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For brochure, download: http://www.pmaconference.com/0103Agenda.pdf ************************************************************************ NEW!!! CHARTWELL'S GUIDE TO E-BUSINESS IN THE ENERGY INDUSTRY 2001 has to offer! * Customer segmentation and relationship management -- How utilities are using e-commerce options to address the particular needs of various customer groups. * Electronic Products and Services -- From Internet billing to electronic energy usage data analysis, the details on which programs are successful and how to implement them. * Customer Contact - how the Web is adding another important touchpoint with the customer. * Technology considerations -- How utilities are handling the high-tech aspects of doing business with customers via the Internet. Download brochure at http://www.pmaconference.com/E-Business.pdf ************************************************************************ --------------------T O P S T O R I E S-------------------- Top Stories (March 7) DTE ENERGY ESTIMATES REFLECT CLOSE OF MCN ENERGY MERGER DTE Energy Co. projects 2001 earnings of $2.90 to $3.00 a diluted share, reflecting the planned $2.24 billion acquisition of MCN Energy Group Inc. http://199.97.97.79/IMDS%PMADJN0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/djn/2001/ 03/07/eng-djn/eng-djn_150227_166_617440111004 PACIFIC NORTHWEST OFFICIALS WANT REGULATORS TO ACT ON SOARING POWER RATES In December 1999, Seattle City Light paid an average of $34 for each megawatt hour of electricity purchased on regional wholesale markets. A year later, the utility was paying an average of $323 per megawatt hour. http://199.97.97.163/IMDS%PMAKRT0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/knightri dder/2001/03/07/krtbn/0000-0370-SE-POWER COMPETITION IS SLOW TO ARRIVE IN PENNSYLVANIA'S NATURAL-GAS MARKET Peco Energy Co. announced last week that it was raising suburban natural-gas rates by 25 percent -- and there was little a residential customer could do about it. http://199.97.97.163/IMDS%PMAKRT0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/knightri dder/2001/03/07/krtbn/0000-0310-PH-NATL-GAS NYSEG PROPOSES ELECTRIC PRICE PROTECTION PLAN THAT FREEZES RATES AND ASSURES ENERGY RELIABILITY New York State Electric & Gas Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Energy East , today sent a letter to the New York Public Service Commission that proposes a seven year electric price protection plan for electric consumers in upstate New York. http://199.97.97.163/IMDS%PMANAT0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/comtex/2 001/03/07/pr/0000-4150-ny-nyseg-proposes ORION POWER BEGINS CONSTRUCTION OF 374 MEGAWATT POWER PLANT IN PITTSBURGH Orion Power MidWest, L.P., a subsidiary of Orion Power Holdings, Inc., announced today that it has received all necessary permits to begin construction to modernize its Brunot Island Generating Station located near downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. http://199.97.97.163/IMDS%PMANAT0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/comtex/2 001/03/07/pr/0000-8683-md-orion-pwr-construt ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DOW JONES NEWSWIRES ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at: http://199.97.97.79/IMDS|PMADJN0,PMADJN1,PMADJN2,PMADJN3,PMADJN4|index Orion $40 Mln Project Will Add 140 MW To Pittsburgh Plant PRESS RELEASE:Moody's:Con Ed,NE Utilities Still On Review National Rural Utilities Coop $4B Shelf Rated AA- By S&P Northeast Utilities Still On Moody's Review-Upgrade Consolidated Edison, Subs Still On Moody's Review-Down Calif Energy Commission OKs Peaker Plant At SF Airport STP: 1,250-MW S Texas Project 2 Begins Refueling Outage US West Pwr Forwards Lower On Back Of Natural Gas Prices Brazil's Cemar Names 4 Banks To Lead BRR150M Bond Issue Electrabel/Earnings -5: Would Like To Float Grid Company E&P Cos Up -2: Oil, Power Cos Look To Hedge Gas Prices Small Bandwidth Brokers Add To Price Transparency RWE/Cantabrico -2: Approval Had Been Expected <E.HIC DTE/MCN Outlook -4: Sees Future Net Growth Rate 8%/Year DTE/MCN