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Top Stories (March 23)

FTC OK'S DTE ENERGY, MCN ENERGY MERGER DEAL
The pending $2.24 billion merger of DTE Energy Co. and MCN Energy Group Inc. 
received antitrust clearance from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
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CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY REJECTS PLAN TO BOLSTER ALTERNATIVE POWER GENERATORS
The state's prospects for plugging a critical electricity gap dimmed Thursday 
when the state Assembly rejected a rescue plan for alternative power 
companies and a state judge ruled that one such firm could stop selling 
energy in California.
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CALIFORNIA RUNS SHORT ON CONTRACTS FOR LOW-COST ENERGY
The state has signed low-cost contracts for just a third of the energy it 
needs this year, raising the prospect that California could be forced to buy 
much of its electricity this summer on the expensive spot market.
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LAWMAKERS PROBE ORIGIN OF NEW YORK ELECTRIC PLAN
It's not clear who developed a controversial plan to build 11 new mini power 
plants in New York City and Long Island by June 1 at a cost of about $510 
million, according to a state Assembly official.
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ARKANSAS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE TO ADD 111.6 MW AT FITZHUGH STATION BY 2003
The Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp., a wholesale supplier of electricity, 
plans to add 111.6 megawatts of generating capacity to its 59-MW Thomas B. 
Fitzhugh Generating Station near Ozark.
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ENERGY COMPANY PLANS WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON, COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT
Washington's first new coal-fired power plant in 30 years is being planned 
for Cherry Point in Whatcom County.
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Savvis Reaches Payment Agreements With WorldCom, Sprint

Savvis Reaches Payment Agreements With Bridge Info

Savvis/Bridge Info Pacts -2: Bridge Owns 46% Of Savvis

Reliant IPO -2: Price Range Had Been $15.50-$17.50/Share

Reliant IPO To Include Rights To Preferred Shares

Reliant Resources Says IPO Price Expected To Be $25/Shr

AES/Ipalco-2: Ratio At 0.463 AES Shrs To 1 Iplaco Shr

Ark Elec Coop To Add 111.6 MW At Fitzhugh Station by 2003

AES Corp Sees Ipalco Enterp Stock Swap Closing Mar 27

AES Corp Gets SEC OK For Ipalco Enterp Buy >AES

Munder Power Fund To "Take Advantage" Of Power Crisis

Enron Shares Up 7% After Enron Corporate Update >ENE

Nor'easter Leaves Behind Flooded Homes;Two Deaths In Mass

US West Power Daily Prices Rise On Cold Weather, Mon

CORRECT: DTE Energy Stock Symbol Is DTE Not DTN

DTE Energy/MCN Energy Deal -2: Merger Valued At $2.24B

FTC OKs DTE Energy, MCN Energy Merger Deal >DTE MCN

Lawmakers Probe Origin Of N.Y. Electric Plan

CORRECTION: IPE Extended Hours 0800-0945,0800-0900 GMT

ABB Gets $250M Underwater-Equipment Contract From BP >BP

AT&T Charging To Put Long-Distance Bill With Local Bill

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Enron Says Sale of Utility Portland General Is Unlikely (Wrap)

PG&E Responds to Energy Proposals in Sacramento

California governor says state investigating potential utility overpricing

Bush Nominates Deputy Energy Secretary

Route Options for Vital Valley-Rainbow Interconnect Electric Link Announced 
by Sdg&E

Williams Line Expanding to Ease Energy Crunch

-North Carolina Utility Executive Discusses Purchase of Florida Company

-Tulsa, Okla.-Based Williams Energy Denies Allegations of Overcharging

-Bill to Regulate Merchant Power Plants Advances

House Panel Ends Energy Hearings -- Will It Step In?

Bill to Pay Small Energy Firms Stalls

E Commerce Group Launches Suite of Speedpay(R) Electronic Bill Payment 
Products for Tallahassee Municipal GovernmentCity Enhances Customer Service 
with Introduction of Electronic Payment Options for Water, Gas, Solid Waste 
And Electric Service Customers

Low Lakes Knock Power Generation

Explore Burying Utility Lines

No Utility Relief for City's Poor

Energy Chief Warns U.S. About Supply Shortages

Unsolicited E-Mail Hits Energy Customers in Georgia, Reports Georgia Power

Bpa to Link New Generation to Northwest Energy Grid

Perot Systems Launches Iqom(TM) Energy Services Solution

Calif. Overcharged $6.2b for Power

Utility May Trim Plans for Generator Eyes Standby Plant Atop Water Supply

Emerson Lands Contract to Supply Electric Motors to Fuel-Cell Cars ST. 
Louis-Based Company Already Has Developed Two Motors for Testing on "Cars of 
The Future"

Pennsylvania Sustainable Energy Funds Invest in Powerweb Technologies

President George W. Bush: 'There Are No Short-Term Fixes; the Solution for 
Our Energy Shortage Requires Long-Term Thinking.'

Powercold CEO Calls for Tax Credit Incentives to Help Ease Nation's Energy 
Crisis

Top Energy Summaries - Friday, March 23, 2001 - 9:27 Am

NY Natural Gas Pre-Opg: APR Seen Opening Slightly Up on Momentum

NW Natural Applies to Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council to Extend Mist 
Pipeline

Coming Down to the Wire / State Legislators Battle Over Alternative Energy 
Bills

Lodi Defies Order for Blackouts / Utility Tells PG&E to 'Pay The Bills'

Oakland Looks Ready to Cut Energy Tax / Council Wants to Abolish Levy for The 
Poor

Top Energy Summaries - Friday, March 23, 2001 - 7:44 Am

Power Bills Plunge

Bush Reversal on Carbon Dioxide Pleases Utility

FTC Finally Oks DTE Energy-Mcn Deal

California's Power Crisis Puts General Fund Moves on Hold

Democrats Unveil Energy 'Crisis' Legislation Senators Attack Bush, Say 
Problems Can Be Addressed without 'Soiling Our Environment.'

