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Bush doesn't support price controls as a solution to California's mounting electricity crisis, a Bush spokesman said Friday. http://199.97.97.79/IMDS%PMADJN0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/djn/2001/ 01/19/eng-djn/eng-djn_152025_90_6189310736954 FERC CHAIRMAN DROPS EFFORT TO RESUME CALIFORNIA POWER CONTRACT TALKS The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's acting chairman abandoned an effort Friday evening to reinitiate settlement conference negotiations on long-term power sales contracts for California's ailing power market. http://199.97.97.79/IMDS%PMADJN0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/djn/2001/ 01/20/eng-djn/eng-djn_000032_139_950407759752 AMERGEN UPS VERMONT YANKEE BID TO $40M, ATTACKS ENTERGY AmerGen Energy Co. on Friday said it has nearly doubled its standing offer for the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant to $40 million, and claimed the value of a rival bid had been exaggerated. http://199.97.97.79/IMDS%PMADJN0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/djn/2001/ 01/19/eng-djn/eng-djn_194031_121_747544843238 -OKLAHOMA ENERGY COMPANIES TRY TO COMBAT BOOM-BUST CYCLE When it comes to roller-coaster business cycles, the energy industry towers above most others. http://199.97.97.163/IMDS%PMANAT0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/writersd esk/2001/01/19/eng-powerm-000001/eng-powerm-000001_182354_48_4326855023392 NETHERLANDS WON'T SEE CALIFORNIA PROBLEM - ECONOMY MINISTER Dutch Economy Minister Annemarie Jorritsma believes it is unlikely that the problems of the electricity market in California will be repeated in the Netherlands in the short term, said a document received Friday. http://199.97.97.79/IMDS%PMADJN0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/djn/2001/ 01/19/eng-djn/eng-djn_134030_240_174158373848 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DOW JONES NEWSWIRES ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at: http://199.97.97.79/IMDS|PMADJN0,PMADJN1,PMADJN2,PMADJN3,PMADJN4|index Calif Attorney Gen Asks FERC To Block PG&E Asset Transfer FERC, Calif Officials Weigh Resuming Pwr Contract Talks PRESS RELEASE:S&P Cuts PG&E-Related Bonds To CC From BBB- PRESS RELEASE: Moody's Downgrades California ISO To B3 Hydro One Applies For Reduced Distribution Rate California AA GO Debt on S&P CreditWatch Negative AmerGen Ups Vermont Yankee Bid To $40M, Attacks Entergy Southern California Edison CP Cut To D By S&P California ISO Credit Rating Cut To B3 By Moody's PG&E-Related Bonds Cut To CC From BBB- By S&P Mexico: US Needs To Fix Regulations, Not Import Power PRESS RELEASE: S&P Puts Calif AA GO Debt CreditWatch -Neg PRESS RELEASE:S&P Cuts Southern California Edison CP To D Edison, PG&E: Calif PUC Restraining Order 'An Insult' GPU/Pa. Agency -3:Regulators Seen Skeptical On GPU Relief GPU/Pa. Agency -2: Wholesale Loss On Yr Could Reach $250M GPU Sees Possible 2001 Pretax Supply Loss Of $145M>GPU GPU Asks Pa. Agency To Defer Excess Energy Costs >GPU Bush Team: Price Caps Won't Solve Calif Power Crisis PRESS RELEASE: California Aa2 Rtg Outlook Stable: Moody's California Aa2 Rtg Outlook Remains Stable, Moody's Says PG&E, Pacific Gas & Electric Downgraded By S&P >PCG PRESS RELEASE: PG&E, Pacific Gas & Electric Cut By S&P California Is Chilling, Not Killing, U.S. Power Plans Netherlands Won't See California Power Problem - Econ Min Gener Chile To Vote On Sale Of Argentina Assets Feb 5 SCE&G: 1,000-MW Summer Seen On Grid First Week In Feb CORRECT:Southern Energy Yr-Ago 4Q Had 4c/Shr Gain,Not Chg Edison/Commcl Paper-4:Lack Of Liquidity Led To Downgrades Southern Energy Earnings -5: Year Fincl Table >SOE Southern Co. Earnings-6: In-Home Electricity Needs Up >SO Edison/Commcl Paper -2: Payment Was Due Thursday >EIX Edison/Commcl Paper -3: Pfd Hldrs May Name Bd Members Edison Intl Owed $32M For Commercial Paper Due Thursday Edison Intl Didn't Pay For Maturing Commercial Paper>EIX Southern Energy Earnings -4: Yr-Ago 4Q Net On 4c/Shr Gain Southern Co. Earnings-5: Sets EPS Growth Target 5% Annually