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Bryson, chairman, president and chief executive of Edison International said in Friday's press release that "while we continue to believe that as a matter of law and equity we are entitled to be fully reimbursed for the cost of purchasing power on behalf of our customers, this agreement is far preferable to perhaps years of protracted litigation for our ratepayers, shareholders, creditors and employees." http://199.97.97.79/IMDS%PMADJN0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/djn/2001/ 02/23/eng-djn/eng-djn_220053_55_5569065944292 MIRANT TO PROVIDE 750 MW OF ELECTRIC CAPACITY FOR MARCH Mirant Corp. agreed to provide 750 megawatts of electric generation capacity to the California Department of Water Resources, the state's electricity buyer, for the month of March. http://199.97.97.79/IMDS%PMADJN0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/djn/2001/ 02/23/eng-djn/eng-djn_230054_235_765605722554 FERC REPORT ON MIDWEST ISO DEADLINE, ALLIANCE DEAL EXTENDS RTO DEADLINE A report late Friday from a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission official confirms a comprehensive agreement between two major Midwest transmission grid operators, and also suggests an extended deadline for the two groups to become operational. http://199.97.97.79/IMDS%PMADJN0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/djn/2001/ 02/23/eng-djn/eng-djn_230053_166_106539950706 US JUDGE: GENERATORS MUST SELL POWER TO CALIFORNIA UNTIL MARCH 16 A U.S. District Court Judge ruled Friday that power generators must continue to sell power to California's Independent System Operator until March 16, when all parties will meet again with the judge, an ISO spokesman said. http://199.97.97.79/IMDS%PMADJN0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/djn/2001/ 02/23/eng-djn/eng-djn_220047_189_895760742947 -INDIANA BILL AIMS TO TIGHTEN CONTROL OVER MERCHANT POWER PLANTS Residents from around Indiana called upon lawmakers Thursday to tighten regulations and permit local control of new electric power plants. Opponents of merchant power plants -- which sell electricity on the wholesale market to out-of-state utilities -- crowded into the Indiana House chambers to support House Bill 1979. http://199.97.97.163/IMDS%PMAKRT0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/writersd esk/2001/02/24/eng-powerm-000001/eng-powerm-000001_000611_66_7581045487896 MADISON GAS, WISCONSIN ENERGY JOIN TO BUILD COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS In a pairing of once-bitter foes, Madison Gas and Electric Co. is joining with Wisconsin Energy Corp. in plans to build three coal-fired power plants. http://199.97.97.163/IMDS%PMAKRT0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/knightri dder/2001/02/24/krtbn/0000-0373-WJ-POWER BUTTE, MONTANA-BASED ENERGY FIRM SOLD TO MARYLAND-BASED CONSORTIUM The $84.5 million cash sale of Continental Energy Services to a group of companies led by Maryland-based BBI Power Corp. was completed Wednesday. http://199.97.97.163/IMDS%PMAKRT0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/knightri dder/2001/02/24/krtbn/0000-0031-BU-ENERGY-BUY -DUKE ENERGY NORTH AMERICA BUILDS NEW MERCHANT PLANT IN ARIZONA - ISSUEALERT FOR FEBRUARY 23, 2001 Duke Energy North America broke ground on a new $250 million electric power generating facility in Arlington Valley, Ariz. The Arlington Valley Energy Facility, a 570-MW merchant power plant, will supply electric power to the wholesale market by summer 2002. http://199.97.97.163/IMDS%PMANAT0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/writersd esk/2001/02/23/eng-powerm-000001/eng-powerm-000001_110409_233_952613282017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DOW JONES NEWSWIRES ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at: http://199.97.97.79/IMDS|PMADJN0,PMADJN1,PMADJN2,PMADJN3,PMADJN4|index Mirant To Provide 750 MW Of Elec Capacity For March <MIR FERC Report On MW ISO, Alliance Deal Extends RTO Deadline US Judge/Generators/ISO -3:Judge Awaits Lawmakers-Source Mirant Corp./Calif. Water -2: Dept. Paid Bill In Full Texas PUC/Stranded Cost -2: Utils Say Wait Until 2004 So. Calif. Edison: Protected From Procurement Liability US Judge/Generators/ISO -2: Parties Await FERC Litigation So. Calif. Edison: Sale Of Transmission Grid Included So. Calif. Edison: Agreement Not Yet Final <EIX Calif. ISO/Idaho Power -2: Covers Sales In Dec. 2000 <IDA Texas PUC Chair Seeks To Clarify Stranded Cost Authority So. Calif. Edison Confirms Prelim Pact With Governor Hebert: Calif Grid Purchase Must Obtain FERC's Approval US Judge: Generators Must Sell Pwr To Calif Until Mar 16 Calif. ISO Due To Pay Idaho Power $36.6M On March 6 <IDA Senate Republicans To Unveil Sweeping Energy Bill Mon. With Many Urging Action, California's Davis Waited US West Pwr Forwards Dn As Plants Return To Pwr In Calif FERC OKs Sales Of Montana Power Utility To NorthWestern Edison Intl, PG&E Dn -2: Hurting Other Utility Stks <PCG Investors Doubt Signing Of Calif. Deal Fri. - Analysts Edison Intl, PG&E Shrs Dn As Rescue Plan Talks Continue Wisc. Energy/Plants-2:New Coal,Natural Gas Plants Planned Amer Pacific/PacifiCorp-2: Yrly Costs Could Rise $600,000 Dutch TenneT To Reveal 600MW Elec Import Plan Tue Wisc. Energy Adds $1 billion, 1,100-MW To New Plant Plan Amer Pacific In Partial Settlement With Pacificorp Amer Pacific: Monthly Power Bills To Be 20%-30% Higher Amer Pacific, Pacificorp Amend Elec Supply Pact <APFC Singapore Power Appoints DBS, Merrill,UBS Warburg For IPO POLISH PRESS:Entergy,E.On, Others Eye Belchatow Generator OUTLOOK: Asia Pdt Mkt Hinge On Mid-East Production Cuts NORWAY PRESS: Oil Fields Seen Producing Beyond Forecasts Calif Gov,SDG&E,SCE May Sign Util Rescue Plan Fri-Source UN Environment Head:US Delay On Greenhouse Deal Good Sign Calif Gov, PG&E Disagree On Utility Rescue Plan Nevada Power, Sierra Pacific To Raise Rates $27.2M Mar 1 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 Mobile Solar Turbine Power Events, Defined The Power of Peak Shaving--and Life-Cycle Costing Calif. Governor: Deal Made with Edison on Energy Plan Calif. May Buy Power Grid for $2.7b Idaho Power Company Files Energy Charge Request Capp Board Chair to Visit WashingtonContinental Energy Policy And Natural Gas Supply Issues Top Agenda SCE Responds to Governor's Announcement of Plan to Restore Utility SolvencySouthern California Edison Today Released The Following Statement in Response to Gov. Gray Davis' Announcement That A Framework for A Plan to Restore California's Electric Utilities to Financial Solvency Has Been Agreed Upon Cash-Strapped Utility to Sell Power Lines to California ... El Paso Addresses the California Energy Situation The Energy Crunch: Natural Gas Puts Utility in Red Top Energy Summaries - Friday, February 23, 2001 - 5:23 PM Anker Coal Group Launches Debt-for-Equity Swap Advisory/Tep to Unveil New Solar Generating Station And Residential Solar Program Management`S Discussions: 10-K405, Valero Energy Corp 2 of 2 Management`S Discussions: 10-K405, Valero Energy Corp 1 of 2 Management`S Discussions: 10-K405, Geodyne Energy Income Ltd Partnership II A 6 of 7 Management`S Discussions: 10-K405, Geodyne Energy Income Ltd Partnership II A 1 of 7 Enmax Energy Provides Energy Saving Tips to Customers Madison Gas And Electric Declares Regular Dividend Pancanadian Begins Commercial Development of Its Deep Panuke Natural Gas Field Ocean Energy Completes Tender Offer for Texoil Fuel Cell May Provide Power without Lines Hope for Deregulation Still Bright ; Officials: Illinois Can Avoid California's Power Crisis Letters ; California's Kilowatt Casino Msu Corp - Msu And Udata Net Join Forces for Turn-Key Utility Solution Mge Secures Investment Option in Wisconsin Energy Corp.'S -Wec- Modified Power the Future Proposal -Federal Power Agency Issues Largest Wind Solicitation Ever Power Woes Apt to Extend Into Spring Combination: Plant Maintenance Will Coincide with Low Reservoirs Federal Grant Would Help with Bonneville's Bills Salmon: Dicks Says Power Agency Entitled to Cash for Recovery Efforts Montana Power CO: Northwestern Corporation - Ferc Approves Sale of Montana Power Utility to Northwestern Ferc Approves Sale of Montana Power Utility to Northwestern Mirant Enters Contract