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Top Stories (February 9)

DUKE SUES CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR, CALPX FOR UNLAWFUL CONTRACT SEIZURE
Duke Energy filed a lawsuit in the U.S. district court Thursday against 
California Gov. Gray Davis and the state wholesale power exchange, claiming 
forward power contracts sold by Duke to two of the state's largest utilities 
were unlawfully seized by the governor.
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FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERS RELIANT TO KEEP SUPPLYING CALIFORNIA POWER
A U.S. District Court judge on Thursday ordered Reliant Energy Inc.to 
continue to sell electricity in California's wholesale power market through 
Feb. 16, regardless of whether the company will be paid.
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JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OK'S CON ED-NORTHEAST UTILITIES MERGER
Northeast Utilities and Consolidated Edison Inc., cleared another hurdle 
Monday for their proposed $7.5 billion merger with the approval of the U.S. 
Justice department.
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SPIKES IN US NE FUEL MARKETS BLAMED ON COST-CUTTING
A spike last month in the Northeast oil and natural-gas markets is a sign 
that dwindling investments in storage and infrastructure are causing 
increased price volatility, according to a report by the U.S. Energy 
Department on Friday.
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LAWMAKERS FROM SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA BACK CALPINE'S PROPOSED POWER PLANT
The South Bay's representatives in the state Assembly endorsed Calpine 
Corp.'s proposed San Jose power plant Thursday, adding to the growing chorus 
of state leaders calling on energy regulators to override local opposition to 
the controversial project.
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Vt High Court Sends Power Supply Case Back To Regulators

Spikes In US NE Fuel Mkts Blamed On Cost-Cutting

Alcoa Adjusts -2: To Limit Aluminum Fluoride In March >AA

Justice Department OKs Con Ed-Northeast Utils Merger

Alcoa To Adjust Alumina Refining >AA

Alcoa Cites Decreased Alumina Demand For Cuts >AA

Alcoa To Cut Operating Rate At Texas Refinery >AA

NW River Forecast: Spring Hydro Supplies Seen 63% Normal

Exelon Begins Marketing $809Mln Rate Reduction Bond Issue

Legal Experts Say Calif Utils Have A Good Case In Court

Federal Judge Orders Reliant To Keep Supplying Calif Pwr

US Weather: Storms Move Into East

Enron Seeks Loan For Philippine Biomass Pwr Proj-Official

WSJE:Can Europe Learn From California And Avoid Deregulation

El Paso Energy's Philippine Unit Takes Over 2 Power Cos

Duke Sues Calif Gov, CalPX For Unlawful Contract Seizure

REPEAT: Duke Sues Calif Gov, CalPX Over Contract Seizure

Exelon Chief Asks For New Nuclear Plants To Meet Needs

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Consumer Energy Center: on-Line Help for Californians

California Energy Commission's Peak Load Reduction Program Now in Full Swing

Craig Hydroelectric Power Bill to Streamline Licensing Process

Group Wants Residents to Oppose Utility Taxes

Record Date for Distributions under Kcs Energy, Inc. Plan of Reorganization

One of the Companies in Analyst's Ldc Universe Is Sempra Energy

California power generators start creditors committee amid 'slow progess'

Beacon Power Corporation to Present at Banc of America Securities 'New Power 
Economy 2001' ConferenceCompany to Broadcast Presentation Over The Internet

Senators Criticize Power Law

Top Energy Summaries - Friday, February 09, 2001 - 5:16 PM

The Energy Crunch: Utility Looks for Ways to Save Power

Massey Energy Company Announces Record Date And Change in Time of Its Annual 
Shareholders Meeting

Energy Fund Fuels Immune Booster Tests

Stuart Energy Systems Corp - Five Toronto Schools to Receive Grants for 
Environmental Projects

GE Power Systems Locates Global Headquarters in Atlanta, GA.