Low Water Levels Keep Idaho From Moving Power To Calif. Southern Co. Earnings-4: To Focus On Three Major Areas>SO Southern Co. Earnings -3: Year Financial Table >SO Dresdner Kleinwort/EIF -2:Financial Details Not Disclosed Southern Co. Earnings -2: 4Q Financial Table >SO Southern Co. 4Q Net 16c A Share Vs 19c >SO Southern Energy Earnings -3: Europe Grp 4Q Net 6c/Shr Southern Energy Earnings -2: 4Q Fincl Table >SOE Southern Energy 4Q Net From Cont Ops 18c/Shr >SOE So Energy 4Q Amer Grp Net Reflects Calif Credit Reserves Southern Energy 4Q Americas Grp Net From Ops 11c/Shr Vs 7c Southern Co. 4Q Oper Net $148M Vs $143M >SO Southern Co. 4Q Oper Net 21c A Share Vs 22c >SO Southern Energy 4Q Net 20c A Share Vs 20c >SOE Southern Energy 4Q Net From Cont Ops Excludes SE Finance Southern Energy 4Q Operating Revenue $7.9B Vs $554M >SOE Dresdner Kleinwort Private Equity Buys US EIF Grp >G.DRS Dresdner Pvt Equity New Name Dresdner Kleinwort Capital Dresdner Kleinwort Private Equity To Launch US Power Fund Calif Energy Bill Calls For State To Spend $400M On Power Calif PUC Rejects SoCal Ed Plan To Sell Nevada Pwr Plant San Francisco City Attorney Sues Power Generators 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 Two-Month Power Gap in Fall May Cost Plenty Wind Power Potential in Oklahoma Studied Electric Rates May Rise Again ; 8% Hike Proposed in City Budget Plan Where the Wild Winds Are Hitachi, 2 Others, to Ally in Power-Supply Equipment Business Massey to Head Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Wall Street Balks at Power Crisis Developments in Calif. Power Crisis Albertson's Voluntarily Adds Oregon And Washington to Energy Conservation Plan Equatorial Energy Inc. Announces Management Change -Oklahoma Energy Companies Try to Combat Boom-Bust Cycle -Atlanta Energy Generator Takes a New Identity -Georgia Agency Considers Easing Natural Gas Consumer Rules -Energy Department Releases Evaluation of Lockheed Martin in Oak Ridge, Tenn. Olympia Energy Inc. Announces Normal Course Issuer Bid Enron And Owens-Illinois Sign Long-Term $2.2 Billion Energy Management Agreement Top Energy Summaries - Friday, January 19, 2001 - 4:55 PM Atco Gas Delivery Charges Decrease While Natural Gas Prices Remain High PG&E Put on Notice by Los Alamos Energy Eott Energy Partners, L.P. Declares Quarterly Cash Distribution South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Sells $150 Million of First Mortgage Bonds Fed Officials Suggest Hands-Off Stance on California Power Crisis Algonquin Power Units Offering Assigned 'S-2' Stability Rating Top Energy Summaries - Friday, January 19, 2001 - 2:20 PM Merger Keeps Up Tension in Electrical Engineering Calif. Governor to Sign $400 Mln Power Purchase Bill at 1130 PT General Electric Affected by Falling Us Economy Arc Canadian Energy Venture Fund 2 Acquires 1,666,667 Common Shares And 666,667 Warrants of Sterling Resources US Will Ask Mexico for Help in Electrical Power Crisis Repeats: Energy Volume And Open Interest Totals-Jan 19 Energy Northwest Mulls Plant 1 Revival Energy Update/Los Angeles Department of Water And Power Daily Energy Update -- Friday, Jan. 19, 2001 GPU Energy Files Response to PapucCompany Seeks Relief from Provider of Last Resort Burdens, Cites California Situation Maryland-Based Griffith Energy Names New President City Weighs Ways to Conserve Power State Remains under Stage Three Electrical Emergency; Conservation Is Key on Fourth Consecutive Day of Critically Low Operating Reserves Ohio Consumers' Counsel Files a Petition with The Puco to Investigate The Current State of The Natural Gas Industry Thunder Energy Inc. Acquires New Core Area on Peace River Arch Top Energy Summaries - Friday, January 19, 2001 - 11:54 Am Founders Energy Ltd. Announces Plans to Convert Into Provident Energy Trust Esenjay Exploration, Inc. Announces Second Significant Natural Gas Discovery Since December 2000 US Senate Sets Hearings for Energy, Interior, EPA Nominees Power Demand to Sustain High Gas Prices Eia Sees 32% Gain in US Energy Demand by 2020 Canadian Niagara Power to Lease Port Colborne Hydro Entergy Enters a Power Surge City