Message-ID: <26245460.1075841870668.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 13:59:00 -0800 (PST) From: pmadpr@worldnet.att.net Subject: PowerMarketers.com Daily Power Report for 20 February 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 Attention POWER REPORT Readers: Go to http://www.powermarketers.com/prdaily.htm to view today's edition with direct headline links to each story.] ====================================================================== The Industry's Preferred Source For Breaking Energy News And Information http://www.powermarketers.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- T H E P O W E R M A R K E T E R S .C O M P O W E R R E P O R T Today's Headlines From POWERMARKETERS.COM Subscriptions to The PowerMarketers.com Power Report are free - you will never be charged. You may redistribute this e-mail without change. You may not redistribute stories. To register for a free subscription, point your browser to: http://www.retailenergy.com/pma/dprreg.htm ************************************************************************ CRISIS AND OPPORTUNITY: POWER MARKETS 2001 http://www.pmaconference.com/0103Agenda.pdf Every day the headlines bring us more information: -- Western governors are petitioning for streamlining of permitting for new powerplants. -- The availability of sufficient natural gas to serve Northeastern plants is being questioned -- The law which requires sales to bankrupt California utilities is slated for revokation. -- Hydroelectric plants which were considered candidates for decommissioning are now likely to continue operating. -- Microturbines, originally thought to be a niche market, seem set to make dramatic market inroads. You can find the individual stories at http://www.powermarketers.com. 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Holders To Get 80.3% Of Mirant >SO MIR ABB/Board/Shr Split Plan -4:US Listing In Mind ABB/Board/Shr Split Plan -3: Share Split a Surprise ABB/Board/Shr Split Plan -2: Former CEO To Leave Board ABB: Rumsfeld, Lindahl, Sutherland Quit Board ABB Sets Four-For-One Share Split >Z.ABB WSJE: Breakingviews.com: Vodafone To Hurt If Enel Deal Fails OUTLOOK:Asia Pdt Mkt Eyes Prompt Demand, Iraq Tension 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 Slacker Economy Will Trim Energy Costs, Cut Canadian Resource Prices: TD Bank Enhanced Energy Services Ltd. - Property-Asset Acquisition -The Car of the Future May Help Power Your Home Canada Follows U.S. Auto Emissions Lead, But Waits on Coal-Fired Plants Energy Mergers Pick Up Steam Feds: Power Plant Plan Deficient -Software Companies Emerge with Short-Term Solution for California - IssueAlert for February 19, 2001 Fpl Crews Travel to Alabama, Help Restore Power to 357,000 Residents Business ; Port Signs Deal for Coal Export Dominion Virginia Power Records Best-Ever Reliability Rate Pnm's High Bills Raise Questions About Energy Power Crisis Sheds Light on Lobbying Process Crisis Fuels Nuclear Talk: Power Woes, Updated Design Creating a New Buzz Your Views ; on Energy Plants in Region's Back Yard An Earthy (But Costly) Energy Fix: Geothermal Toronto Dominion Bank - Falling Energy Prices to Pull Down TD Commodity Price Index This - Year, Say TD Economists CCC Internet Solutions Inc : Suncor Energy Inc - Strikes A Marketing Agreement with SUNOCO.CA Baan: Ibaan Service Remote 2.0 Will Automate Communication with Solar Turbines Field Service Engineers Utility Helping Hands Wearing Out Peabody May Finally Control Its Future Company Hopes to Reduce Debt with IPO, Capitalize on New Demand for Coal New Product Puts a Power Plant on Your Back; Solar Power Pack Provides Portable Source of Energy, Even in Remote Locations BP Joins Anadarko And Alberta Energy in Alaska Natural Gas Exploration Venture Logging Cutbacks Lead to Power Plant Closure / Environmental Laws Dried Up Lassen Boilers' Fuel Source Power Plants Come at A Price Energy Bills Fuel Worries of Small Biz ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I N T E R N A T I O N A L ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at: http://www.powermarketers.com/pma-intr.htm Neb Adjourns Public Hearings on An Application by Sumas Energy 2, Inc. to Construct An International Power Line in British Columbia Japan's Power, Gas Firms to Raise Rates from April Japan Industrial Power Demand Up 3.8 Pct in Jan. 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