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Top Stories (December 26)

STATE COMMISSION ORDERS WILKES BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA-AREA UTILITY TO HIKE 
GENERATION RATE
In an effort to spur competition, the state Public Utility Commission 
Wednesday approved a subtle change to how UGI Utilities bills its electricity 
customers.
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PUC PUTS NEW RESTRICTIONS ON UTILITY MERGER
State regulators have approved an agreement setting additional terms for 
Sierra Pacific Resources' $3.1 billion acquisition of Portland General 
Electric of Oregon.
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NORTH CAROLINA MUNICIPAL-POWER TRADE GROUP URGES HALT OF DEREGULATION EFFORTS
The controversy this year over electric deregulation in California and other 
parts of the country has led to a major policy reversal for the organization 
representing High Point and the other 50 North Carolina towns and cities in 
the electric distribution business.
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PSEG, MARUBENI BUY SITHE'S STAKE IN TUNISIAN POWER PLANT
Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. and Marubeni Corp have bought Sithe's 
interest in a 471-megawatt power plant under development in Rades, Tunisia, 
PSEG said Tuesday.
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CHINA TO BUILD MORE NATURAL GAS POWER PLANTS
China will build a number of power projects fueled with natural gas in the 
2001-2005 period, according to the State Power Corporation.
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Energy Sector Up -3: Gas Storage Down 23% From Last Year

Energy Sector Up -2: Investors Expect Tight Inventories

Four Teen-Agers Being Questioned About Calif Wildfire

Energy Sector Up As Cold Winter Ushers In High Hopes

PSEG, Marubeni Buy Sithe's Stake In Tunisian Pwr Plant

Peabody Sells Australia Coal Mines To Rio Tinto For $555M

Southern California Wind Fans Wildfires, Cuts Power

AES Gets Sell Orders From 80% Of GenerChile Hldrs-Report

California Utility Nears Deal To Buy Private Water - NYT

Enron Intl Appoints CSFB To Find Dabhol Pwr Proj Partner

Winds Fan Southern California Wildfires, Cut Power

Center Of US Gets An Icy Christmas

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Representatives of the California Small Business Association Available for 
Comment Surrounding Energy Crisis And Upcoming California Public Utilities 
Commission Hearing

Top Energy Summaries - Tuesday, December 26, 2000 - 5:07 PM

Bridge Update-Commodities: Frigid Weather Gives Lift to Energy

Real Energy Costs

Media Statement And Availability Surrounding California's Electricity 
CrisisCalifornia Chamber of Commerce And California Business Roundtable Call 
Reliable Electric Service Critical to State's Economy; Urge Immediate Cpuc 
Action to Protect Solvency of State's Utilities

Williams Says Q4 to Beat Street on Strong Energy ...

Pressure to Liberalize Electric Power Rates

Power Failure

PetroQuest Energy Acquires Interest in Ship Shoal Block

Top Energy Summaries - Tuesday, December 26, 2000 - 2:29 PM

Rgs Energy Unit Files $400 Million Debt Shelf (Rgs)

No Signs of Let Up in Energy: 12:30 P.M. EST

Wild Open Market Entices Power Plant

Petroquest Energy Acquires Interest in Ship Shoal Block 72 Field

Sure Power Names Whit Allen Vice President of Sales; Former Lucent, at&T 
Global Sales Veteran to Lead Business
Development for Pioneering High-Availability Power Company

Los Angeles Department of Water And Power Daily Energy Update for Tuesday, 
DEC. 26, 2000

Kcs Energy, Inc. Reaches Agreement with Creditors' Committee And Noteholders 
on Amended Plan of Reorganization

`Server Farm' Boom Poses Threat to NW Power Supply: Energy Appetite of 
Proposed Data Centers Would Almost Rival Power Load of Seattle - Twenty-seven 
Or More Internet ``Server Farms'' Proposed for the Area Could Consume Nearly 
as Much Electricity as Seattle and Greatly Magnify Northwest Energy Proble