Light Warns of New Rate Boost Amid Grim Reports on Energy Crunch Bpa Acts in Face of Power Crisis PSE Customers Could Be Affected by California Power Bankruptcies California Power Crisis; East Coast Power Company Officials Available to Discuss California Situation Department of Energy Announces Research And Development Agreement between Sandia Labs And Celera Genomics with Technology Provided by Compaq Abraham Mum on Crisis: Energy Nominee Says It Is 'Premature' to Discuss California California's Energy Problems Hinge on Supply Insufficiency And Utility Insolvency, Says Electricity Market Expert Partial Deregulation of California's Power System to Blame for Crisis; Retail Price Deregulation Needed, Says Expert Image Power Closes $600,000 Financing Repeats:Silicon Valley Chipmakers Brace for Impact of Power ... Top Energy Summaries - Friday, January 19, 2001 - 9:19 Am Capitalize on the Fuel Cell Market Energy Crunch May Yet Make Waves in Florida Waters Board Weighs Power Issues Energy Designate to Move on Yucca Full: Southern Energy Q4 Pro Forma Net Cont Ops 18c... - Part 4 Full: Southern Energy Q4 Pro Forma Net Cont Ops 18c... - Part 3 Blm Fields Proposals for Wind-Power Project Southern Energy Is Now MirantMirant Sees the Opportunity to Change The World with Our Energy Top Energy Summaries - Friday, January 19, 2001 - 7:03 Am Experts: Surge in Energy Cost Not Predictable Rathdrum Power Plant Gets State Permit ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I N T E R N A T I O N A L ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at: http://www.powermarketers.com/pma-intr.htm Chubu Electric Gets Order from Taiwan Power No Major Insurance Claims from California Power Crisis But Litigation Will Increase, Says Lloyd's of London Big Russia Power Firm to Help Sakhalin with Coal Supplies. Hammond Suddards EdgeUnited Kingdom - Power To The People Aes, Cpc, Panedile Start Hydro Construction - Argentina High Tech Takes California Power Crisis in Stride (1/19) Gap Widens between UK Energy Output And Consumption World Bank: India to Reform Power Sector in State of Rajasthan Govt Transfers 66 Mln Rbls to Dalenergo for Buying Coal. Aneel to Publish Rules for US$2.6bn Hydro Projects March - Brazil American Energy Announces Jacobabad 3 Results China's First Home-Made Rubbish Power Plant Operational Full: Southern Energy Q4 Pro Forma Net Cont Ops 18c... - Part 2 Indonesian Power CO Pln to Offer Long Term Purchase Contracts Indonesia's Pln Signs New Power Purchase Agreement Major Power Station to Be Built at China's Yellow River Pakistan's Lakhra Power Project Sell-Off Finalised Malaysian Finance Minister Denies Bid to Revive Hydro Project Nepal, India to Upgrade Power Exchange Limit Firm Contracted to Prepare Master Energy Plan ---------------------------------------------------------------------- KRT DAILY ENERGY NEWS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at http://www.powermarketers.com/pma-krt.htm -Oklahoma Energy Companies Try to Combat Boom-Bust Cycle -Atlanta Energy Generator Takes a New Identity -Georgia Agency Considers Easing Natural Gas Consumer Rules -Energy Department Releases Evaluation of Lockheed Martin in Oak Ridge, Tenn. -Georgia Public Service Board Enacts Emergency Bill to Protect Ratepayers Bush Spurns Idea of Energy Bailout As Darkness Descends Upon California Bush Energy Secretary Nominee Wins Unanimous Support from Senate Committee Tacoma, Wash., Power Company to Arrange for Loans to Buy Electricity Tacoma, Wash., Electric Officials Ask Federal Regulators to Impose Price Cap Illinois Panel's Gas Price Query May Include Out-of-State Holding Firms Utility Company Asks to Raise Rates in Utah; Claims Shortfall of $142 Million Utility Company Explains Pricing Policies at Coeur D'alene, Idaho, Talk High Utility Bills Hurt Low-Income Families in Washington State California Power Woes Give a Boost to Solar Energy Industry California Governor Declares Electricity Emergency California Nursing Home Folks Sing REM As Blackouts End World As They Know It Blackouts Leave Northern Californians Dazed, Confused Southern California Edison Defaults on Bond