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Top Stories (December 15)

US RICHARDSON INVOKES EMERGENCY POWERS FOR CALIFORNIA ELECTRICITY
U.S. Energy Secretary Bill Richardson invoked his emergency powers Thursday 
night under the Federal Power Act to force generators and marketers to supply 
bulk electricity to California's utility and grid operator.
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CALIFORNIA LAWMAKERS BLAST FERC ORDER, VOW TO REREGULATE
California lawmakers criticized federal energy regulators Friday for failing 
to take serious action on steps the state must take to restructure its 
troubled electricity market.
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NEW YORK ISO WARNS AGAINST 'QUICK FIXES' FOR POWER MARKET
New York utility regulators' recommendation this week of a $150 per 
megawatt-hour price cap on the state's troubled power market could discourage 
much-needed development of new power plants, the state's power grid operator 
said Friday.
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PROPOSED POWER PLANT IN TALBOT COUNTY, GEORGIA, CLEARS HURDLE
Oglethorpe Power Corporation has cleared the first significant hurdle in its 
plan to build a $280 million peak power generating plant in Talbot County 
near the Muscogee and Harris county lines.
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ILLINOIS UTILITY WARNS RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMRS OF SOARING NATURAL GAS BILLS
Illinois Power Co. officials said Tuesday natural gas bills will average 
$122.92 for December for residential customers. In past years, the typical 
customers paid from $71.13 to $96.26 for December.
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Calif Lawmakers Blast FERC Order, Vow To Reregulate

Calif Governor Lashes Out Against FERC Order, Vows Action

US Panel OKs Rail Line For Utah Nuclear Waste Facility

Entergy Arkansas: Recent Storm Causes Worst Outages Ever

Calif Power/S&P Watch -2: With Negative Implications

Calif Power Exchange Placed On S&PWatch-Negative

DTE: Supplies Ready For Expected Summer '01 Demand Jump

Vt Board Sets Fast-Track Auction For Vermont Yankee

Southern Energy/Outlook -2: Street Yr Net View $1/Shr

Bond Mkt Doubts Calif. Utilities Will Turn Out Lights

Southern Energy Revises '00, '01 Net Views Upwards

Southern Energy Sees '00 Net 98c-$1/Share >SOE

Southern Energy Sees '01 Net $1.15-$1.20/Share >SOE

FERC Meeting/Delayed -2: FERC Meeting Begins

New York ISO Warns Against 'Quick Fixes' For Power Mkt

FERC Meeting On Calif Power-Market Order Delayed

Heavy Winds, Snow Hit US Northwest; Power Cuts In South

FERC Still Debating Calif Pwr-Mkt Order As Meeting Nears

Calif ISO: Little Chance Of Stage Two Power Alert Friday

Kaiser Sale -2: Proceeds To Be Received In February >KLU

Kaiser Alum Sells Power To Bonneville Power For $36M >KLU

Kaiser Alum Reaches Settlement With Steelworkers Union

Nev. Nuclear Waste Site Assessment Delayed By DOE Probe

Revised Palo Verde Futures Vol. Dec. 14, 0

NY Pwr Mkt Needs Fix,But Problems Not Calif-Size -Utils

PG&E Up 5% On Thursday's News; Deutche Bank Upgrade>PCG

Poland G-4 Pwr Distributor Sale On Track For 2H 01 -Tsy

Alstom Wins EUR370M Washington Rapid Transit Deal >ALS

US Signs Over Initial $10 Million In Aid For Yugoslavia

REPEAT: US Signs Over Initial $10M In Aid For Yugoslavia

US Richardson Invokes Emergency Powers For Calif Elec

Rochester G&E To Refund $5.7M On Gas Overcharges >RGS

Enron Europe Pres: New Plants Better Than Endesa Assets

French Grid/Tender -3: Tender Is Equal To 11 TWh

French Grid/Tender -2: TXU, RWE, EDF, Atel Included

ADB/Loans/Pakistan Pwr -4: HUBCO Spat May Be Resolved

ADB/Loans/Pakistan Pwr -3: Program Completion Due End-'03

ADB Clears $355M In Loans For Pakistan Pwr Privatization

ADB/Loans/Pakistan Pwr -2: To Privatize Two Utilities

Interior Sec Announces Plan For Colorado River Water

CORRECTION: Richardson Order Expires Dec. 21, Not Dec. 31

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Powerful Winds Shake Northwest

Cinergy Invests in Energy for Southeast The Energy Supplier Is Seeking 
Permits for A $150 Million Natural- Gas-Fired Plant to Be Built in 
Martinsville, VA.