to Provide 750 Megawatts to California Dwr Ppl Corp. And Ppl Electric Utilities Declare Quarterly Dividends Top Energy Summaries - Friday, February 23, 2001 - 2:20 PM Parties in Power Agreement Cogdill Talks Power Repeats: Energy Volume And Open Interest Totals-Feb 23 Transalta Off - on Energy on Company Defends Maps of Coal-Waste Pond Area Top Energy Summaries - Friday, February 23, 2001 - 12:21 PM Lamplighter Energy Ltd. - Proposes to Undertake A Private Placement After months of blackouts, energy emergency lifted in California Energy Update/Los Angeles Department of Water And Power Daily Energy Update, Friday, Feb. 23, 2001 Sempra Energy Solutions Offers Energy Services to Commercial And Industrial Customers in MidwestNational Energy Services Company Identifies Opportunities for Chicago-Area Businesses to Benefit from Energy Deregulation Baan: Baan Names IBM As Worldwide Ibaan Solution Provider; IBM Global Services to Implement Baan's New Generation Suite of Internet-Enabled Value Web Collaboration Solutions Piedmont Natural Gas Increases Dividend for Twenty-Third Consecutive Year -ENERGY STAR AUDITING STANDARD PROJECT MOVES TO NEW BASE -CMS Energy Sells Ten Million Shares Of Common Stock Commission Oks Rate Cut for Natural Gas A Typical Laclede Bill Next Month Should Be $25 Lower -Duke Energy North America Builds New Merchant Plant in Arizona - IssueAlert for February 23, 2001 Around the Nation ; First Respite Since Jan. 13 in California Power Crisis Stuart Energy Awarded Patent on Cost Reducing Hydrogen Technology Abraxas Petroleum Corporation Announces 14% Increase in Natural Gas Production in February Compared to Q4 Orion Power New York Announces Ratified Contract with Ibew Represented Employees Xcel Energy Presentation to Financial Community at Eei International Conference Available on Website American Pacific Partially Settles Disputed Power Bills Net Worth ; Fuel Costs Heat Bay Area Inflation Further above U.S. Average / Natural Gas Prices Up 153% in Region, 59% Nationwide Energy Firms Won't Pay All of Monster Debt / Puc Reverses, Taxpayers Could Foot the Bill Utilities Search for Long-Term Fix During Breather / State Purchase of Power Lines under Discussion Helios Energy Plans IPO, Files Sb-2 Registration Us: Atr Bags Order for Energy-Saving Evaporator Fan Controllers International Utility Structures Inc - Quarterly Results International Rectifier's New Technology Breakthrough Simplifies Power Management Design Heating Costs Hit Wallets Hard Consumers Cut Back as They Struggle to Pay Soaring Utility Bills Navigant Consulting's Energy & Water Practice Announces Completion of First Customer Care Performance, Cost And Customer Satisfaction Benchmarking Study Wisconsin Energy, Customers First! Announce Enhanced Power the Future ProposalAs Part of Historic Agreement, Energy Company Will File Enhanced Proposal with The Pscw Next Week Electric CO-OP Boss Tries to Spark Protest Corporate Profile for Comanche Energy, Inc., Dated February 23, 2001 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I N T E R N A T I O N A L ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at: http://www.powermarketers.com/pma-intr.htm Uzbekistan To Reform Energy Industry Kenya Turns to Neighbours for Enhanced Power Supply Nigeria Recovers from Another Power Systems Collapse Japan's Energy Use in FY 2010 to Grow 1.7 Pct from '99 Outback Power Boost Chubais Urges Immediate Investments in Coal Mining Industry. Management`S Discussions: 10-K405, Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc Obituaries ; a Key Force Behind Power Grid Growth Yuschenko and Ebrd President To Discuss Energy Reforms and Financing Power Units' Completion Ohio & Southwestern Energy Company - Strategic Profits Joins Team Canada E-Business Europe Trade Mission The Ohio & Southwestern Energy Company - Strategic Profits, Inc. Joins Team Canada E-Business Europe Trade Mission Tah To Rehabilitate Hydro Turbine Generators for Wujiangdu Hydro Power Station Russia cold to Poland's efforts to sort out energy disputes Big Energy Players Likely Picks for Belchatow Power Plant Govt. Seeks Galapagos Alternative Energy Bids - Ecuador Indian