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For the current issue of ENERGY JOBS WEEKLY, download at: http://www.pmaconference.com/040101EnergyJobs.pdf ?TOP STORIES US REP BARTON UNVEILS EMERGNCY ELECTRICITY LEGISLATION U.S. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, formally unveiled Friday an "Emergency Electricity Act" designed to provide relief for California and Western states this summer. AS SHOCKERS GO, PG&E BANKRUPTCY IS BIG ONE A day after California Gov. Gray Davis went on television to announce a rate hike aimed at easing the state's energy crisis by helping its ailing utilities, one of the companies filed for bankruptcy. POWER GRID BATTLES REACH TURNING POINT IN U.S. SOUTH A battle over who will control major power lines in the U.S. South is taking a new direction. NEVADA GOVERNOR TO UNVEIL EXPANSIVE NEW PLANS FOR POWER PLANTS Gov. Kenny Guinn today will detail plans for new power plant construction in Nevada, the result of a streamlined permitting process that is part of his Nevada Energy Protection Plan. -FLORIDA LEGISLATURE SEEMS UNLIKELY TO PASS ELECTRICITY DEREGULATION Prospects for passing a law this year to open Florida's wholesale electricity market to competition are dimming quickly. Dow Jones News, Preferred by the Pros DOW JONES NEWSWIRES- Access stories online at: http://199.97.97.79/IMDS|PMADJN0,PMADJN1,PMADJN2,PMADJN3,PMADJN4|index MUNI WATCH: Calif Debt Seen Hurt By Moody's Action US Rep Barton Unveils Emergency Electricity Legislation REPEAT: As Shockers Go, PG&E Bankruptcy Is Big One As Shockers Go, PG&E Bankruptcy Is Big One Mirant Urges Berlin To Lift Objection To Bewag Deal Power Grid Battles Reach Turning Point In U.S. South PG&E:2,200MW Diablo Canyon 1&2 Reports End To Brush Fire Revised Palo Verde Futures Vol. Apr. 05, 2 Cantabrico/IBEX-35 -3: Hldrs Must Tender Shrs By Apr 9 Cantabrico/IBEX-35 -2: IBEX-35 To Trade With 34 Cos Cantabrico To Be Excluded From IBEX-35 Apr 10 <E.HIC FREE TRIAL: For a free trial of the various Dow Jones index and data services, go to www.dowjonesnews.com, and click "create account," or call 1-800-223-2274. ?NATIONAL - Access stories online at: http://www.powermarketers.com/pma-nat.htm According to Reliant Energy, Ferc Action on Credit Will Increase Supply And Decrease Costs of Power in California Advisory/the Center for The New West Presents' The First in A Series of Leadership Forums on Energy Security Pacific Gas And Electric Company Receives Court Approval of First-Day MotionsUtility Granted Authority to Pay Employee Compensation And Benefits And to Use Certain Bank Accounts And Cash Management Systems PM Creates New Energy Committee to Capitalize on Growing U.S. Demand Gef Announces Launch of First Solar Venture Fund Focused on Developing World Eskom's Stake in Power Supply Business Set to Fall Statement by California ISO CEO Terry Winter Regarding Pacific Gas And Electric Chapter 11 Reorganization Newest Trustee Living the 'American Dream' Candidate Says He Ran to Fight Power Plant Proposal Electricity Crisis: Power Plants Set for Apex Reaping the Wind in Texas -Florida Power Corp. to Drop St. Petersburg, Fla., Tower as Headquarters -Oklahoma Governor Pushes to Add Republicans to Energy Task Force CEO Says Duke Energy's Field Services Division Is the Largest Natural Gas Gatherer and Processor in the US Media Advisory: Gov. Locke to Break Ground on Transalta's Centralia Gas-Fired Power Plant El Paso Corp. to Build Veracruz Power Plant Johanns Wants Wind-Power Plan Power Failure Plagues AOL's IM Service Calif. Utility Seeks Chap. 11 Bankruptcy Power Firms Expected PG&E Bankruptcy Top Energy Summaries - Friday, April 06, 2001 - 5:01 PM Spring Storm Knocks Out Power, Phone Lines Department of Energy Bonneville Power Administration Wallula Power Project Gov. Says Power Rates Need to Rise Altagas Services Inc - Acquires Natural Gas Assets for $6.3 Million Duke Energy Statement Regarding Pacific Gas & Electric Company Filing for Chapter 11 Reorganization Corps Issues Permit for Brooklyn Power Barge Reliant Energy Says Bankruptcy Action by Pacific Gas And Electric CO. Not Unexpected Before You Pay for Green Power Altagas Acquires Natural Gas Assets for $6.3 Million Coolant Spills Into Holding Tank at ST. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant ST. Lucie Commission Oks Power Plant on Midway Road Unitil /Fitchburg Gas And Electric Files Electric Default Service Rate Increases Cuts in Clean Energy Could Not Come at A Worse Time ...Statement of David M. Nemtzow, President, Alliance to Save Energy on The Proposed Bush Energy Budget Cuts April 6, 2001 Plant Divestitures Could Save Nevada Power Ratepayers $281 Million Over Five Years, Energy Expert Testifies Tech Hurdles Slow Fuel Cell Development Top Energy Summaries - Friday, April 06, 2001 - 2:17 PM Puget Sound Energy Announces Constructive Settlement with Industrial Customers SCE Responds to PG&E Bankruptcy FilingSouthern California Edison Company (SCE) Released The Following Statement in Response to The Decision Today by Pacific Gas And Electric to File for Reorganization under Chapter 11 of The U.S. Bankruptcy Code. This Statement Is By Edison International Chairman, P 1bn Wind Farms Project Hailed As a Coup for Region Energy Supply Setback: Big Generator Can't Be Forced to Sell Emergency Power to the State, a U.S. Court Rules. Energy Update/Los Angeles Department of Water And Power Issues Daily Energy Update for Friday, April 6, 2001 Allegheny Energy Solutions Expands Its Presence in the Northeast Advisory/Pacific Gas And Electric Company to Hold Media Teleconference Automation Brings Accountability/Control to Maintaining Standby Power Nuclear Power Supporters Optimistic--Again Distributed Generation: the Power to Choose Arizona's Fuel Diversity Grows with Doubling of Springerville Coal Capacity Connexus Energy Selects Enterprise Utility Solutions As a Preferred Partner for Business Process Changes in 2001 Midwest Generation Cuts Emissions, UPS Output at Six Illinois Plants Hydropower Licensing Reform Needed to Relieve Western Energy Crisis Call Time on Energy Costs Capp Releases Strategies for Northern American Energy Markets Submission Active Power Successfully Demonstrates High Inertia Turbine Prototype; Industry's First Fully Integrated Continuous Power System -- CPS -- Operates at Full Power And Speed Adlt Announces Southern California Edison Energy Rebate for Its 300 Watt Uni-Form(R) Pulse Start Retrofit Kit Natural Gas Prices for April Rise 5.7% Nationwide, As Spring Arrives with A Chill, According to Platts Cameco Corp - Bruce Power Forges Ahead on Bruce A Restart INTERNATIONAL - Access stories online at: http://www.powermarketers.com/pma-intr.htm Power cut hits Philippine capital and elsewhere on Luzon Uzbekistan To Sell Shares in Four Major Power Plants To Foreign Investors -Oklahoma-Based Energy Companies Take a Beating As Markets Continue to Fall Xining Expects To Receive Natural Gas from Qaidam Basin On May 31 Brazil Plans for Power Shortages World's Largest Solar Project to Power Philippines Go-Ahead for 18 Wind Farms Off the Coast India: Junior Coal Minister Holds Talks with British Energy Minister Peter Hain Parliament Approves Urgent Steps to Overcome Energy Crisis in North Moldova Top Energy Summaries - Friday, April 06, 2001 - 12:26 PM A Line to Utility Savings Brazil: Copesul's Production Backs 3rd Generation Petrochemicals Brazil: Cesp Parana's New