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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 8) HOUSE BILL SEEKS TO PROMOTE DISTRIBUTED POWER TECHNOLOGY Legislation to encourage homeowners and small businesses to install emerging "distributed generation" technologies was introduced in the U.S. House Thursday. http://199.97.97.79/IMDS%PMADJN0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/djn/2001/ 03/08/eng-djn/eng-djn_190044_231_185631682165 -U.S. SUPREME COURT REJECTS CASE ABOUT PROPOSED MERCHANT POWER PLANT IN FLORIDA The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to hear a case that could have allowed out-of-state companies to build speculative power plants in Florida. The case involved a so-called merchant plant that Duke Energy Corp. of Charlotte, N.C., proposed to construct in New Smyrna Beach. http://199.97.97.163/IMDS%PMAKRT0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/writersd esk/2001/03/08/eng-powerm-000001/eng-powerm-000001_005722_97_6855493942276 TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY PROPOSES TO BUILD PLANT POWERED BY NATURAL GAS The nation's biggest producer of electricity, which has battled for home heating customers against natural gas for decades, is increasingly turning to gas itself to power its future. http://199.97.97.163/IMDS%PMAKRT0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/knightri dder/2001/03/08/krtbn/0000-0374-TN-NATL-GAS ADVISERS WARN TEXAS ELECTRIC DEREGULATION SYSTEM HAS FLAWS Flaws in Texas electric deregulation rules -- some similar to those facing California -- could undermine competition, cause bureaucratic headaches and needlessly cost customers, according to experts advising the state's Public Utility Commission. http://199.97.97.163/IMDS%PMAKRT0%read%/home/content/users/imds/feeds/knightri dder/2001/03/08/krtbn/0000-0137-FT-ELECTRIC-DEREG ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DOW JONES NEWSWIRES ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at: http://199.97.97.79/IMDS|PMADJN0,PMADJN1,PMADJN2,PMADJN3,PMADJN4|index Iran Closer To Finishing 1st Nuclear Power Plant - Radio House Bill Seeks To Promote Distributed Power Technology Scientists Create First Superconductor Made Of Plastic Enbridge/Shelf -2: Won't Be Offered In U.S. <ENBR Enbridge Files Shelf For Up To C$1.25B Medium-Term Notes $504.2M Energy Northwest Munis Yield To 5.08% In 2018 Citizens Commun Ends Pact-2: With Cap Rock Electric <CZN Edison, Erg Among Elettrogen Finalists -ANSA Citizens Commun Ends Pact To Sell Ariz., Vt. Elec Ppties GenerChile To Receive Bids For Port Stakes Mar 16 - Paper Proactive Cos Sit Pretty As Brazil's Power Crisis Looms ABB/E-Business -2: Former Head Of US SourceAlliance Nokia Names Key Subcontractors For 3G Networks <NOK ABB Names Greg Scheu To Head E-Business Ops <Z.ABB Kansai Elec's JV To Begin Electricity Sales In US June 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 Aventura Energy Inc. Retracts Pending Trinidad Possible Reserves Announcement Press Statement of Sunlaw Energy Regarding Future Business Plans Ecorp Affiliate Receives Ferc Go Ahead for the Stagecoach Natural Gas Storage Project Lehman Hires Utility Team New Mexico Extends Timeline for Electric Choice Transalta Wins Bid to Build Second Power Plant in Mexico Top Energy Summaries - Thursday, March 08, 2001 - 5:27 PM West Faces Drought, High Power Bills Bush Chooses Energy Lobbyist for No. 2 at Interior Mariner Energy Announces Record Results for 2000 Onlinechoice Announces Expanded Natural Gas Offers Energy conservation key in light of increased costs Black Hills Corporation Announces Two Additional Independent Power Projects Potential Consolidations in Natural Gas Sherritt International Mails Chairman's Letter to Shareholders, Year 2000 Financials, And Sherritt Coal Partnership's Offer And Circular forLuscar Coal Income Fund@ Independent Testing Confirms Power Technology Batteries Are More Powerful Power Demand Relief Seen As Tengasco Completes Intra State Pipeline: Economic Boom Predicted for Tennessee And Possibly Eastern U.S. Natural Resources Get Energy Top Energy Summaries - Thursday, March 08, 