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FIRSTENERGY: 425-MW OHIO PEAKING PLANT DUE UP FOR SUMMER

FirstEnergy Corp. expects to have a new 425-megawatt peaking power plant in 
northern Ohio ready for commercial operations soon, a company spokeswoman 
said Friday.

PSE&G/RATES - 2: PSEG COULD BUILD 340 MW IN CALIFORNIA BY AUTUMN

Unregulated units PSEG Power and PSEG Global are expected to anchor the 
company's growth with the construction of new power plants in the U.S. and 
abroad, the executives said.

FEDERAL OFFICIALS APPROVE POWER PRICE CONTROLS FOR CALIFORNIA

Federal regulators Wednesday ordered limited price controls for California's 
electricity market that will kick in when a shortage of power threatens to 
plunge the state into an emergency.

BUSH EXPLORING POWER PLANT BOOSTS

The Bush administration and congressional Republicans are exploring ways to 
boost production from California's small, alternative-energy power plants, 
many of which have shut down because they weren't getting paid.

PRAISES SUNG FOR NEW POWER PLANT; COAL-FIRED FACILITY IS FIRST ALLOWED IN 20 
YEARS

Coal industry and union representatives Thursday pointed to a planned $137 
million power plant in Logan County as an example of how Illinois coal can 
become an environmentally friendly and inexpensive energy source.

EXCO RESOURCES INC. - COMPLETES $51.3 MILLION ACQUISITION OF ADDISON ENERGY 
INC.

EXCO Resources, Inc. announced that it completed the previously announced 
acquisition of Addison Energy Inc., a private Canadian oil and gas company 
headquartered in Calgary.


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UniSource Energy Earnings -2: 1Q Fincl Table, Comment

PSE&G/Pwr -3: Expects To Recover $40 Million From PG&E

UniSource Energy Sees 2001 Net Of At Least $2.50/Shr

UniSource Energy Boosts 2001 Net View >UNS

UniSource Energy 1Q Net 56c/Share Before Acctg Change

UniSource Energy 1Q Net 57c/Diluted Shr Vs 1c >UNS

UniSource Energy/Global Energy CEO -2:Effective May 1

4 Texas Utils Ordered To Return $3.9B In Stranded Costs

REPEAT: PSE&G: NJ Will Allow It To Recover Any Shortfall

PSE&G/Rates -2:PSEG Could Build 340 MW In Calif By Autumn

UniSource Energy: Misra To Be Global Energy Pres/CEO >UNS

UniSource Energy: Global Energy Sol Pres,CEO To Step Down

Chicago, Suburbs Nearing New Deal For Cleaner Power

PRESS RELEASE: Moody's Upgrades Exelon Corp, PECO, ComEd

Exelon Corp Sr Unsec Raised To Baa2 By Moody's

Venezuela To Restart LMDS Auction Process By End Of May

Dynegy Exec:More Grid Access Could Avert Some Blackouts

Commonwealth Edison Sr Sec Raised To A3 By Moody's

PECO Energy Co Sr Unsec Raised To A2 By Moody's

NRC To Meet With Kewanee Nuclear Operators Over Safety

PSE&G: NJ Will Allow It To Recover Any Shortfall

PRESS RELEASE: Moody's Confirms Reliant Energy A3 Sr Sec

FirstEnergy: 425-MW Ohio Peaking Plant Due Up For Summer

Reliant Energy Sr Sec Confirmed At A3 By Moody's >REI

Mirant, Vattenfall To Create Third-Largest German Pwr Co

FPL Telecommunications Unit Signs Data Center Deal

Energy Execs: US Energy Policy Needs Free-Market Focus

Jackson Charity Adds 40 Donors To US Tax Return - Report

NRC: FL&P 839-MW St Lucie 2 Seen Back Early Next Week

Endesa To Continue Chile Invest; Confident On Argentina

Enron Offl Given Authority To End India Pwr Proj -Report

US LEC Results -3: Street Sees '01 Loss $3.11/Shr >CLEC

US LEC Results -2: 1Q Financial Table, Comment >CLEC

US LEC 'On Target' For 2001 Fincl Plans >CLEC

US LEC 1Q Losses 66c A Shr Vs $1.44 >CLEC

US LEC 1Q Negative EBITDA $5.3M Vs Negative $1.7M >CLEC

MAAC Sees 17% Power Reserve Margin For Summer 2001

MACC Report Sees 17% Reserve Margin For Power This Summer

Eichel -4: German Economic Growth Remains "Robust"

Eichel -2: Follows Lower German Econ Growth Forecast

Eichel -3: Eyes On May 17 Tax Revenue Forecast

EnBW Convertible/Pricing -2: Bond Redeemable at 102.9%

German Govt/01 GDP -4: Bigger Rise In Deficit Seen

EnBW Convertible Coupon/YTM 3-Yr Euro Swap Rate -230 BPs

EnBW Convertible Priced With 19% Premium >G.ENR

German Govt/01 GDP -3: Split Over Extra Budget Measures

German Govt/01 GDP -2: Stage Set For Possible Budget Row


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Coal Gets Newfound Attention: Environmentalists Unhappy About Bush Support

