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Top Stories (March 1)

CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR EXPECTS TO REACH POWER-LINES AGREEMENT WITH SECOND UTILITY
California Gov. Gray Davis said Tuesday he expected the state to reach an 
agreement to buy power lines from Pacific Gas & Electric Co., but it could 
take up to a month -- a delay that might hamper the state's ability to secure 
power for anticipated shortfalls this summer.
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CALIFORNIA ISO REQUESTS CONTINUED CONSERVATION EFFORTS; STAGE TWO ELECTRICAL 
EMERGENCY DECLARED THIS MORNING
The California Independent System Operator declared a Stage Two Electrical 
Emergency this morning, Thursday, March 1, 2001 at 6:50 a.m.
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MISSOURI POWER GENERATION STATION SALE ANNOUNCED
Duke Energy North America today announced the sale of its 100-percent 
interest in a 640-megawatt power plant under construction in Audrain County, 
Mo., to NRG Energy Inc. for an undisclosed sum.
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RG&E RESTRUCTURES TO PROMOTE NATURAL-GAS COMPETITION
The New York Public Service Commission has approved a plan to restructure an 
upstate utility's natural-gas operations in an effort to promote retail 
competition.
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UtiliCorp Signs Conditional Agreement To Join MW ISO

RG&E Restructures To Promote Natural-Gas Competition -PSC

PRESS RELEASE: Moody's Rates Peco Energy Trans Bonds Aaa

Spain's Cantabrico/2000 -3: Elec Prod Rose 15.3% >E.HIC

Spain's Cantabrico/2000 -2: Sales EUR251.75, Up 6.6%

Analysts Had Seen Cantabrico 2000 Net Pft EUR122.53M

Cantabrico 2000 Net Pft EUR121.06M, Up 11.4% >E.HIC

US Southeast Power Prices Slide On Mild Weather Forecasts

Utility Says Calif Gov Broke Law In Seizing Pwr Contracts

Con Ed Plant Engineer Warning Ressurects Safety Issues

Exelon 1,145-MW Byron 2 At 100% After Minor Repair

PG&E/Payments -5: Disagrees With Proposed Payment Method

PG&E/Payments -6: Ratio Approach Would Hurt Co. Liquidity

Chile's Wireless Local Loop Auction Attracts 39 Companies

PG&E Retains Counsel To Advise On Selling Lines - Report

PG&E/Payments -4: Other Suit Concerns Tax-Sharing Pact

PG&E/Payments -2: To Partially Pay On Pro Rata Basis>PCG

PG&E/Payments -3: Suit Alleges Breach Of Fiduciary Duty

PG&E Says Suits Seekings $2.326B, $663M In Restitution

PG&E Hit With Two Lawsuits On Feb 13 >PCG

PG&E To Pay $51M For Jan., $177M For Dec. Purchases>PCG

PG&E Owes $1.11B For Dec. Power Purchases >PCG

PG&E Owes $331M For Jan. Power Deliveries >PCG

RWE Clarifies To Spain's CNMV That Not In Talks With EDP

Toyota Unveils New Experimental Fuel-Cell Vehicle >TM

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Top Energy Summaries - Thursday, March 01, 2001 - 5:23 PM

Scientists Push for Renewable Energy

Management`S Discussions: 10-K405, Unisource Energy Corp 4 of 4

Management`S Discussions: 10-K405, Unisource Energy Corp 3 of 4

Management`S Discussions: 10-K405, Unisource Energy Corp 1 of 4

Management`S Discussions: 10-K405, Unisource Energy Corp 2 of 4

Njbpu Approves New Programs And Funding for Customer Energy Savings And 
Renewable Energy

Mckenzie Bay International Ltd - Begins Lac Dore Feasibility Study New 
Vanadium Energy - Technologies

Tri-Cities Look at How to Keep The Lights on Experts Suggest High- Voltage 
Line to Carry More Power

Missouri Power Generation Station Sale Announced

Tenderland Power Company Names John F. Mcjennett Iii Chief Executive Officer

John E. Schneider Named Executive Vice President And Chief Operating Officer 
of Semco Energy's Michigan Gas Utility

California Water Service Group Offers Webcast of Edward Jones Utility 
Investors Conference

Clayton Williams Energy Announces 2000 Year End Reserves

Otter Tail Joins Miso Power Delivery System

Puco Directs Its Staff to File A Report on Natural Gas Customer Choice And 
Price Issues

