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To register for a free subscription, point your browser to:=20 http://www.retailenergy.com/pma/dprreg.htm ************************************************************************ Attend PROJECT FINANCE: THE TUTORIAL April 23-25 2001 NY NY and PROJECT STRUCTURING IN THE REAL WORLD: ADVANCED SEMINAR April 26-27 NY NY Download the conference brochure at http://www.pmaconference.com/pfweek.pdf ************************************************************************ NEW!!! EUROPEAN POWER TRADING 2001 European trading volumes soared in 2000. Traders now set the pace in key markets, no matter what politicians want. And the torpor of ministries is nowhere to be found in this business. This major study will help you understand European power markets, transmission networks, products and policies. Download brochure at http://www.pmaconference.com/europe.pdf ************************************************************************ --------------------T O P S T O R I E S-------------------- Top Stories (March 19) ELECTRICAL EMERGENCY ESCALATES TO STAGE THREE; ROTATING OUTAGES UNDERWAY;= =20 MORE THAN A THIRD OF THE GENERATION CONNECTED TO THE ISO GRID IS OFF-LINE Immediate rotating blackouts have been ordered after operating reserves the= =20 California Independent Systems Operator (California ISO) depends on to=20 maintain power grid reliability dropped dramatically. http://199.97.97.163/IMDS%PMANAT0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/comte= x/2 001/03/19/bw/0000-4343-ca-iso-2 BUSH SOUNDS ENERGY ALARM As new blackouts rolled across California again today, the White House=20 sounded the alarms about an energy crisis that will take some time to solve= . http://199.97.97.163/IMDS%PMANAT0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/abcne= ws/ 2001/03/19/eng-abcnews/eng-abcnews_191057_158_430506056175 RELIANT ENERGY ANNOUNCES CLEAN-COAL POWER PLANT IN PENNSYLVANIA Reliant Energy Seward LLC, an unregulated unit of Reliant Energy's Wholesal= e=20 Group, today announced it is planning to build a power generation plant in= =20 western Pennsylvania using the latest clean-coal technology. http://199.97.97.163/IMDS%PMANAT0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/comte= x/2 001/03/19/pr/0000-2319-tx-pa-reliant-energy UTILITIES TO UNVEIL PLANS FOR NEW US NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS One or more U.S. utilities will soon seek federal regulatory approval for= =20 locations where new nuclear power plants could be built, the Nuclear Energy= =20 Institute's top executive said Monday. http://199.97.97.79/IMDS%PMADJN0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/djn/20= 01/ 03/19/eng-djn/eng-djn_210052_97_0574663719162 PENNSYLVANIA POWERS UP NEW WIND FARM The wind is blowing wealth and power across Pennsylvania. Representatives o= f=20 a consortium of private companies, nonprofit organizations and public=20 agencies have confirmed plans to build a new 15-megawatt wind farm in Fayet= te=20 County. http://199.97.97.163/IMDS%PMANAT0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/enn/2= 001 /03/19/eng-enn/eng-enn_112212_50_5300153791904 FPL, ENTERGY LATEST IN SERIES OF TROUBLED UTILITY DEALS The merger between FPL Group Inc. and Entergy Corp. is the latest utility= =20 deal to find itself in trouble. http://199.97.97.79/IMDS%PMADJN0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/djn/20= 01/ 03/19/eng-djn/eng-djn_170055_10_8024063846096 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DOW JONES NEWSWIRES ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at:=20 http://199.97.97.79/IMDS|PMADJN0,PMADJN1,PMADJN2,PMADJN3,PMADJN4|index Utils To Unveil Plans For New US Nuclear Pwr Plants- Exec WHITE HOUSE WATCH: Bush On Choppy Foreign-Policy Waters Electricity Consumers Better Off Under Regulation: Report US Attorney In Czech Republic To Fight Nuclear Plant FPL, Entergy -2: Entergy Shrs Trading Above Deal Premium FPL, Entergy -3: Personnel Issues May Be Snagging Deal Wessex Water Services Sr Unsec Assigned BBB+ By S&P PRESS RELEASE: S&P Rates Wessex Water Services Sr Unsec FPL, Entergy Latest In Series Of Troubled Utility Deals Kinder Morgan Energy, Duke Energy Merchants In Pact US Consortium Among Bidders For Degussa's DMC2 -Source Cantabrico/Bd/RWE Bid -3: Gridlock Over Bids Still Exists US WEATHER:Heavy Rain In South;Mostly Clear In Northeast Edison Intl: Paid $8 Mln On SoCalEd 1st Mortgage Bonds Cantabrico/Bd/RWE Bid -2: Says Bid Adequate <E.HIC Cantabrico Bd Approves RWE EUR26 Per Shr Offer <E.HIC FPL, Entergy/Issues -2: Plan No Further Comment<FPL ETR FPL, Entergy Will Meet To Address Issues <ETR FPL FPL, Entergy Issues Governance Structure/Value-Related FPL, Entergy Say Issues Arise In Pending Merger <ETR Indonesia Pertamina/Geothermal -3:Elec Prices Stem Invest Indonesia Pertamina/Geothermal-2:$100M More Invest Sought Indonesia Pertamina In Talks For W Java Geothermal 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 Power Wholesaler Mvm Signs Preliminary Retrofit Agreement with Tractebel's= =20 Dunamenti Plant Carbon Energy Corporation Announces Results Of Canadian Bush Sounds Energy Alarm Pke Southern Energy Group Seeks To Grow by Buying Into Mines, Energy &=20 Heating Plants Rolling Blackouts Hit Calif. as ISO Calls Stage 3 Power Alert HUD Earmarks $105m for Utility Bills Energy Update/Los Angeles Department of Water And Power Issues Daily Energy= =20 Update for Monday, March 19 Orion Will Shine With Energy Deregulation As of 1:30 P.M. PST - State Electric Command Center Orders Temporary,=20 Statewide Power Outages Fitch Dwngr Aye, Potomac Ed, & Monongahela: Aff West Penn Power, Agc Electrical Emergency Escalates to Stage Three; Rotating Outages Underway;= =20 More Than A Third of The Generation Connected to The ISO Grid Is Off-Line Advanced Energy to Present at Seminvest Conference Cal-ISO Directs SCE to Reduce Electrical Demand; Utility Begins Controlled= =20 Rotating Outage Program Yukon's Energy Info Centre Opens Pennsylvania Gov. Ridge to Address Energy Policy in D.C. U.S.' Abraham -- 2 (Bush administration backs FERC on Calif. power refunds) Repeats: Energy Volume And Open Interest Totals-Mar 19 Top Energy Summaries - Monday, March 19, 2001 - 2:17 PM Planalytics Releases New Version of Weathernomics Gas Buyer Tool for=20 Purchasing And Hedging Natural Gas Media Advisory - Renewable Energy Announcement Tuesday, March 20 Top Energy Summaries - Monday, March 19, 2001 - 12:26 PM Kinder Morgan Energy Partners Enters Into Long-Term Transmix Agreement with= =20 Duke Energy Merchants Pennsylvania Powers Up New Wind Farm Demarco Energy Systems Signs Master Contracting Agreement with Leading=20 National Energy Service Company Bush Administration Announces Emergency Funds to Help Pay Skyrocketing=20 Utility Bills for Public Housing Residents Duke Energy Completes Successful Equity Offerings World Commerce Online Inc: General Electric CO - World Commerce And GE Glob= al=20 Exchange Announce Agreement - for Retail E-Commerce Solutions Power Efficiency Corp - How a Small Company in Michigan Can Boost=20 California's Power - Supplies Rochester Gas & Electric Corp. Selects Ixiasoft Xml Content Server to Power= =20 Intranet for Storage And Retrieval of Key Technical DocumentsShift from=20 Mainframe Centric System to Faster Xml Enabled Database Server Will Enable= =20 Utility to Provide Better Document Structure, Savings And Faster Access to = Es Emerson Motors Develops Traction Drive Motor for Fuel Cell-Powered Electric= =20 Vehicles Hydro Energi Signs Energy Management Agreement with Fesil Inforte to Implement Ariba's Value Chain Management Solution at Rochester G= as=20 & Electric Magin Energy Inc - Update Uspowersolutions (R) Selected by Green Mountain Energy Company to Provide E= DI=20 Transaction Management Services Nationwide Top Energy Summaries - Monday, March 19, 2001 - 9:29 Am Massey Energy Company Subsidiary to Build, Operate Eastman Chemical Coal=20 Handling Facility Management`S Discussions: 10-K, Puget Energy Inc 2 of 2 Management`S Discussions: 10-K, Puget Energy Inc 1 of 2 American Power Conversion And Vectren Corporation Partner to Increase Syste= ms=20 Availability for Residential And Commercial Electricity Customers Platts Launches New Daily Service Covering Both Natural Gas And Power Marke= ts=20 in USIncludes Energy Industry's Most Comprehensive Forward Price Assessment= s Peco II Announces New 163 Power System Management`S Discussions: 10-K, Orion Power Holdings Inc 2 of 2 Management`S Discussions: 10-K, Orion Power Holdings Inc 1 of 2 Management`S Discussions: 10-K, Puget Sound