Coal: Energy Rescue

Expert: Wichita's Own Utility to Be Costly

Newmont Mining Corporation Executes Letter of Intent to Negotiate Power 
Purchase Agreement

Energy Shares Rise; Techs Lower Again

Parallel Petroleum Forms Strategic Exploration Alliance with Chroma Energy

HP Recalls Power Distribution Units

Help with Power Problems on The Way GPU Promises Repairs in West Milford

Energy: Source May Ease Crisis

Senators Debate Merits of Power Law

Top Energy Summaries - Friday, February 09, 2001 - 2:23 PM

More Cuts in Cost of Power `Possible'

High Gas Prices Create New Demand for Coal

Ubs Warburg Hosts Energy Conference

Tepco Not to Freeze N-power Plant Plans

Repeats: Energy Volume And Open Interest Totals-Feb 9

Businesses Cut Back to Cope with Energy Crisis

Price Caps Not in Cards No Bailout: Energy Regulatory Boss Hopes California, 
Northwest 'Can Solve Most of The Problems Themselves'

Semco Energy Names New Manager of Labor And Employee Relations

Energy Update/Los Angeles Department of Water And Power Daily Energy Update, 
Friday, Feb. 9, 2001

Power Gets Pricier for Businesses

N.E. Natural-Gas System Running Short on Capacity

S&P Places CE Casecnan Water/Energy on Watch Negative

CMS Viron Wins Energy Services Contract from University of Utah

Renaud Appoints Panel on Utility Tax Surplus, Rebates Natural Gas Rates Will 
Bring City Windfall from 5% Residents Pay; "That Money Needs to Go Back"

Around New York ; Suit Seeks to Halt Building of 10 N.Y.C. Power Plants

Kempthorne: Farmers Could Help Free Up Electricity Power Crunch Plan Would 
Dry Up Fields to Save Power, Boost Crop Prices

Ida-West Picks Middleton Site for Power Plant Facility Will Generate 250 
Megawatts

Western Governors Take on Energy Crisis Leaders Will Discuss Ways to Tackle 
Region's Troubles

Power Struggle Persists in D.C.: California Price-Cap Pleas Hit Gop Wall

Surge Planned for Power Plants: Governor Aims to Boost Production, Open 
Facilities Faster

Energy Patrols Likely Low-Key: Firms Expected to Cooperate

Evergreen Solar to Present at The Banc of America Securities' First Annual 
New Power Economy Conference with Simultaneous Webcast

Top Energy Summaries - Friday, February 09, 2001 - 9:17 Am

Open Forum ; Stage 3 Self-Indulgence / Solutions to State's Energy Crisis 
Won't Be Easy: We'd Rather Fight Than Flip the Switch

Davis' Push for Energy / Governor Tries to Ease Crisis by Speeding Plant 
Construction

The Pitfalls in State's Takeover of Power Lines / Difficult to Estimate 
Benefits of Ownership

San Jose Urged to Give Ok for Power Plant / Anger Over Earlier Veto of Project

Ian Predicts Energy Savings

Canada: Dupont to Enter Fuel Cell Business

Top Energy Summaries - Friday, February 09, 2001 - 7:44 Am

Calif.'s Energy Shortage Fuels Political Tug of War

Power Plants on Tap

Nuclear Waste Burial: Energy Panel Chief to Begin Work on Bill

Aps, Residents Compromise Over Power Plant

Capstone Launching Generator Sales Push Power Shortage Creates Market

Cities to Consider Joint Power Plants

Continuing Power Struggle Dampens Market Hopes

Fueling Consumer Distress Natural Gas Costs Leave Many Angry, Suspicious

Six New Gas Agreements Only Go So Far, PG&E Warns / Many Other Suppliers 
Remain Wary of Utility

Troubled Lassen Utility Oks 49% Rate Increase / Residents Fear Rise Will 
Wreck Economy

New Power CO. Latest Electricity Competitor in CG&E Market

Old Power Plant to Get 2nd Chance

Circular Homes Ideal for Passive Solar Heating

Lawmakers Wary of Power Deregulation

Duke Energy's Power Plant Gets ST. Lucie's Ok

Gas Shortage Report Bolsters Power-Plant Foes

Power Loss at Miriam Causes Few Problems

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CMS Energy Announces Commercial Operation of Unit 4 at Jorf Lasfar Power 
Plant in Morocco

