Updated: Dec. 28, 2001                               [IMAGE]A hard act to follow: the future for energy without Enron  The energy industry is beginning to imagine its future without the swashbuckling Enron, the future of which could now rest with bankruptcy courts on both sides of the Atlantic.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [IMAGE]Fight over hydro project could become war Outcome could set precedent for other relicensing   Environmental issues may be deciding factor                                                          [IMAGE]Shedding light on power prices EU study shows end of price transparency  Denmark residential customers pay more  VAT impacts prices                                                          [IMAGE]A sci-fi twist in clean coal research Bioprocessing cleans impurities  Scientists create coal-adapted microbes                                                 PSI Energy asks Ind. regulators to approve plant transfer [IMAGE]full story...  Arkansas PSC recommends state delay or scrap competition [IMAGE]full story...  Delta Petroleum acquires private Piper Petroleum [IMAGE]full story...  Chavez expects modest oil price recovery in 2002 [IMAGE]full story...  Missouri PSC grants MGE variance on disconnections [IMAGE]full story...  FERC backs Texas co-op in pass-through dispute [IMAGE]full story...  Brazil makes minor changes in new fuel market rules [IMAGE]full story...  With pipe/lease plan, SCG eyes Georgia, South Carolina [IMAGE]full story...  AGA: Storage stocks drop 81 Bcf to 2.980 Tcf; 91% full [IMAGE]full story...  AES settles tariff with Brazil in industry-wide accord [IMAGE]full story...  [IMAGE]To view all of today's Executive News headlines, [IMAGE]click here                              Copyright ? 2001 - Platts, All Rights Reserved      Market Brief  Thursday, December 27  Stocks Close Change % Change DJIA 10,131.31 43.2  0.43% DJ 15 Util. 292.86 3.1  1.06% NASDAQ 1,976.36 15.66  0.80% S&P 500 1,157.12 7.8  0.67%     Market Vols Close Change % Change AMEX (000) 88,986 (6,091.0) -6.41% NASDAQ (000) 1,229,831 102,400.0  9.08% NYSE (000) 881,030 88,396.0  11.15%     Commodities Close Change % Change Crude Oil (Feb) 20.9 (0.37) -1.74% Heating Oil (Jan) 0.5927 (0.002) -0.32% Nat. Gas (Henry) 2.52 (0.391) -13.43% Propane (Jan) 33.75 (0.50) -1.46% Palo Verde (Jan) 28.00 0.00  0.00% COB (Jan) 28.00 0.00  0.00% PJM (Jan) 31.15 0.00  0.00%     Dollar US $ Close Change % Change Australia $  1.970 0.002  0.10% Canada $   1.60 (0.004) -0.25% Germany Dmark  2.21 (0.011) -0.49% Euro   0.8835 0.004  0.50% Japan ?en  131.7 0.900  0.69% Mexico NP 9.13 0.000  0.00% UK Pound   0.6885 0.0006  0.09%     Foreign Indices Close Change % Change Arg MerVal 320.46 0.00  0.00% Austr All Ord. 3,354.70 19.50  0.58% Braz Bovespa 13755.65 397.23  2.97% Can TSE 300  7650.60 98.01  1.30% Germany DAX 5117.13 98.12  1.95% HK HangSeng 11359.5 149.72  1.34% Japan Nikkei 225  10457.61 265.04  2.60% Mexico IPC  6414.60 6371.84  0.53% UK FTSE 100 5,213.20 35.80  0.69%       Source:  Yahoo!, TradingDay.com and NYMEX.com   	                                	  	


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