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CALIFORNIA BILLS PROPOSE BOND SALE TO BUY POWER Two bills working their way through the California Legislature carry with them the potential for several billions of dollars in revenue bonds to be sold by the state, but neither is expected to be finalized very soon. http://199.97.97.163/IMDS%PMANAT0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/ambanker /2001/01/23/news/0000-0043-KEYWORD.Missing PG&E MOVE MAY MEAN MORE BLACKOUTS, BUT FEWER PIPELINE WOES A change in the way a California utility can conserve electricity could help avert statewide fuel shortages at the same time it increases the likelihood of rolling blackouts. http://199.97.97.79/IMDS%PMADJN0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/djn/2001/ 01/23/eng-djn/eng-djn_190030_5_22688481491059 SIERRA PACIFIC LOOKS AT EFFECTS OF NEW CALIFORNIA LAW Sierra Pacific Resources and its Sierra Pacific Power Co. unit are evaluating the effect of legislation passed Thursday by the California Legislature that would "prohibit a facility for the generation of electricity owned by a public utility from being disposed of prior to January 1, 2006," according to Forms 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. http://199.97.97.79/IMDS%PMADJN0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/djn/2001/ 01/23/eng-djn/eng-djn_194031_119_035700184759 WASHINGTON REGULATORS ORDER RATE CAP FOR 13 PUGET SOUND ENERGY INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS Washington state regulators Monday ordered Puget Sound Energy Inc. (PSE) to establish a temporary "soft cap" on rates for 13 industrial customers, a spokeswoman for the Washington Utilities and Transporation Commission said. http://199.97.97.79/IMDS%PMADJN0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/djn/2001/ 01/23/eng-djn/eng-djn_010038_205_778017882258 MINNESOTA GROUPS UNVEIL PROPOSED ENERGY BILL THAT FOCUSES ON CONSERVATION A hefty consortium of consumer, labor and environmental groups unveiled their idea of a comprehensive statewide energy bill Monday, and its proponents said the legislation will keep Minnesota from feeling California's pain. http://199.97.97.163/IMDS%PMAKRT0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/knightri dder/2001/01/23/krtbn/0000-0505-SP-ENERGY MANY PENNSYLVANIA CONSUMERS SWITCH TO GREEN POWER In the coal region southeast of Pittsburgh, atop a mountain stripped bare by decades of mining, eight giant wind turbines hum softly around the clock. http://199.97.97.163/IMDS%PMAKRT0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/knightri dder/2001/01/23/krtbn/0000-0426-PH-GREEN-POWER ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DOW JONES NEWSWIRES ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at: http://199.97.97.79/IMDS|PMADJN0,PMADJN1,PMADJN2,PMADJN3,PMADJN4|index PRESS RELEASE: Moody's Raises Northeast Utilities Rtgs Green Mtn Power To End Winter-Summer Rate Differential Green Mtn Power Sees 11.25% Rate Of Return In 2001, 2002 Green Mtn Power Gets Vt. OK For Pact To Hike Elec Rates Green Mtn: 2 Earlier Temporary Rate Hikes Now Permanent Green Mtn Power To Raise Elec Rates By 3.42% <GMP Public Service Co Of N.H. Sr Sec Raised To Baa3:Moody's Northeast Utilities Sr Unsec Raised To Baa3 By Moody's Lawmakers Fear Pwr Price Rise If US Uranium Co Wins Case Sierra Pacific Looks At Effects Of New Calif Law <SRP PG&E Move May Mean Blackouts, But Fewer Pipeline Woes Dynegy Call -5: Co Says National Energy Policy Needed Midwest Generation: Emissions Trimmed At Ill. Coal Plants Many In Bush Cabinet Worth Millions, Fincl Reports Show Northeast Util Results -4: Yr Fincl Table, Comment <NU Northeast Util Results -3: Street FY01 Net View $1.61/Shr Northeast Utilities Results -2: 4Q Fincl Table <NU Dynegy Call-4: Trading Ops Earned 15% Of Net In Calif Dynegy Conf Call -3: Calif Overshadowed 4Q Comments <DYN In Ratings Storm, Money Fund Mgrs Eye CP Credit Quality Northeast Utilities Latest 4Q Loss $1.15/Shr <NU Northeast Utilities 4Q Oper Net 47c/Shr Vs Oper Loss 12c Dynegy Conf Call -2: Took Reserve For Calif Risks <DYN Dynegy Sees