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Power shortages boost merchant power, distributed generation, peak shaving, 
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Top Stories (January 30)

BUSH TO CONVENE NATIONAL ENERGY LEADERS TO DISCUSS CALIFORNIA POWER CRISIS
While state legislators continue to hammer out a solution to California's 
power crisis, President Bush will convene top advisers today to discuss the 
issue.
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CALIFORNIA EXHAUSTED $400M FUNDS SUNDAY ON POWER
The California Department of Water Resources has used up $400 million in 
emergency funds to buy power on behalf of two of the state's largest 
utilities, a spokesman for the DWR said late Monday.
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RATES AT PORTLAND, OREGON-BASED POWER ADMINISTRATION COULD GO UP 95 PERCENT
The Bonneville Power Administration could nearly double the price it charges 
utilities and industries for electricity beginning this fall.
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VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE MODIFIES ELECTRICITY DEREGULATION PLAN
The state Senate voted 32-6 yesterday to amend Virginia's plan to deregulate 
electricity.
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DYNEGY COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF NORTHEAST GENERATION ASSETS
Dynegy Inc. today announced the completion of the previously announced 
acquisition of 1,700 megawatts (MW) of power generation facilities in the 
Northeast.
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CORRECT: $20M Not $40M Of Edison CP In Orange County Pool

EDP May Give Ground In Portugal For Cantabrico Go-Ahead

Toronto Hydro Union Negotiations Near Deadline

PRESS RELEASE: CalPX Not Prime Rtg Withdrawn: Moody's

Enron/Canada Paper Mill Ops -2: Complements NJ Mill >ENE

Calif Power Exch Not Prime Issuer Rtg Withdrawn: Moody's

Montana Power Co Earnings -2: 4Q, Yr Fincl Table >MTP

Enron Corp To Buy Canadian Paper Mill Ops >ENE

California Exhausted $400M Funds Sunday On Power

Montana Power Co. 4Q Net $1.17/Share Vs 56c >MTP

RWE/Cantabrico -3: RWE Would Need To Improve Price By 5%

RWE/Cantabrico -2: Follows Mkt Rumors Of EUR27 Bid >E.HIC

RWE Continues To Study Takeover Bid For Cantabrico >E.HIC

SoCal Ed/Audit -2: Most Profits Have Been Distributed

SoCal Ed Saw High Profits In Dereg's Early Days - Audit

Otter Tail Power Earnings -2: 4Q, Year Fincl Table >OTTR

California Exhausts $400M Sunday On Power

Storms In US Bring Icy Roads, Closed Schools, Deep Snow

US Court Refuses PG&E's Emergency Request To Raise Rates

Mexican Utility To Sell 50MW/day To Calif Until Feb 14

SDG&E Says Util Should Be Part Of Calif Pwr Contracts>SRE

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Natural Gas Prices High

Water Agencies Pitch in to Combat Energy Crisis; Assistance in Purchasing 
Alternative Power Sources Announced

Top Energy Summaries - Tuesday, January 30, 2001 - 5:04 PM

N.B. Outlines Plans for Energy Competition But Says It's Not Deregulation

Energy Prices Snapshot

Dynegy Completes Acquisition of Northeast Generation Assets

--USPS SEEKS GAS SUPPLIERS

Apx Offers California Power Trading Solution; Private Sector Exchange -- Free 
of Public Funding -- for Troubled Electricity Market

Daybreak Energy Corporation Announces Plan to Tie-In

Gas Users Struggling Thousands Tap Energy Assistance Program

Pike County Residents Split Over Plan to Build Mammoth Power Plant

Deregulation Push for N.C. Power on Hold; Bill Ideas to Come After Session

Power Trust to Start Funding Process

El Paso Energy Corporation Completes Post-Merger Restructuring

Repeats: Energy Volume And Open Interest Totals-Jan 30

Running Out of Power

Top Energy Summaries - Tuesday, January 30, 2001 - 2:13 PM

Governor Expands Energy-Assistance Program

Merced Electric Company Seeks Hike

Ocean Energy Presenting at CS First Boston Conference

Cilco-Sought Changes Could Mean Higher Profits, Higher Rates -- Utility Says 
Mine Charges Twice the Spot Market Rate