Romanian Utility Begins Rapid(R) Engineered Parts Support at Cernavoda 
Nuclear Power Plant

South Africa Firms Will Need to Plan Energy Use

Japan Trader Sumitomo to Start Power Retail Biz

Norsk Hydro to build new water power plant in Aardal; total costs 1.5 bln nkr

Tda Approves Hydro Assessment Mission - Dominican Republic

Eletrobras, Ministry to Launch Small Scale Hydro Program - Brazil

Turkey could face 'serious energy crisis' due to drought

Reeves on Ipos: Aquila Energy Will Be Solid,... - Part 2

Reeves on Ipos: Aquila Energy Will Be Solid, Long-Term Deal

Banc of America Securities Announces Line-Up for First Annual New Power 
Economy Conference

China Produces Less Coal

Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant Operates Safely

Peru: Sinersa to Invest US$30mil in Poechos Power Plant

Wf Electrical: Wf See 300% Growth in Zone 2 Products As Manufacturers See the 
Light

Rolls Royce takes 40-percent stake in Polish power company

Tokyo Electric Power mothballs 12 power stations

New Transformer Boosts Power Capacity at Philippine ECO Zone

Power grid planned for Cambodia: report

Two Koreas Divided Over Inter-Korean Power Supply

Japan's Tepco Suspends Power Plant Program to Avoid Oversupply

STOCKWATCH: Meralco/First Holdings higher on hopes power bill will be passed

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Virginia Utility to Allow Customers to Break Up Winter Fuel Payments

Tampa, Fla.-Based Utility's Power Arm to Buy Texas Power Plant

California Energy Crisis Totally Unrelated to Deregulation, Oil Official Says

California Lawmakers Consider Public Risk As They Weigh Bailout of Utilities

California Senators Present Tentative Package on Power-Plant Construction

Calpine Corp. Seeks to Build Power Plant in Hayward, Calif.

California's Secretive Power-Purchasing Deals Spur Outcry

San Jose, Calif.-Based Electricity Firm to Buy Canadian Counterpart

California Utility Giant's Call Center Staff Take the Heat from Customers

Suppliers of California Power May Bail Out As Mandate Ends

California Energy Accords Reached: Long-Term Pacts May Drive Costs Down

California Governor Uses Powers to Buy Emergency Electricity

Oregon Power Authority Looks to Reassure Residents of Need for Higher Prices

Oregon Salmon Likely to Be Sacrificed So Power Authority Can Stay Afloat

Oregon Governor Wants to Skip Power Payments to Keep Energy Flowing

Philadelphia Residents Press City to Drop Ownership of Gas Works

California Utilities Commission Is Called Unequipped to Monitor Deregulation

California Senate Proposal Would Expedite Construction of Power Plants

California's Power-Buying Funds Dwindle

Former California Governor Won't Take Blame for Power Crisis

'New Jersey Is Not California,' State's Top Utilities Regulator Says

California Lawmakers Offer Bills to Help State's Residents Reduce Power Use

British Energy Regulator Says Decision on Electricity Market Will Come Soon

Eugene, Ore., Utility Board to Discuss Rates, Energy Crisis

Fuel Cell Companies Gain Attention As Energy Crisis Escalates

California Locks in Multi-Year Electricity Contracts

Customers of New York Utility May See Competition for Power

After Phelps Dodge, Southwest Wonders Who Next Will Suffer Rising Energy Costs

New Mexico Businesses Begin to Feel Pinch of California Blackouts

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02/11/01 McCall faults N.Y. Republicans on energy plan

02/11/01 India to pay Enron for outstanding dues-PTI

02/11/01 Gulf states to invite bids for regional power grid

02/11/01 Calif. utilities face judge, deadlines in Feb. 12 week

02/11/01 Phoenix's Biltmore section suffers power outage

02/11/01 U.S. Plains recovering from late-winter blizzard

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