Message-ID: <7876750.1075841873450.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 16:40:00 -0700 (PDT) From: pmadpr@worldnet.att.net Subject: PowerMarketers.com Daily Power Report for 30 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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PSE&G/RATES - 2: PSEG COULD BUILD 340 MW IN CALIFORNIA BY AUTUMN Unregulated units PSEG Power and PSEG Global are expected to anchor the company's growth with the construction of new power plants in the U.S. and abroad, the executives said. FEDERAL OFFICIALS APPROVE POWER PRICE CONTROLS FOR CALIFORNIA Federal regulators Wednesday ordered limited price controls for California's electricity market that will kick in when a shortage of power threatens to plunge the state into an emergency. BUSH EXPLORING POWER PLANT BOOSTS The Bush administration and congressional Republicans are exploring ways to boost production from California's small, alternative-energy power plants, many of which have shut down because they weren't getting paid. PRAISES SUNG FOR NEW POWER PLANT; COAL-FIRED FACILITY IS FIRST ALLOWED IN 20 YEARS Coal industry and union representatives Thursday pointed to a planned $137 million power plant in Logan County as an example of how Illinois coal can become an environmentally friendly and inexpensive energy source. EXCO RESOURCES INC. - COMPLETES $51.3 MILLION ACQUISITION OF ADDISON ENERGY INC. EXCO Resources, Inc. announced that it completed the previously announced acquisition of Addison Energy Inc., a private Canadian oil and gas company headquartered in Calgary. EnergyJobs Weekly (current issue) can be downloaded at: ?? http://www.pmaconference.com/EnergyJobs.pdf Merchant Power Monthly (current issue) can be downloaded at: ? http://www.pmaconference.com/mpm.pdf 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 UniSource Energy Earnings -2: 1Q Fincl Table, Comment PSE&G/Pwr -3: Expects To Recover $40 Million From PG&E UniSource Energy Sees 2001 Net Of At Least $2.50/Shr UniSource Energy Boosts 2001 Net View >UNS UniSource Energy 1Q Net 56c/Share Before Acctg Change UniSource Energy 1Q Net 57c/Diluted Shr Vs 1c >UNS UniSource Energy/Global Energy CEO -2:Effective May 1 4 Texas Utils Ordered To Return $3.9B In Stranded Costs REPEAT: PSE&G: NJ Will Allow It To Recover Any Shortfall PSE&G/Rates -2:PSEG Could Build 340 MW In Calif By Autumn UniSource Energy: Misra To Be Global Energy Pres/CEO >UNS UniSource Energy: Global Energy Sol Pres,CEO To Step Down Chicago, Suburbs Nearing New Deal For Cleaner Power PRESS RELEASE: Moody's Upgrades Exelon Corp, PECO, ComEd Exelon Corp Sr Unsec Raised To Baa2 By Moody's Venezuela To Restart LMDS Auction Process By End Of May Dynegy Exec:More Grid Access Could Avert Some Blackouts Commonwealth Edison Sr Sec Raised To A3 By Moody's PECO Energy Co Sr Unsec Raised To A2 By Moody's NRC To Meet With Kewanee Nuclear Operators Over Safety PSE&G: NJ Will Allow It To Recover Any Shortfall PRESS RELEASE: Moody's Confirms Reliant Energy A3 Sr Sec FirstEnergy: 425-MW Ohio Peaking Plant Due Up For Summer Reliant Energy Sr Sec Confirmed At A3 By Moody's >REI Mirant, Vattenfall To Create Third-Largest German Pwr Co FPL Telecommunications Unit Signs Data Center Deal Energy Execs: US Energy Policy Needs Free-Market Focus Jackson Charity Adds 40 Donors To US Tax Return - Report NRC: FL&P 839-MW St Lucie 2 Seen Back Early Next Week Endesa To Continue Chile Invest; Confident On Argentina Enron Offl Given Authority To End India Pwr Proj -Report US LEC Results -3: Street Sees '01 Loss $3.11/Shr >CLEC US LEC Results -2: 1Q Financial Table, Comment >CLEC US LEC 'On Target' For 2001 Fincl Plans >CLEC US LEC 1Q Losses 66c A Shr Vs $1.44 >CLEC US LEC 1Q Negative EBITDA $5.3M Vs Negative $1.7M >CLEC MAAC Sees 17% Power Reserve Margin For Summer 2001 MACC Report Sees 17% Reserve Margin For Power This Summer Eichel -4: German Economic Growth Remains "Robust" Eichel -2: Follows Lower German Econ Growth Forecast Eichel -3: Eyes On May 17 Tax Revenue Forecast EnBW Convertible/Pricing -2: Bond Redeemable at 102.9% German Govt/01 GDP -4: Bigger Rise In Deficit Seen EnBW Convertible Coupon/YTM 3-Yr Euro Swap Rate -230 BPs EnBW Convertible Priced With 19% Premium >G.ENR German Govt/01 GDP -3: Split Over Extra Budget Measures German Govt/01 GDP -2: Stage Set For Possible Budget Row ?NATIONAL - Access stories online at: http://www.powermarketers.com/pma-nat.htm Coal Gets Newfound Attention: Environmentalists Unhappy About Bush Support Energy-sector Sell-off Schedule Delays Sale of Most Lucrative Plants To 2002 Federal Power Plants To Raise Output 35% in 2001 LAX Opens Natural Gas Fuel Station; LAX Station Fuels Expanding Fleet of Alternative-Fuel Vehicles