Energy-sector Sell-off Schedule Delays Sale of Most Lucrative Plants To 2002

Federal Power Plants To Raise Output 35% in 2001

LAX Opens Natural Gas Fuel Station; LAX Station Fuels Expanding Fleet of 
Alternative-Fuel Vehicles

Elamex Announces Restructure of Its Joint Venture with General Electric

Bush Exploring Power Plant Boosts

Consumer Group Proposes Locking in Natural Gas Prices

Bid to Limit Energy Costs Fails

Petrobank Energy And Resources Ltd. Purchases the

Daybreak Energy Corporation Announces New Initiatives

CEO of Global Energy Solutions Steps Down

Canargo Energy Corp - Acquisition of Canargo Power Corporation

Thermal Energy International Inc. - Improves Profitability

Atmos Energy Corporation Will Webcast Management Presentation

Praises Sung for New Power Plant ; Coal-Fired Facility Is First Allowed in 20 
Years

Ryan Sets Summit to Develop Plan for Illinois Coal Industry

Appa Members Offer Online Energy Information

Ahmsa Coal Could Fuel New Power Plant - Mexico

Repeats: Energy Volume And Open Interest Totals-APR 27

Top Energy Summaries - Friday, April 27, 2001 - 2:11 PM

Arch Coal CEO Steven Leer Sees A Promising Time for His Product Powder River 
Basin Price Jumps from $4.50 A Ton to $15 in A Year

Sale of Sierra Pacific Power Company Water Business Receives Final Regulatory 
Approval

Westmoreland Coal CO: Mdu Resources Group, Inc. - Westmoreland Power to Join 
Montana-Dakota Utilities' Application - for Lv-21 Power Project

Stuart Energy Signs Lease for 135,000 Square Foot Facility

Tennessee Valley Authority Addition of Electric Generation Peaking Capacity 
at Greenfield Sites, Mississippi

Natural Gas Outlook

C-Tech Energy Services Inc. Announces Signing of A Letter of Intent

Fast-track Energy Bills Hit Gop Block

Feds' Power Plan Offers Hope of Stability / Analysis: Prices Would Be 
Regulated During Emergency Periods

S.F. Ponders Wind Turbines for Its Land Near Sunol / Up to 50 Generators 
Could Dot Landscape

Pipeline Power Partners And Snc-Lavalin to Design And Build Gas Compressor 
Station in New York State

Exco Resources Inc - Completes $51.3 Million Acquisition of Addison Energy 
Inc.

Top Energy Summaries - Friday, April 27, 2001 - 12:06 PM

Advisory/Executive from Power Grid Operator Pjm to Comment on Energy Crisis

Kcp&L Issues Good Power Outlook for Summer

Power Players

Energy Savers Can Now Be Paid for Efforts Washington And Idaho Ok Avista 
Plan; That Offers Conservation Rebates

Aes Drax Energy Ltd.Exchange Offer Expires

Silverado Gold Mines Ltd - Growing U.S. Government Support for Silverado's 
'Green Fuel' - As Low Cost Way to Alleviate Electrical Shortages

Go-ahead for 'Green' Power Plant

Midcoast Energy Resources Inc. Declares $0.10 Per Share Dividend

Pointserve Acquires Servana; Latest Acquisition Bolsters Internet 
Infrastructure Capabilities for Global Economic Optimization of Utility 
Industry

Exelon Generation, Peoples Energy Announce Plans to Complete Power Generation 
Project

Kvaerner Wins Usd120m Power Plant Contract in the US


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Asian Development Bank To Finance Upgrading of Central Asian Power Grid

Kinetic Energy Inc.: Corporate Update

Pace Considers Financing of Completion of Power Units at Khmelnytsky and 
Rivne Npp as Inexpedient

Fuji Electric to Spin Off Industrial System Div.

Canargo Announces Acquisition of Canargo Power Corporation

NY Natural Gas Review: Dips, Losses Continued Amid Light Use

Czechs Say Austria Challenges Their Sovereign Right to Choose Energy Policy

Turkmenistan Ready to Deliver Natural Gas to Turkey

Ukraine: New Head of State Energy Market Operator Appointed (Update)

Estonian Premier Rules Out Amendments to Energy Sell-Off Agreement

Grande Prairie to Be First Canadian Customer for Cummins-Westport 1.5 
Megawatt Natural Gas Generator

Turkish Energy Minister Resigns

Russia Ups Coal Output 2.4% in Q1

Ocean Power Corporation Sigma Update

Astropower Joint Venture to Power World's Largest Solar Plant; Astrasolar to 
Supply 13mw of Apex(TM) Solar Cells for Spanish Project

Growing U.S. Government Support for Silverado's 'Green Fuel' As Low Cost Way 
to Alleviate Electrical Shortages

India Needs US$854.15 Mln to Achieve 100% Power Metering: CEA

S Korean Power Consumption Up 6.7 Pct in March

Environment: Chernobyl Cripples The Health Of Younger Generation

China's Shaanxi Seeks Foreign Investment to Build Power Plant

India's Power Generation to Increase Over Next 3 Years: Minister


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Duke Energy Wary of California Power Woes

(B) Opinion/Research: the Rising Price of Energy in The Western US

Gulfport, Miss.-Based Power Names New CEO

Texas Utility Commission Approves Energy Firm's Transmission Rates


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