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To register for a free subscription, point your browser to: http://www.retailenergy.com/pma/dprreg.htm ************************************************************************ ------Advertisement------ CRISIS AND OPPORTUNITY: POWER MARKETS 2001 MARCH 14-16, 2001 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA The Power Marketing Association's 7th Annual Spring Meeting <<<< Now Available: Exhibition Space and Sponsorships http://www.pmaconference.com/0103Agenda.pdf ************************************************************************ ------Advertisement------ LOAD MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS January 17-19, 2001 Las Vegas, NV http://www.pmaconference.com/e-bro.pdf TRANSCOs 2001 January 22-24, 2001 New Orleans, LA http://www.pmaconference.com/Transcoa.pdf THE ADVANCED PROJECT FINANCE COURSES January 22-26, 2001, New York, NY http://www.pmaconference.com/Advfin.1.22.pdf ************************************************************************ --------------------T O P S T O R I E S-------------------- Top Stories (January 12) GOVERNOR WANTS CALIFORNIA TO BUY MAJOR ELECTRICITY SUPPLIES FOR UTILITIES California Gov. Gray Davis was trying Saturday evening to negotiate a deal under which the state, through the California Dept. of Water Resources, would buy massive amounts of power from the state's independent power producers and give the electricity to the state's investor-owned utilities, according to sources. http://199.97.97.79/IMDS%PMADJN0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/djn/2001/ 01/14/eng-djn/eng-djn_024039_206_075535386335 NORTHWEST'S BONNEVILLE POWER SENDS ELECTRICITY TO CALIFORNIA Bonneville Power Administration is once again helping California out of a power jam, sending 1,000 megawatts of hydroelectric power south during a five-hour peak-use period that ended at p.m. yesterday. http://199.97.97.163/IMDS%PMAKRT0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/knightri dder/2001/01/13/krtbn/0000-0416-SE-POWER ISO NEW ENGLAND: POWER PLANTS HAVE RESPONDED TO DEMAND The operator of New England's power grid said Friday that since the deregulation of the region's wholesale electricity market, independent power generators have been responsive to energy demand. http://199.97.97.79/IMDS%PMADJN0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/djn/2001/ 01/12/eng-djn/eng-djn_194033_41_0229878663085 WEST VIRGINIA EYED AS SITE FOR NORTH CAROLINA COMPANY'S POWER PLANT Marshall Power LLC, described as an "indirect subsidiary" of Cogentrix Energy Inc., applied Wednesday for a certificate of need to build a 1,600-megawatt electric plant in Marshall County. http://199.97.97.163/IMDS%PMAKRT0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/knightri dder/2001/01/13/krtbn/0000-0519-WV-POWER-PLANT IOWA POWER PLANT EXPERIMENTS WITH SWITCHGRASS ALTERNATIVE Some of the heat pouring out of southeastern Iowa furnaces this unusually cold winter is homegrown -a thought pleasing to environmentally conscious homeowners and area farmers who may have found a new cash crop. http://199.97.97.79/IMDS%PMADJN0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/djn/2001/ 01/14/eng-djn/eng-djn_180028_208_252092793118 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DOW JONES NEWSWIRES ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at: http://199.97.97.79/IMDS|PMADJN0,PMADJN1,PMADJN2,PMADJN3,PMADJN4|index West Coast Governors Urging FERC To Impose Price Controls PRESS RELEASE:Moody's Cuts Pacific Gas & Electric Pfd Rtg N.H. Supreme Court To Rule Tue On Appeal To PSNH Dereg ISO New England: Power Plants Have Responded To Demand Calif Sen Says He Is Not Architect Of Deregulation Cal-ISO: Better Elec Outlook; Up To 4,000 MW Back By Mon US Govt/Microsoft Judge -5: Cites Netscape, Sun Efforts Amer Elec Pwr/Job Cuts -2: To Shutter Plants By March 15 Entergy/Vermont Yankee -3: Board To Review Offer Jan. 29 Amer Elec Power: Talks To Sell Mines Progressing <AEP Amer Elec Power To Cut 145 Jobs At Central Ohio Mine<AEP Amer Elec Power To Cut 225 Jobs At Windsor Coal Mine<AEP US Weather: More Rain, Snow In Calif Before Storm Ends Amer Elec Power Announces Work Force Cuts <AEP US Energy Dept: 4 Labs To Check E-Mail As Security Test Entergy/Vermont Yankee -2: Says Offer Doubles AmerGen's Entergy Says Price Offer Firm Through End Of 2001 <ETR Entergy Seeks 60-Day Exclusive Negotiation Period <ETR Entergy Offers 2nd Proposal If Granted Exclusive Talks Entergy Offers $50M For Vermont Yankee Power Plant <ETR PRESS RELEASE: Calif Utils Watch Status To Evolving:Fitch PG&E Energy Trading Hldgs Corp Credit Assigned BBB+:S&P Calif Utilities Watch Status To Evolving From Neg: Fitch PRESS RELEASE: PG&E Energy Trading Assigned BBB+: S&P Venezuela Min: Congress May Decree Layoff Freeze - Report Pessimism Grows At Calif Pwr Talks As Gov Won't Budge Calif Gov Won't Help Utils Pay Feb 1 Pwr Bills-Spokesman 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 -St. Petersburg, Fla.