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?TOP STORIES

US WESTERN STATES PRESS FEDS TO ACT ON POWER PRICES

High electricity prices pose a "looming disaster" for many states in the 
West, a federal regulator warned Tuesday, as pressure grew on the government 
to consider temporary price controls on wholesale power.

MINNESOTA SENATE COMMITTEE PASSES BILL TO CURB POWER SHORTFALLS

An energy committee in the Minnesota Senate passed a bill late Tuesday that 
includes provisions to improve electricity conservation and speed the power 
plant siting process to help boost power supplies in the state, a legislative 
official said. 

TEXAS BILL COULD STOP UTILITIES STRANDED-COST ADVANCES

A bill advanced Monday in the Texas House of Representatives that could force 
three large Texas electric utilities to return millions of dollars they have 
collected to cover expenses expected to be left "stranded" when retail 
competition begins next year.

MIRANT: NEW 1,100-MW NEVADA PLANT SEEN ON LINE MARCH 2003

Mirant Corp. and privately-owned Apex Industrial Park broke ground Wednesday 
on its 1,100-megawatt Apex Generating Station located in Nevada, Mirant said.

CONSTELLATION: 4 NEW PLANTS, 1,100-MW DUE UP FOR SUMMER

Constellation Energy Group plans to have four new power plants with a total 
capacity of 1,100 megawatts ready for commercial operation this summer, a 
company spokesman said Wednesday.

PG&E BANKRUPTCY RENEWS FOCUS ON FUNDS MOVED TO PARENT

Pacific Gas and Electric is in bankruptcy court, but its holding company 
remains profitable, partly because the utility transferred billions of 
dollars to its corporate parent in the years leading up to its financial 
collapse. Is this fair? 


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PG&E Bankruptcy Renews Focus On Funds Moved To Parent

Brazil/Cesp -2: Cesp Moves Up Operation Of New Turbine

Security Flaw Found In High-Speed Modems Made By Alcatel

EEI: US Electric Output Up 3.6% For Week Ended April 7

Northeast Util Debt-2: To Sell $680M Rate Reduction Bonds

PRESS RELEASE:S&P Affirms PG&E-1 Stranded Cost ABS At AAA

PG&E-1 Stranded Cost ABS Affirmed At AAA By S&P

Brazil State Gov To Publish Cesp Sale Terms April 17

US EPA Asks Crt To Dismiss Utility Appeal Of Mercury Rule

S&P Sees Little Impact On Muni Elec Utils From PG&E Woes

PRESS RELEASE: PG&E Has Little Impact On Muni Utils - S&P

NY Judge Delays Order For Queens Turbines Until Mon-Clerk

Northeast Util Unit To Retire $830M Debt, Securities

Northeast Util Payment Also Funded By $500M Credit Line

Northeast Util Payment Funded By $170M Receivables Sale

Northeast Utilities Pays Down Added Debt >NU

Constellation: 4 New Plants, 1,100-MW Due Up For Summer

Mirant: New 1,100-MW Nevada Plant Seen On Line March 2003

PRESS RELEASE: S&P Sees Minimal Impact From PG&E Payment

S&P:Minimal Impact Seen In PG&E Partial Ppty Tax Payment

U.K. Wind Power Gears Up For The Great Leap Offshore

Texas Bill Could Stop Utilities' Stranded-Cost Advances

PRESS RELEASE: S&P: Utility Default Recovery Levels High

PRESS RELEASE:S&P:Utility Default Recovery Levels High-2-

EU To Proceed With Plans To Ratify Kyoto Protocol

S&P: Util Default Recovery Levels Higher Than Other Cos

PRESS RELEASE: Moody's Rates Tietj Ctfs Grantor Trust

VeriSign Gets Nuclear Regulatory Commission Systems Pact

Boralex To Buy Plant From FPL Energy For $10M >BLX.A

Shaw Group CEO: Co. Has 75% Backlog Of Power Plant Orders

Tietj Certificates Grantor Trust Assigned Baa3 :Moody's

Plains States Suffer Thunderstorms, Tornado Damage

Cantabrico/Hldrs -4: Breakdown Of Bid-Acceptance Numbers

Cantabrico/Shrhldrs -2: Final Result Varies Little

Cantabrico/Hldrs -3: Tender Result Meets Mkt Expectations

19.2% Of Cantabrico Shrhldrs Accept EDP-Cajastur Offer

59.66% Of Cantabrico Shrhldrs Accept Ferroatlantica Offer

Goofdman Mfg Asks US To Retain Energy Efficiency Rule-NYT

Alcoa Exec Says Power Increases May Close Smelter>AA

US Western States Press Feds To Act On Power Prices

Minn Sen Committee Passes Bill To Curb Power Shortfalls

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California Municipal Bond Expert Available for Commentary on Impact of Energy 
Crisis on State Bonds

Hard Winter Doubles Late Utility Bills

Johanns Wants Wind-Power Plan

Mid Will Need Power Despite Good Planning

An Urgent Call to Save Power

-California Utility Bankruptcy Won't Rock Atlanta-Based Energy Company

Plains All American Pipeline to Acquire Canpet Energy Group

Top Energy Minds to Converge in Oklahoma April 26 for National Summit on 
Energy Policy

Hearings to Begin on Electric Rate Hike

Bpa Rate Warning Must Be Heeded the Region's Power Outlook Has Worsened, Not 
Improved, Since Onset of Energy Crisis

Residents Conserve by 12 % Tacoma Power: Cutback in Use Eases Crunch, Saves 
Utility $17 Million in March

California Embraces Apache Power, L.P.