Outlook -3: Street Sees MCN Energy Yr EPS $1.08 CNMV Approves RWE's EUR26 Per Shr Offer For Cantabrico DTE/MCN Outlook -2: DTE '01 View On 60c/Shr Merger Costs Electrabel/Earnings -4: Commercial Breakthrough In Europe DTE Energy Estimates Reflect Close Of MCN Energy Merger DTE Energy Sees 2002 Net $4.10-$4.20/Share Bef Goodwill DTE Energy Sees 2001 Net $2.90-$3/Diluted Share On Chgs Exploration & Production Cos Up On Shell Bid For Barrett Gener Chile To Post $8.4 Mln Loss For Restructuring DTE Energy Estimates Assumes July 1 Merger Closing <DTE Electrabel/Earnings -3: Beats Analysts Expectations Electrabel/Earnings -2: Sales EUR8.41 Bln Vs EUR6.32 Bln Electrabel 00 Net Before Items EUR848M Vs EUR834M Venezuela LMDS License Auction Attracts 7 Bidders Fires Blacken Hundreds Of Acres In Central Florida 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 Clayton Williams Energy Announces Record 2000 Results 03/07 Lawmakers Agree To Review Natural Gas Price California Signs Energy Contracts, But Serious Questions About Future Remain New Approach to Data Centers Could Stem U.S. Power Crisis Western Govs. Seek Energy in Land Bargo Energy Company Announces 2000 Year-End Operational ResultsCompany Increases Proved Reserves by 122 Percent; Replaces 767 Percent of Production Fidelity Purchases Shares of Cypress Energy Inc. Nyseg Proposes Electric Price Protection Plan That Freezes Rates And Assures Energy ReliabilityPlan Is Part of A Six-Point Energy Policy Proposal to Support The Successful Transition to A Competitive Energy Marketplace Top Energy Summaries - Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 5:28 PM Bargo Energy Company Announces 2000 Year-End Operational Results Federal Energy Fund Faces Summer Shortfall Reliant Energy Declares Preferred Dividend Power Agreement Made Official Politics: Locke Signs Off on New Power Station; Crisis Creates Media Show of Anything That Is Energy Related S&P Downgrades Tepco, Chubu Electric to AA Minus The Energy Crunch: Purchase Helps Utility Prepare for Summer Leader Tapped for Electric CO-OP Board Feature: Support for Geothermal Power Heats Up Constellation Energy Group Hires Ogilvy PR Senior VP Paul Allen Dwp Refinances $1.25 Billion in Power Bonds; Strong Financial Position, Positive Credit Ratings Help Department Hold the Line on Power Rates in L.A. Srs to Save Shaw Air Force Base Millions Through Energy Upgrades Proton Energy Systems, Inc. Issues Correction to March 5th Press Release Wind Power Top Energy Summaries - Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 2:17 PM Repeats: Energy Volume And Open Interest Totals-Mar 7 Lawmakers Pitch Fixes for Region's Energy Woes Pg&E Could Face Mutiny on Outages: Smud, Others May Balk If Utility Orders Summer Blackouts Two Energy Strategies: Smud Customers Will Pay for the Crisis Now... Feature: Solar Power Could Mean a Bright Future Fitch Rates Energy Northwest's Electric Rfdg Bonds `Aa' Sandia Safely Connecting Photovoltaic Systems to Electric Grids Westfort Energy Ltd - Progress Report, Harold Karges 18-3 #1 Well, New Shows Altair And MIT Develop Nanostructured Fuel Cell System for Direct Hydrocarbon Conversion San Joaquin Digs Deep for Power Costs Top Energy Summaries - Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 12:30 PM New Approach to Data Centers Could Stem Power Crisis Utility Taxes Relief on Hold in Modesto Credit Updates Published by Fitch's Global Power Group Idaho Power: Buyback Plan Will Meet Needs Utility Estimates Energy Savings Up to $60 Million ENI increases stake in Australia's Pacific Solar to 25 pct from 15 pct Improvements to Electric Lines Move Ahead Orion Power Begins Construction of 374 Megawatt Power Plant in Pittsburgh Top Energy Summaries - Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 9:24 Am El Paso Energy Partners, L.P. Completes Purchase of South Texas Midstream Assets Leukemia Link to Power Lines Minimal: Docs Connext Partners with Enermetrix And Silicon Energy to Enhance Consumerlinx C&I Billing Solution Small Businesses in California Voice Reactions to The Energy Crisis Atlantic City, NJ: Energy Expo Helps Customers Lower Their Costs, Upgrade