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CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR SAYS PLAN WILL SAVE UTILITIES, KEEP RATES LOW
Gov. Gray Davis unveiled a multibillion-dollar plan Friday that he claims 
will rescue debt-ridden utilities with little or no rate increase, but the 
long-awaited proposal wasn't immediately embraced by either the Legislature 
or utility executives.
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ENERGY EAST PLANS TO BUY RGS ENERGY FOR $1.4 BLN
The Energy East Corp., which owns New York State Electric & Gas, plans to 
announce today that it agreed to acquire the RGS Energy group of Rochester, 
for $1.4 billion, The New York Times reported in its Tuesday editions.
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SOUTHERN COMPANY TO ADD 6,600 MEGAWATTS GENERATING CAPACITY
Southern Co. (SO) will add an undisclosed number of power plants to boost 
generating capacity in the Southeast by 6,600 megawatts by 2004.
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NEW MEXICO LAWMAKER TOUTS BILL TO DELAY DEREGULATION
With the New Mexico Legislature nearing the halfway point of this year's 
60-day session in Santa Fe, lawmakers are engaged in a flurry of activity 
trying to meet today's deadline for introduction of all legislation.
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KINDER MORGAN TO BUILD 3,300 MW OF GAS-FIRED GENERATION; WILLIAMS TO MARKET 
POWER
Kinder Morgan, Inc. and a unit of Williams today announced a 16-year 
agreement under which Williams will supply fuel to and market 3,300 megawatts 
of capacity for six natural gas-fired, intermediate-peaking power generation 
facilities to be developed by Kinder Morgan Power Company over the next four 
years.
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Energy East Enlarges N.Y. Footprint With RGS Energy Deal

Incoming CEO Sees Southern Co's Net Doubling Over 5 Yrs

Amer Electric Power/Telscape -2: For Fiber Optic Svc>AEP

ABB Chairman Buys 30,000 ABB Shares At Market Price

Aperian, TXU Unit In Energy Mgmt Pact >APRN TXU

PRESS RELEASE: PG&E Natl Assigned Baa2 Issuer: Moody's

CORRECTION: PG&E National Assigned Baa2 Issuer: Moody's

PSEG Confirms It Has Bid For Italy's Elettrogen >EN

PG&E National Assigned Baa2 Issuer Rtg By Moody's

PG&E National Sr Notes Confirmed At Baa1 By Moody's

India Shrugs Off US Criticism On Nuclear Fuel Shipments

Southern Co Added Capacity-2: Sees 3% Yrly Rise In Demand

Amer Electric Power, Telscape Intl In Alliance >AEP

American States Water Earnings -2: 4Q, Yr Fincl Table>AWR

Southern Co To Add 6,600 Megawatts Generating Capacity

American States Water 4Q Net 30c A Share Vs 23c >AWR

Southern Co To Add Generating Plants By 2004 >SO

E.On, RWE, HEW, Enron To Be EEX Futures Mkt Makers-Source

Energy East Plans To Buy RGS Energy For $1.4 Bln - NYT

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-Ionics Empowers Texas Power Plant With Hi-Tech Water Solution

-Tadpole-Cartesia Names Consulting Engineers Power Engineers A Technology 
Partner

-@ENERGY 2.0 Delivers First Comprehensive Analytical Software Solution to the 
Global Energy and Power Markets

-PAN CANADIAN SELECTS HENWOOD'S INTEGRATED SOFTWARE FOR ELECTRICITY TRADING 
AND RETAIL OPERATIONS

Fitch Places Green Mountain Power on Rating Watch Positive

Power Costs Jolt Businesses

NY Natural Gas Review: Lower; Market Erodes on Expected Warming

Txu Energy Services And Aperian, Inc. Sign 10-Year Multi-Million Dollar 
Energy Management Deal

Bridge Update-Commodities: Natural Gas, Sugar Slump; Coffee Jumps

Gulf Canada Reports Record Cash Generation for 2000Cash Generated Per Share 
Doubles Finding And Development Costs of $5.16/BOE

Gulf Canada Reports Record Cash Generation for 2000

California's Power Bill: $2m An Hour

-Florida Study Recommends Wholesale Deregulation - IssueAlert for February 
20, 2001

Top Energy Summaries - Tuesday, February 20, 2001 - 2:26 PM

Kinder Morgan to Build 3,300 Mw of Gas-Fired Generation; Williams to Market 
Power

Energy Sell-off Changes See Generators & Distributors Sold ...

