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The PowerMarketers.com POWER REPORT The PowerMarketers.com POWER REPORT Today's Energy Headlines From PowerMarketers.com The Industry's Preferred Source For Breaking Energy News And Information http://www.powermarketers.com "The PowerMarketers.com Power Report is in html format. ?For those who can't read html, you can still get the text version (or both text and html for that matter). Just go to: http://www.retailenergy.com/headsel.htm" Subscriptions to The PowerMarketers.com Power Report are free - you will never be charged. You may redistribute this e-mail without change. You may not redistribute stories. To register for a free subscription, point your browser to: http://www.retailenergy.com/pma/dprreg.htm ------Advertisement------ ADVANCED PROJECT FINANCE COURSES 1. Exercise in Financial Analysis & Project Structuring May 7-9, 2001 New York, NY 2. Valuation Modeling for Project Finance May 10-11, 2001 New York, NY Download the conference brochure at: http://www.pmaconference.com/advpf.pdf ? ------Advertisement------ LOAD MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS May 22-23 2001, Santa Monica, CA Download the conference brochure at: http://www.pmaconference.com/loadmgmt.pdf ____________________________________________ New! Energy Jobs Weekly Download current issue at: http://www.pmaconference.com/EnergyJobs.pdf ? ?TOP STORIES FPL ENERGY TO BUILD 1,789-MW PLANT NEAR DALLAS FPL Energy, a unit of FPL Group, announced Tuesday details of its purchase of a majority stake in a 1,789-megawatt power plant being developed 20 miles east of Dallas. FIRSTENERGY SAYS GPU DEAL STILL ON TRACK FOR MID-SUMMER FirstEnergy Corp.'s $4.5 billion cash-and-stock acquisition of GPU Inc. is still on schedule to be completed in the first half of this year, the company's chief financial officer said Tuesday. TEXAS RETAIL ELECTRIC PILOT PROGRAM FACES START-UP WOES Texas' retail electric pilot program, scheduled to begin June 1, suffers from a limited number of active power suppliers and a lack of consumer awareness, but those problems aren't expected to hamper the debut of full power competition next year, a regulatory attorney said Tuesday. POWERGEN TO SELL ASSETS TO NRG ENERGY FOR GBP 130M U.K. electricity firm Powergen PLC said Tuesday that it has signed an agreement to sell its mining and power station interests in Germany and Hungary to NRG Energy Inc. for a total consideration of GBP130 million. MITSUI, IHI NEGOTIATING INDIAN POWER PLANT ORDER A consortium of Mitsui & Co. and Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co. are in the final stage of negotiating a contract to construct six 660-megawatt coal-fueled electric power plants, the largest in India, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported in its Tuesday evening edition, citing sources of the two firms speaking Tuesday. Dow Jones News, Preferred by the Pros DOW JONES NEWSWIRES- Access stories online at: http://199.97.97.79/IMDS|PMADJN0,PMADJN1,PMADJN2,PMADJN3,PMADJN4|index PG&E/Conf. Call -5: Estimates '01 Oper Net PG&E/Conf. Call -4: Sees '01 Oper Net $2.70-$2.75/Share FirstEnergy/GPU-2: Rate Relief Decision Could Affect Deal FirstEnergy Says GPU Deal Still On Track For Mid-Summer Enron Bandwidth Unit Reports Loss For First Quarter Enron/Conf. Call -5: Broadband Services Growing <ENE US Co. Wins Privatization Tenders In 2 Ukraine Utilities Enron/Conf. Call -4: Portland Genl Delay Not A Problem Texas Retail Electric Pilot Program Faces Start-Up Woes TVA Launches Retail Bond Program For Individual Investors Dominion To Brief NRC On Search For Lost Spent Fuel Rods Key Energy Earnings-4: Street Sees 4Q Net 17c/Shr <KEG Key Energy Earnings-3: 9 Mos Fincl Table <KEG FPL Energy To Build 1,789-MW Power Plant Near Dallas PG&E/Conf. Call -3: No Decision On Spinoff <PCG Edison Intl - Needs -3: Might Defer Interest Payment <EIX Edison Intl - Needs -2: In Talks To Extend,Refinance Line Key Energy Earnings -2: 3Q Financial