-Area Residents Can Expect a Chill from Utility Bills -Oklahoma Utilities Offer Natural-Gas Bill Relief to the Poor -Georgia Legislators Support Natural Gas Deregulation, Want Cushion for Needy Utilities Soared After Midamerican Sale Buffett-Led Buyout Closed Just As Similar Companies Were About to Begin A 66 Percent Runup Philadelphia Utility Index Centurion Energy International Inc.: Al Manzah Field Exelon Corporation Restructures Its Generation And Enterprises Businesses Duke Energy: Nuclear Stations Eclipse Prior Company Records Southern Calif. Power Agency Seeks to Change Indenture Deal in Focus: Austin's Power Is on Display in a Solo Utility Refunding Nafta Blocks Lower Natural Gas Prices in Mexico: Minister, Experts Devon Energy Announces Shareholder Odd-Lot Buy Back Program BUSH TEAM SAYS U.S. MUST BOOST ENERGY PRODUCTION Azcentral.com - Silicon Valley Less Threatened by Energy Crisis Ohio Consumers' Counsel Alerts Natural Gas Consumers About the Hazards of Variable Rate Offers From Texas, `Green' Power Utility Hopes Users Here Are Willing to Pay More PG&E Energy Trading Assigned BBB+ Investment Grade Rating by S&P The California Energy Quagmire S&P Affirms Midamerican Energy 'Bbb-' Rating; Off Watch CMS Energy's Field Services Unit And Duke Energy Field Services Acquire Certain Assets from Each Other Trimol Group Enters Into Agreement to Purchase And License Certain Aluminum-Air Fuel Cell Technology 01/12 Pemex Denies Power To Influence Nat-Gas Price Tom Brown Closes Stellarton Energy Acquisition The New Power Company Begins to Transfer Peco Customers under 'Competitive Discount Service' ProgramApproximately 300,000 of Peco's Residential Customers Will Start to Save on Their Electric Bill This April Bridge Update-Commodities: Natural Gas Drops; Crude above $30 -American Electric Power Selects Novient eServices(tm) For Its Internal IT Department Centurion Energy International Inc.: Al Manzah Field Update Diablo Canyon Power Plant Returns to Full Power Energy Producers Weekly Power Update Cancelled Key Energy Announces Conference Call DTE Energy Services Awards Contract to The Shaw Group Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service Dairyland Power Cooperative, Notice of Availability of An Environmental Assessment Energy North Inc. to List on TSE Fitch Rts City of Indianapolis, Indiana Thermal Energy Sys `A-' Full: American Electric Power to Lay Off 225 Staff at W. Va. Mine West Power Exchanges Tougher Graftech Inc. Joins US Fuel Cell Council Energy Update/Los Angeles Department of Water And Power Daily Energy Update, Friday, Jan. 12, 2001 Repeats: Energy Volume And Open Interest Totals-Jan 12 Fitch Examines Potential Resolutions to CA Energy Situation NY Natural Gas Review: Down on Warmer Forecasts in Short Session Assembly Panel Adopts Bills to Ease Energy Crisis Energy East Declares Quarterly Dividend Top Energy Summaries - Friday, January 12, 2001 - 12:24 PM Aep to Reduce Staffing at Windsor Coal And Central Ohio Coal Companies Is the Answer to U.S. Energy Needs Blowin' in The Wind? Calif. Hydro Reserves Low Puget Sound Energy Threatened with Suit for Stranding Salmon Western Governors Confer on Energy Crisis Editorials ; An Energy Trade-Off Ignores Crucial Details Legislature / State Panel Oks Bills on Crisis / Any Sale of Utility Assets Subject to Puc Approval Matier & Ross ; PG&E Employees Feel Only 75% of Your Power Bill Pain Bush 'open-minded' about retroactive tax cuts; wants U.S. to find more energy Top Energy Summaries - Friday, January 12, 2001 - :01 Am Us: Pacificorp and Fpl to Set Up World's Largest Wind Farm Storm Drains Calif. Power Top Energy Summaries - Friday, January 12, 2001 - 7:3 Am Trend Could Be a Shock for Power Structure Electric Utilities: Agency May Sell Electricity Natural Gas Price Hike Likely Soon Utilities And Transportation Commission Staff; Recommends Approval of Avista Rate Request PR Woe for Power Cos. Editorial L.a. to the Rescue Angelenos May Have to Help Bail The State Out of Its Energy Mess Plan Could Let County Avert Power Rate Hikes Editorial the Power Crunch Davis Offers Many Responses, But No Solutions Power Outages Loom As Officials Try to End Crisis Decision on Ppl Generating Station