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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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For additional information, download: http://www.pmaconference.com/distgen.pdf ************************************************************************ --------------------T O P S T O R I E S-------------------- Top Stories (February 14) CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR REQUESTS ADDITIONAL $500 MILLION TO BUY ENERGY As Gov. Gray Davis works to craft a bailout plan for California's two largest electric utilities, California's fledgling foray into the power business is coming at an ever more expensive price that is nearing $2 billion. http://199.97.97.163/IMDS%PMAKRT0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/knightri dder/2001/02/14/krtbn/0000-0350-SJ-ENERGY CALIFORNIA CONSIDERS BUYING POWER LINES AMID CHANCE OF LOSING PRICE CAP With a potential legal guillotine looming on Monday, Gov. Gray Davis is trying to piece together the framework of a utility bailout that includes a state purchase of privately owned electricity transmission lines in exchange for a series of concessions from Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and Southern California Edison. http://199.97.97.163/IMDS%PMAKRT0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/knightri dder/2001/02/14/krtbn/0000-0358-SJ-POWER-LINES BORALEX INC. TO ACQUIRE 2 POWER PLANTS IN VERMONT Boralex Inc. has agreed in principle to acquire two power facilities in Vermont from Citizens Utilities. http://199.97.97.79/IMDS%PMADJN0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/djn/2001/ 02/14/eng-djn/eng-djn_112028_70_7387464866042 UTILITY COMPANY BOWS OUT OF PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRICITY MARKET PG Energy is getting out of the electricity business this year. That leaves the company's residential customers who live in the PPL service area with three options, according to a state Web site. http://199.97.97.163/IMDS%PMAKRT0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/knightri dder/2001/02/14/krtbn/0000-0514-WB-ELECTRIC GREEN MOUNTAIN ENERGY COMPANY WINS OVER 400,000 OHIO CUSTOMERS UNDER COUNTRY'S LARGEST ENERGY AGGREGATION CONTRACT Green Mountain Energy Company, featuring the leading brand of cleaner and renewable energy, today was selected to serve over 400,000 Ohio electricity customers in the country's largest-ever energy aggregation contract. http://199.97.97.163/IMDS%PMANAT0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/prnewswi re/2001/02/14/tXbXo/2757-0651-TX-Green-Mountain-Co..photo. NYISO: NYC NEEDS ANOTHER 296 MW TO MEET SUMMER POWER DEMAND The operator of New York's bulk power grid said Wednesday New York City must add more generation to meet projected electricity demand this summer. http://199.97.97.79/IMDS%PMADJN0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/djn/2001/ 02/14/eng-djn/eng-djn_210039_24_9287815438583 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DOW JONES NEWSWIRES ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at: http://199.97.97.79/IMDS|PMADJN0,PMADJN1,PMADJN2,PMADJN3,PMADJN4|index NYISO: NYC Needs Another 296 MW To Meet Summer Pwr Demand Winstar Comm To Connect To LighTrade Pooling Points EEI: Elec Output Report For Wk Ended Feb 17 Delayed 1 Day EEI: US Electric Output For Wk Ended Feb 10 Up 1.6% On Yr Colorado PUC:XCel Energy Can Upgrade 115KV Line By Summer Green Mtn Energy Gets Deal To Serve 450K Ohio Customers Families Of Miami Men To Get $96M In Frozen Cuba Assets LIPA Raising Plant Capacity To Meet Summer Energy Needs Merrill, BNP Paribas Analysts Cautious On Edison, PG&E Brink Looms After California Utility's Day In Court Keyspan, Elec Workers Reach Agreement To Avert Strike US Weather:Showers Cover Southern Half Of Nation Spain's Regulator Sparks Problems For Ferroatlantica Boralex Inc./Buy -2: Sees C$600,000 EBITDA Boost <BLX.A EnBW Not Giving Up On Spain's Cantabrico Despite Setback Boralex Inc. To Acquire 2 Power Plants In Vermont <BLX.A Edison Intl: No Decision From Banks On Extending Credit Ferroatlantica To Wait For CNMV Decision On RWE Bid<G.RWE Endesa's Opciona.com Chosen For Internet-based Elec Mkt Spanish Press:Cantabrico Chmn Sees "Economic Rationality" India Press:Marathon Oil In Race For Enron Oil Stake 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 Calif's 30th Consecutive Power Alert Power Needs, Clean Air Standards Clash Progress Energy Completes $3.2 Billion Bond Offering American Pacific Claims Unjust, Unreasonable Electric Rates Top Energy Summaries - Wednesday, February 14, 2001 - 5:20 PM Senate Agrees To Power Deregulation Delay -OPTIRON ISSUES A BILLING AND CUSTOMER CARE CHALLENGE TO THE UTILITY INDUSTRY Great River Energy Issues RFP Seeking Power Supply Resources Atmos Energy Declares Dividend Account4 Selected to Power It for Philadelphia Gas Works Power Supply Should Exceed Demand in New England Experts Predict No Poblems During Summer Dencor Energy Cost Controls Inc - Planned Merger with Reliable Power Systems Energy Update/Los Angeles Department of Water And Power Daily Energy Update for Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2001 Reliant Energy Minnegasco Launches Newly Designed Web Site; New Features Designed to Improve Experience for Customers Top Energy Summaries - Wednesday, February 14, 2001 - 2:25 PM Repeats: Energy Volume And Open Interest Totals-Feb 14 Green Mountain Energy Company Wins Over 400,000 Ohio Customers under Country's Largest Energy Aggregation Contract Puco Chairman Schriber to Present Testimony to House Subcommittee on Energy And Air Quality on Ohio's Power Siting Process Cal-ISO Directs SCE to Curtail Some Customers; Conservation Urged As State Faces Energy Shortfall Up Next: Solvent Utility Firms Long Island Power Authority Proposes New Plants Fitch Publishes Credit Update Report on Lubbock Power & Light Blue Dolphin Energy Company Shock to the System: Power Crisis Was Long in the Making Ohio Electric Choice Campaign Is Off to A Great StartOhio Electric Choice Provides "State of The Education Campaign" Update Utilities Consider Coal As a Fuel for Future Power Plants Due to Stable Price And Supply Activists Are Prepared to Oppose The Move to Coal Utility Offers Farmers a Deal Regulators Still Have to Approve Idaho Power Plan Power Suppliers Must Sell to California Judge Extends Temporary Order Idaho Oks 29% Rate Increase for Avista Power Company Has No Control Over Cost of Gas, Puc Says Proton Energy Systems Awarded Key Patents for Lower Cost Hydrogen Production And Purification Power Prices at New Plant Can't Be Set Natural Gas Cost Predicted to Drop for Canyon Site Cambridge Energy Corp - Stuart Brown Consulting Corporation Issues Report on Company Equatorial Energy Inc - Closes Financing El Paso Energy Partners, L.P. Announces Highlights of February 14 Analyst Meeting Power Measurement/Operation Technology Partnership Combines Energy Metering with Real-Time AnalysisAlliance to Provide Complete, Intelligent Energy Management Solutions Interview with Electric City CEO John Mitola on Ceocast.Com; Interview Available to Listeners at Financial Forum Website Stuart Brown Consulting Corporation Issues Report on Cambridge Energy Corporation Docucorp And Vectren Announce Multi-Year Asp Contract; Vectren's Energy Subsidiaries Will Outsource Bill Production, Distribution And Offer Ebpp Pud Power Rate Hikes Are in BPA's Hands New Bill Promises Big Tax Breaks for Energy Companies Us: Uqu Compressor Drive Motors for Ford's Fuel Cell Vehicles Us: Potomac Electric to Buy Conectiv for $2.2b Longer Hours for Calif Power Plants Whistle-Blower Wins Ruling Vs. GA. Power Calif. Firm to Build Florida Power Plant Letters from Our Readers ; Solar Power Is Abundant Here Thermo Electron Cutting Power Unit Wise Woos Power Woe Sufferers Calif. Bill Could Create New State Power Transmission Authority ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I N T E R N A T I O N A L ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at: http://www.powermarketers.com/pma-intr.htm Edesur Signs Energy Efficiency Agreements - Argentina Codelco Putting US$1.3bn Power Contract Out to Tender - Chile CST Seeks Partner for Power Plants - Brazil Cold Snap Boosts Coal Demand - Colombia, Venezuela Scpl, Gamesa to Install 16 Wind Turbines Feb. - Argentina Govt. to Boost Power Privatizations - Peru Eletrobras to Market Energy from Nuclear Plants - Brazil Cassol Plans Hydro Inauguration Jan.20 - Brazil Bes Recommends Generation Sector - Brazil Pemex Makes Natural Gas Contracts More Flexible Power Rationing Lingers in Zimbabwe Icsid Dismisses Malaysian Power Firm's Claims Against Tanzania Mirant CFO Will Speak at Ubs Warburg Energy Conference Brazil: Cpfl Investing in Electric Power Generation Natural gas prices skyrocket Top Energy Summaries - Wednesday, February 14, 2001 - 12:16 PM Drnec Lashes Out at Rival Energy Drinks Genrad Signs Global Contract with Celestica And Launches Next-Generation Mes Platform Iasiaworks Deploys Asia's Most-Advanced Data Center Power Design; Piller UPS to Guarantee Continuous Services And Operating Efficiency Hafslund Q4 boosted by active Norway power generation, U.S. energy trading FX Energy Updates Operations in Poland German regional utility EnBW still interested in Hidrocantabrico Italys's ENI signs MoU to build power plant in Nigeria Solar Energy to Be Widely Used in Buildings China Power Finance to Acquire 4 Firms, Will Become Country's Biggest Finance Player Electricity Generating acquires 60 pct stake in power plant Japan Govt Tender - RF Power Amplifier Hokkaido, Sakhalin Discuss More Japan Investment in Energy. Pakistan Govt to Seek Approval for 8 Hydro Plant Sites ---------------------------------------------------------------------- KRT DAILY ENERGY NEWS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at http://www.powermarketers.com/pma-krt.htm Utility Company Bows Out of Pennsylvania Electricity Market Power Plant Proliferate Across Gas-Rich Oklahoma Region Gas Consumers in United Kingdom Face Higher Bills Bid Battle Heats Up for United Kingdom-Based Yorkshire Utility Battle Escalates Over Allegations at Russian Gas Producer Gazprom Spanish Electricity Giant Endesa Becomes Bid Target After Failed Merger California Utility Could