Energy Update/Los Angeles Department of Water And Power Daily Energy Update, 
Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2001

Lehman Initiates Proton Energy at Strong Buy, $17 Target (Prtn)

People in Business ; Reinholds Man Gets GPU Energy Post

Ago Investigating Energy Pricing Allegations

DTE Energy to Sponsor VIP Reception And Awards Ceremony

Trc Affiliate Awarded DOD Energy Savings Contract

Wind Power Takes on New Vitality

Progress Made in Miniaturizing Fuel-Cell Power Sources

Eloy May Get Power Station to Be Fueled by Natural Gas

Top Energy Summaries - Tuesday, January 30, 2001 - 12:22 PM

Davis' Energy Plan Gets Mixed Response

Altra Reports Record-Breaking YearDespite Increased Competition, Leading 
Independent Energy Market Experienced Steady Growth in 2000

Deregulation And the Current Power Utility Crisis

Case Is Made for Wind And Cow Manure

Electric Rates Go Up Again

Transmission Capacity a Major Cause of California Blackouts According to 
Energy Info Source

Indeck Disputes Need for Township's Ok Plans for Niles Power Plant Keep 
Charging Ahead

Cbi's 4th Annual Managing Taxation; Structures And Negotiations for A 
Competitive Energy Marketplace - Unbundling, Divestitures, Mergers And 
Acquisitions

Calif. Runs Out of Emergency Power Funding

Top Energy Summaries - Tuesday, January 30, 2001 - 9:08 Am

Empire Energy to Begin Selling Tennessee Gas Reserves

Teton to Participate in Torch Energy Conference in New York City And Rapport 
Capital Luncheon in Toronto

Tradewell Systems, Inc. Chooses Storageprovider for Managed Storage Services; 
Performance And Reliability Key to Energy Industry Integration Infrastructure

Peco Energy Selects Planalytics' Weathernomics Gas Buyer to Lower Natural Gas 
Acquisition Costs

Commissioner of Public Utility Commission of Texas to Keynote Ercot 2001 
Conference

Power Company Begins Layoffs

Top Energy Summaries - Tuesday, January 30, 2001 - 7:21 Am

Oakland to Scrimp on Energy Use / Mayor Vows to Cut Consumption by 10%, Seek 
$3 Million Loan for Retrofit

Alternative Energy Sources to Take Center Stage at Spokane Conference

Bpa Boss Sees Steep Rate Hike for Electricity During the Next Five Years, 
Wholesale Power Rates Could Rise 60 Percent, He Says

Us: Government to Buy Power to Rescue Bankrupt Power Utilities

'Empathetic' Lombard Trustees Might Lower Their Natural Gas Tax

Bush Emphasizes National Increase of Energy Supply

Calif. Cities Luring Cos. with Power

Calif. Power Woes Spark N.E. Debate

President Bush fears power shortages could spread beyond California

Analysts Hail Bond Plan to Ease California Power Woes

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Sumitomo Gives Up Wind Power Project in Iwate

GE Power Systems Supplies Gas Turbine for New Plant Developed by Pluspetrol 
of Argentina

UK Government: New Measures Update Energy Labelling Requirements

The Electric System Connects Wtih Chile

RWE to join battle for Spanish power utility Hidrocantabrico: report

European Power Companies to Set Up Net Marketplace

Adb Technical - China, Wind Power

Vietnam Province May Build Gas-Electric-Fertiliser Complex

Power Troubles Snowball in Russia

East China Sea to Supply China's Growing Natural Gas Demand

Coal Sector Plans Major Mine Merger, Eventual IPO

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Waste Authority Wants to Sell Portsmouth, VA., Power Plant

Tulsa, Okla.-Based Energy Firm to Study Strategic Alternatives

Tennessee Valley Authority, Enron Settle Power Dispute

Ratepayers at Small Tacoma, Wash.-Area Utilities Can Expect Large Increases

Rates at Portland, Ore.-Based Power Administration Could Go Up 95 Percent

Washington Governor Declares Energy Alert; State Agencies Must Cut Use

Sandpoint, Idaho, Residents Hear of Utility's Proposed Rate Increases

Plan to Revamp Steam Plant Generates Excitement at Washington State University

Spokane, Wash., Officials Urge Power-Plagued California Firms to Move North

Washington Governor Proposes Tax Breaks to Encourage New Power Generation

Spokane, Wash.-Area Stores Cut Lights, Hours to Save Power

Minnesota Utility Ratepayers Feel Squeeze of Higher Energy Rates

ST. Louis Post-Dispatch David Nicklaus Column

California Utilities' Blue Collar Workers Assaulted by Bitter Customers

Bush to Convene National Energy Leaders to Discuss California Power Crisis

California Investigates Amount of Debt Owed by Utility Companies

Needy Utilities Put Pacific Northwest's Federal Power System in A Crunch

Washington Governor Declares `Energy-Supply Alert'