CDM Expands its Commitment to the Electrical and Instrumentation Market

Power Plant Plan Faulted

New York Power Authority: Statement on DEC Permit for Pouch Terminal

Semco Energy Gas Company Continues 'Customer Choice' Rate Freeze Program

Canadian Hydro Reports Record Results for 2000

Energy East to Buy Rgs Energy

Wind Power Support

Repeats: Energy Volume And Open Interest Totals-Feb 20

Old Energy Idea Gets Second Look: Calls Grow for More Natural Gas Storage

Mind-boggling Energy Costs

Castleguard Energy Inc - Nearing Completion And Testing of New Gas Well in 
East Texas

Impact Energy Inc. ("Iey" - TSE) Announces Private Placements

Total Energy Services Ltd. Announces Conference Call Notification

Top Energy Summaries - Tuesday, February 20, 2001 - 12:38 PM

Company Ownership Change No Hindrance for Power Project

Kinder Morgan, Inc. Invites You to A Webcast of Their Power Update

Top Energy Summaries - Tuesday, February 20, 2001 - 12:25 PM

Energy Update/Los Angeles Department of Water And Power Issues Daily Energy 
Update for Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2001

Rebroadcast Alert: Regarding the Combination of Energy East Corporation And 
Rgs Energy Group, Inc.

-British Energy Awards Data Systems & Solutions Five Year Contract For 
Reactor Thermocouples

Geothermal Generator Files Suit Seeking Payment for Power Provided to 
Southern California EdisonUtility Delinquent on $45 Million And Has Paid 
Nothing Since November

Trimol Group Inc - Consummates Exclusive World-Wide License of Aluminum-Air - 
Fuel Cell Technology

Southern States Power CO. Inc - Begins Construction of First Biodiesel Plant 
on The West Coast

Usource Listed on GSA Energy Management Schedule

Public Service Electric And Gas Capital, L.P., Plans Redemption of 9.375% 
Cumulative Monthly Income Preferred Securities

Environmentalists Tout Renewable Power -- Report Suggests Ways Midwest Can 
Avoid California's Energy Mistakes

Cheap Heat from The Ground Up -- Geothermal Heat Gains in Popularity for Its 
Cost, Efficiency

Energy Dealflow Doubles

Amerada Hess to Acquire Gulf Coast Natural Gas Reserves

Profit from the Power Crisis

Council to Vote on Raising Electric Rates ; Cwlp Package Split Into Three 
Separate Issues

Compromise Urged in Coal Price Dispute

Jetform Corp: Reliant Energy, Inc - Reliant Energy Moves to Jetform's Next 
Generation Web-Based E-Forms - Solution

Edocs Supports Siebel Eenergy And Siebel Ecommunications; Edocs Embraces New 
And Expanded Ebusiness
Solutions for the Energy And Communications Industries

-Ameren Corporation and AmerenEnergy Choose Caminus Zai*Net Manager, Risk 
Analytics and WeatherDelta

Top Energy Summaries - Tuesday, February 20, 2001 - 9:22 Am

Foster Wheeler to Market Lurgi Lentjes Power Plant Emission-Control Equipment 
Worldwide

Full: Energy East to Buy Rgs Energy for $1.4 Bln

Bill Babcock Returns to Charles River Associates; Energy Expert Rejoins the 
Firm's Boston Headquarters As Vice President

Xenolix Reports Precious Metals from Processing Coal Combustion Products

Ballard Power Systems Reviews 2000 Results, Provides 2001 Goals

Demand Increases for Xantrex's Grid Tie Trace(TM) Products in Wake of 
California Electric Power Crisis

Reliant Energy Moves to Jetform's Next Generation Web-Based E-Forms 
SolutionInternational Energy Company Addressing Expanding Data Capture Needs

Utility Partners Recognizes Sct with Certified Interface Partner Award

Avista Corp. Energy Trading Affiliate, Avista Energy, Appoints Dennis 
Vermillion President, Chief Operating Officer

Seitel Hires President for DDD Energy, Inc.

