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Top Stories (March 1)
CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR EXPECTS TO REACH POWER-LINES AGREEMENT WITH SECOND UTILITY
California Gov. Gray Davis said Tuesday he expected the state to reach an
agreement to buy power lines from Pacific Gas & Electric Co., but it could
take up to a month -- a delay that might hamper the state's ability to secure
power for anticipated shortfalls this summer.
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CALIFORNIA ISO REQUESTS CONTINUED CONSERVATION EFFORTS; STAGE TWO ELECTRICAL
EMERGENCY DECLARED THIS MORNING
The California Independent System Operator declared a Stage Two Electrical
Emergency this morning, Thursday, March 1, 2001 at 6:50 a.m.
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MISSOURI POWER GENERATION STATION SALE ANNOUNCED
Duke Energy North America today announced the sale of its 100-percent
interest in a 640-megawatt power plant under construction in Audrain County,
Mo., to NRG Energy Inc. for an undisclosed sum.
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RG&E RESTRUCTURES TO PROMOTE NATURAL-GAS COMPETITION
The New York Public Service Commission has approved a plan to restructure an
upstate utility's natural-gas operations in an effort to promote retail
competition.
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UtiliCorp Signs Conditional Agreement To Join MW ISO
RG&E Restructures To Promote Natural-Gas Competition -PSC
PRESS RELEASE: Moody's Rates Peco Energy Trans Bonds Aaa
Spain's Cantabrico/2000 -3: Elec Prod Rose 15.3% >E.HIC
Spain's Cantabrico/2000 -2: Sales EUR251.75, Up 6.6%
Analysts Had Seen Cantabrico 2000 Net Pft EUR122.53M
Cantabrico 2000 Net Pft EUR121.06M, Up 11.4% >E.HIC
US Southeast Power Prices Slide On Mild Weather Forecasts
Utility Says Calif Gov Broke Law In Seizing Pwr Contracts
Con Ed Plant Engineer Warning Ressurects Safety Issues
Exelon 1,145-MW Byron 2 At 100% After Minor Repair
PG&E/Payments -5: Disagrees With Proposed Payment Method
PG&E/Payments -6: Ratio Approach Would Hurt Co. Liquidity
Chile's Wireless Local Loop Auction Attracts 39 Companies
PG&E Retains Counsel To Advise On Selling Lines - Report
PG&E/Payments -4: Other Suit Concerns Tax-Sharing Pact
PG&E/Payments -2: To Partially Pay On Pro Rata Basis>PCG
PG&E/Payments -3: Suit Alleges Breach Of Fiduciary Duty
PG&E Says Suits Seekings $2.326B, $663M In Restitution
PG&E Hit With Two Lawsuits On Feb 13 >PCG
PG&E To Pay $51M For Jan., $177M For Dec. Purchases>PCG
PG&E Owes $1.11B For Dec. Power Purchases >PCG
PG&E Owes $331M For Jan. Power Deliveries >PCG
RWE Clarifies To Spain's CNMV That Not In Talks With EDP
Toyota Unveils New Experimental Fuel-Cell Vehicle >TM
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Top Energy Summaries - Thursday, March 01, 2001 - 5:23 PM
Scientists Push for Renewable Energy
Management`S Discussions: 10-K405, Unisource Energy Corp 4 of 4
Management`S Discussions: 10-K405, Unisource Energy Corp 3 of 4
Management`S Discussions: 10-K405, Unisource Energy Corp 1 of 4
Management`S Discussions: 10-K405, Unisource Energy Corp 2 of 4
Njbpu Approves New Programs And Funding for Customer Energy Savings And
Renewable Energy
Mckenzie Bay International Ltd - Begins Lac Dore Feasibility Study New
Vanadium Energy - Technologies
Tri-Cities Look at How to Keep The Lights on Experts Suggest High- Voltage
Line to Carry More Power
Missouri Power Generation Station Sale Announced
Tenderland Power Company Names John F. Mcjennett Iii Chief Executive Officer
John E. Schneider Named Executive Vice President And Chief Operating Officer
of Semco Energy's Michigan Gas Utility
California Water Service Group Offers Webcast of Edward Jones Utility