Virginia Legislature Modifies Electricity Deregulation Plan

Oregon Legislator Hatches Plan to Overtake Federally-Owned Power Authority

Oregon Congressman Enters Bill to Stem Tide of Energy Deregulation

City of Philadelphia May Consider Sales of Utility Company

Danish Wind-Turbine Maker Could Generate 600 Jobs in Pueblo, Colo.

Cairo, KY., Utility's High Rates May Upset Mounds, Ill., Cat Litter Plant

Texas-Based Parent Firm of Kentucky Utility Adds More Services Representatives

California Bill to Reduce Utilities' Debts Gains Momentum

California Power Crisis Might Boost Water Bills

California's Deregulation Causes Interruption in Power, Business

Kansas City, Mo., Hurt by Struggles of California Utility Companies

The Kansas City Star, Mo., Chris Lester Column

Gas Costs Burn Hole in Budgets of Texas Universities

Houston-Based Reliant Energy Reports Flat Profit for Fourth Quarter

Texas Energy Companies Finalize Merger

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

Lebanon, Pa.-Area Power Plant Nears Completion

Electricity Sales Boost Allentown, Pa.-Based Utility Company Earnings

The Boston Globe David Warsh Column

Florida Power & Light Shuts a Reactor at Turkey Point Nuclear Plant

San Diego County, Calif., Supervisors Push for Ability to Buy Power

Escondido, Calif.-Area Property Owners Say Power-Plant Planners Ignore Them

California's Big Businesses Lobby Against Targeted Power-Rate Increases

San Diego Electric Utility Requests 35 Percent Rate Hike

Denver Power Customers Urged to Conserve for Sake of Californians

Head of German Utility Company Announces Resignation

South Carolina Utility Delays Reopening of Power Plant in Fairfield County

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Seminar to Offer Churches Energy Conservation Tips

Duke Energy's Chief Speaks Up to Deny Profiteering in California

California's Electricity Rates Confusing to Consumers

Boston-Based Firm to Build Electric Generating Plant Near Deweyville, Texas

Texas Panhandle-Area Water Group Seeks Funds to Gather, Refine Data

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SCE&G delays 1,000-MW Summer S.C. nuke restart to March

Blizzard strikes parts of South Dakota, Minnesota

UPDATE 2-Enron's Indian unit acts to recover unpaid bills

US Senate panel tackles Calif power crisis on Wed

Canada spot natgas keeps falling on warm weather

NiSource fourth-quarter earnings more than double

EDP vows financial muscle for Cantabrico

Finland backs faster EU finance, energy laws-PM

Progress Energy earnings are better than expected

UtiliCorp's Aquila sets IPO at 16.5 mln shares

Southern U.S. faces new drought threat after La Nina demise

TransCanada trading gas with PG&E amid California woes

Exelon earnings top expectations

RPT-CORRECTED-Rappaport to step down as NYMEX chairman in March

New York sets summer plan to ensure adequate power supply

UPDATE 1-Conectiv posts better-than-expected profit gain

ADVISORY-EXELON

UPDATE 1-TransCanada boosts profits, ups dividend

Inside track-Ofwat Welsh ruling tests UK waters

Nuclear waste shipment to arrive in Japan on Feb 20

Moody's withdraws CalPX 'Not Prime' S-T issuer rtg

New Issue-UtiliCorp United sells $250 mln 10-yr notes

Japan energy venture to build two power plants

Electric deregulation flops in Calif, helps elsewhere

WRAPUP 1-Bad news mounts in Calif. energy crisis

Daishowa sells Canadian unit to Enron

AES big loser in soft utility group

Fitch may change Utilicorp United rating

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