Top Energy Summaries - Tuesday, February 20, 2001 - 7:44 Am

Utilities: New Energy Agreements Suggested

Pantellos Teams with Itiliti to Provide Workforce Management Solutions to The 
Utility And Energy Industries

Governor Summons Top Litigator / Unpaid Lawyer Will Negotiate Energy Deals

Electric Billboards Early Casualties of State Power Woes / Firms Reduce Hours 
of Illumination

Natural Gas Burning Money Rate Hikes for Formerly Cheap Fuel Taking Toll 
Across Region

Nervous Energy Outlook for Summer Bleak; without More Rain Or Snow

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British Energy Awards Data Systems & Solutions Five Year Contract for Reactor 
Thermocouples

Enhanced Energy Services Ltd. - Property-Asset Acquisition

Alberta Securities Commission: Arc Energy Trust: Arc Resources Ltd - ASC Re 
Arc Energy Trust, Arc Resources, Startech Energy Exemptive - Relief 
Applications

Indusmin Energy Corp - Completes Production Share for Crimea East And West 
Gas Fields

China-energy-petroleum

China-energy-natural Gas

TransGlobe Energy Corporation Announces Update on Block

General Electric Subsidiary Acquires Bank

Energy Trust Loses in Ngc Stake

Levy Levers Up Energy Prices

Transglobe Energy Corp - Update on Block 32 Republic of Yemen And Canadian 
Operations

Transglobe Energy Corporation Announces Update on Block 32 Republic of Yemen 
And Canadian Operations

-British Energy Awards Data Systems & Solutions Five Year Contract For 
Reactor Thermocouples

Ballard Power Systems Reviews 2000 Results, Provides 2001

China-energy-power

Indian Government: Possibility of Coast Based Power Plants Being Explored

Electricity of Vietnam Plans Major Power Line Project

Foster Wheeler to Market Lurgi Lentjes Power Plant Emission-Control Equipment 
Worldwide

Indo-Pacific Energy Ltd - Goldie-1 Discovery And Waitaria-2 Status Reports

Ballard Power Systems Reviews 2000 Results, Provides 2001 Goals

Tropian Exec Says Innovative, Polar Impact Transmitter Platform Will Help 
Solve Multi-Mode, Manufacturing And Power Battery Issues Facing 2.5g And 3g 
Wireless Systems

Okinawa Electric Power CO Considers Building LNG Station

China's National Integrated Power Grid to Take Shape by 2015

Korea Reports 1st Fall in Industrual Power Sales in 25 Months

Electricity Generation in Saudi Arabia Expected to Reach 70,000 Megawatts

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West Virginia Aep Chief Leaves for Post in Ohio