Energy Inc 2 of 2 Management`S Discussions: 10-K, Puget Sound Energy Inc 1 of 2 Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Begins Refueling Outage on Unit 2 Reacto= r Energy Supply Problems Forcing Consumers to Look for Alternative Sources of= =20 Emergency Power Alliant Energy Selects Quest Software's Vista Plus(TM) to Enable=20 Enterprise-Wide Access to Business-Critical Information ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I N T E R N A T I O N A L ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at: http://www.powermarketers.com/pma-intr.htm Swift Energy Announces Third Successful Well Test at Its Rimu Discovery in= =20 New Zealand Europan Energy To Loan $130 Mln for New Rostov Power Station Electricite De France Aims for 15% of Polish Energy Generation and=20 Distribution Market Czech National Power Utility, US Lawyer Clash Over Visit to Nuclear Plant China Awards Liquefied Natural Gas Project to British Petroleum Mitsubishi Electric, Koyo Seiko To Launch Joint Venture in Czech Republic Serbian Energy Minister in Croatia Enlightened Energy Paranapanema Weighs Up Hydro Options - Brazil U.S. District Court Confirms a Special Master for U.S. Energy Corp. And=20 Crested Corp. in The Accounting of Nukem Contracts Peru: Aguaytia Energy to Split Assets, Seeks Competitiveness GE Supplying Long-Term Services for Gas Turbines at Power Plant on Margarit= a=20 Island, Venezuela Switch on the TV with Brain Power Guangdong Electric Power Development Posts Profits of Usd 117.18 Mln, Up=20 16.26% from 1999 Omani Government Signs Major Agreements with Dhofar Power Company for Salal= ah=20 Power System Privatization Power Unit #2 of Yuzhnoukrainsk Npp Put Back On Stream H Power Residential Fuel Cell Unit Being Field Tested in Finland by Fortum,= =20 Oy, A Major International Energy CompanyNet Metered System Will Supply=20 Electricity And Heat for Test House And Sell Surplus Electricity to Local= =20 Electric Utility Brazil: Light to Increase Stake in Thermoelectric Power Plant Brazil: EDP to Build Hydroelectric And Thermal Power Plants Chile: Angelini Withdraws from Electric Utility Sector Brazil: Aneel to Avoid Energy Waste Ukrainian Nuclear Generating Set Reconnected to Energy Grid Russia To Commission Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant in 2003 Koreas: South Agency Reports North Power Plant "Environmental Threat" Talks on Joint Development of Mongolian Coal Deposit Belgium: EC-funded Project Develops Wireless Electric Car Charger Toyota to Buy Power from Nippon Steel for 2 Tokyo Buildings World Bank Procurement - China, Power Adb Technical - Kazakhstan, Energy Japan Ministry Mulls Cutting Home Power Use with It Systems Marubeni to Rehabilitate Philippines Tiwi Geothermal Plant Hyundai Releases Korea's First Fuel Cell Vehicle S Korea Debuts Internet Services Via Power Cables Vietnam: BP Makes Progress on Power Plant; Statoil Backs Out ---------------------------------------------------------------------- KRT DAILY ENERGY NEWS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at http://www.powermarketers.com/pma-krt.htm -Two Electricity Companies Deny Allegations of Price Manipulation Portland, Ore.-Based Utility Customers Likely to See Rate Increase Bush Administration Rejects Washington Governor's Plea for Energy Price Cap= s California Governor Outlines Plan to Research Energy Solutions Energy Is Easy to Save, Environmentalists Say ---------------------------------------------------------------------- REUTERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at:=20 http://news.powermarketers.com/news/articles/ElectricPower.html UPDATE 3-Blackouts hit Calif. as power crisis deepens FACTBOX-How California implements rolling blackouts UPDATE 2-Blackouts hit Calif. as power crisis deepens Massey Energy to build, operate Eastman coal facility Edison eliminates first-quarter dividend payment??Con Edison's past earning= s hurt by failed merger??UPDATE 1-FPL, Entergy's proposed $7.6 bln merger h= its snags??Reliant plans coal-fired Pennsylvania power plant??Canada natgas= stays higher on cooler US forecast??Dominion Resources forms veture to fun= d fiber net??El Paso to inspect damaged N.M. gas line March 21-22??Duke Ene= rgy says closes offerings of 25 mln shares??TEXT-S&P raises Kinder Morgan I= nc ratings??TEXT-S&P harmonizes Hydro One Inc ratings??US Corp Bonds - Quie= tly nervous ahead of FOMC meeting??N.Korea builds small water power plant n= ear border??UPDATE 1-Power blackout shuts down Taiwan nuclear plant??HK sto= cks end lower, China airlines, utilities up??