2001 - 2:24 PM Exco Completes Property Acquisition from Stb Energy, Inc. /C O R R E C T I O N -- Vector Energy Corporation/ Repeats: Energy Volume And Open Interest Totals-Mar 8 Energy Venture Fair Seeks 75 Up-And-Coming Growth Companies Vector Energy Corp - Updates Progress in Development of Mustang Island Field Thermal Energy International Inc: American Electric Power CO Inc - Thermal Gets $2.4m Contract to Complete Work for Construction of - Thermalonox(TM) Demo at Aep Conesville Plant Pickens Fuel Corp., Ed Huestis of Vacaville Receive Weststart Blue Sky Award; South Coast Air Quality Management District Recognized with Blue Sky Innovation AwardMerit Awards for Industry Leadership to Quantum Technologies, Enova Systems And The Southern California Edison Electric Vehicle Fleet Snow Leopard Resources Inc. - Notice of Allowance for Patent Covering H2s Fuel Cell Technology - from U.S. Patent And Trademark Office Top Energy Summaries - Thursday, March 08, 2001 - 12:25 PM Kinder Morgan Energy Partners Announces New Long-Term Co2 Contracts NCE Energy Trust - Distribution of Eight Cents ($0.08) Per Unit for March Sustainable Energy Technologies Ltd -- Fuel Cell Power Inverter Exceeds 95% Efficiency Target /C O R R E C T I O N -- the New Power Company/ Citizens Communications Announces Termination of Sale of Its Arizona And Vermont Electric Properties Bny Western Trust Re-Appointed As Custodian And Lending Agent for Los Angeles Department of Water & Power Retirement Plan EC Power Wins Prestigious E-Business Enterprise Award from DisaHonored for Work with Enron Online Civil Engineers Give Nation's Infrastructure a 'D+'Shortfalls in Funding And Changing Population Patterns Place Burden on Aging Electrical Plants, Water Systems, Airports And Schools Nui Corp.'S Utility Business Services Teams with Frederick County, Maryland, to Serve Water/Wastewater Customers Top Energy Summaries - Thursday, March 08, 2001 - 9:28 Am Ogden Corporation to Change Name to Covanta Energy Corporation Us: Joint Venture Formed to Serve Natural Gas Pipeline Industry Us: Nuvera Demonstrates Natural Gas Fuel Cell Use for Verizon System Freemarkets Announces Plans to Open Houston Office; New Location to Support Growing Number of Customers in The Energy, Chemical And Engineering Industries Sunlaw Energy President Announces Future Business Plans Top Energy Summaries - Thursday, March 08, 2001 - 7:43 Am Environ.Com And Ecolink Announce Utility Partner Program Agreement; Program's Latest Partner Reaches 85 Percent of the Nation's Utilities Growth & Development: Marietta Looks Into Power Supply -Houston-Based Natural Gas Marketer to Leave Georgia Market -Value, Tax Revenue of Proposed Hamilton County, Ind., Power Plant Are at Issue Bargo Energy CO - 2000 Year-End Operational Results Cypress Energy Inc - Fidelity Purchases Shares of Cypress Energy Inc. Fuel Cell Technologies Corp - Short Positions on California Signs Energy Contracts, But Serious Questions About FutureRemain -Atlanta Power Generator Says It's Owed $385 Million for California Energy -Oklahoma Utility Can't Pass along Bad Deals, State Says -Former CEO to Leave Board of Tampa, Fla., Electric Utility -U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Case about Proposed Merchant Power Plant in Florida -Two Florida Electric Utilities Secure Rate Increases from State Commission Kansas State University: K-State Struggles to Afford Energy ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I N T E R N A T I O N A L ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at: http://www.powermarketers.com/pma-intr.htm Aneel to Publish Hydro Bidding Rules end-March - Brazil Dublin: Fingers Crossed for Latest Irish Energy Prospect Shandong International Power Reaps Usd 161.7 Mln in Profits for 2000, Up 15.98% from 1999 Govt. to Send Power Bill to Congress After March - Chile Brazil: Rio De Janeiro to Export Electric Power Brazil: BP, Petrobras And Fif to Develop Alternative Energy Projects Cebu Holdings Installs Philippines 1st Solar Water Heater Give More Attention to Coal Industry, Says Cppcc Member Iranian Energy Ministry Delegation Meets Chinese Moftec Minister ---------------------------------------------------------------------- KRT DAILY ENERGY NEWS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at http://www.powermarketers.com/pma-krt.htm Bush Slashes Federal Spending on Energy Efficiency, Conservation Tennessee Valley Authority Proposes to Build Plant Powered by Natural Gas San Francisco Hopes to Switch Much of City Government to Solar Power California Panel Approves First Fast-Tracked Temporary Power Plant Washington State Fires Up to Meet Power Crunch Power Planners Predict Low Water Flow, Low Hydropower Production Democrats Lobby for Short-Term Controls on U.S. Energy Costs Municipal Utilities in California May Balk If PG&E Orders Summer Blackouts Las Animas, Colo., Officials Hope to Clinch Deal for Power Plant State Commission Allows Florida Power Corp. to Increase Electricity Rates Wisconsin Commission Takes Comments on Milwaukee Utility's Power Plan Utility Would Consider Compensating Oak Creek, Wis., for Power-Plant Expansion Complaints Increase Against Arkansas Natural Gas Utility Utilities, Energy Companies Form Online Trading Marketplace Advisers Warn Texas Electric Deregulation System Has Flaws Eugene, Ore., Electricity Customers May Escape from Proposed Rate Hike Executive of Latham, N.Y.-Based Fuel Cell Company Resigns for Personal Reasons Guilderland, N.Y.-Based Independent System Operator Sets Lofty Goals for 2001 -Stocks of Oklahoma's Energy Companies Hold Steady -Houston-Based Natural Gas Marketer to Leave Georgia Market -Value, Tax Revenue of Proposed Hamilton County, Ind., Power Plant Are at Issue -Oak Ridge, Tenn., Nuclear Reactor to Undergo Major Equipment Replacement -Congressman Rips High Pay Rates at Tennessee Valley Authority -The Daily Oklahoman Charles Crumpley Column -Atlanta Power Generator Says It's Owed $385 Million for California Energy -Oklahoma Utility Can't Pass along Bad Deals, State Says -Commission Cuts Oklahoma Utilities' Fuel Charges -Former CEO to Leave Board of Tampa, Fla., Electric Utility -U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Case about Proposed Merchant Power Plant in Florida -Two Florida Electric Utilities Secure Rate Increases from State Commission ---------------------------------------------------------------------- REUTERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access stories online at: http://news.powermarketers.com/news/articles/ElectricPower.html PG&E secures March gas supply, aims to boost storage UPDATE 1-Calif. power bonds seen as mostly tax-exempt TransAlta wins second Mexican power plant bid U.S. lawmaker proposes legislation to cut power bills UPDATE 1-Citizens Communications ends pact to sell 2 units UPDATE 1-N.H. Seabrook nuke seen shut until weekend KeySpan Services names three new executives Vivendi Env sets new sales, profit targets Enbridge files C$1.25 billion shelf for notes issue Citizens Communications ends agreement to sell properties Kenya shares down as utility stock KPLC drops German activists occupy nuclear waste loading site NRG Energy prices secondary offering INTERVIEW-EDP remains confident it can win Cantabrico derby Deregulation key to Japan utilities' ratings--S&P UPDATE 1-Malaysia manufacturing shows cooling signs ********************************************************* 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. By Dr. John O'Brien, Principal, Skipping Stone MANAGING BILLING. The complex requirements for managing billing and commodities in the deregulating energy industry cannot be met with current CIS and CRM technology. Energy Retailers must embrace the next evolution of energy customer management (ECM) solutions. Paul Grey, Chief Technology Officer, Peace Software. THE INTERNET AND THE VELOCITY FACTOR. Greater price transparency, faster execution, reduced transaction costs, increased number and frequency of transactions and increased specialization are just some of the changes to energy markets wrought by the web, and it's just beginning. Implecations of the internet for energy markets. E. Russell "Rusty" Braziel, Chairman and Director, Altra Energy Technologies. 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