Table <KEG PG&E/Conf. Call -2: Cites National Energy Credit Rating PG&E Corp:Natl Energy To Seek Funding For Building Plans PG&E: Committed To Realizing The Value Of Natl Energy Edison Intl Sees Cash Needs Exceeding Income In 2001<EIX Pacific Gas Has Paid QFs For Power Since April 6 <PCG Edison Intl Has $1.2B Maturing Notes, Credit Due In 2001 Enron/Conf. Call -3: Owed Money From SoCal Edison <ENE PG&E Corp: Natl Energy Expects To Receive Funding <PCG Enron/Conf. Call -2:Won't Give Specifics On Calif Credit SoCal Edison - Payments -2: Owes $1.1B To Power Producers Enron Pres Skilling Sees Threat In Govt Intervention <ENE Enron Says It Has 'Adequate' Credit Reserves For Calif Enron Sees 'No Material Impact' On 2001 Net From Calif SoCal Edison Owed $2.7B, Had $2B In Cash As Of March 31 PG&E Unit May Owe Direct Access Clients $503M As Of 3/29 Brazil State To Sell 39% Cesp Stake For BRR48/1,000 Shrs Powergen/Asset Sale -2: Debt Reduction Of GBP1.37B <PWG Enron Corp. Earnings -2: 1Q Financial Table <ENE Enron Corp. 1Q Net 47c A Diluted Share Excluding Items Enron Corp. Sees 2001 Recurring Earnings $1.75-$1.80/Shr CORRECT: Enron Corp. 1Q Net 47c A Diluted Share vs 40c Enron Corp. 1Q Net 47c A Diluted Share vs 40c <ENE Enron Corp. 1Q Rev $50.1B Vs $13.1B <ENE Powergen To Sell Assets To NRG Energy For GBP130M <PWG Dynegy Inc. Earnings -2: 1Q Financial Table, Comment <DYN Key Energy 3Q Net 17c A Diluted Share Vs Loss 5c <KEG US Weather: Texas Faces More Storms; Rain, Snow In NE, NW Enron Corp. Earnings -3: Street Sees '01 Net $1.75/Share Dynegy Inc. Earnings -3: Cites Asset Optimization <DYN Dynegy Inc. 1Q Op Net $137.5M Vs $79.4M <DYN Dynegy Inc. 1Q Op Net 41c A Diluted Share Vs 26c <DYN Dynegy Inc. 1Q Rev $14.17B Vs $5.35B <DYN Mitsui, IHI Negotiating Indian Power Plant Order -Nikkei Reliant Energy - Outlook-2: First Call '01 EPS View $3.28 Reliant Energy 2001 EPS Target Range At $3.23-$3.29 <REI Reliant Sees Beating 10%-12% '01 EPS Growth Target <REI Reliant Energy Earnings-3:Wholesale Energy 1Q Op Net $216M Reliant Energy Earnings -2: 1Q Fincl Table, Comment <REI Reliant Energy Latest 1Q Adjusted Net 94c A Shr <REL Reliant Energy 1Q Net Cont Ops 72c/Shr Vs Net 47c ISRAEL PRESS: US Pressures Israel To Buy GE Gas Turbines Weighed Dn By Calif Crisis, PG&E Posts 4Q Below Views PG&E - 4Q -2: National Energy 4Q Net $32M Vs $29M <PCG Public Auction Of 540-NW Vt Yankee Plant Opens Mon-VYNPC Independent Power Producers To Meet Or Beat 1Q Forecasts Asian Energy Watch: US And The Rest At Odds Over Kyoto Power Restored In Some Wisconsin Areas As Storm Eases Exelon: 1,145MW LaSalle2 Probes Reactor Trip; No Restart Texas Power Price Keeps Rising On Early Heat US Southeast Power Prices Jump On Supply Worry Xcel 600-MW Monticello Back At 100% After Work Outage US Great Plains Power Prices Jump On Maintenance, Demand US NY, Mid-Atlantic Pwr Prices Rise On Demand, Outages US Midwest Power Prices Surge On Tight Supply Concerns US West Pwr Daily: SW Fluctuates; Mid-Colombia Steady FREE TRIAL: For a free trial of the various Dow Jones index and data services, go to www.dowjonesnews.com, and click "create account," or call 1-800-223-2274. ?NATIONAL - Access stories online at: http://www.powermarketers.com/pma-nat.htm Edison, Pg&E Write Off Power Costs, Posting Losses for 2000 (Wrap) Region Must Step Up to BPA's Energy Challenge UTC Refuses to Allow Power Rates That Change by Time of Day Calif. Power Crunch Hits Utility Results Pacific NW to Get Major Power Plant Fpl Energy to Build And Operate Power Plant in Northeast Texas Poll Shows Favor for Nuclear Power Repeats: Energy Volume And Open Interest Totals-APR 17 Cannon Technologies Chosen by Xcel Energy to Provide Enterprise Wide System for Load Control And Curtailment Epcor Implements Lodestar(R) Lpss(TM) for Load Profiling And SettlementRules Engine And Easy Integration Help Alberta-Based Electric Utility Transition to The Deregulated Marketplace Top Energy Summaries - Tuesday, April 17, 2001 - 2:09 PM