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For brochure, download: http://www.pmaconference.com/0103Agenda.pdf ************************************************************************ NEW!!! CHARTWELL'S GUIDE TO E-BUSINESS IN THE ENERGY INDUSTRY 2001 has to offer! * Customer segmentation and relationship management -- How utilities are using e-commerce options to address the particular needs of various customer groups. * Electronic Products and Services -- From Internet billing to electronic energy usage data analysis, the details on which programs are successful and how to implement them. * Customer Contact - how the Web is adding another important touchpoint with the customer. * Technology considerations -- How utilities are handling the high-tech aspects of doing business with customers via the Internet. Download brochure at http://www.pmaconference.com/E-Business.pdf ************************************************************************ --------------------T O P S T O R I E S-------------------- Top Stories (March 14) LAWMAKERS TO PROBE CALIF. ENERGY In a move that could force out-of-state power suppliers to detail their finances, the state Senate is launching an investigation into whether they illegally manipulated California's electricity market. http://199.97.97.163/IMDS%PMANAT0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/comtex/2 001/03/14/ao/0000-5211-power-woes NRG ENERGY CLOSES PUBLIC OFFERINGS, RAISES $784 MILLION NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NRG) yesterday closed its sale of 18.4 million shares of common stock at a price of $27 per share and 11.5 million equity units at a price of $25 per unit. The gross proceeds from the offerings were $784.3 million. http://199.97.97.163/IMDS%PMANAT0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/comtex/2 001/03/14/bw/0000-4976-mn-nrg-energy BUSH WON'T LIMIT POWER PLANT CO2 The White House informed Congress Tuesday that it will not limit carbon dioxide emissions from power plants that environmentalists have said are a major contributor to global warming. http://199.97.97.163/IMDS%PMANAT0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/comtex/2 001/03/14/up/0000-4328-.dstenvironment_01 AMERICA MUST FOCUS, AND FOCUS NOW, ON INCREASING ENERGY SUPPLY AND THE USE OF COAL, SAYS NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION "Demand for energy has outstripped supply. The United States must focus -- and focus now -- on an energy strategy that supports the expansion of our domestic energy supply," said a mining industry spokesman in testimony given today before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce's Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. http://199.97.97.163/IMDS%PMANAT0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/comtex/2 001/03/14/us/0000-3846-nma-coal-supply UTILITY LOBBYISTS: TAX BREAK UNLIKELY Kansas voters are unlikely to pass a constitutional amendment that would reduce the property tax assessment rate on utilities because that would shift the tax onto residential property owners, utility industry lobbyists told a House committee Monday. http://199.97.97.163/IMDS%PMANAT0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/bellsupe r/2001/03/13/TPKA/0000-1567-KEYWORD.Missing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DOW JONES NEWSWIRES ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at: http://199.97.97.79/IMDS|PMADJN0,PMADJN1,PMADJN2,PMADJN3,PMADJN4|index Brazil's Eletropaulo 2000 Net Sales BRR4.64 Bln <E.EPM AES Unit/Italian Facility -2: Generates 140 Megawatts<AES EEI: US Electric Output For Week Ended March 10 Up 7.5% Energy East Unit/NY Price Plan -2: Seeks July 1 Approval AES Corp. Unit To Acquire Italian Cogeneration Facility NYSEG Files To Freeze Electricity Prices Until Mid-2008 Bush: Move On Carbon Dioxide Dictated By Reality NYISO/New Pwr-3:New Plants Seen Pushing Prices Dn 20-25% NYISO/New Pwr -2:State Should Streamline Siting Process NYISO Calls On State To Approve 4,000-5,000 MW Of New Pwr Newcom Sees $30M-$50M Venezuela Telecom Invest Over 5 Yrs Quality Monitoring Seen As Key To Bandwidth Trade Venezuela Telecom Watchdog: LMDS License Bids Start May 7 US FERC/FirstEnergy/GPU -2: Other Approvals Pending US FERC Approves $4.5 Bln Merger Of FirstEnergy, GPU UtiliCorp To Purchase Capacity From 110-MW Wind Farm BP Amoco Unit Joins EEX Spot Market Electricity Trading CORRECTION:AmerenUE Declines To Say When Unit At Full Pwr AmerenUE's 1,143-MW Callaway Plant At 45% Capacity Judge To Decide