Top Energy Summaries - Thursday, March 01, 2001 - 2:24 PM

Fitch Rts Peco Energy Transition Trust, Series 2001-a `Aaa'

Fitch Rates Idaho Power Secured Notes `a+'

Teco Power Services, Panda Energy Select Epc Contractor for Gila River Power 
Station

Allegheny Energy And Subsidiary Declare Quarterly Dividends

Repeats: Energy Volume And Open Interest Totals-Mar 1

BOMA's Online Energy Escort

California ISO Requests Continued Conservation Efforts; Stage Two Electrical 
Emergency Declared This Morning

Devon Energy Corporation Announces Cash Dividends for Common And Preferred 
Shareholders

Superior Energy Services to Webcast Upcoming Presentation at Raymond James & 
Associates Institutional Investors Conference

Harken Energy Corp - Provides Operations Update

AFS Trinity Power Expands Role to Integrate Flywheel UPS with Fuel Cell And 
Microturbine Companies

Top Energy Summaries - Thursday, March 01, 2001 - 12:26 PM

Management`S Discussions: 10-K405, Ppl Electric Utilities Corp

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners Completes Majority of Gatx Transaction

Natural Gas Buyers Rate Conoco a Leader in Customer Service, According to 
Mastio Survey

Energy North Inc - Releases Year 2000 Results And Updates Activities.

Energy Update/Los Angeles Department of Water And Power Daily Energy Update, 
Thursday, March 1, 2001

Vectren Presents at Edward Jones Utility Investors Conference

Advisory/California ISO Files with Ferc to Obtain More Data, Longer Review 
Time And Hearing on Potential Overcharging by Energy Suppliers

Bush Unveils Energy Budget

Fox, Bush To Push Respective Energy Needs In Visit

Geocan Energy Inc. (Cdnx: GCA) Announces Positive Results for The Nine Months 
Period

Senate Moves to Close Loophole Unanimous Approval Could Help Prevent Electric 
Deregulation in Idaho

Reader's View Time to Rethink Opposition to Hydroelectric Power

Idaho a Much Bigger Power Hog Than California Gem State Ranks No. 1 in 
Per-Capita Use of The Juice

Kennedy Pumps Up Democrats, Talks Energy

-Supreme Court Sides with EPA in Environmental Case - IssueAlert for March 1, 
2001

-Weathernomics Gas Buyer Beats Average Twelve-Month Natural Gas Market Price 
By $0.72 per MMBtu

International Power PLC Notification of Preliminary Results

Energy North Inc. Releases Year 2000 Results And Updates

Wsi Seasonal Update Foresees Warmth in the Southwestern U.S. for Spring 2001; 
Wsi Issues An Update of Special Interest to Energy Traders

Fitch Rates Nashville Electric Service, TN $215mm Revs `Aa'

Arctic Power Refutes Environmental Attack on National Security Energy Bill 
2001: Remarks Called Misleading

Hotter Than Average Summer Will Mean Higher Energy Bills

Lockwood Greene Awarded Power Project

Essential Debuts New Look And Feel; Energy And Communications Marketplace 
Announces Redesign And Enhancements

Tetra Tech Expands Energy Services Business

Reliable Power Systems Announces the Appointment of David Mazur As Senior 
Vice President And Chief Technology Officer

El Paso Merchant Energy Announces Awarded Capacity on El Paso Natural Gas 
System

Top Energy Summaries - Thursday, March 01, 2001 - 7:21 Am

AFS Trinity Power Expands Role, Integrates Flywheel UPS with Fuel Cell And 
Microturbine Companies

Lawmakers Foresee Energy Legislation

Earthquake Follow Up from Cascade Natural Gas

Rhombic Corp - Program to Further Develop Its Patented Diamond Material - for 
Fuel Cell Application

Virginia Tech Coal Research Helps Save Money, Environment-(Virginia Tech)

Gasoline, Energy Sources Questioned-(Oklahoma State U.)