Baytex Energy to Acquire Triumph Energy in $159-Million Deal

Thermafreeze Announces Intent to Compete in The Power And Energy Market

Lights Out as Power Cut at Flc

Department of Energy Application to Export Electric Energy; Minnesota Power, 
Inc.

Boralex Inc. to Acquire a Private Power Producer in Maine for $10 Million US

Top Energy Summaries - Wednesday, April 11, 2001 - 12:17 PM

Beleaguered Californian Utility...

Plains All American Pipeline to Acquire Canpet Energy Group Inc.

Texas Power Companies Select Altra for Ercot Scheduling

California Department of Water Resources Selects Altra Power to Enable 
Statewide Power Purchases

Spring Storm Knocks Out Power, Phone Lines

Lehigh Coal & Navigation Digging for $5 Million Loan to Reopen Mine ** 200 
Jobs at Stake. Company Shut Down Panther Valley Pit in February, Citing 
Financial Problems.

Transcanada Continues to Build Power Business - Company to Develop Fifth 
Alberta Power Plant

Tennessee Valley Authority Joins Long List of Navigant Consulting's 
Generation Knowledge Service Subscribers

Deregulating Energy Companies Create `Employment Brand' to Successfully 
Recruit And Retain Key Staff

Wall Street Journal: Talisman Energy Inc.: Petromet Resources Agrees to 
$469.7m Purchase

Bailout Or Buyout? State to Pay Edison $2.76 Billion for Power Lines

Utah May Dodge Hike in Summer Power Bills

Image Power Arranges Financing on Favorable Terms; Company to Raise $700,000 
Through Convertible Debenture

Washington: Analysts Debate US Energy Crisis

U.S. Ruling AIDS Iowa's Wind Farms

Supervisors Give Nod to Power Plant ** Upper Mount Bethel Approves Reliant 
Energy's Plan If Air, Road And Water Drainage Conditions Are Met. ** Upper 
Mount Bethel

Alliance receives return on energy investment

Energy Bill Passes Senate Committee

West Begs for Power Controls

California State Senator Says Power Deregulation Hurts Consumers-(Boston U.)

Austin Energy Predicts Adequate Summer Energy Supply, Affordable Electric 
Bills-(U. Texas-Austin)

Rahall Not Buying Idea of National Energy Crisis: Congressman Still Advocates 
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Safety Systems Being Tested at Russian Nuclear Power Plant

Chugoku Electric Unit to Sell LNG

Italy Orders Vatican Radio to Reduce Broadcast Power

Hungary Tries to Dissuade Croatia from Building Power Plant on River

-German Utility May Acquire Lexington, Ky., Electric Company

UK Backs Offshore Wind Farms

Gert Completes Reviews of Two New Projects:First Solar Water Heating Emission 
Reduction Trade Registered And Fuel Substitution And Increased Cogeneration 
Offer-to-Sell Reviewed

Image Power Arranges Financing On Favorable Terms;

Nuclear power plant at Temelin is save, says documentation

ITALY ORDERS VATICAN RADIO TO REDUCE BROADCAST POWER

UK Government: Hain Announces Gbp8m Boost for UK Coal Industry; Eight Pits 
Share Gbp8m

ROUNDUP: Temelin report declares nuclear power plant safe Eds: Adds Austrian 
reaction

Top Energy Summaries - Wednesday, April 11, 2001 - 9:38 Am

Uk: BP to Build Combined Heat and Power Unit for Jaguar

Ukraine Hopes That Investors Will Bid for Regional Energy Companies

Indian Government: Renewable Energy to Electrify 18,000 Villages

Bangladesh signs accord with ADB on funding power plant

Turkey ratifies international Energy Charter Treaty

Top Energy Summaries - Wednesday, April 11, 2001 - 7:41 Am

China Prepares for Gigantic New Power Station

Image Power Arranges Financing on Favorable Terms; Company to Raise $700,000 
Through Convertible Debenture

Russian Deputy Premier Holds Energy Talks in Brussels

Temelin environmental report declares nuclear power plant safe

US Firm Mirant Seeks Quadruple Lift in Power Plug-INS

Kaltrim Prima Coal Indonesia Denies Agreeing to 51% Divestment

Philippines Platform to Deliver First Natural Gas on Oct 2001

Australia's Agl to Offer Gas & Power in New After Markets Open

Japan's Sanix to Construct Thermal Power Plant in Hokkaido

Huaneng Power Announces Planned Generation for 2001


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-Kentucky Utilities' New Owner to Stick Around for a While