Fate Of 10 NY Generators By Month's End US Weather: Strong Storms In Southern Plains Malaysia Asks 5 Cos To Bid For Parts Of Bakun Proj-Report Duke Energy Adds 3.75M Greenshoe To 25M Share Issue Duke Energy Prices Conv Cpn 8.25%;Conversion Premium 22% Duke Energy Ups Conv Bond Issue $225M To $775M Duke Energy Stock Offering Priced At $38.98 Per Share GERMAN PRESS: EU Gives E.On More Time To Sell Bewag Stake Energy Dept Seeks $5 Bln To Repair Nuclear Plants - WP US Judge To Rule If Elec Co Can Put Lien On SoCal Ed Ppty State Regulators OK More Nuclear Storage For Wis. Elec NY, New England ISO To Share Short-Term Power Reserves US Rep Hyde Suggests Pact On US Policy Toward N Korea Final Texas Mkt Rules Include Cap For Ancillary Services 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 Legislator to Sue for Power Records Lawmakers to Probe Calif. Energy Calif. Senate Opens Power Probe Nrg Energy Closes Public Offerings, Raises $784 Million Regulators Free Up Calif. Power Green Mountain Energy Company Applauds New Wind Farm in Pa Southwestern Energy Sees 2001 Eps at $1.28-$1.84 (Swn) Meetings Planned to Discuss Proposal for Natural Gas, Petroleum Pipelines L.a. Mayor, Leavitt Meet to Discuss Power-Buying Deal Bush Won't Limit Power Plant Co2 Consumers Energy Extends Gas Price Freeze Globaltex Industries Inc - U.S. Electric Power Corporation Reaches Agreement for Power Plant - Site Statement by Jan Smutny-Jones, Executive Director of Independent Energy Producers, in Response to State Senate Energy Probe Energy Insight Examines California Utilities' Bankruptcy Option Pepco Technologies Signs Agreement with Dominion Virginia Power Ohio Power Siting Board Staff Recommends Approval of New Facility America Must Focus, And Focus Now, on Increasing Energy Supply And the Use of Coal, Says National Mining Association California Micro Devices' Smartor Power Management Solutions for PCS And PeripheralsReduced Component Count for Systems That Implement Instantly Available PC (Iapc) Power Management Amerendms, Ebidenergy.Com Announce Nyserda-Sponsored Pilot for Energy Curtailment Program Software California Micro Devices' Smartor Power Management Solutions for PCS And Peripherals American Airlines Solidifies Environmental Commitment to Local Community with Transition to Electric Gse FleetAirline's Conversion to Alternate Fuel Vehicles Represents Major Step in $400 Million Program The Energy Crunch: Utility Runs $10 Million in The Red for January American Airlines Solidifies Environmental Commitment to Local Community with Transition to Electric Gse Fleet Malfunction Stops Reactor at Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plant Consumer Advocate Faults Power Line Proposal Rare Selling in Electric Energy Update/Los Angeles Department of Water And Power Issues Daily Energy Update for Wednesday, March 14, 2001 Management`S Discussions: 10-K405, Kinder Morgan Energy Partners L P 2 of 3 Repeats: Energy Volume And Open Interest Totals-Mar 14 Nyseg Files to Freeze Total Electric Prices Until Mid-2008; Price Protection Plan Would Provide Estimated $700 Million in Customer Benefits Nevada Power Selects Appworx Enterprise Job Scheduling Product to Automate Customer Billing And Payment Applications Energy Q&a: Answers to Your Power Questions Tacoma Considers Electricity Sanctions Power Crisis: Plan Would Fine Violators If Goal to Cut Electricity Use by 20% Is Not Met Foes Voice Concerns Over Power Plant Group Requests Emergency Action on Zoning for Newberg Township Despite protest, city council moves to block power plants Utility Lobbyists: Tax Break Unlikely Former U.S. Secretary of Energy Elected to Valero Energy Corporation Board of Directors Glenn English of Nreca Launches 'Consumers First' CampaignEnglish Calls for Consumer Protections in Energy Policy, Launches 'Consumers First' Campaign Pepco Technologies Signs Agreement with Dominion Virginia Power to Market Generlink(TM)Dominion Subsidiary Will Offer Pepco Technologies' Portable Generator Connection Device to Residential Customers in Virginia Advisory/Designing Solar; Amid California Power Crunch, Top Architects And Energy Experts Come to L.A. to Weigh Future of Solar Power in Building Design Davis Dangles Summer Rebate: Reward for Some Who Cut Energy Use Fuel Cells to Help Alleviate Current Energy Crisis As Output Will Multiply by Factor of 250 in Next Decade, According to Abi Pepco Technologies Signs Agreement with Dominion Virginia Power to Market Generlink(TM) Energy Policy Can't Ignore Conservation U.S. Can't Produce