Tremendous Volatility Ahead In NE Power Mkt Dynegy CEO Sees Switch To Long-Term Pacts Helping Co. Dynegy CEO Sees Switch To Long-Term Pacts Throughout US Native Canadian Group Files Suit Against Manitoba Hydro Dynegy CEO Sees Switch To Long-Term Energy Supply Pacts Amer Electric Power Earnings -4: Year Fincl Table <AEP UK Takeover Panel:No 'Deadline' For E.On-PowerGen Bid<EON Amer Electric Earnings -3: '01 Street Net View $3.44/Shr Amer Electric Power Earnings -2: 4Q Financial Table <AEP Millicom Leads Bids In 2 Regions At Venezuela WLL Auction American Electric Power Sees FY01 Net At $3.40-$3.50/Shr American Electric Power 4Q Net 33c/Shr Vs 60c <AEP American Electric Power 4Q Oper Net 49c/Shr Vs 48c International Power/Ramapo -2:Plant Expected Ready in '04 International Power: Ramapo Project Application Accepted Security Concern Keep Calif Utils From Warning Of Outages Wash Regulators Order Rate Cap For 13 PSE Indus Customers 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 Calif. Power Broker May Dissolve MassDevelopment to Issue $10.4 Million in Utility Bonds for Transmission System Rescued by Revenue Debt? Calif. Bills Propose Bond Sale to Buy Power Ratings Shielding Paper Market from Utility Woes? PG&E Welcomes Federal Government's Leadership on Natural Gas And Electricity Supply Issues Fuel Supply to Sakhalin Power Plants Is Stabilizing. New Jersey Natural Gas Company: Energy Assistance Is Available to Help Customers in Need Recent Energy IPOs Profit Nasdaq: Biotech And Alternative Energy Movers Numac Energy Inc. Mails Directors' Circular Recommending Acceptance of the Anderson Offer Evi, Arc Reach Agreement in Principle in Joint Venture to Develop Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Technology Aga Preview: US Natural Gas Inventories Seen Down 85-110 Bcf Bush Extends Calif. Power Orders Add 1: DOE Extends California Power, Natural Gas Orders for... Psb Approves 3.4% Rate Hike; Allows Hydro-Quebec Cost Recovery Calif Begins Taking Power Bids Ferc Chairman Hebert Urges California to Produce More Power Advisory/Energy Producers Power Update Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. And Kinder Morgan, Inc. Invite You to A Webcast of Their Annual Analyst Conference Aes Begins Construction on $300 Million Wolf Hollow Power Plant in Granbury, Texas; 730mw Plant Expected to Commence Commercial Operations in The Summer of 2002 Canadian And U.S. Banks to Finance Power Plant in Mexico Following Mayor's Directive, Lawa Takes Steps to Address Energy Crisis; Reduces Gateway LAX Pylon Lighting by 61 Percent Businesses Seek Relief from Natural Gas Prices Recent Energy Ipos Profit Chubu Electric Power Aims for Average Profit of 150 B. Yen Reps. Worried About Electric Prices Pacific Gas & Electric says California has exhausted interruptible supply California Power Crisis Highlights Downside of Market Economy A.G. Block ; Shocked California Power Problem Holds Political Portent City Gets Energy Windfall City of Port Colborne to Lease Port Colborne Hydro to Canadian Niagara Power TransAlta Power, L.P. Announces 2000 Results Trade in for New Engine...Existing GE Customer, Lubbock Power & Light, Reaps Economic Benefits from LM Gas Turbine Engine Exchange Program Spire Solar Chicago Helps Power Nature Museum; More Solar Systems to Follow Reliant Energy Minnegasco Announces New Contribution to the Salvation Army Heatshare ProgramContribution to Aid Minnesotans Most Directly Affected by Current Natural Gas Costs -- Customers Urged to Participate in Program New Strategies Should Be Adopted to Address California Power Crisis Repeats: Energy Volume And Open Interest Totals-Jan 23 U.S. Energy Corp. Subsidiary to Acquire Powder River Basin Coalbed Methane Property in WyomingDrilling Permits in Place for 22 Gas Wells Cable Rate Break Prompts Electric Utilities' Challenge Seitel Hires Chief Operating Officer for DDD Energy Electric City And City of Norwalk to Host Demonstration of Energysaver for California State And Municipal LeadersProspective Customers, Media And Facilities Managers Welcome to Attend January 30th Seminar Featuring The Energysaver(TM) As Answer