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To register for a free subscription, point your browser to: http://www.retailenergy.com/pma/dprreg.htm ************************************************************************ ------Advertisement------ CRISIS AND OPPORTUNITY: POWER MARKETS 2001 MARCH 14-16, 2001 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA The Power Marketing Association's 7th Annual Spring Meeting <<<< Now Available: Exhibition Space and Sponsorships http://www.pmaconference.com/0103Agenda.pdf ************************************************************************ ------Advertisement------ LOAD MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS January 17-19, 2001 Las Vegas, NV http://www.pmaconference.com/e-bro.pdf TRANSCOs 2001 January 22-24, 2001 New Orleans, LA http://www.pmaconference.com/Transcoa.pdf THE ADVANCED PROJECT FINANCE COURSES January 22-26, 2001, New York, NY http://www.pmaconference.com/Advfin.1.22.pdf ************************************************************************ --------------------T O P S T O R I E S-------------------- Top Stories (January 3) CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR URGES US COURT TO REVERSE FERC POWER MARKET ORDER California Gov. Gray Davis has joined in support of a utility effort to reverse a federal regulatory commission order that relies on market forces to fix the state's flawed competitive power market. http://199.97.97.79/IMDS%PMADJN0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/djn/2001/ 01/03/eng-djn/eng-djn_162032_178_333755524363 REGULATORS CONSIDER GRANTING RATE INCREASES TO CALIFORNIA UTILITIES State regulators are expected to release a proposed ruling today that would grant a temporary rate increase to the state's two largest electric utilities, without giving them as much as they wanted. http://199.97.97.163/IMDS%PMAKRT0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/knightri dder/2001/01/03/krtbn/0000-0442-SJ-UTILITY-RATE BUSH APPOINTS ABRAHAM SELECTION OF MICHIGANIAN AS ENERGY SECRETARY COMES AS BIG SURPRISE ON HIS LAST DAY IN SENATE U.S. Sen. Spencer Abraham of Michigan, a GOP loyalist and policy wonk, emerged Tuesday as George W. Bush's surprise pick for energy secretary, a position the president-elect has called a priority to avert an energy crisis. http://199.97.97.163/IMDS%PMANAT0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/bellsupe r/2001/01/03/DTNS/0000-6654-KEYWORD.Missing DANOIL ENERGY LTD. COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF BASINVIEW Danoil Energy Ltd. announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary has taken up and paid for, in the aggregate, approximately 6,731,159 common shares and 1,670,000 preferred shares of Basinview Energy Inc. http://199.97.97.163/IMDS%PMANAT0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/intltele data/2001/01/03/eng-intlteledata/eng-intlteledata_101928_17_6691293064505 EXTENT OF NORTHWEST POWER CRUNCH HAS EXPERTS GUESSING The Northwest's Emergency Response Team, intent on assessing the severity of the electric power crunch in January, pounded away at the available data Friday but failed to nail down an acceptable estimate. http://199.97.97.163/IMDS%PMAKRT0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/knightri dder/2001/01/03/krtbn/0000-0375-PO-POWER ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DOW JONES NEWSWIRES ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at: http://199.97.97.79/IMDS|PMADJN0,PMADJN1,PMADJN2,PMADJN3,PMADJN4|index Calif Gov Urges US Court To Reverse FERC Power Mkt Order EEI:US Elec Output Report For Wk Ended Dec 30 Due Out Thu Singapore/Keppel/Southern -2: Expands Asian Presence Singapore/Keppel/Southern -3: Stake In Power Barges Keppel Fels To Buy 10% Of Southern's Philippine Ops Singapore's Keppel Fels, Southern Energy In JV Keppel Fels To Pay US$164 Mln For Philippine Ops Con Edison Reactivates Indian Point 2 After Nearly A Year Calif PUC, Gov Seen Making Big Energy Announcements Wed Calif Gov To Call Energy Special Session Wed After All Calif Wood-burning Power Plants Deal With Own Fuel Crisis Calif PUC Likely To Give Utils Interim Rate Hike -Source 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 Wholesale Prices for