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Gray Davis announced that the cost of buying energy may top $3 billion by mid-March. http://199.97.97.163/IMDS%PMAKRT0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/knightri dder/2001/02/26/krtbn/0000-0161-SJ-ENERGY NAVIGANT CONSULTING HELPS COMPLETE $903 MILLION SALE OF POWER PLANTS FOR CENTRAL HUDSON & GAS Navigant Consulting, Inc., through its Energy & Water business unit, managed the successful auction of the Roseton and Danskammer electric generating plants, which yielded a price of $903 million. http://199.97.97.163/IMDS%PMANAT0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/comtex/2 001/02/26/pr/0000-1432-ma-navigant-powr-plnt BLACK HILLS CORPORATION ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR 500 MW INDEPENDENT POWER PLANT IN WYOMING Black Hills Energy Capital, Inc., the independent power subsidiary of Black Hills Corporation today announced that it has initiated the permitting process to build a coal-fired electric generating facility capable of up to 500 MW adjoining its other generating plants near Gillette, Wyo. http://199.97.97.163/IMDS%PMANAT0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/comtex/2 001/02/26/pr/0000-1151-sd-black-hills-corp ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DOW JONES NEWSWIRES ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at: http://199.97.97.79/IMDS|PMADJN0,PMADJN1,PMADJN2,PMADJN3,PMADJN4|index Mexico To Submit Tax, Power Reforms Within Weeks - Min Otter Tail Power To Officially Join Midwest ISO By Wed Enron/Eli Lilly -2: See Work Boosting Energy Efficiency REPEAT:Generators Agree To Sell Pwr To Calif Until Mar 16 Enron Corp Unit Gets $1.3B Eli Lilly Energy Mgmt Pact Enron Corp. Unit, Eli Lilly Sign 15-Year Pact >ENE LLY US Judge: Generators Must Sell Pwr To Calif Until Mar 16 OUTLOOK:Asia Pdt Mkts Hinge On Mideast Production Cuts 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 DTE Energy Services Forms Alliance with Washington Group -NERC Commends Murkowski for Including Reliability Language in Comprehensive Energy Bill State And Federal Energy Experts See Continued Volatility in Energy Markets And Relatively High Prices for Natural Gas Confrontation Set on Energy Legislation Top Energy Summaries - Monday, February 26, 2001 - 5:17 PM Energy Bill Is Multi-Billion Dollar Payday for Industry, Group Says Georgia Power Offers Online Bill Payment 'On the Shoulders of Giants' -- Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown Hosts 1-Day Global Energy Perspectives Conference Rising Utilization Continues to Suggest Higher Energy Shares Reliant Energy Communications Opens Austin Internet Data Center Fitch Rts Snohomish Pud, Wa's Generation Sys Rev Rfdg Bds `a+' Automotive Engineering International Presents Fuel Cell Transportation Technology Summit Global Green USA Hosts Workshop Series on Solutions to The Energy Crisis And Strategies for Building Green Homes Energy Association Will Host 2001 Mid-Atlantic Transmission & Distribution Seminar And Expo Tax-form Utility-Aid Donations Drop 'Vulture Capitalists' in Arizona Circle Calif. Firms Edgy Over Power Repeats: Energy Volume And Open Interest Totals-Feb 26 Greymouth Close to Fletcher Energy Bid Top Energy Summaries - Monday, February 26, 2001 - 2:17 PM Gemini Energy Corp. - Production Results at Warbonnet GOP Senators Unveil Energy Plan Energy North Inc.: Appointments to Exploration Group Statement from Jack N. Gerard, President And CEO of The National Mining Association on The Introduction of The National Energy Security Act 2001 /C O R R E C T I O N -- Edison Mission Energy/ How Much Is An Energy Services Provider Worth? Group Iv Releases Third Annual Study on Values And Drivers in Energy Sector Trim Tax Cut, Lower Debt, Davis Urges -- Power Crisis, Re-Election Top Priorities, He Says N.Y.C. May Face Power Crisis, Too -- It Races to Quench Thirst for Electricity -United Weather Named Top Weather Derivatives Broker in Two Polls Navigant Consulting Helps Complete $903 Million Sale of Power Plants for Central Hudson Gas & ElectricSales Price Is Four Times Book Value And Among The Highest in New York State U.S. District Court Judge Babcock Enters Orders Granting U.S. Energy Corp. And Crested Corp.'S Motion Seeking An Accounting And Further Relief Aquila Energy Changes Name to Aquila, Inc. Business Editors Kansas City, Mo.--(Business Wire)--Feb. 26, 2001--Utilicorp United (NYSE: Ucu) Announced Today That Its Wholly Owned Subsidiary Aquila Energy Has Changed Its Name to Aquila, Inc. The Change Reflects Aquila's Increasing Participation in Mark Court Weighs U.S. Power Over Utilities Top Energy Summaries - Monday, February 26, 2001 - 12:20 PM Black Hills Corporation Announces Plans for 500 Mw Independent Power Plant in WyomingGo-Ahead Contingent on Accelerated Permit Process, Transmission Access And Long-Term Contracts Court to Review Electric-Line Rules Online Power Supply Relocates to Expanded Facilities to Support Anticipated GrowthMove Comes As Company Shifts from Research And Development to Commercial Production Mode -Henwood Releases "Rationalizing Midwest Power Markets for the Future: A Focus on the Endgame" -California Makes Deals to Buy SCE's Transmission Lines - IssueAlert for February 26, 2001 Editorials ; Give US A Choice If Electric Utilities Can Be Deregulated, As in Pennsylvania, Why Not Cable Television? Eli Lilly, Enron unit in 1.3 bln usd, 15-yr energy management deal Dominion Virginia Power Specifies Auragen for New Vehicles Aopen America Introduces New High-Efficiency, Hi-Reliability Pentium 4 Compatible Power Supply Metro East Cities Assail Proposed Tree-Trimming Rules Critics Say Illinois Power Could Harm Property Sacramento Municipal Utility District Seeks Rate Increase to CoverCosts Tax-Exempt Energy Bond Bill Unveiled El Paso Addresses the California Energy Situation Farmers Get Details on Power Buyback Idaho Irrigators Must Decide by Next Week Strategic Energy Provides Qualcomm Protection from California's Electricity Market Statement of David M. Nemtzow, President, Alliance to Save Energy, on The Republican Energy BillA Nod to Efficiency, A Deep Bow to Energy Production March Heating Bills Will Still Be High ; Natural Gas Prices Are Leveling Off City Electric Rates Hiked ; Council Oks 8.2% Increase -Preem Petroleum AB Taps Triple Point Technology for Its Energy Trading Business Software Enigma Receives $4.6 Million Order for Software And Services from GE Power Systems; Enigma's 3c Ecommerce Platform Automates The Delivery of Product Support Content Regent Group, Inc. /Playa Minerals & Energy, Inc. 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