-German Utility May Acquire Lexington, Ky., Electric Company

-California Utility Bankruptcy Won't Rock Atlanta-Based Energy Company

Oklahoma Commission Seeks Review of Utility's Gas Contracts

Tennessee Valley Authority May Use Idled Nuclear Reactors for More Power

California Crisis Deepens As Utility Company PG&E Files for Bankruptcy

California Governor Forges Deal to Rescue Utility, Prevent Another Bankruptcy

San Francisco-Based Utility Seeks to Avoid Using Profits for Debt

Cities in San Jose, Calif., Region Hope to Acquire Back-Up Generators

High-Pollution Power Plant in San Francisco Will Stay on Line

Washington Agency's Staff Opposes Quick Ruling on 'Time of Use' Utility Bills

Seattle Utility Gets More Takers on Light Bulb Program Than Planned

Bankruptcy Filing Sinks California Utilities' Stock Prices

California, Utility Reach Accord

Well-Known Judge Named to Take California Utility's Bankruptcy Case

Chapter 11 Filing Becomes First of Many Steps for California Utility

California Utility's Bankruptcy Filing Could Impact State's Energy Flow

Utility's Bankruptcy Filing Complicates California's Plan to Take Power Lines

California Politicians: Utility's Bankruptcy Filing May Bring Order to Chaos

Struggling California Utility Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Kentucky Puts Power Plant Death under Investigation

California Makes Deal with Utility for Sale of Power Lines, Withdrawal of Suit

Aes Corp. Threatens to Pull Out of Fast-Track Electricity Effort in California

California Legislators Say Buying Power Lines Doesn't Do Enough to Ease Crisis

The Orange County Register, Calif., Jonathan Lansner Column

Investor in Wisconsin Energy Corp. Wants Change in Election of Directors

Madison, Wis., Energy Company Increases Annual Bonus for Chairman

California Lawmakers Demand More Energy Efficiency from Businesses

Florida-Based Utility Announces Pre-Tax Charge Against First-Quarter Earnings

Missouri Task Force Holds Meeting Concerning How Gas Costs Are Collected

Mission, S.D., Tribal Members Turn Ground for Wind Turbine

Houston-Area Board Picks California Firm to Design Water Plant

Raytheon to Take Big Charge for Power Plants in Massachusetts

Texas House Panel Passes Electricity Refund Bill

Sweet Power Deals for Smelters Embitter Public Utilities in Eugene, Ore., Area

Northwest Energy Giant Seeks Drastic Cuts in Power Demand

Numerous Factors Send Electricity Prices Through the Roof in Eugene, Ore.

Under Bush's Budget, Staff May Be Cut at Golden, Colo., Energy Laboratory

The Dallas Morning News Destinations Column

Columbia, S.C.-Based Utility Plans to Build Plant in Jasper County, S.C.

Electric Company Outlines Construction for Power Plant in Jasper County, S.C.

California Utility Plans to Refund Security Deposits

California Governor Works to Find Support for Deal with Utility Company

(B) Opinion: Lessons on Electricity Deregulation from California

Denver-Based Utility Firm Wants to Build A Power Plant in New Mexico


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Calif. governor signs two energy efficiency bills

Calif. water levels at 55 pct but storage to cover shortfall

Brazil shares fall 1.52 pct on profit-taking

Alberta Energy mulls California gas storage expansion

US energy rules get rare industry support

INTERVIEW-El Paso says market savvy drives telecoms foray

NRG Energy says sees no PG&E impact on 2001 results

Judge orders Enron to give Calif. universities power

Canada natgas mostly down with U.S. cash, futures

U.S. companies eye new nuclear plants after over 25 years

UPDATE 1-Mirant to meet or top guidance despite California

Northeast Utilities proceeds with bond sales

SoCal Edison upgrade from junk not imminent-S&P

Northeast Utilities calls $830 mln bonds, preferreds

INTERVIEW-Bond fund manager finds gold in PG&E

UPDATE 2-Spain gives final tally in Cantabrico bid battle

Brazil Eletrobras slumps on Furnas woes, blackout

Montedison effort to buy Falck residual shares thwarted

Enron names Australian conciliator for India project

PG&E power project to aid Calif.'s Silicon Valley

Indiana Michigan Power files $550 mln notes shelf

US power agency pulls plug on aluminum after 60 yrs

UPDATE 1-Russian Dep PM sees slow restructuring of utilities

Kenya tries to restore World Bank power credit

TransCanada to build $80-mln Alberta power plant

UPDATE 2-All calm as German nuke train reaches French plant

German power industry gets extension for CHP deal

World electricity: Who's big and by what measure

INTERVIEW-Brazil's Copel prime privatisation target

New solar flare could cause geomagnetic storm on Earth

E.ON to sell metals unit Kloeckner to Balli -paper

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