to Energy Crisis Midwest Generation Cuts Power Plant Emissions Energy Update/Los Angeles Department of Water And Power Issues Daily Energy Update for Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2001 Nuclear Regulatory Commission Availability of Technical Study of Spent Fuel Pool Accident Risk at Decommissioning Nuclear Power Plants Governor to Unveil a Sweeping Energy Plan Energy Chief Not Inclined to Bail Out California Square D Selects Sbs Technologies to Supply Embedded Computer Platforms for Their Next Generation Electrical Power Management Systems Top Energy Summaries - Tuesday, January 23, 2001 - 11:54 Am Geonet Services Adds Online Supply And Marketing Management Systems to Its Software OfferingsAgreements with Three Trading System Developers Mark Energy Industry Milestone, As Geonet Is First to Offer Multiple Energy Marketing Applications Via An Asp Platform. Two of World's Largest Power Grids Agree to Collaborate Calif. Utility Ends Overtime Ban After Dark Weekend Michigan Announces Settlement with Detroit Edison Regarding Conners Creek Power Plant Banc of America Securities' Agha Initiates Research Coverage of Distributed Energy And Independent Power Producers Globaltex, a Coal Energy Company Seeks to Enter Electricity Generation Business in The United States Energy Costs Devour Funds: State's $400 Million to Be Spent in Week Daniel Weintraub: Alternative Energy Key to Ending the Power Crisis Top Energy Summaries - Tuesday, January 23, 2001 - 9:40 Am Dynamotive's Successful Biooil Combustion Tests Opens Opportunities for Biooil As A Clean Substitute for Natural Gas And Other Fossil Fuels in Multi-Billion Dollar Industrial Fuels Market Southern Increases Commitment to Energy Search Credit Facility Expanded to $75 Million Energy Office Reviews Electricity Fines; Price Dispute Lingers Top Energy Summaries - Tuesday, January 23, 2001 - 8:51 Am Usdatacenters Implements American Power Conversion's Silcon Solution to Provide Industry-Leading Data Center PowerApc Provides Power, Project And Service Expertise for Usdatacenters' New Massachusetts Center ``Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Investors' Newsletter'' Completes First Year of Publication Hcfp/Brenner Securities, Inc. Engaged As Investment Banker to Cambridge Energy Corporation CANADIAN AND U.S. BANKS TO FINANCE POWER PLANT IN MEXICO ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I N T E R N A T I O N A L ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at: http://www.powermarketers.com/pma-intr.htm Top Energy Summaries - Tuesday, January 23, 2001 - 5:18 PM Philippines - Energy - 1/22/01 10:18:48 Am Congo (Drc) - Energy - 1/22/01 10:18:06 Am Scottish Power Also Interested in Powergen Nippon Steel to Enter Wind Power Business Industrial Power Demand Up 2.6 Pct in Japan in DEC. TransAlta Wins Bank Of America-SEE Backing For Mexico Generation Project Top Energy Summaries - Tuesday, January 23, 2001 - 2:11 PM Brazil: Piratininga Thermal Electric Facility to Operate with Natural Gas Endesa's Central Costanera Q4 loss caused by higher energy purchase prices Hcfp/Brenner Securities, Inc. Engaged As Investment Banker to Cambridge Energy Corporation Cbi's 6th Annual Brazil Energy 2001; Status of Regulations And Electric And Gas Markets, Opportunities in Privatization And Development Krupp to Reconstruct Uzbek Coal Industry Nippon Steel to Launch Wind-Power Generation Business Ness Introduces Innovative Ultracapacitors for Electric Vehicle And Hybrid-Electric Vehicle Applications; New Award Winning Ultracapacitors Feature High Performance in A Low Cost Package British Energy Extends Seebeyond Solution to Support Implementation of 'World-Class' Work Management System Japan's Hitachi, Fuji Electric tying up in power supply venture Ramapo Energy Project Reaches Key Regulatory Milestone China, Germany to Cooperate in Energy Development China's First Group of Power Transmission Projects Underway Fuel Cell-Powered Cars to Debut in Japan by 2010:Govt Philippines Malampaya Gas Plant to Save Power Sector US$14.6 Mln Rwe in Talks with Spanish Power Group ---------------------------------------------------------------------- KRT