Its Way Out of Energy Crisis Launch of Companydrive Brings Online Data Storage to CorporationsStorage Utility Market to Grow to $8 Billion by 2003 Ohio Power Siting Board Staff Recommends Approval of A New Major Electric Generation Facility in Sandusky County, Ohio Briefly: Utility, Industrial Users File Proposal Piedmont Natural Gas to Webcast Financial Analyst Presentation Netbotz Appliances Help Inreach Internet Prepare for Future Power Crisis; Appliances Provide Advanced Warning of Equipment Failure International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Has Answer to California's Electricity Woes -- A Powerguard(R) Solar Electric Roof New Corn to Plastic Technology Receives Department of Energy Honors Green Power Generators Unable to Pay Millions in Property Taxes Because of Utilities' Refusal to Pay; Nine Counties Affected Plug Power Announces New Vice President of Research And System Architecture Largest Wind Farm in Eastern U.S. to Be Built in Fayette County; Public-Private Partnership to Create Enough Green Energy to Power 5700 Homes Excel's Energy Optimization System Implements Peak Demand Control Measures at End User Facilities Automatically Informatica: Informatica Unleashes the Power of Sap Data for Strategic Analysis Across The Value Chain; American Home Products And Purina Mills Join Other Global Leaders Who Rely on Informatica to Gain Roi-Enhancing Business Insight from Erp Systems FT Energy Teleconference: California's Energy Crisis Need Not Be Nation's Crisis Quanta Services Is a Key Beneficiary of the Tremendous Need to Upgrade Power And Gas Energy Infrastructure, States Analyst in Interview with The Wall Street TranscriptWilliam D. Hyler Is A Managing Director And A Senior Analyst At Cibc World Markets Corp. Utilicorp to Purchase Power Generation from Largest Wind Project Constructed in Kansas Aura Systems Inc - Auragen - the Mobile Power System of Choice for Growing Number of - Customers Huaneng Power International, Inc. Announces Annual Operating Results for 2000; Net Profit Increases 34.67% Texas Instruments Releases Open Specification for Mini-Lvds Display Technology Used in Energy-Efficient LCD PanelsGrowing Family of TI Products Supports Mini-Lvds Magnetek, Inc. Markets High-Efficiency DC/DC 'Half-Brick' ConvertersBoard-Mountable Converters Represent Power-Density Breakthrough for Next-Generation Distributed Power Architectures Alliance Energy Inc - Releases November 30, 2000 Financial Results Informatica Unleashes the Power of Sap Data for Strategic Analysis Across The Value ChainAmerican Home Products And Purina Mills Join Other Global Leaders Who Rely on Informatica to Gain Roi-Enhancing Business Insight from Erp Systems Auragen - the Mobile Power System of Choice for Growing Number of Customers Informatica Unleashes the Power of Sap Data for Strategic Analysis Across The Value Chain Chemconnect's Commodities Floor Heats Up As the Industry Responds to Volatile Energy Prices K2 Energy Corp - Enters Agreement with U.S. Partner for Up to $20 Million Power Profits N.M. Power Supplier Seeks 16% Rate Increase Utah in Power Talks with Los Angeles Carmen Systems And Ilog Team Up for Next-Generation Flight Operations Management SystemsPartnership Accelerates Development of New Web-Accessible Scheduling Solutions Rising Power Prices May Hurt Wash. Hyundai Motor develops fuel cell vehicle; California tests to begin in April Wind Turbines Sprout from Europe to US Algero-French Colloquium on Transportation And Distribution of Electrical Energy Bush Won't Limit Power Plant Co2 Calif Proposes Power Rebates Transalta Power, L.P. Declares Cash Distribution ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I N T E R N A T I O N A L ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at: http://www.powermarketers.com/pma-intr.htm U.S. Electric Power Corporation Reaches Agreement For Personal Power: Solar Utility in a Backpack Development-Bhutan: Turning to Solar Power in Remote Villages Community Group Dams Energy Policies - Brazil Govt. to Assume State Power Company Debts - Ecuador Paranapanema Mulls 50mw Power Plant Project - Brazil In The Northwest: 'Just Bashing California Does Not a Northwest Energy Policy Make' Dan Walters: Natural Gas -- An Old Story Assad hosts Mubarak, Abdullah for pre-summit talks after power switch-on Development-Bhutan: Power Scarcity Amidst Plenty Petrobras Awards Subsea Contract to Fmc Energy Systems CEO Explains Reasons Why Swift Energy Went to New Zealand in Interview with The Wall Street TranscriptA. Earl Swift Is Chairman And CEO of Swift Energy Company Top Energy Summaries - Wednesday, March 14, 2001 - 9:19 Am Brazil Faces Calif.