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Gray Davis said= =20 Tuesday after meeting with Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan an= d=20 Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers. http://199.97.97.79/IMDS%PMADJN0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/djn/20= 00/ 12/27/eng-djn/eng-djn_112026_40_6688890233636 CALIFORNIA UTILITIES PUT POWER-PURCHASE LOSS AT $11 BLN BY END OF DECEMBER California's two largest utilities expect continued high wholesale power=20 prices to push their undercollected power costs to $11 billion by the end o= f=20 the year and nearly $13 billion by the end of January, executives at=20 utilities said late Tuesday. http://199.97.97.79/IMDS%PMADJN0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/djn/20= 00/ 12/27/eng-djn/eng-djn_140034_140_149243846536 -ATLANTA REGULATORS ISSUE NEW RULES FOR NATURAL GAS BILLS The Public Service Commission on Thursday enacted new regulations intended = to=20 fix billing problems that have marred Georgia's natural gas deregulation an= d=20 to simplify monthly bills. http://199.97.97.163/IMDS%PMAKRT0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/write= rsd esk/2000/12/27/eng-powerm-000001/eng-powerm-000001_173855_19_8376577440649 NEW YORK GOVERNOR BOOSTS POWER PLANT George Pataki, in a highly unusual move, has urged a federal agency to=20 approve a proposed power plant in Athens, Greene County -- and effectively= =20 has taken out of local hands any official steps to block the generator. http://199.97.97.163/IMDS%PMAKRT0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/knigh= tri dder/2000/12/27/krtbn/0000-0012-AL-POWER-PLANT NRG ENERGY STRENGTHENS PRESENCE IN THE NORTHEAST BY ACQUIRING AN ADDITIONAL= =20 1,051 MW OF GENERATION IN CONNECTICUT NRG Energy, Inc. announced it has signed an asset purchase agreement to=20 acquire the Bridgeport and New Haven Harbor Stations in Connecticut from=20 Wisconsin Energy Corp. for $325 million, subject to normal purchase price= =20 adjustments. http://199.97.97.163/IMDS%PMANAT0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/comte= x/2 000/12/27/bw/0000-2878-.industrytopstories.util ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DOW JONES NEWSWIRES ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at:=20 http://199.97.97.79/IMDS|PMADJN0,PMADJN1,PMADJN2,PMADJN3,PMADJN4|index PG&E/4Q -2: Rate Hike Needed To Avoid Earnings Hit New Smyrna Beach Util To Appeal Fla Merchant Pwr Ban EEI:Electric Output Report For Wk Ended Dec 23 Seen Thu Nuclear Fuel Dumping Dispute To Heat Up With Thu Hearing CORRECT:SCE Suit In US Court Of Appeals,Not District Crt So Cal Ed/FERC -2: PG&E: To File Separate Suit Vs FERC Calif PX Asks FERC To Reconsider Some Dec. 15 Rulings So Cal Ed Sues FERC, Wants Cost-Based Pwr Rates In Calif Ice Storm Blankets US South, Cutting Power To Thousands Calif Utils Put Pwr-Purchase Loss At $11 Bln By End Dec Golden Northwest -2: Tolling Agreement With Norsk Hydro Golden Northwest Aluminum Cuts Output Amid Power Woes Calif Gov: Didn't Ask Greenspan To Intervene For Utils Iberdrola/Plant -3: Fourth Combined-Cycle Project >E.IBR Iberdrola/Plant -2: To Be 100% Owned By Unit >E.IBR Iberdrola In EUR160M Pact To Build Combined-Cycle Plant FREE TRIAL: For a free trial of the Dow Jones Energy Service go to www.dowjonesnews.com, and click "create account," or call 1-800-223-2274. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- N A T I O N A L ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at: http://www.powermarketers.com/pma-nat.htm Alabama Power Sends Crews to Help Restore Power in Arkansas U.S.'s Richardson renews emergency order to avert California power outages Power Resale Cuts Work Force Energy Crunch Is Hitting Home Puc to Consider Calif Power Rate Hike Gov. Asks for Fed Help in Power Crunch Top Energy Summaries - Wednesday, December 27, 2000 - 5:25 PM Nrg Energy Strengthens Presence in the Northeast by Acquiring An Additional= =20 1,051 Mw of Generation in Connecticut The Energy Association of Pennsylvania Announces Officers for The 2001=20 Association Year Wrap: California Governor Asks DOE to Extend Power Sale Rule (Update3) U.S. Energy Dept seen renewing emergency powers to avert power crunch -sour= ces -Issue Alert- DPL Hangs Out "For Sale" Sign; Is Industry Consolidation a=20 Necessity? Oklahoma City-Area Subdivision Features Homes with Geothermal Energy System= s -NORTHEAST ENERGY REVIEW AND FORECAST December 2000 Wrap: California Governor Asks DOE to Extend Power Sale Rule (Update2) Calif. Power Crisis Prompts Fresno to Look at $125 Mln Project Clean Air Renewable Energy (Care) Coalition Launched Repeats: Energy Volume And Open Interest Totals-DEC 27 Suncor Energy Inc Letters to the Editor ; Nuclear Power Kld Adds Two Texas Energy Companies to Domini 400 Social IndexAddition of= =20 Natural Gas Firms Increases Dsi 400 Exposure to Energy Sector; Companies=20 Noted for Promotion of Women, Progressive Environmental Policies Clinton to meet California Governor Davis as state's energy crisis continue= s Nepa Appeals to State Government on Power Conservation