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CALIFORNIA ENERGY CRISIS PLAN LIKELY TO BE INTRODUCED TUESDAY
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MIDWEST ISO SUGGESTS NEW STRUCTURE TO MANAGE MIDWEST GRID
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SCOTTISHPOWER'S PACIFICORP FILES $142M UTAH RATE CASE
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GPU Telcom Svcs Building Northeast Fiber-Optic Network

NY Power Authority Wins Approval For NYC Plants

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Natural-Gas Company Execs Find Pipeline to Fortune

Nicor Gas Announces Plans for Permanent 12-Month Customer Payment Programthe 
Market Cost for Natural Gas Has Risen Dramatically Since Last Summer And Has 
Resulted in Significantly Higher Home Heating Bills for Customers This 
Winter. This Is A National Problem, with Wholesale U.S. Gas Prices At Histo

Nuclear Plant Will Retool for Power Boost

Courage Energy Announces New Pool Discovery

Xcel Energy Purchases Livedata's Recently Released Personalview Server

Business Panel to Look at Local Power Issues

Reliant Energy Begins Electronic Purchasing Via Pantellos

Holiday Power Alert in Calif.

Automated Power Exchange Names Victoria Reader Vice President of Human 
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Energy Update/Los Angeles Department of Water And Power Daily Energy Update 
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A Full Tapps Helps in Power Crunch 'Different Scenario': Puget Sound Energy 
Sees Full Reservoir As Precaution in Case of Cold Snap

Contact Energy Escapes Edison Crisis Fallout

Reliant Energy Declares 2001 Annual Meeting Date

Angela Sparks Elected VP - Government Affairs at Energy East

'Lights Out' Now the Buzz: Conservation Called Key Energy Option

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United Energy Threatening New Energy Regulator with Legal Action

Azcentral.com - Calif. Gov. to Push Plan to Buy Power

Safeguards Sought for Energy Plan / Lawmakers, Activists Warn of Utility 
Bailout

Mayor Proposes Creating Berkeley Power Authority / City Offers Ideas Amid 
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All Diesel Is Dirty, Critics Charge / But Transit Agencies Resisting Natural 
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Ppl's El Salvadoran Service Territory Hit by Earthquake; with Power Restored, 
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RICHARDSON WINDS UP TOUR OF PERSIAN GULF OPEC MEMBER NATIONS

Us' Richardson: to Hold Emergency California Power Meet Tuesday

El Paso Considers Hydro Acquisition - Brazil

Putin's Show of Power Gives U.S. Headaches Russians Express Strong Support 
for the Former KGB Agent, Who Inherited a Host of Troubles from Boris Yeltsin

Development-China: Solar Power Lights Up Mountainous Areas

BC Hydro Will Help Alcan Out of Power Crunch

New Kazakh Deputy Energy Minister Appointed

Brazil : Copel to Privatise Energy Sector

Peru: Nordic Power Invest And Skanska to Build 4 Power Plants

Peru: Southern Power Companies to Be Privatized As Whole Back

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Russian Power Specialists Plan to Export Electricity to Sweden

Singapore, Indonesia leaders launch joint energy project

First Segments of Nuclear Power Plant Sent to Iran

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Consumers Fail to Make Efforts to Conserve Energy

Sister Company of California Utility Reassures Its Rhode Island Employees

Pittsburgh-Area Businesses, Families Cope with Higher Natural Gas Prices

The Modesto Bee, Calif., Consumer Focus Column

California Power Crisis Raises Concern for New Jersey Deregulation

The Record, Hackensack, N.J., Your Money's Worth Column

Rosemead, Calif., Utility Firm Halts Contribution to Business Gathering

San Bernardino County, Calif., Water District May Tap Aquifer

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Canada natgas spot prices flat amid U.S. holiday

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Lithuania says heads of state firms aid restructuring

Russia Far East hit by protests, power cuts, freeze

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Brazil offers new power utility, transmission concessions

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