Natural Gas Reach Record Highs; Customer Bills to Rise Significantly in January, Exceeding Initial Estimates C&D Technologies Appoints General Manager for Motive Power Division Rate Cuts Give Energy Room to Breathe Electric Bills May Jump 20% Azcentral.com - Energy Shares Down Despite Broader Rally Woodside Invests in Ocean Power Technologies Clx Energy, Inc. Announces Densmore Field Purchase in Norton County, Kansas Extreme Energy Corp - Private Placement Transportation And Housing Woes Eclipse Everything Else; Internet Use Spreading; Energy Crisis Expected California's Power Woes Partially Its Own Fault US Press: Bush's Energy Secretary Pick Sought to Kill DOE Repeats: Energy Volume And Open Interest Totals-Jan 3 Letters to the Courier & Press: Needed: Coal-Burning Plants Pemberton Energy Ltd - Management Discussion Calif. Braces for Power Rate Hike SCE&G Customers Set New Winter Record for Electricity, Natural Gas Use Energy Update/Los Angeles Department of Water And Power Daily Energy Update for Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2001 Power Sales to Benefit Company And Ratepayers Natural Gas Reserves Dip to Lower Levels Top Energy Summaries - Wednesday, January 03, 2001 - 11:43 Am Agreement Reached to Continue Operations of Grande Cache Power Station Kinder Morgan Energy Partners Acquires Additional 50% in Colton Transmix Facility Natural Gas Traders Gives Thumbs Up to Tradewell Systems' Excellerat Or; Over 35 Natural Gas Traders Agree to Use Excellerator Prior to Its Release Late January 2001 Firstenergy Corp. Subsidiary Signs Energy Services Contract with The University of Akron Pantellos Open for Business, New Year Brings New Era to Utility And Energy Industries NCE Energy Trust Enters Into Agreement To Purchase $23.8 Danoil Energy Ltd. Completes Acquisition of Basinview Enhanced Energy Services Ltd - Strategic Alliance And Exclusive Distribution Agreement with Aurion N.C. Municipal Power Agencies Reduce Debt Top Energy Summaries - Wednesday, January 03, 2001 - 9:33 Am Energy Search, Incorporated Appoints New Chief Operating Officer American Electric Power Selects Novient Eservices for Its Internal It DepartmentLeading Energy Provider Licenses Novient's Proven Spo Solution for Its Project Management Needs Severn Trent Systems to OEM Broadbeam Corporation's Expressq(TM) As Part of Its Worksuite(TM) Mobile Solution for UtilitiesThe Partnership Finds Early Success with Utility Companies 3tec Energy Corporation Announces Acquisition of Classic Resources Inc. Top Energy Summaries - Wednesday, January 03, 2001 - 7:57 Am Beacon Power Places Follow on Order for Satcon Technology's `UPS Suite' of Power Electronics Once Again, the Energy Game 'Interim' Boost in Power Bills Likely / Puc Vote Tomorrow: Regulators Lean Toward 15% to 20% Energy Secretary / California Wants Abraham's Ear / But It's Unknown If He Can Ease Power Woes Matier & Ross ; Hefty Taxpayers' Tab Tempers Raiders Fever / State Energy Crisis Has Elected Officials Scared Shirtless State Vetting 'Peaker' Power Plant Near Sfo / Temporary Site Gets Less Stringent Pollution Rules Amerenue Powers Up on Altris Eb; Nuclear Power Plant Uses Altris' Document Management System to Guarantee Regulatory Compliance Ocean Power Corporation Adds in-House General Counsel to Team Utilities' E-Business Plans on Track; Energy Procurement, Customer Contact Among Top Priorities, Chartwell Study Finds Balance of Power Energy Crisis in California Leaves Its Mark on Two; Northwest Fixtures During A Year of UPS And Downs Global Water Technologies Announces Record $65 Million in Contracts & Substantial Power Industry Backlog Bush Appoints Abraham Selection of Michiganian As Energy Secretary Comes As Big Surprise on His Last Day in Senate Hornet Energy Ltd - Completes Private Placement of 400,000 Flow Through Shares Next-generation Car Project Likely to Fuel Vehicle Race Calif. 