Connecticut Governor John Rowland Starts New Fuelcell Energy Production Facility Court Upholds State Power Plant Law Nuclear Power Earns Fresh Look, Despite Past Woes Acc Supports Democrat Energy Package Top Energy Summaries - Tuesday, April 17, 2001 - 12:20 PM Npra Meeting Highlights Energy Cost Pnm Reassures StateOn Summer Power Power Energy Fuels, Inc. Leads the World in Waste-to-Ethanol Motor Fuel Conversion Ogj's Energy Data Warehouse US Petrochem Long-Term Growth Stymied by Energy Producing Electricity without Pollution Is on The Horizon for Melis Energy; California Firm Is Turning Sunlight And Water Into Hydrogen Fuel Trends in the Region: Bringing Natural Gas to Rural North Carolina IsSlowGoing Calif. County Tax Bills Go Unpaid As Utility Sinks Into Bankruptcy Electric Power: More States Now Thinking Twice About UtilityDeregulation Threat of Electric Companies Defaulting on Taxes Downplayed by Calif.Treasurers Power Struggle Brews Between Tacoma, Wash., And Utilities Commission Most Energy And Telecommunications Companies Are Involved in Convergence of Industries, KPMG Survey Reveals Top Energy Summaries - Tuesday, April 17, 2001 - 9:22 Am Maxim Power Corp. Announces Acquisition of Evi Flare Gas Reduction Project Fuel Costs: Include Illinois' Coal Reserves in U.S. Energy Plan American Power Conversion Solutions for Sun Technology Available Through Solutionssite.Com Energy Crisis Sends Pg&E Corp. Reeling U.S. Laboratories Awarded Contract from Reliant Energy Proton Energy Systems, Inc. Validates Fuel Cell System Performance for Critical Power Systems On Again: Judge Oks Qns. Power Generators Independent Electricity Producer Posts Big Profits / Independent Power Firm Doubles Profits Davis Names New Top Energy Adviser / Freeman to Spearhead Major Conservation Effort Committees Pass Renewable Energy Bills Top Energy Summaries - Tuesday, April 17, 2001 - 7:40 Am Talisman Pays a Hefty Sum for Canadian Natural Gas Producer Petromet Lukens Energy Group Launches Energy Ventures Division ?INTERNATIONAL - Access stories online at: http://www.powermarketers.com/pma-intr.htm Treasury Seeks Privatization Adviser for Kozienice, Dolna Odra & Ostroleka Power Plants China's 1st Clean Coal Duns-Fired Power Plant Set Up AGREEMENTS BETWEEN COUNTRIES TARGET ENERGY, AGRICULTURE Britain Agrees to Fund Zambia-Tanzania Power Connection Consultation Services Aes to Acquire Electric Distribution Company in The Ukraine Reactor at Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant Connected To National Energy System Alliant Energy Resources Helps Meet Global Energy Supply Needs with Addition of Hydroelectric Facilities Red El,ctrica To Provide Consultant Services for the Electric Interconnection between Tunisia and Libya Greens demand closure of nuclar power station at Temelin Ukraine: Head of National Nuclear Energy Company Appointed Mirant Signs Three-year Cooperation Agreement with Sate Power Corp. Construction of Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant Will Not Break International Agreements - Rumyantsev Two Power Units of Zaporizhia Npp Switched Off Over Weekend Kerdos: Aluminium De Grece to Enter Power Generation Using Natural Gas(Alouminion Tis Ellados: Kai Sto Fysiko Aerio Me Nea Monada ) Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Breaks Record Alberta Energy Company Ltd - Ladyfern Gas Discovery to Flow in June Maxim Power Corp - Year End Results Highlight Extraordinary Growth Saudi invites "serious partners" for mega energy projects Nrg Energy Buys Powergen's German And Hungarian Assets Chile: Enersis Plans to Set Up Power Units in Brazil Uk: Rolls-Royce to Install Power Generator in Ushuaia Cambodia to Build Power Link with Vietnam UN: Energy And Climate to Top Agenda of Earth Summit Commission Nuclear Power Being Bullish Scottish Power PLC--"Scottishpower"--Change of Directors' Responsibilities UN: Sustainable Development Commission Hears Proposals for Better Access to Energy -- Part 2 of 2 Japan's Mitsui, Ihi