Owner to Expand Energy Generating Capacity Brazil: Hydroelectric Power Facilities Investing in Modernization And Expansion Cosipa Studies 100mw Power Plant - Brazil Lithuania Secures Amendments to Energy Deal with Neighbours EnBW declares hopes of winning stake in Spanish power utility Top Energy Summaries - Friday, April 06, 2001 - 9:21 Am Integra: Integra Marks a Key Milestone in Its European Expansion Programme; Launching Its New 2nd Generation UK Technical Centre And Strengthening Its Pan-European Data Centre Infrastructure Horizon Energy Development, Inc. Announces Plans for Generating Plant in Italy Japan Natural Energy Signs Wind Power Pacts with 20 Firms Aes Corp Completes Financing of Gas-Fired Power Plant in Bangladesh ?KRT - Access stories online at: http://www.powermarketers.com/pma-krt.htm -Florida Power Corp. to Drop St. Petersburg, Fla., Tower as Headquarters -Oklahoma Electricity Firms Want Corporation Commission to Study Deregulation -Oklahoma Governor Pushes to Add Republicans to Energy Task Force -Oklahoma-Based Energy Companies Take a Beating As Markets Continue to Fall -Five Oklahoma-Based Firms Reach Fortune 500 List -Williams Cos. Hopes to Use Market Rates for Electricity Sales in California -Florida Legislature Seems Unlikely to Pass Electricity Deregulation Bill -Indiana Lawmakers Reduce Fines for Poor Service by Utilities Virginia to Educate Utilities Consumers About Retail Choice Electricity Twins Falls, Idaho-Area Businesses Distressed by Utility's Planned Rate Hike Lawmakers Seek Temporary Caps on Wholesale Electric Rates Tax Breaks, Need for Electricity Fuel Georgia's Energy Boom ST. Louis Animal Feed Company Loses Money in California Utility Investment Santa Clara, Calif., Families Get $232,000 to Try Out Solar Power Electric-Rate Hikes, Blackout Threats Not Limited to California Power Supply-Raising Plans Will Take Months to Help, California Governor Says California Treasurer Seeks Details of Power Purchases for Bond Sales Report on Economic Effects of California Energy Crisis Draws Criticism California Officials Investigate Finances of Utility Companies California Ruled Unable to Require in-State Power to Stay in State Richmond Times-Dispatch, VA., Greg Edwards Column Corona, Calif., Officials Want to Form Power Utility The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, Calif., Andy Mccue Column West's Energy Crisis Chills Trend Toward Utility Mergers Wholesale Market Bright for Oregon's Portland General Electric Pennsylvania Regulators Release Audit of Philadelphia Natural Gas Utility Electric Deregulation Allows Pennsylvania Consumers to Make A Choice Decision Delayed on Funding for Water Storage at Lake Pueblo, Colo. The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Home Energy Column California Regulator Takes Issue with Utilities' Claims on Power Crisis Energy Crisis Puts Head of Huntington Beach, Calif., Power Plant on Hot Seat Economists Predict More Painful Effects from California's Electricity Crisis Experts Say Warning Signs Indicate Connecticut May Face Power Price Spikes Connecticut Lawmakers Reconsider Electric Deregulation Law New Hampshire Bill Would Delay Sale of State's Coal, Hydroelectric Plants Wisconsin Utility Disputes Jury's Ruling in Contamination Case Macon, GA., Man Looks for Help Paying $830.62 Natural Gas Bill Poor Macon, GA., Residents Face Threat of Eviction If Utilities Turned Off Kansas Officials Opt Not to Subpoena Western Resources' Corporate Jet Records Nevada Officials Examine Wholesale Power, Fuel Industries Nevada Governor to Unveil Expansive New Plans for Power Plants Utah Power Firm Nears Completion of Las Vegas Hydroelectric Power Plant Local New Mexico Water Board Gets National Recognition SEC Approves Initial Public Offering by Kansas City, Mo.