Parliamentary Committee Seeks to Rationalise Coal Freight Transfer of Power Cables Underground Costly: Philippines' Veco Russians start first new nuclear power station in eight years Philippines NPC Reports 2.79% Lower Energy Sales in 2000 Indonesia's Paiton Power Plant Awarded Environmental Certificate German Bank Offers $Us399mln Line of Credit to Hydro Corp Ues to Make Proposals About Coal Supplies to Power Plants. Top Energy Summaries - Friday, February 23, 2001 - 9:29 Am Ecuador: Privatization of Electric Power Distributors Is Ready U.K. Power Company Ramco Energy Taking Czech Partner to Arbitration Guangxi Guidong Electric Power To Float 45 Mln A-shares in Shanghai Top Energy Summaries - Friday, February 23, 2001 - 7:42 Am Power Unit Put in Operation at Rostov Npp. Britain Helps Shanxi with Energy Efficiency Cosworth Minerals Ltd - to Acquire Palcan Fuel Cell CO. Ltd. Power Supply Restored in Northeast China Turkey: a Grave Power Shortage Looming Indian Government: Lok Sabha -- Manufacture of Power Plants Equipment by Bhel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- KRT DAILY ENERGY NEWS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at http://www.powermarketers.com/pma-krt.htm Plymouth, Conn., Manufacturer's Workers Disappointed Over Mass Layoffs West Virginia Officials Stand Behind Electricity Deregulation Plan Energy Sleuth Helps Consumers Track Where All the Power Went March Bills from Illinois Utility Nicor Gas Fall 25 Percent Utility Installation Fees Force Rural California Residents Into Alternatives California Confident About Availability of `Peaker' Power Plants in Summer Low-Income California Consumers Remain Ignorant About Energy Discount Program Palo Alto, Calif., Natural Gas Utility Warns of Rate Hikes to Offset Expenses Palo Alto, Calif., Rewards Consumers for Energy-Saving Behavior Northwest Power Agency Plans Big Purchase of Wind Energy California Senate Backs Measure to Create Power Authority Sacramento, Calif., Municipal Utility District Proposes Electricity Rate Hike California Lawmakers Propose Relief for Energy Woes, But Can't Promise It Oregon Utility Rates to Rise 2.55 Percent Portland Ore.-Based Power Administration Allowed to Adjust Rates Oregon Legislators, Farmers Struggle Through West Coast Energy Crisis Fayette County, Pa., Could Get Duke Energy Plant Pueblo West, Colo., Wraps Up Metropolitan Water Supply Deal Colorado Residents Turn to Builders to Make Homes Energy Efficient Florida Senate May Short-Circuit Power-Deregulation Proposal DES Moines, Iowa-Based Energy Firm Sues California Counterpart for Nonpayment Huntington Beach, Calif.-Area Electricity Plant May Close for Two Months Virginia Utility Company Restructures for Deregulation Kansas Cities Sue Utility Company for Electricity Overcharges Kansas Legislature Defeats Measure to Assist Power Plant Construction Texas Energy Commission Ruling Guarantees a Rate Cut Questions Arise About Spending, Inactivity at Massachusetts Energy Fund Texas Legislator Proposes Price Cap If Electric Bills Rise under Deregulation Florida Utility Workers' Union Votes on Contract Energy Conservation Can Help Save Money on Electricity Bills Power Official Warns Northwest Region of Rising Electricity Prices California Debates Implementation of Utility Bailout California Republicans Blame Democratic Governor for Energy Crisis Butte, Mont., Judge Allows Lawsuit Against Montana Utility to Continue Montana Power CO. Focus of Another Burn-Related Lawsuit U.S. Senator Unites Illinois Residents, Utility to Solve Heating-Bill Problems New York Electric Companies May Freeze Prices Through 2008 As Part of Merger ---------------------------------------------------------------------- REUTERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at: http://207.32.82.57/news/ElectricPower.html 2/25/01BIZFEATURE-Calif. sets huge bond issues to end energy crunch 2/24/01Taiwan protesters demand nuclear plant referendum 2/24/01Czech Temelin N-plant resumes operational testing ********************************************************* 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! 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