Power Buyback Offers Some Hope to Idaho Growers

Idaho Electric Cooperative Seeks Cheaper Power Production in Diesel

Spokane, Wash.-Area Electricity Provider Will Adjust Rates Every Six Months

Xcel Energy Sues Over Cost of Making Way for Minneapolis Light Rail

Minnesota Utilities Board Members Look to Texas for Precedent, Guidance

ST. Louis-Based Utilities Firm Approaches Solvency, Self-Management

California Lawmakers, PG&E Criticize Governor's Proposal to Prop Up Utilities

Ever-Rising California Utility Bills Back Poor Farmworkers Into Tight Spot

Despite Stopgap Fixes, California Faces Tough Questions About Energy Markets

California Power Crisis Drives Alternative Power Services Out of Business

Washington State Energy Panel Urges Rejection of New Generation Plant

Washington State Power Administration Announces New Conservation Initiative

Midwestern Electric Utilities Operate with Adequate Reserves

California Governor Says Plan Will Save Utilities, Keep Rates Low

California's Power Costs Approach $2 Billion

Power Woes, Updated Design Create New Buzz Over Nuclear Power

Expensive Geothermal Energy System Reduces Utility Bills, Protects Nature

Judge Orders Energy Sales to Continue in California

Oregon Electric Utilities Predict October Rate Increases

Englewood, Fla., Water Officials Work on Contract with Possible Administrator

Neenah, Wis.-Based Electric Supply Company Buys Iowa-Based Firm

Natural Gas Prices to Decline for Customers of Benton, KY.-Based Utility

California Depleting Its Reserve Funds for Future Energy Needs

Utilities' Rebate Programs Encourage Californians to Buy Efficient Appliances

The Star-Ledger, Newark, N.J., Company Profile Column

Mohegan Indians Want Electric Plant in Montville, Conn.

General Electric's Immelt Named Wisconsin Business Leader of the Year

British Companies to Build Wind Farms to Produce Electricity

San Diego, Calif., Utility to Be Included in Governor's Power Line Buyout Plan

Sempra Energy May Build Power Plant at Escondido, Calif., Industrial Site

Escondido, Calif., Commission Approves Plan for Small Power Plant

California Panel Sends Three Power Bills to Senate

Ecologically-Sound Power Company Pulls Out of California Market

Ohio Electric Utility Dpl Inc. Pulls Plug on Effort to Find Buyer

Superior, Wis., Power Company Adds a Second Gas Feed

British Utility Giant Powers Ahead with Soaring Profits

Planned Red Oak, Texas, Power Plant Criticized for Inefficient Emissions

Texas Power Plant Misses Opportunity to Fight Air Pollution

Clovis, N.M., Mayor Blasts State's Lieutenant Governor on Deregulation

New Mexico Lawmaker Touts Bill to Delay Deregulation

Government Adds New Step Into Approval for Greene County, N.Y., Power Plant

New Chairman of Congressional Energy Committee Copes with `Hot-Button' Issues

Utility Firm to Draw More Water to Produce Power

Kansas City, Mo.-Area Homeowners Save Money by Weatherizing Their Houses

San Francisco-Area Garbage Generates Energy

Judge Extends Order, Forces Power Firms to Sell Electricity to California

Opinion: California Governor's Utility Bailout Plan Uses Pay-Later Strategy

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India defends importing nuclear fuel from Russia

N.Y. officials seek power hold at Indian Point nuke

UPDATE 1-Energy East to buy RGS Energy -- sources

EU Energy Commissioner backs Finnish nuclear plans

HEADLINE STOCKS - U.S. stocks to watch on Feb. 20

Telscape, American Electric in network deal

Southern Co names new CEO before Mirant spin-off

Canadian spot natural gas prices slip in slow trade

Edison Int'l, SoCal Edison get more time from lenders

EU firms to buld $500 mln Iranian power plant

Dominion files shelf for $2 bln in debt, equity

Sierra Pacific logs loss on rising power costs

Energy East to buy RGS Energy for $1.4 bln -sources

AltaGas net earnings rise 63 percent

FEATURE-Sweden chooses copper for nuclear waste disposal

Moody's rates PG&E National Energy Group

S&P may cut Energy East Corp, RGS Energy Group ratings

Energy East to take over RGS Energy for $1.4 bln

TECO Energy to offer 7.5 million common shares

Canadian Utilities boosts fourth-quarter earnings

UPDATE 2-Energy East to pay $1.4 bln for RGS Energy

SCE&G sees 1,000-MW Summer S.C. A-plant back in early March

MontePaschi,Seabo join Energia It. Elettrogen bid

Emera to issue C$145 million in common shares

NSTAR's Boston Edison files $368 mln shelf for debt

Calif. power crunch eases as plants come back on line

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