Postponed Lower Mount Bethel Zoners Want More Time to Review Plan for Natural Gas-Fired Plant. Phantom Winds Blow in Bedford Harnessing Nature -- Wind Farm Great Idea N.C. Energy Firm Wants to Build Marshall Power Plant: Gas-Fired Facility to Sell Its Electricity Wholesale ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I N T E R N A T I O N A L ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at: http://www.powermarketers.com/pma-intr.htm Iraq warns against visit by US energy secretary Suddeutsche Zeitung: E.on Has to Open Up Power Lines to Scandinavia(E.on Muss Leitung Nach Skandinavien Offnen) Energy Secretary Starts OPEC Tour Le Soir: New Power Station for Tractebel(Une Nouvelle Centrale Pour Tractebel) NRG/Marubeni, EdF/EnBW, Tractebel interested in Polish power plant Top Energy Summaries - Friday, January 12, 2001 - 2:05 PM First Segments of Nuclear Power Plant Sent to Iran. Masinga Resumes Power Generation Apex: San Cristobal Energy Decision Early 01 - Chile, Bolivia Gener to Refocus Towards Chilean Power - Chile Electric Paper: Electric Paper Expands E.ON Energie raises stake in water utility Gelsenwasser Beijing Datang Power Says Power Generation Up 9.24 Pct in 2000 STOCKWATCH: Shangdong Intl Power sharply higher on positive outlook ---------------------------------------------------------------------- KRT DAILY ENERGY NEWS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at http://www.powermarketers.com/pma-krt.htm -St. Petersburg, Fla.-Area Residents Can Expect a Chill from Utility Bills -Oklahoma Utilities Offer Natural-Gas Bill Relief to the Poor -Georgia Legislators Support Natural Gas Deregulation, Want Cushion for Needy Washington, D.C.-Area Homeowners Vent About Cost of Gas California Electricity Talks Run Out of Steam Wisconsin Group Urges Increase in Power Plants Kansas Senate Panel to Study Handling of Utility Consumer Complaints Florida Utilities Warn Power Bills Will Be Higher This Winter Chicago Tribune David Greising Column Rising Energy Costs Spark Crisis in California, Hit Various U.S. Industries Minnesota Commerce Chief Says State Could Face Power Shortages in 2006 Minnesota Businesses Explain How They Cope with Natural Gas Prices Minneapolis Energy Company CEO Explains Price Hikes Government, Industry Officials Consider Deal to Solve California Power Crisis U.S. Energy Chief Orders Sale of Electricity to California Utilities Seattle Council Urges More Thought on City Utility's Increase in Power Rates California Power Crisis-Resolution Talks Head Into Overtime Sacramento, Calif., Utility District May Go Solo to Build New Power Plant California Officials Continue Efforts to Control State's Energy Crisis Virginia Legislation Reflects Doubt About Outcome of Electricity Deregulation California Utilities Fall in Heavy Trading After Governor's Speech Oregon, Florida Utilities to Build Wind Farm Along Oregon-Washington Border Energy Firm Probes Philadelphia Gas Works Purchase Colorado Representatives to Boost State Aid for Heating Bills California Officials May Have Limited Authority to Fix Power Crisis Spark of Hope Seen in Talks About California Power Crisis Montana Renewable Energy Group Makes Its Official Debut Justice Department Supports Arkansas Electric Cooperatives' Planned Venture Head of Boston-Area Power Plant Group Wants Speedy Release of Report Texas Utilities Say December Bills Will Be Higher Than Usual California Strives to Halt Energy Slide Before the Lights Go Out Heating Bills Send Dayton, Ohio, Customers a Jolt Power Plant in Northwestern Colorado Agrees to Cut Emissions Illinois Commerce Commission Holds Off on Tree Trimming Approval Piatt County, Ill., Peaker Power Plant Gets Zoning Approval Duke Energy Says California Utilities' Debt Would Be Short-Term California Utility to Layoff 325 Employees Environmentalists Caution Against Kern County, Calif., Wind-Turbine Farm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- REUTERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at: http://207.32.82.57/news/ElectricPower.html 1/14/01 Greenpeace blocks rail spur to stop nuclear fuel 1/14/01 White House says Calif must act on power crisis 1/14/01 Taiwan anxiously awaits nuclear plant ruling 1/14/01 Calif. Gov wants state to buy power for near bankrupt utilities 1/14/01 India planning $17 bln national power grid-paper 1/13/01 UPDATE 2-Negotiators grapple with California power plan 1/13/01 Calif power talks end without final plan for crisis ********************************************************* 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. 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