Strong Winds Fan S. Calif. Wildfires

Energy Output on the Rise, Mining And Industry Slow Down

Puc Puts New Restrictions on Utility Merger

An Artic Blast -- Minus 50 Wind Chill, Snow Forecast for Today -- Freezing 
Rain, Icy Roads Harass Friday Commuters

Tree-Trimming War Renewed -- Illinois Power Asks Icc for Guidelines on State 
Legislation

Cilco's Customers Likely to Be Zapped with Bolt of Sticker Shock -- Here Are 
Some Tips to Turn Down Thermostat on Energy Costs

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China to Build More Natural Gas Power Plants

Bank to Offers 10-Billion-Yuan Credit to Power Giant

Kawasaki Heavy to Sell Home-Use Solar Power Systems

Credit Suisse to Look for Partners for Dhabol Power

2 Mega Projects in Philippines to Boost Luzon Power Grid

Endesa in 1.1bn Deal for Netherlands Power Group

New Vietnamese Thermal Power Plant States Trail Runs

Iran's Power Generation Capacity to Rise to 150 Bln Kwh by 2005

Indonesia's Power CO Pln May Not Need Subsidy in 2001

Top Energy Summaries - Tuesday, December 26, 2000 - 11:43 Am

US Tsys Softer as Traders Eye Calif Power Situation

Power Supply Reestablished to Azerbaijan After Payment of First Instalment

Gulf Power Link-Up

Eximbank Finances Iranian Power Plant

Top Energy Summaries - Tuesday, December 26, 2000 - 8:57 Am

Top Energy Summaries - Tuesday, December 26, 2000 - 7:46 Am

Thesubway.Com Announces Investment Opinion on Cambridge Energy, 3 Com Corp., 
CMGI Inc., Harmonic, Inc. And Berens Industries Inc.

PNOC-Energy Devt Corp seeking financial advisor for privatisation

The Rmb 6.95 Billion Yuan Credit Facility Granted by Bank of China to Huaneng 
Power International, Inc.

China: Adb Lends $58m for Wind Power Project

Town Adopts Resolution Against Expanding Kyushu Power Plant

China State Power Corp closes thermal power plants with 3.11 mln kw capacity

Nuclear Power Plant Shut Down After Pump Malfunction

Serbia Plunges Into Energy Crisis

Lead: Yamagata Avalanche Sweeps Away 4 Power Station Workers

4 Power Station Workers Missing After Avalanche in Yamagata

Iran, Taleban Meeting on Energy Cooperation Prospect

Macedonian Power System "Stabilized" Despite Deficit in Neighbouring Countries

Japan: Nuclear Power Plant Shut Down After Pump Malfunction

China: Central Bank Offers 10bn Yuan Credit to Power Giant

Kenya: Single Shareholder Challenges Power Company's "Massive Loss"

Russia Starts Shipping Nuclear Power Station Parts to Iran

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State Commission Orders Wilkes Barre, Pa.-Area Utility to Hike Generation Rate

California's Energy Crisis Produces Increased Demand for Firewood

North Carolina Municipal-Power Trade Group Urges Halt of Deregulation Efforts

Scottish Power to Buy Powergen's Plant in Hertfordshire, England

South Carolina Utility Finds Signs of Cracks in Pipes at Nuclear Power Plant

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UPDATE 1-Winter storm ices over U.S. heartland

UPDATE 2-California's Davis meeting with Greenspan, Summers

US Corp Bonds - Dead, but California Dreamin'

Ice storm knocks out power to 89,000 in Texas, Ark., La.

UPDATE 1-Goldendale cuts aluminum output due to expensive power

Goldendale Aluminum to slash output due to power costs

PSEG, Marubeni take over Tunisian power project

Arkansas ice storm leaves 49,000 residents in dark

Rochester Gas & Electric files $400 mln shelf offering

Emerson Electric files $1.5 bln debt shelf offering

Russia's governors to get say on utility carve-up

UPDATE 1-Macronix to resume output after power cut

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