Their Facilities, And Increase Productivity Meta Group Expands Its Energy Industry Practice to Cover Unregulated Markets; Senior Member Added to Energy Industry Research And Advisory Staff Press Statement of Sunlaw Energy Regarding South Gate Elections Results - Measure A Hydro One Projects $5 Million in Year One Savings Using Ariba B2b Commerce Platform Puc to Decide Fate of Utility Workers / PG&E, Edison Want to Trim Costs by Laying Off Thousands, Cutting Service Contra Costa County Report ; Solano County / Vallejo / Energy-Saving Tips at Street Festival Founders Energy Ltd - Completes Reorganization Into Provident Energy Trust - And Announces Record Results for 2000 E Source Teleconference to Examine How California's Energy Crisis Has Become the Nation's Energy Crisis Fia Bracing for April's Natural Gas Price Hikes Coned Beats Nu to Court N.Y. Utility Files Suit, Saying Merger Partner Breached Agreement Teco, Florida Power Secure Rate Increases Energy Issues Nuvera Fuel Cells Demonstrates Natural Gas Fuel Cell Powering Verizon Telecommunication System More Regulation Will Cure Power Woes Illinois Institute of Technology to Host Conference on Future of High Energy Physics And Very Large Hadron Collider Is Green Power Ready to Deliver? Natural Gas Regulatory Debate Focuses On State Role Mirant Due $385 Million for Energy California Crisis: Southern CO. Subsidiary's Exposure in Electricity Crunch on Par with Other Companies. Energy Saving Aid Tax-Free from 2001 TVA Proposes Power Plant For Better Or Worse, Coal's Comeback Likely: Industry Gearing Up for Expected Shift in Energy Strategy ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I N T E R N A T I O N A L ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at: http://www.powermarketers.com/pma-intr.htm Power to burn According to the Joint Pilot Project of Rao "EES Rossii" And Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange for Creation of An Exchange Market for Electric Energy in Russia, The First Auctions for The Sale of Electric Energy Might Be Held in The Second Half of The Year. Aventura Energy Inc. Announces New Hire & Pending Trinidad Operations Japan's Power Demand Growth May Slow Government to Control Funds Allocated to Coal Sector - Ukrainian Premier Cash-Strapped Zesa Seeks 10m Rand for Power Imports Powerhouse Energy Corp - Recent Electric Power Shortages in United States Have Generated - Renewed Interest in Hydroelectric Projects Italy unblocks 100 million euros for clean solar energy Virgin Energy Shelves o10m Ad Push Northern Electric Extends Weather Deal Auditor Requests Govt. to Unplug Power Privatizations - Colombia Pakistan: Swedish Company to Invest 40m Dollars in Wind Power Production Shell-Apache to Buy Fletcher Challenge's Energy Ops Ambient Corporation Announces Appointment of Former United States Senator Rudy Boschwitz to Its Advisory BoardMinnesota Two Term Senator And Business Leader to Advise Ambient on Regulatory And Other Issues Pertaining to Power-Line Telecommunications (Plt) Technology Future's Bright for Coal Industry - Rjb Top Energy Summaries - Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 7:40 Am Electricity Firm to Pay Out Over Power Cuts Nie Responds to Criticism After Storms Iranian Energy Ministry Negotiates Power Plant Deal with Chinese Officials Infobank to Power B2b E-Marketplace for Finnish Construction Industry; Buildforum to Implement Infobank's Intrade B2b E-Commerce Solution Yergin Warns Against Power Crisis in California in Summer Kyrgyz-Kazakh Water, Energy Protocol Signed Blair Plays the Green Card: How Wind, Waves And Sunshine Will Power A Green `Industrial Revolution' Rjb Rules Out `Clean Coal' Pits And Plans Pounds 45m Phased Cash Return to Investors Detroit Lighting Gets Offer Txu, One of World's Largest Energy Firms, Proposes Partnership with Struggling Utility China: Shanghai Subway System to Use Power Efficiency's Motor Controllers Uk: Powergen Sells Australian Energy Assets Philippine Power Corp Gives Cash-Strapped Province a Reprieve Pounds 100m Blows in the Wind Gov't Willing to Boost Wind-Power Generation: Hiranuma ABC to Lead Omani Power Project Abu Dhabi Power Bids Soon Power Firms Post Gains Electrical Goods Law Flouted Statoil Buys Unique Asp Energy Trading Technology from Sakonnet ---------------------------------------------------------------------- KRT DAILY ENERGY NEWS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at http://www.powermarketers.com/pma-krt.htm Issues Over American Falls, Idaho, Water Bank Loom Large This Season Oklahoma Utility Will Pass on Fuel Cost to Customers Again CEO of Tampa, Fla.