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For a full description of the program, download the brochure at: http://www.pmaconference.com/crunch.pdf ************************************************************************ --------------------T O P S T O R I E S-------------------- Top Stories (January 15) CALIFORNIA ENERGY CRISIS PLAN LIKELY TO BE INTRODUCED TUESDAY A plan to try to fix the energy crisis by making the state a major electricity broker will likely be introduced to the state Legislature on Tuesday, officials said. http://199.97.97.79/IMDS%PMADJN0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/djn/2001/ 01/15/eng-djn/eng-djn_082031_152_746395694558 CALIFORNIA POWER CRISIS RAISES CONCERN FOR NEW JERSEY DEREGULATION Deregulation was supposed to change the face of New Jersey's electricity industry. http://199.97.97.163/IMDS%PMAKRT0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/knightri dder/2001/01/15/krtbn/0000-0054-HK-ELECTRICITY NEW YORK POWER AUTHORITY WINS APPROVAL FOR NYC PLANTS A New York environmental board has given approval to a state agency's plan to build 10 small power generators in New York City to help meet electricity demand this summer. http://199.97.97.79/IMDS%PMADJN0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/djn/2001/ 01/15/eng-djn/eng-djn_142026_2_78472225414589 MIDWEST ISO SUGGESTS NEW STRUCTURE TO MANAGE MIDWEST GRID The Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator Inc. said Monday that it could form a new umbrella structure to help smooth the electric grid barriers that may arise if multiple grid management groups operate in the region. http://199.97.97.79/IMDS%PMADJN0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/djn/2001/ 01/15/eng-djn/eng-djn_190036_161_401815398131 SCOTTISHPOWER'S PACIFICORP FILES $142M UTAH RATE CASE ScottishPower PLC (SPI) said Monday that its U.S. unit PacifiCorp filed a $142 million rate case request with the Utah Public Service Commission Jan. 12. http://199.97.97.79/IMDS%PMADJN0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/djn/2001/ 01/15/eng-djn/eng-djn_064028_97_6124294428155 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DOW JONES NEWSWIRES ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at: http://199.97.97.79/IMDS|PMADJN0,PMADJN1,PMADJN2,PMADJN3,PMADJN4|index MW ISO Suggests New Structure To Manage Midwest Grid Generators: SoCal Edison Must Pay Power Bill Due Tue GPU Telcom Svcs Building Northeast Fiber-Optic Network NY Power Authority Wins Approval For NYC Plants Calif Energy Crisis Plan Likely To Be Introduced Tuesday ScottishPower's PacifiCorp Files $142M Utah Rate Case Idaho PUC May Require Qwest Construct Fiber Optics Line<Q Iowa Power Plant Burns Grass With Coal To Test Fuel Value 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 Natural-Gas Company Execs Find Pipeline to Fortune Nicor Gas Announces Plans for Permanent 12-Month Customer Payment Programthe Market Cost for Natural Gas Has Risen Dramatically Since Last Summer And Has Resulted in Significantly Higher Home Heating Bills for Customers This Winter. This Is A National Problem, with Wholesale U.S. Gas Prices At Histo Nuclear Plant Will Retool for Power Boost Courage Energy Announces New Pool Discovery Xcel Energy Purchases Livedata's Recently Released Personalview Server Business Panel to Look at Local Power Issues Reliant Energy Begins Electronic Purchasing Via Pantellos Holiday Power Alert in Calif. Automated Power Exchange Names Victoria Reader Vice President of Human Resources Energy Update/Los Angeles Department of Water And Power Daily Energy Update for Monday, Jan. 15, 2001 A Full Tapps Helps in Power Crunch 'Different Scenario': Puget Sound Energy Sees Full Reservoir As Precaution in Case of Cold Snap Contact Energy Escapes Edison Crisis Fallout Reliant Energy Declares 2001 Annual Meeting Date Angela Sparks Elected VP - Government Affairs at