Investors Conference
Clayton Williams Energy Announces 2000 Year End Reserves
Otter Tail Joins Miso Power Delivery System
Puco Directs Its Staff to File A Report on Natural Gas Customer Choice And
Price Issues
Top Energy Summaries - Thursday, March 01, 2001 - 2:24 PM
Fitch Rts Peco Energy Transition Trust, Series 2001-a `Aaa'
Fitch Rates Idaho Power Secured Notes `a+'
Teco Power Services, Panda Energy Select Epc Contractor for Gila River Power
Station
Allegheny Energy And Subsidiary Declare Quarterly Dividends
Repeats: Energy Volume And Open Interest Totals-Mar 1
BOMA's Online Energy Escort
California ISO Requests Continued Conservation Efforts; Stage Two Electrical
Emergency Declared This Morning
Devon Energy Corporation Announces Cash Dividends for Common And Preferred
Shareholders
Superior Energy Services to Webcast Upcoming Presentation at Raymond James &
Associates Institutional Investors Conference
Harken Energy Corp - Provides Operations Update
AFS Trinity Power Expands Role to Integrate Flywheel UPS with Fuel Cell And
Microturbine Companies
Top Energy Summaries - Thursday, March 01, 2001 - 12:26 PM
Management`S Discussions: 10-K405, Ppl Electric Utilities Corp
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners Completes Majority of Gatx Transaction
Natural Gas Buyers Rate Conoco a Leader in Customer Service, According to
Mastio Survey
Energy North Inc - Releases Year 2000 Results And Updates Activities.
Energy Update/Los Angeles Department of Water And Power Daily Energy Update,
Thursday, March 1, 2001
Vectren Presents at Edward Jones Utility Investors Conference
Advisory/California ISO Files with Ferc to Obtain More Data, Longer Review
Time And Hearing on Potential Overcharging by Energy Suppliers
Bush Unveils Energy Budget
Fox, Bush To Push Respective Energy Needs In Visit
Geocan Energy Inc. (Cdnx: GCA) Announces Positive Results for The Nine Months
Period
Senate Moves to Close Loophole Unanimous Approval Could Help Prevent Electric
Deregulation in Idaho
Reader's View Time to Rethink Opposition to Hydroelectric Power
Idaho a Much Bigger Power Hog Than California Gem State Ranks No. 1 in
Per-Capita Use of The Juice
Kennedy Pumps Up Democrats, Talks Energy
-Supreme Court Sides with EPA in Environmental Case - IssueAlert for March 1,
2001
-Weathernomics Gas Buyer Beats Average Twelve-Month Natural Gas Market Price
By $0.72 per MMBtu
International Power PLC Notification of Preliminary Results
Energy North Inc. Releases Year 2000 Results And Updates
Wsi Seasonal Update Foresees Warmth in the Southwestern U.S. for Spring 2001;
Wsi Issues An Update of Special Interest to Energy Traders
Fitch Rates Nashville Electric Service, TN $215mm Revs `Aa'
Arctic Power Refutes Environmental Attack on National Security Energy Bill
2001: Remarks Called Misleading
Hotter Than Average Summer Will Mean Higher Energy Bills
Lockwood Greene Awarded Power Project
Essential Debuts New Look And Feel; Energy And Communications Marketplace
Announces Redesign And Enhancements
Tetra Tech Expands Energy Services Business
Reliable Power Systems Announces the Appointment of David Mazur As Senior
Vice President And Chief Technology Officer
El Paso Merchant Energy Announces Awarded Capacity on El Paso Natural Gas
System
Top Energy Summaries - Thursday, March 01, 2001 - 7:21 Am
AFS Trinity Power Expands Role, Integrates Flywheel UPS with Fuel Cell And
Microturbine Companies
Lawmakers Foresee Energy Legislation
Earthquake Follow Up from Cascade Natural Gas
Rhombic Corp - Program to Further Develop Its Patented Diamond Material - for
Fuel Cell Application
Virginia Tech Coal Research Helps Save Money, Environment-(Virginia Tech)
Gasoline, Energy Sources Questioned-(Oklahoma State U.)