Payments, Power Bills California Temporarily Averts Blackouts in Power Crisis Salmon Restoration Efforts Cost Oregon Energy Ratepayers Dearly Portland, Ore., Officials Fear Blackouts in Wake of California Crisis Rolling Blackouts Plague California As Energy Crisis Deepens Big Firms in Providence, R.I., Area Face Large Electricity Bills East Coast, Midwest Power Companies Cannot Help California Energy Crisis Niagara Mohawk Proposes 7.8 Percent Cut in Residential Power Rates New Jersey's Energy Conservation Plan Renews Deregulation Debate Connecticut Power Company to Sell Property for Construction of Electric Plant Senate Panel Endorses Abraham As Bush Pick to Run Energy Department California-Based Retail Electricity Seller Drops Massachusetts Customers California Launches Rolling Blackouts; Governor Outlines Emergency Plan British Water Company May Challenge Regulator Over Price Caps German Power Play Lights Up European Independent Power Company Shares British Electric Company Stock Surges on German Bid Talk California Leaders Try to Avert Electricity Blackouts Duluth, Minn.-Based Power Company Surpasses Ambitious Earnings Goal Arvada, Colo., Reviews Controversial Power Plant Crucial to Future Development Colorado Senate Aims to Calm Heating-Bill Fears with New Aid Bill Proponents of Texas Energy Deregulation See No Parallels to California Crisis Iowa Electricity Customers to Receive Reduction in Energy Bills The Bakersfield Californian Energy Notebook Column Mississippi Power CEO Reassures State That Rates Will Stay Put Mississippi Power CEO Advocates National Energy Policy New Mexico Firms Try to Economize on Natural Gas Expenses New Mexico Senator Asks for Delay in Competition of Electric Industry Shell Energy Ends Low Electricity Rate Due to `Market Support Generation' Energy Firm Announces Plans for New Augusta, GA., Power Plant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- REUTERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at: http://207.32.82.57/news/ElectricPower.html UPDATE 1-Utilities no longer your father's Oldsmobile SoCal Edison omits preferred stock dividends US govt orders natgas sales to California utility UPDATE 1-Constellation posts larger-than-expected profit gain Salvador scavengers defy official disease warnings Vectren files with SEC to sell 5.5 mln common shares Canada spot gas follows US cash up in shortcover Moody's cuts Calif. Independent System Operator to B3 Duke Energy raises annual share growth target Orange Cty, Calif. aims to protect Edison creditors SoCal Edison defaults on $32 mln commercial paper Mont. Colstrip Units 2 and 3 both trip off line UPDATE 1-Calif. seeks to block PG&E move to protect assets UPDATE 2-Putin hands Chechnya more powers in revival plan SCANA to sell $200 mln notes Jan 22 week Taiwan Power passes on tender to supply 25-yr LNG UPDATE 2-GPU seeks Pennsylvania relief, citing California UPDATE 1-GPU seeks Pennsylvania relief citing California UPDATE 2-Calif. orders PG&E, SCE to supply power to customers Southeastern growth, weather helps region's utilities Ingersoll-Rand rebuffs TRC's mini-tender offer UPDATE 1-SoCal Edison defaults on $32 mln commercial paper SoCal Edison omits preferred stock dividends UPDATE 2-Southern profit rise trails expectations PG&E seeks federal natural gas order through February WRAPUP 3-Calif. avoids blackouts but may not escape rate hikes UPDATE 2-Salvadoreans need food and fear rains after quake UPDATE 3-SoCal Edison defaults on commercial paper S&P warns it may cut Calif. debt over power crisis UPDATE 2-SoCal Edison defaults on commercial paper Vultures look to swarm over Calif utility bonds UPDATE 1-CalPX becomes first victim of Calif. power crisis Russia's Putin blasts ministers over heat, power Richardson orders natgas suppliers to sell in Calif Southern Co. posts 3.4 pct rise in Q4 earns -1 UPDATE 1-Bush adviser opposes cap on Western power prices D) UPDATE 2-Putin hands Chechnya more powers in revival plan Enron subsidiary, Owens-Illinois in energy deal Norway's King in palace energy-saving drive UPDATE 1-Calif. 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