Negotiate US$4 Bln Indian Power Plant Order Turkish Parliament to Debate Bill on Purchase of Natural Gas from Egypt Statistics - China's Power Installed Capacity in 2000 Northwest China Power Plant Goes Into Operation Chinese Province of Anhui Seeks Investment for Power Project Japan's Electric Power Development Buys Stake in Thai Power CO Powercor Australia to sell retail business to Origin Energy for 315 mln aud Beijing, Guangzhou Light Up Chinese Utility Prices ?KRT - Access stories online at: http://www.powermarketers.com/pma-krt.htm -Judge Rejects Oklahoma Gas Firm's Request to Stop Contempt Hearing -Air Conditioner Energy Standards Proposed by Bush Administration Virginia Regulators Mull Utilities' Plans to Let Operator Control Power Grid Scientists Seek Upgrade for Newport News, VA., Energy Research Lab Idaho Irrigators Bring Bad News on Water Levels from Initial Survey Oklahoma Official Criticizes Tulsa, Okla.-Based Energy Firm Pierce County, Wash., Power Producers May Help with Regional Energy Crisis Chicago-Based Gas Utility Gives Reprieve to Customers Facing Service Cutoffs California Leaders Gain Support for Power Price Controls Seattle City Utility Racks Up $92 Million in Power Purchases in March California Bid to Keep Energy Gets Boost Many Democratic Lawmakers in California Push to Seize Generators California Electric Utility Could Get Big Breaks If State Buys Grid Rate Increase Wipes Out Greensburg, Pa.-Based Utility's Advantage Battle for Houston's Water Projects Is High-Stakes Game Houston-Based Energy Company Logs a Doubling of Profits Houston Chronicle Jim Barlow Column The Dallas Morning News World View Column Consumer Advocate Wants Probe of South Carolina Natural Gas Firms California Utility Executives Didn't Get Bonuses, Received Pay Raises Instead Latham, N.Y.-Based Power Company's Fuels Cells Will Be Ready Early Energy Choice Program in Akron, Ohio, Area Loses Natural Gas Marketer ?REUTERS - Access stories online at: http://news.powermarketers.com/news/articles/ElectricPower.html UPDATE 1-Enron CEO uses vulgarity in attack on fund manager Washington calls on its cows to ease energy crisis Alcoa keeps idled production flat despite NW power issue Calif. lawmakers get cash from energy firms-report WRAPUP1-Calif. utility has huge loss, Texans strike it rich Global Power IPO could raise up to $132 mln UPDATE 4-Dynegy earnings soar as it profits from volatility Xcel unit Northern States files shelf for $600 mln Enron Broadband posts expected loss amid mixed growth UPDATE 4-Enron beats Q1 profit targets UPDATE 3-Edison Int'l takes $2.52 bln charge, posts big loss UPDATE 1-PSEG net slip contained by non-utility gains Edison pays suppliers, interest to bondholders SoCal Edison faces 17 lawsuits from power producers FPL to build 1,789-MW gas-fired Texas power plant UPDATE 1- PG&E reaffirms 8-10 pct earnings target for 2001 Duke Energy first quarter earnings up on power business TVA says selling bonds to ordinary investors PSEG asked to build Calif power plants U.S. Midwest faces tight summer power supplies Edison Int'l says not now providing earnings guidance TABLE-Public Service Enterprise Q1 earnings slip NY judge OKs building power plants on appeal-paper UPDATE 3-Dynegy earnings soar in first quarter PG&E reaffirms 8-10 pct earnings target for 2001 UPDATE 2-Ukraine to sell stakes in three utilities UPDATE 1-First Energy earnings drop on deregulation costs UPDATE 1-NRC to meet Dominion on missing fuel rods at Millstone DPL names Elizabeth McCarthy CFO Edison considers sale of two UK power plants ADVISORY NRC to meet Dominion over missing fuel rods at Millstone Edison Int'l takes $2.5 bln charge, posts loss UPDATE 1-Deregulation dampens Swedish inflation -Backstrom ADVISORY-NRG Energy agrees to buy Powergen assets Powergen sells European assets to U.S. NRG Enron Corp. beats first-quarter targets TABLE-Dynegy Q1 results Dynegy Q1 earnings soar 73 percent PRESS DIGEST - 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