Competitive Retail Energy for Consumers Media Statement in Response to 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Order on California's Electricity 
Power Markets

Broken Power Line Causes Outages in South Arlington

Cuts Planned in Mercury Emissions Coal-Burning Plants Would Be Required to 
Reduce Production

EPA to Limit Power Plant Mercury

Ferc Moves to Ease California Power Crunch

Commission Works to Curtail Electric Prices

The Ohio & Southwestern Energy Company - Announcement

Resale of Power at Below Market Rate Benefits Ratepayers And Provides Full 
Pay Plus Christmas Bonus for Workers

Cms Energy Files $2 Billion Mixed Securities Shelf (Cms)

Ferc to Address Calif. Power Woes

Foundation for Taxpayer And Consumer Rights: Federal Response to Energy 
Crisis Fails to Set Cost-Based Rates, Order Refunds

Kaiser Aluminum Completes Power Sale; UPS Workers Compensation

EPA Decides Mercury Emissions from Power Plants Must Be Reduced

Cold Forecast Bolsters Energy Futures

Ice Storm Leaves 97,000 without Power

Customers Show Interest in Averaging Monthly Utility Bills

State to Further Offset High Energy Costs for Low-Income Households

Bge And Constellation Power Source Generation Employees Choose to Remain 
Union Free

Tdc Energy Corporation Closes $75,000,000 Facility

Atmos Energy Corporation Announces Pricing of Public Offering of 6,000,000 
Shares

Madison Gas And Electric Elects Newman Vice President And Treasurer

Great River Energy to Build Emergency Temporary Power Line Near Devils Lake

Transcanada Power, L.P. Announces Quarterly Distribution

Thermal Energy International Inc - of Mercury Emissions from Coal-Fired Power 
Stations

FYI: Business ; Energy Secretary Orders Power Sales to California

Catalytica Announces Distribution Ratio for Spin-Off of Catalytica Energy 
Systems Shares

Management`S Discussions: 10qsb, Solar Energy Ltd

DTE Energy Units Prepared to Meet Summer Peak Electric Demand

Reliant Energy Solutions Chosen by the City of Beverly Hills to Provide 
Energy Efficiency Services

Energy Services Group Augments Client Services Staff; Florie Ritchie to Serve 
As Director of Client Services

General Electric CO - Inglis And Whirlpool Vindicated in Patent Battle 
Against General - Electric, Camco And Maytag

Department of the Interior Bure U of Land Management Federal Coal Lease 
Application

Backtalk: Is Electric Surcharge Necessary?

Power Options Sought Uneasy: City, Utility Officials Scramble to Find Other 
Solutions to Electricity Crisis Besides 86% Surcharge

Cut Your Power Bill with The Journal

U.S. govt invokes emergency powers to maintain power supplies in California

Energy Update/Los Angeles Department of Water And Power Daily Energy Update, 
Friday, DEC. 15, 2000

Shenandoah Energy Inc. Announces $73 Million Capital Budget for Year 2001

Centurion Energy International Inc. to Continue Normal

Advisory/Bay Area Residents Facing the Energy Crisis Sound Ideas And 
Practical Solutions

State to Sue KN Energy; It's Stopping Government Regulation

Extreme Energy Corp - to Issue Flow Through Shares

Repeats: Energy Volume And Open Interest Totals-DEC 15

Green Mountain Energy Company Hosts Free Holiday Race to Benefit Local 
Charities

Soaring Natural Gas Prices Threaten California's Cut Flower Growing Industry

Semco Energy Gas Company Advises Caution with Snow Removal

Noia Urges Mms to Create Viable Long-Term Energy Policy

Fpl Group, Entergy Shareholders Approve Creation of Nation's Leading Power 
Company

Onexchange Executive Available to Discuss How Energy Clearinghouses Could 
Prevent Energy Problems Similar to The One Facing California

First Private Supplier Gets Power Licence

Ppl Montana Generation Is Helping California Electricity Customers

Charger Energy Inc - Green River Basin Project Update

Utah's Utility Companies Seek Rate Hikes

Smooth Day of Power: Intervention, Conservation Key

Redwood Energy Ltd - Terms of the Public Offering

Bottom Line Energy Issues

US Giant General Electric Confident About 2001

Board Elections Held for Electricities

Southwestern Energy Company Invites You to Join Its 2001 Outlook & Strategy 
Conference Call on The Web

Cinergy Appoints Human Resources Vice President, Energy Delivery Business 
Unit Chief Financial Officer

Nuevo Energy Company Sets 2001 Capital Budget at $181 Million

The Exploration Company Announces Record Natural Gas Prices

County to Pay $8m in Extra Power Costs -

Power Outages Strike South County

For pro-Bush Interest Groups, It's Wish List Time But Those Who Supported 
Gore Won't Necessarily Get Coals, Either

Freemarkets Announces New Agreement with Baltimore Gas And Electric; 
Maryland's Largest Energy Service Provider to Use Freemarkets to Identify 
Savings And Efficiencies