New World Power Executes Additional Power Supply Contracts Harken Energy Corp - Commences Olivo #2 Well on Bolivar Block Petroquest Energy Inc - Acquires Interest in Ship Shoal Block 72 Field Atco Ltd - Atco Gas Confirms Sale of Natural Gas Property Energy Update/Los Angeles Department of Water And Power Daily Energy Update= ,=20 Wednesday, DEC. 27, 2000 Depa Tment of Energy Energy Information Administration Agency in Ormation= =20 Collection Activities: Submission for Emergency OMB Review; Comment Request Greenspan Questioned on Power Crisis California Governor Seeks Advice First Chilly Temperatures of the Year Lure Manatees to Fpl's Riviera Power= =20 Plant Pg&E to Seek Extra Charge: Puc Hears Power Issue Today Repeat/ Proton Energy Systems' Hogen Hydrogen Generators Help Assure Hydrog= en=20 Supply Reliability in A Volatile Industrial Gases Market Xwave Wins It Services Contract with NB PowerPartnership Allows Electric=20 Utility to Focus on Improving Customer Service Top Energy Summaries - Wednesday, December 27, 2000 - 9:14 Am Davis Seeks Greenspan's Energy Advice / Unprecedented: State's Surging Cost= s=20 Send Governor to Fed Chairman Natural Gas Prices: Rate Hike Approval Expected Top Energy Summaries - Wednesday, December 27, 2000 - 7:33 Am ACS, General Electric consortium win 160 mln eur contract from Iberdrola Big Offices Face Big Bills for Heating Rise in Energy Prices Sends; Chills= =20 Through Large Organizations Power Use Conservation Urged Greenspan's California Power Crisis Talks Boost Hopes for US Rate Cut Sanyo to Be Punished Over Defective Solar Cell Systems Vilsack Advocates Aid for Utility Bills Soaring Heat Bills Jar Iowans a Frigid December And High Natural Gas Prices= =20 Are a Stunningly Costly Combination. 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Files 8k Energy Crisis Hits Yugoslavia Tokyo Electric Power to Advance Into Rival's Turf Top Energy Summaries - Wednesday, December 27, 2000 - 2:23 PM Endesa And Elecnor Signed Agreement to Install 3,000 Mw Wind Capacity in=20 Argentina Peabody Group And Coal & Allied Reach Agreement on Sale of Peabody's=20 Australian Subsidiaries Top Energy Summaries - Wednesday, December 27, 2000 - 12:47 PM Panafrican Energy Corporation - US$30,670,133 Investment by Aig African=20 Infrastructure Fund - And Rmb Resources Limited Serbian Power Industry Appeals to Citizens to Reduce Consumption Kenya May Import Power from Southern Africa Azcentral.com - Energy Leads Eurostocks Higher Trader Tomen to Build 2 More Wind Power Plants in Hokkaido Thailand: Thaioil Power to Ask for Debt Repayment Rescheduling Pnoc-Edc Signs Up Japanese Consultant for Negros Geothermal Project Skanska Acquires Interest in New Power Company in The Expansive Brazilian= =20 Electricity Market - Generates Building Contract Worth Sek 400 Million China's Adjustment of Power Sector Pays Off China Further Restructures Power Industry New study investigates wind power in Hong Kong ---------------------------------------------------------------------- KRT DAILY ENERGY NEWS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at http://www.powermarketers.com/pma-krt.htm -Atlanta Regulators Issue New Rules for Natural Gas Bills Oklahoma City-Area Subdivision Features Homes with Geothermal Energy System= s Idaho Regulators Set Hearing on Sale of Electrical Assets Chicago to Net $38 Million Tax Windfall on Natural Gas, Says Energy Firm California Greenhouse Growers Enjoy High Sales=01*And Heating Bills Electric Bills Are Likely to Rise in California Failing to Stockpile in The Spring, Natural-Gas Providers Now Paying Dearly High Point, N.C., Economy Could Take Hit from Municipal Power Debt Xcel Energy Seeks to Increase Natural Gas Rates in Colorado Amid Power Crisis, California Consumers Brace for Hearings on Rate Increase= s Californians Regulators Set Stage for Speedy Electric-Rate Hike Edwardsville, Ill., College Campus to Begin Construction of Ethanol Plant New York Governor Boosts Power Plant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- REUTERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at: http://207.32.82.57/news/ElectricPower.html UPDATE 2-Calif. regulators mull rate hikes, attack FERC UPDATE 2- Davis, Clinton meet on California power crisis UPDATE 2-Icy storm paralyzes Arkansas, Oklahoma UPDATE 2-SoCal Edison finds capital markets shut amid crisis US extends mandate for California power sales to Jan 5 AES receives sell orders for 71 pct of Chile's Gener Jabil Circuit to replace Coastal Corp in S&P 500 UPDATE 1 - Calif. regulators mull rate hikes, attack FERC US Corp Bonds - California power crisis deepens Calif. utility files lawsuit seeking cost-based power prices Dynegy lobbies online exchanges to link to TradeSpark California governor asks for extended power sales order Southern Calif Edison can't syndicate loan, sell debt UPDATE 1-Golden Northwest halts aluminum output at Oregon plant Serbia cuts power to industry to avoid longer blackouts UPDATE 1-NRG to buy two Wisconsin Energy power plants Ice leaves 89,000 still without power in Tx., Ark.,La. 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