Sell Land to State to Help Pay Deregulation Costs California's Growing Silicon Valley Guzzling Power at High Speeds California Considers Buying Power Lines Amid Chance of Losing Price Cap California Governor Requests Additional $500 Million to Buy Energy Texas Senator Criticizes Clinton's Order on Natural-Gas Supplies to California Washington State Lawmaker Proposes Tax Break for New Power Plants West Coast's Energy Hunt Renews Interest in Nuclear Solutions Geothermal Systems Develop a Following Among Illinois Homeowners ST. Charles, Colo., Residents Support Construction of Sewage Treatment Plant Deregulation Fuels Salt Lake City-Based Utility's Profits California Utility Companies Scramble to Lobby Legislators, Appease Creditors Federal Judge Expected to Rule on California Utility Lawsuit Washington Utility to Buy New Jersey Utility for $2.2 Billion Mid-Atlantic Electric Utility Makes Bid for Delaware-Based Conectiv California Judge Says Utilities Can't Pass Along Power Costs to Consumers New Jersey Colleges Pledge to Cut Back Energy Use New Massachusetts Energy Parent Company Introduces Deferred Billing Plan New England Leaders Dismiss Foreshadowing of California Energy Crisis Evening Standard, London, Andrew Smithers Column Canadian Company Produces Efficient, Durable Fuel Cells Superior, Wis., Lab Puts Fuel to the Test California Officials Struggle to Prevent Energy Crisis Ge's Power Systems Unit Moves Headquarters from Schenectady, N.Y., to Atlanta Latham, N.Y.-Based Fuel Cell Maker Posts $22.3 Million Loss in Quarter ---------------------------------------------------------------------- REUTERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at: http://207.32.82.57/news/ElectricPower.html PG&E mulls debt restructure, banks won't move on unit Brazil holds power line auction, contest thin Turkish MPs extend power deregulation tender process RPT-INTERVIEW-Enron business model almost limitless-CEO Canada natgas prices mixed ahead of storage report US Corp Bonds-Progress progresses, market regresses Great River looks for 200-300 MW of Minn. power INTERVIEW-Enron lauds Germany's open power market resolve NY to revise energy plan early due to high power demand El Paso concerned by growing Calif. credit risk U.S. Enron worried by German power sector integration UPDATE 2-Calif. pleads for power savings to avoid blackouts NewPower posts quarterly loss Group lays out plan for clean energy in U.S. Midwest Ukraine PM wants top energy officials sacked S&P rates Progress Energy $3.2 bln notes BBB S&P comments on KeySpan Corp KeySpan Corp. corporate credit rating: A/Stable/A McCook declines comment on Alcoa's Longview cuts UPDATE 1-PG&E mulls debt restructure, banks won't move on unit UPDATE 2-PG&E says banks won't move on unit,may restructure debt Does the bell toll for NJ electricity deregulation? Cleco files shelf for $150 mln in stock, debt Nuclear watchdog: Iraq cooperated with inspection Hard to pin blame for California power plant shutdowns UPDATE 1-Peabody earnings eased in December quarter UPDATE 3-Progress Energy sells $3.2 bln bonds after merger UK consumer body warns energy firms over mis-selling ********************************************************* NEW on the POWERMARKETERS.COM TRAINING PAGE ********************************************************* Access all online presentations at: http://www.pmaconference.com New! Now you can choose to stream the presentation immediately over the web, or download it to your computer for later viewing-- Free! New! Five additional RealVideo-based powerpoint-based presentations, with the accompanying audio. Running about 30 minutes each, the new selections include: ELECTRONIC TRADING. Power is following natural gas to become an electronically-traded commodity. The products, the technology and the future of electricity transactions. Kevin Sluder, Vice President, HoustonStreet Exchange. NUTS AND BOLTS OF RETAILING. What it takes to put an energy retailing operation together-- the cash and credit requirements, back office, information technology, staffing, marketing, sales and organizational considerations. Andrew Serri, Vice President, AmerenEnergy Marketing. RETAIL: WHAT WENT WRONG, HOW TO FIX IT. Retail electric deregulation has thus far been an underwhelming success, but a great deal has been learned, and it is eminently fixable. By Dr. John O'Brien, Principal, Skipping Stone MANAGING BILLING. The complex requirements for managing billing and commodities in the deregulating energy industry cannot be met with current CIS and CRM technology. Energy Retailers must embrace the next evolution of energy customer management (ECM) solutions. Paul Grey, Chief Technology Officer, Peace Software. THE INTERNET AND THE VELOCITY FACTOR. Greater price transparency, faster execution, reduced transaction costs, increased number and frequency of transactions and increased specialization are just some of the changes to energy markets wrought by the web, and it's just beginning. Implecations of the internet for energy markets. E. Russell "Rusty" Braziel, Chairman and Director, Altra Energy Technologies. 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