-Like Power Woes Nigeria to Step Up Natural Gas Exploration Ensource Energy Services Inc : Capstone Turbine Corp - Ensource Agreement with Capstone Turbine Fire at glitch-plagued Czech nuclear power plant Top Energy Summaries - Wednesday, March 14, 2001 - 7:42 Am Carmen Systems And Ilog Team Up for Next-Generation Flight Operations Management Systems Philippine Energy Dept to review Napocor debt transfer/private power contracts Philippine energy minister seeks creation of electricity wholesale spot market Two Agreements on Natural Gas Purchase from Azerbaijan to be Signed on Monday Output of Primorye Power Plant 30 Percent Up British Rotch Energy Joined in BID for Rg Fuel by Consortium of Polish Fuel Retailers, Banks ---------------------------------------------------------------------- KRT DAILY ENERGY NEWS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at http://www.powermarketers.com/pma-krt.htm U.S. Electric Power Corporation Reaches Agreement For Personal Power: Solar Utility in a Backpack Development-Bhutan: Turning to Solar Power in Remote Villages Community Group Dams Energy Policies - Brazil Govt. to Assume State Power Company Debts - Ecuador Paranapanema Mulls 50mw Power Plant Project - Brazil In The Northwest: 'Just Bashing California Does Not a Northwest Energy Policy Make' Dan Walters: Natural Gas -- An Old Story Assad hosts Mubarak, Abdullah for pre-summit talks after power switch-on Development-Bhutan: Power Scarcity Amidst Plenty Petrobras Awards Subsea Contract to Fmc Energy Systems CEO Explains Reasons Why Swift Energy Went to New Zealand in Interview with The Wall Street TranscriptA. Earl Swift Is Chairman And CEO of Swift Energy Company Top Energy Summaries - Wednesday, March 14, 2001 - 9:19 Am Brazil Faces Calif.-Like Power Woes Nigeria to Step Up Natural Gas Exploration Ensource Energy Services Inc : Capstone Turbine Corp - Ensource Agreement with Capstone Turbine Fire at glitch-plagued Czech nuclear power plant Top Energy Summaries - Wednesday, March 14, 2001 - 7:42 Am Carmen Systems And Ilog Team Up for Next-Generation Flight Operations Management Systems Philippine Energy Dept to review Napocor debt transfer/private power contracts Philippine energy minister seeks creation of electricity wholesale spot market Two Agreements on Natural Gas Purchase from Azerbaijan to be Signed on Monday Output of Primorye Power Plant 30 Percent Up British Rotch Energy Joined in BID for Rg Fuel by Consortium of Polish Fuel Retailers, Banks ---------------------------------------------------------------------- REUTERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at: http://news.powermarketers.com/news/articles/ElectricPower.html U.S. Electric Power Corporation Reaches Agreement For Personal Power: Solar Utility in a Backpack Development-Bhutan: Turning to Solar Power in Remote Villages Community Group Dams Energy Policies - Brazil Govt. to Assume State Power Company Debts - Ecuador Paranapanema Mulls 50mw Power Plant Project - Brazil In The Northwest: 'Just Bashing California Does Not a Northwest Energy Policy Make' Dan Walters: Natural Gas -- An Old Story Assad hosts Mubarak, Abdullah for pre-summit talks after power switch-on Development-Bhutan: Power Scarcity Amidst Plenty Petrobras Awards Subsea Contract to Fmc Energy Systems CEO Explains Reasons Why Swift Energy Went to New Zealand in Interview with The Wall Street TranscriptA. Earl Swift Is Chairman And CEO of Swift Energy Company Top Energy Summaries - Wednesday, March 14, 2001 - 9:19 Am Brazil Faces Calif.-Like Power Woes Nigeria to Step Up Natural Gas Exploration Ensource Energy Services Inc : Capstone Turbine Corp - Ensource Agreement with Capstone Turbine Fire at glitch-plagued Czech nuclear power plant Top Energy Summaries - Wednesday, March 14, 2001 - 7:42 Am Carmen Systems And Ilog Team Up for Next-Generation Flight Operations Management Systems Philippine Energy Dept to review Napocor debt transfer/private power contracts Philippine energy minister seeks creation of electricity wholesale spot market Two Agreements on Natural Gas Purchase from Azerbaijan to be Signed on Monday Output of Primorye Power Plant 30 Percent Up British Rotch Energy Joined in BID for Rg Fuel by Consortium of Polish Fuel Retailers, Banks ********************************************************* 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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