Energy East 'Lights Out' Now the Buzz: Conservation Called Key Energy Option Keeping the Lights on Is New Jersey Learning Anything from California's Power Problem? Your Money's Worth ; Power Deregulation Makes Little Headway Causeway Energy Corporation Announces Normal Course Issuer Bid Tax Loss Brings Static Deregulation of Pa. Power Giants Costs Government Bodies Millions. They Will Lose More, While Utility Profits Soar. Energy Crisis Power Taps the Web Redwood Energy, Ltd. Slay Wants to Take Part of Windfall from Use Tax to Pay Utility Bills of The Poor United Energy Threatening New Energy Regulator with Legal Action Azcentral.com - Calif. Gov. to Push Plan to Buy Power Safeguards Sought for Energy Plan / Lawmakers, Activists Warn of Utility Bailout Mayor Proposes Creating Berkeley Power Authority / City Offers Ideas Amid Energy Crisis All Diesel Is Dirty, Critics Charge / But Transit Agencies Resisting Natural Gas Nrg South Central Generating Llc, An Nrg Energy, Inc. Subsidiary, Extends Exchange Offer Enters Into Agreement to Purchase And License Certain Aluminum-Air Fuel Cell Technology Organization Profile: Consol Energy Inc. (NYSE: Cnx) Users Feel Stuck in Power-Off Plan Energy Hot Seat Awaits Abraham Rocketing Gas Prices, California Power Crisis Will Nag Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I N T E R N A T I O N A L ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at: http://www.powermarketers.com/pma-intr.htm Ppl's El Salvadoran Service Territory Hit by Earthquake; with Power Restored, Employees Aid in Rescue Efforts RICHARDSON WINDS UP TOUR OF PERSIAN GULF OPEC MEMBER NATIONS Us' Richardson: to Hold Emergency California Power Meet Tuesday El Paso Considers Hydro Acquisition - Brazil Putin's Show of Power Gives U.S. Headaches Russians Express Strong Support for the Former KGB Agent, Who Inherited a Host of Troubles from Boris Yeltsin Development-China: Solar Power Lights Up Mountainous Areas BC Hydro Will Help Alcan Out of Power Crunch New Kazakh Deputy Energy Minister Appointed Brazil : Copel to Privatise Energy Sector Peru: Nordic Power Invest And Skanska to Build 4 Power Plants Peru: Southern Power Companies to Be Privatized As Whole Back AMD: AMD Announces Mobile AMD Duron Processor, First Seventh Generation Processor for Notebook PCS; NEC Japan Introduces "Lavie U" All-in-One Notebook with 700mhz Mobile AMD Duron' Processor Russian Power Specialists Plan to Export Electricity to Sweden Singapore, Indonesia leaders launch joint energy project First Segments of Nuclear Power Plant Sent to Iran ---------------------------------------------------------------------- KRT DAILY ENERGY NEWS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at http://www.powermarketers.com/pma-krt.htm San Jose Mercury News, Calif., James J. Mitchell Column Consumers Fail to Make Efforts to Conserve Energy Sister Company of California Utility Reassures Its Rhode Island Employees Pittsburgh-Area Businesses, Families Cope with Higher Natural Gas Prices The Modesto Bee, Calif., Consumer Focus Column California Power Crisis Raises Concern for New Jersey Deregulation The Record, Hackensack, N.J., Your Money's Worth Column Rosemead, Calif., Utility Firm Halts Contribution to Business Gathering San Bernardino County, Calif., Water District May Tap Aquifer ---------------------------------------------------------------------- REUTERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at: http://207.32.82.57/news/ElectricPower.html Canada natgas spot prices flat amid U.S. holiday Sierra Pacific sells water business for $350 mln Lithuania says heads of state firms aid restructuring Russia Far East hit by protests, power cuts, freeze UPDATE 1-Top Taiwan judges avoid crisis over N-plant Legislature must decide nuclear plant's fate -judges Brazil offers new power utility, transmission concessions Calif. 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