Elamex Announces Restructure of Its Joint Venture with General Electric Bush Exploring Power Plant Boosts Consumer Group Proposes Locking in Natural Gas Prices Bid to Limit Energy Costs Fails Petrobank Energy And Resources Ltd. Purchases the Daybreak Energy Corporation Announces New Initiatives CEO of Global Energy Solutions Steps Down Canargo Energy Corp - Acquisition of Canargo Power Corporation Thermal Energy International Inc. - Improves Profitability Atmos Energy Corporation Will Webcast Management Presentation Praises Sung for New Power Plant ; Coal-Fired Facility Is First Allowed in 20 Years Ryan Sets Summit to Develop Plan for Illinois Coal Industry Appa Members Offer Online Energy Information Ahmsa Coal Could Fuel New Power Plant - Mexico Repeats: Energy Volume And Open Interest Totals-APR 27 Top Energy Summaries - Friday, April 27, 2001 - 2:11 PM Arch Coal CEO Steven Leer Sees A Promising Time for His Product Powder River Basin Price Jumps from $4.50 A Ton to $15 in A Year Sale of Sierra Pacific Power Company Water Business Receives Final Regulatory Approval Westmoreland Coal CO: Mdu Resources Group, Inc. - Westmoreland Power to Join Montana-Dakota Utilities' Application - for Lv-21 Power Project Stuart Energy Signs Lease for 135,000 Square Foot Facility Tennessee Valley Authority Addition of Electric Generation Peaking Capacity at Greenfield Sites, Mississippi Natural Gas Outlook C-Tech Energy Services Inc. Announces Signing of A Letter of Intent Fast-track Energy Bills Hit Gop Block Feds' Power Plan Offers Hope of Stability / Analysis: Prices Would Be Regulated During Emergency Periods S.F. Ponders Wind Turbines for Its Land Near Sunol / Up to 50 Generators Could Dot Landscape Pipeline Power Partners And Snc-Lavalin to Design And Build Gas Compressor Station in New York State Exco Resources Inc - Completes $51.3 Million Acquisition of Addison Energy Inc. Top Energy Summaries - Friday, April 27, 2001 - 12:06 PM Advisory/Executive from Power Grid Operator Pjm to Comment on Energy Crisis Kcp&L Issues Good Power Outlook for Summer Power Players Energy Savers Can Now Be Paid for Efforts Washington And Idaho Ok Avista Plan; That Offers Conservation Rebates Aes Drax Energy Ltd.Exchange Offer Expires Silverado Gold Mines Ltd - Growing U.S. Government Support for Silverado's 'Green Fuel' - As Low Cost Way to Alleviate Electrical Shortages Go-ahead for 'Green' Power Plant Midcoast Energy Resources Inc. Declares $0.10 Per Share Dividend Pointserve Acquires Servana; Latest Acquisition Bolsters Internet Infrastructure Capabilities for Global Economic Optimization of Utility Industry Exelon Generation, Peoples Energy Announce Plans to Complete Power Generation Project Kvaerner Wins Usd120m Power Plant Contract in the US ?INTERNATIONAL - Access stories online at: http://www.powermarketers.com/pma-intr.htm Asian Development Bank To Finance Upgrading of Central Asian Power Grid Kinetic Energy Inc.: Corporate Update Pace Considers Financing of Completion of Power Units at Khmelnytsky and Rivne Npp as Inexpedient Fuji Electric to Spin Off Industrial System Div. Canargo Announces Acquisition of Canargo Power Corporation NY Natural Gas Review: Dips, Losses Continued Amid Light Use Czechs Say Austria Challenges Their Sovereign Right to Choose Energy Policy Turkmenistan Ready to Deliver Natural Gas to Turkey Ukraine: New Head of State Energy Market Operator Appointed (Update) Estonian Premier Rules Out Amendments to Energy Sell-Off Agreement Grande Prairie to Be First Canadian Customer for Cummins-Westport 1.5 Megawatt Natural Gas Generator Turkish Energy Minister Resigns Russia Ups Coal Output 2.4% in Q1 Ocean Power Corporation Sigma Update Astropower Joint Venture to Power World's Largest Solar Plant; Astrasolar to Supply 13mw of Apex(TM) Solar Cells for Spanish Project Growing U.S. Government Support for Silverado's 'Green Fuel' As Low Cost Way to Alleviate Electrical Shortages India Needs US$854.15 Mln to Achieve 100% Power Metering: CEA S Korean Power Consumption Up 6.7 Pct in March Environment: Chernobyl Cripples The Health Of Younger Generation China's Shaanxi Seeks Foreign Investment to Build Power Plant India's Power Generation to Increase Over Next 3 Years: Minister ?KRT - Access stories online at: http://www.powermarketers.com/pma-krt.htm Duke Energy Wary of California Power Woes (B) Opinion/Research: the Rising Price of Energy in The Western US Gulfport, Miss.-Based Power Names New CEO Texas Utility Commission Approves Energy Firm's Transmission Rates ?REUTERS - Access stories online at: http://news.powermarketers.com/news/articles/ElectricPower.html No Friday, April 27 stories available on Monday, April 30. 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