******************************= ***************************?NEW on the POWERMARKETERS.COM TRAINING PAGE?***= ******************************************************?Access all online pr= esentations at: http://www.pmaconference.com??Coming soon! PMA Power Market= s 2001 presentations, taped at the Aladdin ?Hotel, Las Vegas, March 15-16, = 2001.??Don't forget you can choose to stream the presentation immediately o= ver the ?web, or download it to your computer for later viewing-- Free!??Re= alVideo-based powerpoint-based presentations, with the accompanying audio. = ?Running about 30 minutes each, selections include:??ELECTRONIC TRADING. Po= wer 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 R= ETAILING. What it takes to put an energy retailing ?operation together-- th= e cash and credit requirements, back office, ?information technology, staff= ing, marketing, sales and organizational ?considerations. Andrew Serri, Vic= e President, AmerenEnergy Marketing.??RETAIL: WHAT WENT WRONG, HOW TO FIX I= T. Retail electric deregulation has thus ?far been an underwhelming success= , but a great deal has been learned, and it ?is eminently fixable. By Dr. J= ohn O'Brien, Principal, Skipping Stone??MANAGING BILLING. The complex requi= rements for managing billing and ?commodities in the deregulating energy in= dustry cannot be met with current ?CIS and CRM technology. Energy Retailers= must embrace the next evolution of ?energy customer management (ECM) solut= ions. Paul Grey, Chief Technology ?Officer, Peace Software.??THE INTERNET A= ND THE VELOCITY FACTOR. Greater price transparency, faster ?execution, redu= ced transaction costs, increased number and frequency of ?transactions and = increased specialization are just some of the changes to ?energy markets wr= ought by the web, and it's just beginning. Implecations of ?the internet fo= r energy markets. E. Russell "Rusty" Braziel, Chairman and ?Director, Altra= Energy Technologies.??Access all online presentations at: http://www.pmaco= nference.com??****************************************?THE PowerMarketers.c= om ENERGYYELLOWPAGES?****************************************?http://www.en= ergyyellowpages.net??Where to go when you're looking for:?Billing Systems, = Brokers, Call Centers, Coal Marketers, Computers &?Networks, Conference Hou= ses, Energy Management, Engineering Services,?Environmental Services, Excha= nges & Clearing Houses, Executive Search?Services, Financial Services, Gas = Marketers, Information Services, Internet?Services, Legal Services, Managem= ent Consulting , Marketing, Meters, Power?Marketers, Powerplant Development= , Powerplant Equipment, Risk Management,?Sales, Software, Trade Association= s, Training, Weather Services and more!?Check it out today! http://www.ener= gyyellowpages.net/??-------------------------------------------------------= ---------------?OTHER NEWS & INFORMATION FEATURES ON POWERMARKETERS.COM?---= -------------------------------------------------------------------??PRICEW= ATERHOUSECOOPERS NEXT-DAY POWERTRAX ELECTRIC PRICE INDEX:?Access online at:= http://www.powermarketers.com/p-trax.htm??ELECTRICITY SPOT PRICES:?Access = online at: http://www.dtnergy.com/pma/spot.cfm??ELECTRICITY FUTURES PRICES:= ?Access online at: http://www.dtnergy.com/pma/electric.cfm??NATURAL GAS FUT= URES PRICES:?Access online at: http://www.dtnergy.com/pma/gas.cfm??THE Powe= rMarketers.com JobSite:?Access online at: http://www.powermarketers.com/pma= jobs.htm?A daily visit to "The PMA Jobs Site" at ?http://www.powermarketers= .com/pmajobs.htm connects you to a wealth of power ?industry opportunities = that could supercharge your career!?PMA ONLINE MAGAZINE: Access online at: = http://www.retailenergy.com/pmamag.htm??News releases may be submitted to T= he PowerMarketers.com Power Report via ?e-mail to news@powermarketers.com??= Copyright 2000 by PowerMarketers.com: http://www.powermarketers.com/??The P= owerMarketers.com Power Report is a complimentary service of The Power ?Mar= keting Association. 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