-Based Electric Utility Reaps Benefit of Rising Stock Price Missouri Utility Gives Critics Time to Air Critical Dam Issues Despite Governor's Deals, California Power Crisis Could Stretch Into Summer Politicians, Prejudices, Press Blur Facts Behind California Power Crisis Pacific Northwest Officials Want Regulators to Act on Soaring Power Rates Bonneville, Wash., Utility Unable to Buy Power Back from Irrigators Washington Power Customers May Be at Mercy of West Coast Electricity Markets Washington State Energy Company Sends Mangers to Leadership Camp Federal Budget May Not Allow for Hanford, Wash.'S Legal Cleanup Obligations Competition Is Slow to Arrive in Pennsylvania's Natural-Gas Market Tallahassee, Fla., Restaurants Prepare for Arrival of Legislators, Lobbyists Utility Experts Will Discuss Power Issues at Milwaukee Forum Oak Creek, Wis., Officials Critical of Wisconsin Energy's Coal Plant Plan Houston Lawmakers Seek Refund from Utility for `Unintended Windfall Earnings' Acting New Jersey Governor Backs Opponents of Power Plants Florida Commission Defers Utility's Request to Raise Rates 9 Percent Littleton, Colo.-Based Firm's Coconut Power to Light Up Villages South Carolina Utility Company Will Lower Gas Rates Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Company Able to Find Cracks in Furnace Heat Exchangers Iowa Asks Alliant Energy to Seek Out Efficient Providers California Utility Uses Financial Maneuvering to Avoid Bankruptcy California Planners Try to Deal with Projected Demand for Scarce Water Ohio Utility Plants Must Cut Emissions That Cause Smog Aberdeen, S.D., Water Treatment Plant Experiences High Employee Turnover ---------------------------------------------------------------------- REUTERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at: http://news.powermarketers.com/news/articles/ElectricPower.html Calif. regulators approve 51-MW peaker power plant UPDATE 1-North American gas producers rise on Barrett bid S&P rates Companhia Energetica de Sao Paulo B-plus California power deals may prove short-sighted Atco raises dividend after stronger earnings S&P rates National Rural Utilities unit AA-minus UPDATE 3-Storm lashes New England coast, heads out to sea Canada natgas steady to lower with weaker U.S. cash New Issue-Kinder Morgan Energy sells $1.0 bln debt Senator seeks more U.S. reliance on nuclear power UK's Brown offers tax relief for green energy UPDATE 1-Regulators approve RWE takeover bid for Cantabrico TECO 7.5 mln share offering priced at $27.75/share UPDATE1-Int'l Power retains FTSE 100 slot, shares bounce German power industry's CHP plan gets initial nod Verbund, EStAG to bundle hydropower activities UPDATE 1-EU urges E.ON to sell Bewag as agreed after merger UPDATE 2-Indonesia's PLN says govt sacks chief Big U.S. exporters to fight Ex-Im Bank cuts -WSJ ********************************************************* 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! Five additional RealVideo-based powerpoint-based presentations, with the accompanying audio. Running about 30 minutes each, the new selections include: ELECTRONIC TRADING. Power 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 RETAILING. What it takes to put an energy retailing operation together-- the cash and credit requirements, back office, information technology, staffing, marketing, sales and organizational considerations. Andrew Serri, Vice President, AmerenEnergy Marketing. RETAIL: WHAT WENT WRONG, HOW TO FIX IT. Retail electric deregulation has thus far been an underwhelming success, but a great deal has been learned, and it is eminently fixable. 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