DAILY ENERGY NEWS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at http://www.powermarketers.com/pma-krt.htm Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn., Investor's Eye Column Minnesota Groups Unveil Proposed Energy Bill That Focuses on Conservation California Utility, Once Exalted for Deregulation, Now Excoriated for It Long-Time California Utility Employees Sad to See `Family' Break Apart Power Talks Yield Some Progress in California Energy Crisis Washington State Leaders Seek Healthy Way to Deal with Energy Crisis Water Grant Awarded to Two Heath Springs, S.C., Industries Energy Costs Fueling Caution, Concern in Rhode Island Many Pennsylvania Consumers Switch to Green Power Florida Power Corp. Plans to Move Three Orlando, Fla.-Area Offices Californians Face Tough Choice on Power New Hampshire Supreme Court's Ruling Permits Deregulation of Electric Utility Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas, Todd Mason Column Oregon Lawmaker Issues Call to Re-Regulate Energy Answers to West Coast Energy Crisis Blowing in The Wind Energy Company's Advertising Gets Colorado Residents Seeing Red Deregulation Prompts Texas Utilities to Boost Staff Toll on California Businesses, Economy Feared After State's Power Woes Texas Utility Blames Higher Costs, Cold Weather for Rising Gas Bills Senators Call for Fast Action from Bush Administration on Energy Crisis Columbia, S.C., Residents Cope with Higher Power Bills California Electric Utility's Options Are Increasingly Dim University of California Board Gives Feds A New Role in Nuclear Lab Control Federal Officials Expect Energy Prices to Begin Long, Steady Decline ---------------------------------------------------------------------- REUTERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at: http://207.32.82.57/news/ElectricPower.html DPL Energy profits in line, sees 2001 ahead of Street view TABLE-AEP Q4 ongoing shr $0.49 UPDATE 1-Cominco cuts zinc output to supply Calif. power Utilicorp sees 2000 earnings above forecasts Atmos Energy first quarter 2001 results beat estimates Lack of power lines pose N. Calif. blackout threat ADVISORY - Duke Energy Corp. Emergency power seen averting California blackouts Turkish energy minister beats back censure vote PSEG makes case for new Salem nuke water discharge permit UPDATE 2-AEP Q4 earnings rise 2.6 pct, 2001 seen higher PG&E welcomes renewal of energy orders, says solutions needed Salt plant still closed a week after Kansas explosions Calif 'hiccup' won't unplug deregulation -Dynegy CEO PPL shares lead electric utilities higher WRAPUP 4-Calif. gets power help -- and deadline US envoy meets Indian state chief on Enron project PSE&G sets redemption of preferred shares Poland picks EdF-EnBW group to buy power plant Dominion Resources to sell $500 mln-$1 bln notes Safety system shuts down Russian nuclear reactor Dynegy earnings handily beat raised expectations Italian multi-utility Acegas confirms IPO plan Philadelphia mayor proposes $2.9 billion budget Merrill says power crisis hurts Calif. muni bonds Con Ed urges FERC to fix N.Y. wholesale electric market AEP fourth-quarter operating earnings up 2.6 percent, Moody's raises Northeast Utilities ratings FERC staff mull ways to monitor Calif power market PSEG sees Q1 earnings trailing 2000 level TABLE - Hawaiian Electric Q4 results New Issue - Dominion Resources sells $1.0 bln debt UPDATE 4-Dynegy posts record earnings in fourth quarter US issues last order on Calif natgas, power supply UPDATE 2-Dynegy posts record earnings in fourth quarter UPDATE 1-California CEOs say power crisis threatens economy Northeast Utilities Q4 oper net share $0.47 vs. $0.35 Moody's revises National Rural unit's l-t rtg outlook TABLE - Public Service Enterprise Q4 net UPDATE 2-PSEG earnings jump 56 percent, more gains seen ********************************************************* NEW on the POWERMARKETERS.COM TRAINING PAGE ********************************************************* Access all online presentations at: http://www.pmaconference.com New! 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