-Based Gas Marketer Houston-Based Energy Company Plans Two Plants in Nevada Grand Forks, N.D., Council Orders Rebid on Water Pipeline Project Utility Company Secures Funds to Solidify Acquisition of Welsh Water German Power Company Set to Provide Internet Access Through Electric Sockets Nuclear Decommissioning Company Available for Sale As Stock Price Crashes Escondido, Calif., City Council Members Tentatively Support Power-Plant Plan Columbus, GA., Mayor Asks for Ruling to Clear Land for New Power Plant Duke Energy Sees Earnings Growth of 10 Percent to 15 Percent This Year San Jose, Calif.-Based Calpine Plans to Build New Power Plant in Livermore California's Attempts to Keep Alternative Energy Production High Falter Albuquerque, N.M.-Based Utility Sees Shares Rise More Than 8 Percent New Mexico Facility Plans Laboratory Straddling U.S.-Mexico Border New York Energy Board Looks to Enact Consumer-Protection Measures ?REUTERS - Access stories online at: http://news.powermarketers.com/news/articles/ElectricPower.html UPDATE 2-Calif.'s Davis says PG&E 'dishonored' itself Shock and anger crackle at PG&E headquarters Consumer groups target Pacific G&E power plants PG&E bankrupcty seen hurting small power generators NEWSMAKER-PG&E's Glynn broke long ``insider'' chain Mexico electricity bill likely on ice until Sept WRAPUP 2-Bankrupcty bombshell deepens Calif. energy crisis Black Hills in coal supply agreement with PacifiCorpMain Street loses confidence in utilities after PG&E NorthWestern sees higher Q1 EPS on gas, electrical ops PG&E investors jarred but not shocked by bankruptcy Generators hopeful PG&E bankruptcy will end credit crisis UPDATE 1-Calif. bankruptcy ripples through utilities shares FERC Massey-Calif utility bankruptcy 'massive failure' US Corp Bonds-Jolted by PG&E bankruptcy;Earnings woes PG&E Corp unit's bankruptcy filing stuns investors NYPA working with studio to settle NYC power plant case PG&E jolts stranded cost ABS, Discover offers deal UPDATE 1-US financial stocks fall after bankruptcy filing U.S. says Calif. utility's woes not to hurt nuke safety Judge allows New York Power Authority's new turbines TEXT-Moody's revises Puget Sound Energy outlook Sempra says SDG&E utility unit financially strong UPDATE 1-PG&E says bankruptcy court best venue for shareholders FERC approves project to get natgas to Calif. Canada natgas rises with U.S. cash in quiet trade Moody's to leave PG&E Corp unit snr unsecured rating at Caa2 Whitman says US to work on climate change, not Kyoto US POWER-Few choices abound for energy self-sufficiency UPDATE 1-US POWER-Calif. blackouts may darken U.S. economy Pacific Gas & Elec filing hits power wholesalers SoCal Edison says still looking to avoid bankruptcy Aquila IPO range raised to $21-$23/share from $17-$22 UPDATE 1-Bruce Power plans to restart reactors PG&E says only utility impacted by bankruptcy filing Mirant asks Berlin mayor to back Bewag compromise Credit analysts wait-and-see on Davis' Calif utility plan Allegheny Energy hires financial chief PSEG Power launches $1.6 bln three-part debt deal EIA raises Q2 electricity demand estimate to 886.6 bln kwh UPDATE 1-Reliant can stop Calif power sales without pay-court Ukraine to raise tariffs ahead of utilities sale INTERVIEW-Morgan Stanley sees Italy deals in pipeline Washington regulators approve electricity settlement-WSJ NEW on the PowerMarketers.com TRAINING PAGE: Access all online presentations at: http://www.pmaconference.com The presentations below are from PMA's Power Markets 2001, taped at the Aladdin Hotel, Las Vegas, March 15-16, 2001. 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