Idaho, Chamber of Commerce to Discuss Irrigation Power Buyback Florida-Based Utility Holding Company Thrives with 18 Percent Earnings Jump California Regulators Work to Put Together Electric Rate Structure California Governor Deflates Critics of Power Plant Options to Block San Jose, Calif.-Area Plant Are Weighed California Utility Public Relations Specialists Share Energy-Crisis Tales Santa Fe, N.M., Lighting-Fixture Company May Close Due to Increased Costs California Governor Frustrated Over Opposition to Energy Plans California Governor Says Agreement to Buy Power Lines May Need Changes Philadelphia Gas Works to Hire Outside Customer-Service Help Marathon Group's Energy Earnings Lift Usx Corp. Profits The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Home Energy Column Federal Energy Panel Remains An Unlikely Rescuer in California Power Crisis New Jersey Energy Program Will Funnel Aid to Residential Users Juno Beach, Fla.-Based Power Company Plans to Build Plant Near Dallas Nevada Test Site Development Venture Names Interim CEO Earnings Rise 71 Percent for Houston-Based Energy Company British Water Company Plans Cash Or Shares Handout in Pipeline Demerger Illinois Power Gives Customers Option to Pay with Credit Card ?REUTERS - Access stories online at: http://news.powermarketers.com/news/articles/ElectricPower.html No Stories from Friday, April 20 Available on Monday, April 23 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. RealVideo-based powerpoint-based presentations, with the accompanying audio. 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