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China's West-East Power Transmission to Optimize Resources

EU Probing Electric-Honeywell Deal

Ecuador: Electric Energy Imports from Colombia

Fourth Unit of Kola Nuclear Power Plant Undergoes Repairs

Yuschenko Marks Improvements in Ukrainian Energy Market

Planned Power Cuts Set to Batter Zse Further

Eaton Completes Purchase of Japanese Fluid Power Joint Venture Company

China Needs to Restructure Power Industry: Experts

Ues of Russia Negotiating with China, Mongolia On Coal Buy

Ukraine nuclear reactor shut down after electric failure

-Hertfordshire, UK Power Station Goes Under The On Line Hammer

Chashma Hydel Power Projects Inaugurated in Pakistan

China's Total Wind Power Capacity To Reach 1.5 Mln kW by 2005

-Henwood Releases First Comprehensive Power Market Database For India

Huaneng Power to Purchase Natural Gas, Pipeline Transportation

Japanese firms buy CO2 emission rights from Australian power utility

Hpi Signs Letter of Intent with PetroChina On Natural Gas Purchase

Prepayment Metering Systems Give Residential Customers Greater Control Over 
Energy Use And Costs

Agreements on Vietnam Power Plants Signed Before Pres Visit

State to Bolster Energy Infrastructure

Arroyo appoints Deustche Bank's Jose Camacho new Energy Secretary

Putting Energy Into Thrift

EU imposes anti-dumping duties on China energy-saving light bulbs

Krasnoyarsk Miners Stop Coal Deliveries to Power Plants

New Power Plant Operational in Northwest China

UK Government: Government Gives Go Ahead for Combined Heat And Power Station

Csiro: New Industries from Aussie Energy Technologies

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Danbury, Conn.-Based Fuel Cell Energy Posts Loss, Increased Revenues

Washington, D.C.-Area Hoteliers Shun Energy Surcharges

Suit Challenges Decision That Could Bring Power Plant to Luzerne County, Pa.

Western Businesses Trim Power Consumption, Urge Others to Follow Suit

Tacoma, Wash., Council Allows Electric Utility to Borrow to Keep Buying Power

Support Grows for Calpine's Power Plant Proposed for San Jose, Calif.

California Governor Expects to Reach Power-Lines Agreement with Second Utility

Seattle City Council Authorizes Expansion of Utility Bill Assistance Program

California Governor Says Fixes for Power Crisis Are Nearly Done

Residents of Western States Blame California for Rising Power Bills

Peco Energy to Raise Natural Gas Rates by 25 Percent for Philadelphia Suburbs

Rural Colorado Areas, Legislators Step Up Effort to Mitigate Water Purchases

California Leaders Continue Debate Over Action to Resolve Electricity Crisis

California Utility Customers Upset with High Prices

California Governor Predicts Federal Approval of Power Proposal

Drought Threatens to Make California Energy Crisis Worse

California Utility Workers Protest Over Problems Related to Energy Crisis

California Officials Present Possible Solution to Electricity Crisis

Analysts Say California Officials Ignored Warnings About Deregulation

Orange County, Calif., Businesses Fear Effects of Blackouts

Port of Long Beach, Calif., Requests Exemption from Rolling Power Blackouts

Cautious Detroit Energy Firm Lowers Selling Price

President of California Utilities Commission Defends Handling of Power Crisis

-Stock of Oklahoma Energy Company Seriously Undervalued, Experts Say

-Oklahoma Residents Seek Assistance to Help Pay Natural Gas Bills

-Houston-Based Enron Subsidiary to Manage Energy Needs for Drugmaker Eli Lilly

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Update 1-S.C. Summer nuke seen back within several days

El Paso work on gas line to Calif. to cut flows by half

Canada spot gas follows U.S. lower in quiet trade

Utilities come through Seattle quake mostly unscathed

TABLE - Massey Energy Q1 results, sales rise

DTE shrs higher on revised MCN merger terms, stk buyback

Calif. urges power conservation in second day of alert

Nevada casinos face 25 pct hike in power costs

UPDATE 1-Calif. lifts power alert as plants go back on line

Duke sells proposed 640 MW Mo. power plant to NRG

Chile's wireless phone licenses draw 39 companies

German railways unites its energy activities

Moody's assigns Allegheny Energy Supply Co Baa1 rating

Northwestern Corp names Orme CFO, Newell CEO of unit

Vodafone confirms Infostrada discussions with Enel

Israel's Ormat to buy, lease two Nevada power plants

Enel may renegotiate Infostrada deal-source

Enel reaction awaited after telecoms deal ruling

CORRECTED-Frankfurt power exchange to launch futures on Thurs

UPDATE 1-Tractebel aims to buy Korea, Singapore power firms

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