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Fears Cash Loss ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I N T E R N A T I O N A L ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at: http://www.powermarketers.com/pma-intr.htm Transglobe Energy Corporation Exploration Update, Block S-1, Republic of Yemen Top Energy Summaries - Wednesday, January 03, 2001 - 4:53 PM Energy Subsidy to Benefit 1.24 Millon Guatemalans Germany: DaimlerChrysler to Invest $Us940 Million in Fuel Cell Technology Top Energy Summaries - Wednesday, January 03, 2001 - 2:04 PM Bolivia: Growing Natural Gas Exports Brazil: Coteminas Invests in Hydroelectric Power Facility Wattpower to Market Magnetek-Powered Energy StationsPact Expected to Accelerate Magnetek's Move Into European Telecom Markets Snowfall Not 'Force Majeure' When Causing Power Cuts Vestas in Negotiations for Major Wind Turbine Contract Tanzania Suspends Power Rationing Mitsubishi Chooses Calico to Form International B2b Exchange for The Power IndustryCalico Market Maker to Link Buyers And Suppliers in First Japanese-Based B2b Marketplace for Power Plant Equipment Southern Energy Forms Partnership with Keppel Fels Energy - Expanding Singapore Operations Cbe Will Supply Turbines to A Power Station in The Congo Northern India's Power Supply Returns to Normal North India Plunges Into Darkness As Power Grid Fails Board of Directors of Huaneng Power Int'l Approve Share Issue Pakistan's Balochistan Implements Renewable Energy Sources Energy Group Launches Image Offensive ---------------------------------------------------------------------- KRT DAILY ENERGY NEWS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at http://www.powermarketers.com/pma-krt.htm Tucker County, W.VA., Wind Power Project Gets Approval from Commission 33 West Virginia Water Systems Issue Advisories Electricity Competition Off to Slow Start for Washington, D.C., Residents Twin Falls, Idaho-Area Water Authority Increases Water Conservation Efforts Utility Prices Continue to Increase in Tallahassee, Fla., Area Pacific Gas & Electric Says Parent Firm Can't Offer Financial Help Regulators Consider Granting Rate Increases to California Utilities Approval Likely for Temporary Power Plant at San Francisco Airport Cutback in Conservation Contributed to Current Energy Crunch in California Environmentalists Push for California to Increase Energy-Conservation Efforts Extent of Northwest Power Crunch Has Experts Guessing Richland, Wash., Laboratory Fires Up New Research on Fuel Cells California Utility's Ad Campaign Has Mixed Success Waterford, Conn., Residents Get to Inquire About Nuclear Plant's Fuel Rods Kansas City, Mo., Energy Company Calls Off One Merger, Pursues Another Energy Company Wants Tax Cuts for Contra Costa County, Calif., Power Plants The Business Press, Ontario, Calif., Guest Column High Natural Gas Prices Force Firm to `Idle' Beaumont, Texas, Methanol Plant -Kentucky Utility Terminates Two Natural Gas Providers from Low-Rate Program ---------------------------------------------------------------------- REUTERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at: http://207.32.82.57/news/ElectricPower.html UPDATE 2-Con Ed sees Indian Pt 2 N.Y. nuke at full in a week Lisbon shares slip on Nasdaq woes, utilities help Ruling slows French power liberalisation plans Gener stock to be suspended in New York Rat blamed for Florida outage linked to fatal crash US FERC meeting on California power contracts continue UPDATE 1-Con Ed returns Indian Pt 2 N.Y. nuke to service Empire District drops as uncertainty ends merger N.Y. Governor seeks more power over electric prices Canada natgas drops with weaker U.S., warming temps Toronto stocks lower at midday on weak techs Calif. utility shares tumble after rate hike plan issued NiSource ups quarterly payout to $0.29/shr BP settles Alaska royalty case for $34 million UPDATE 1-Williams to match or beat 2001 estimates Nu Horizons profits more than triple Regular power supplies to north India from Thursday BC Hydro says California energy spat unresolved Rate hike for Calif. utilities decision seen Wednesday UPDATE 1-Iberdrola, Fenosa in Morocco power contracts FEATURE-Beverage industry abuzz about energy drinks Singapore delays 3G auction, sweeteners likely Indonesia's PLN says OPIC rejects $240 mln offer ********************************************************* NEW on the POWERMARKETERS.COM TRAINING PAGE ********************************************************* Access all online presentations at: http://www.pmaconference.com New! 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