California Ruined Its Own Electric Market, Now Ours

Millions in Energy Aid Lined Up

Azcentral.com US to Cut Mercury Emissions From Coal-Fired Plants

Agrium Inc - Well Positioned in the Face of Record Natural Gas Prices

Talisman Energy Inc - Acquires Almost 500,000 Net Acres of Land in Canada in 
2000

Energy Channel http://www.Buildings.com - Presents Bottom Line Energy Issues

California State University's San Bernardino Campus Cuts Back Operating Hours 
to Save Energy

Power Board's Industry Ties May Be Cut / Federal Regulators Consider Making 
Deregulation's Creation Independent

Vta Board Picks Diesel / South Bay Won't Get Natural-Gas Buses

U.S. Energy Secretary Orders Power Sale to Avoid Blackouts

Energy Chief Slams Resales Bpa Asks Kaiser to Explain What It Will Do with 
Power Profits

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Pemex Petrochemicals Subsidiary Victim of Natural Gas Hikes

Burma: Seminar Discusses Energy Requirements

Energy Efficiency Cash Now on Tap

Top Energy Summaries - Friday, December 15, 2000 - 2:24 PM

Unified Energy Systems Reform Is Necessary, Putin.

Faulty Electric Pumps Found in French Nuclear Power Stations

UK Government: Government Consents to Combined Heat And Power Station at 
North Mersey Goods Yard

Vaalco Energy, Inc. Announces Gabon Partners

Top Energy Summaries - Friday, December 15, 2000 - 12:22 PM

Govt. to Strengthen Hydro Development - Peru

Huragua Power Plant Beneficial for Cuba, Moscow -- Minister.

Brazil: Tractabel And Petrobras to Construct Thermal Electric

Govt to Discuss Energy Industry Reform in April-June 2001.

EDF buys majority stake in Budapest power plant

Russia May Have Energy Crisis in 2003-2005, Official.

Russia to Extend 3bn US Dollar Loan to Indian Power Plant Project

No Reason to Celebrate Chernobyl Closure, Says Russian Atomic Energy Minister

North Korea: Provincial Committee Builds Power Plant

Top Energy Summaries - Friday, December 15, 2000 - 9:14 Am

PowerGen sells option to build German power plant to Intergen

China to Control Petroleum Consumption Through Energy-Saving Measures

Top Energy Summaries - Friday, December 15, 2000 - 7:39 Am

Nordic Power Firms Set to Grow, Say Analysts

Ukraine Sees Armenia As Important Energy Transit Point - Ukrainian Envoy

North Korea: Power Station Increases Electricity Production

Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Shut

Japan welcomes Chernobyl shutdown, but sticks to nuclear energy

USA Keen on Fuel Transportation Projects in Ukraine - US Energy Secretary

Still Not Too Late for Russia to Return to Cuban Energy Sector - Minister

North Korea's plea for power stalls peace talks

Singapore utility fined for not billing customers

Australia's Solar Energy Systems Debuts on Asx

Indian Govt to Introduce Compulsory Power Metering

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Utility Company Asks Workers to Quit, Affecting Staff in Connecticut

U.S. Orders Power from Northwest Generating Stations to California

Tacoma, Wash., Businesses Plot Strategies to Pay for Added Electrical Costs

Minnesota Chamber of Commerce Seeks Changes in State'S Electricity Industry

California Utility Expands Program to Help Low-Income Families

California Officials Report Improvement in State'S Power Crisis

U.S. Orders Power Producers to Sell to California Utilities

California Utility Increases Aid to Low-Income Families

U.S. Energy Secretary Orders Power to California to Avoid Rolling Blackouts

Northwest Utilities Cancel Power Warning

Beleaguered California Utilities Max Out Credit

Canadians Electricity Producer to End Contract with New England Utilities

Philadelphia Gas Works Asks Regulators for Millions More in Funding

Utah Utilities Seek State Approval for Rate Hikes

U.S. Advances Plan to Combine Transmission Systems of Five Wisconsin Utilities

Medford, Ore.-Area Natural Gas Utility Wants 29 Percent Rate Increase

High Energy Prices, Mishaps Impact Grand Forks, N.D.-Area Customers

Colorado Gas, Electric Utility to File for Third Rate Increase in Six Months

South Carolina Utility Names New Chief Operating Officer

Proposed Power Plant in Talbot County, GA., Clears Hurdle

Barge Cleared to Carry Steam Generators to Nuclear Plant Near Dothan, ALA.

Feds Step in to Ease Electric Crisis in California

California Utility Loses $1 Million An Hour As Blackouts Loom

Illinois Utility Warns Residential Customers of Soaring Natural Gas Bills

Official Tells Senate Hearing That High Natural Gas Prices Will Persist

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12/17/00 More severe weather batters US Northeast, Midwest

12/17/00 Spain may take harder line on power merger-report

12/16/00 UPDATE 1-Chicago flights canceled ahead of snowstorm

12/16/00 Disputed Czech N-plant shuts down due to pump problem

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