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China's West-East Power Transmission to Optimize Resources
EU Probing Electric-Honeywell Deal
Ecuador: Electric Energy Imports from Colombia
Fourth Unit of Kola Nuclear Power Plant Undergoes Repairs
Yuschenko Marks Improvements in Ukrainian Energy Market
Planned Power Cuts Set to Batter Zse Further
Eaton Completes Purchase of Japanese Fluid Power Joint Venture Company
China Needs to Restructure Power Industry: Experts
Ues of Russia Negotiating with China, Mongolia On Coal Buy
Ukraine nuclear reactor shut down after electric failure
-Hertfordshire, UK Power Station Goes Under The On Line Hammer
Chashma Hydel Power Projects Inaugurated in Pakistan
China's Total Wind Power Capacity To Reach 1.5 Mln kW by 2005
-Henwood Releases First Comprehensive Power Market Database For India
Huaneng Power to Purchase Natural Gas, Pipeline Transportation
Japanese firms buy CO2 emission rights from Australian power utility
Hpi Signs Letter of Intent with PetroChina On Natural Gas Purchase
Prepayment Metering Systems Give Residential Customers Greater Control Over
Energy Use And Costs
Agreements on Vietnam Power Plants Signed Before Pres Visit
State to Bolster Energy Infrastructure
Arroyo appoints Deustche Bank's Jose Camacho new Energy Secretary
Putting Energy Into Thrift
EU imposes anti-dumping duties on China energy-saving light bulbs
Krasnoyarsk Miners Stop Coal Deliveries to Power Plants
New Power Plant Operational in Northwest China
UK Government: Government Gives Go Ahead for Combined Heat And Power Station
Csiro: New Industries from Aussie Energy Technologies
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Danbury, Conn.-Based Fuel Cell Energy Posts Loss, Increased Revenues
Washington, D.C.-Area Hoteliers Shun Energy Surcharges
Suit Challenges Decision That Could Bring Power Plant to Luzerne County, Pa.
Western Businesses Trim Power Consumption, Urge Others to Follow Suit
Tacoma, Wash., Council Allows Electric Utility to Borrow to Keep Buying Power
Support Grows for Calpine's Power Plant Proposed for San Jose, Calif.
California Governor Expects to Reach Power-Lines Agreement with Second Utility
Seattle City Council Authorizes Expansion of Utility Bill Assistance Program
California Governor Says Fixes for Power Crisis Are Nearly Done
Residents of Western States Blame California for Rising Power Bills
Peco Energy to Raise Natural Gas Rates by 25 Percent for Philadelphia Suburbs
Rural Colorado Areas, Legislators Step Up Effort to Mitigate Water Purchases
California Leaders Continue Debate Over Action to Resolve Electricity Crisis
California Utility Customers Upset with High Prices
California Governor Predicts Federal Approval of Power Proposal
Drought Threatens to Make California Energy Crisis Worse
California Utility Workers Protest Over Problems Related to Energy Crisis
California Officials Present Possible Solution to Electricity Crisis
Analysts Say California Officials Ignored Warnings About Deregulation
Orange County, Calif., Businesses Fear Effects of Blackouts
Port of Long Beach, Calif., Requests Exemption from Rolling Power Blackouts
Cautious Detroit Energy Firm Lowers Selling Price
President of California Utilities Commission Defends Handling of Power Crisis
-Stock of Oklahoma Energy Company Seriously Undervalued, Experts Say
-Oklahoma Residents Seek Assistance to Help Pay Natural Gas Bills
-Houston-Based Enron Subsidiary to Manage Energy Needs for Drugmaker Eli Lilly
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Update 1-S.C. Summer nuke seen back within several days
El Paso work on gas line to Calif. to cut flows by half
Canada spot gas follows U.S. lower in quiet trade
Utilities come through Seattle quake mostly unscathed
TABLE - Massey Energy Q1 results, sales rise
DTE shrs higher on revised MCN merger terms, stk buyback
Calif. urges power conservation in second day of alert
Nevada casinos face 25 pct hike in power costs
UPDATE 1-Calif. lifts power alert as plants go back on line
Duke sells proposed 640 MW Mo. power plant to NRG
Chile's wireless phone licenses draw 39 companies
German railways unites its energy activities
Moody's assigns Allegheny Energy Supply Co Baa1 rating
Northwestern Corp names Orme CFO, Newell CEO of unit
Vodafone confirms Infostrada discussions with Enel
Israel's Ormat to buy, lease two Nevada power plants
Enel may renegotiate Infostrada deal-source
Enel reaction awaited after telecoms deal ruling
CORRECTED-Frankfurt power exchange to launch futures on Thurs
UPDATE 1-Tractebel aims to buy Korea, Singapore power firms
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