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?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. 


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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

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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



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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

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-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

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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

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