Belair Energy Corp - Acquires More Production in Joarcam

Planning Commission Oks New Reliant Power Plant ** Company Must Secure Upper 
Mount Bethel Twp. Supervisors' Approval. ** Upper Mount Bethel

Thousands Seek Help with Natural Gas Bills

Rules for Purchasing Power Being Fine-Tuned State Wants Electricity 
Deregulation to Go As Smoothly As Possible

Water, Power Shortages Threaten Northwest Salmon

Utility Hikes Lead to Conservation Efforts at U. Utah-(U. Utah)

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Cne Working on Renewable Energy Projects - Chile

Lmz, Electrosila Participate in Turkish Power Plant Construction

Azerbaijan's Chemicals, Engineering, Fuel-energy Plants To Be Privatized

Top Energy Summaries - Friday, March 23, 2001 - 5:20 PM

Automated Power Exchange Signs Up 12 Companies And a Major Market Maker for 
Apx U.K. Spot Market

Environment-Brazil: Water And Power Shortages Blamed on Drought

SI Power Prices Higher Last Week

Foreign Exchange Losses Continue to Hit Solid Energy

Top Energy Summaries - Friday, March 23, 2001 - 2:17 PM

UK-Funded Project Helps Kyrgyzstan Tackle Energy Utility Tariff Policy

Power Shortage Said to Delay Operation of Telecom Factory in North Korea

Brazil: Rio De Janeiro to Host Several Thermal Electric Power Facilities

Top Energy Summaries - Friday, March 23, 2001 - 12:31 PM

Ues, Shell Gas and Power Sign Cooperation Memorandum

Poland: Six Investors Short-Listed for Electrical Energy Supply Privatization

EU SUMMIT Ecofin to discuss energy, telecoms liberalisation timetable tomorrow

Lithuania's Part in Post-Soviet Energy Ring Questions Nuclear Plant Shutdown

Argentina: Techint Appoints New Head of Its Energy Division

Peru: Cetic to Invest US$100mil in Power Projects

Ecuador: Offers to Set Up Solar Energy Generation

Alstom bidding for 200 mln eur Morocco wind generating park contracts

Eurowind Given Planning Permission for Offshore Wind Farm

Upm-Kymmene Supports Plan for Finland's Fifth Nuclear Power Plant

Russian Power-Grid Chief Obtains Funds, Cooperation Plans on UK Visit

Power Shortage Delays Operation of Hanaro Factory in Pyongyang

Altek Power Corporation - Fort Macleod Electrical Generation Joint Venture 
Signed

National Energy Board: Westcoast Energy Inc - Neb to Conduct Public Hearing 
on Operation of Westcoast Energy's - Pine River Gas Plant Sulphur Pipeline

Afghan Taleban Power, Irrigation Official Meets Pakistani Envoy

China Sets Energy Development Targets

Pres. Arroyo Okays Power Plant Project in Batangas

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-North Carolina Utility Executive Discusses Purchase of Florida Company

-Students Plug into Knoxville, Tenn., Utility Board's `Green Power' Program

-Utility Explores Knoxville, Tenn., Water Tank Site

-Tulsa, Okla.-Based Williams Energy Denies Allegations of Overcharging

-Bill to Regulate Merchant Power Plants Advances

Senate Democrats Offer Alternative Energy Plan

Kansas Regulators Halt Utilities' Natural-Gas Shutoffs

Virginia Regulators Develop Plan for Retail Access to Energy

Tulsa, Okla.-Based Power Wholesaler Defends California Pricing

Proposed Savannah, GA.-Area Plant Could Ease Regional Power Crunch

Electric Utility to Transfer 100 Jobs from Salt Lake City to Portland, Ore.

Minnesota House Committee Advanced Energy Legislation

Report Says California Power Bill May Reach $70 Billion

Davis, Calif., Council Approves Plan for Dutch Firm to Run Solar Plant

California Lawmakers Grow Edgy As Power Crisis Solution Eludes Governor

California Seeks Refunds from Wholesale Power Generators

California Legislators Receive Some Details of State's Power Contracts

Virginia Utility to Reduce Natural Gas Prices

Power Outages Lull As California Governor's Plan Gets Cash to Power Plants

Colton, Calif., May Join Other Cities in Power-Plant Project

Rolling Power Outages Hit Segments of San Bernardino County, Calif.

Blackout Orders in California Delivered Quickly

Oregon's Public Utility Commission Tells Utilities to Offer Price Plans

Blackouts Hit California for Second Day in A Row

Pueblo, Colo.-Area Conservancy District Pushes for Stricter Water-Control Bill

Pueblo, Colo., Water Board Raises Tap Expenses

The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Home Energy Column

California Utility Starts Making Some Payments to Alternative-Energy Producers

California Residents, Visitors Try to Deal with Electricity Problems

Virginia-Based Buyer of Waterford, Conn., Power Plant Appeals Tax Assessment

Wisconsin Governor Drops Plan to Give Utilities Immunity in Voltage Lawsuits

Two Wisconsin Electric Utilities Propose Adding Capacity

Utilities to Present Plan for Electricity Transmission System in West, Midwest

Modesto, Calif., Irrigation District Looks to Speed Up Power Plant Plans

California Endures More Blackouts As Power Crisis Lingers

Power Agreements Sought in Exchange for Water Rights in Las Vegas

Nevada Gaming, Mining Lobbyists Say Bill Would Limit Electricity Availability

Electricity Deregulation Raises Fear Among New Jersey Elderly of Blackouts

Eugene, Ore., Utility Board to Reward Large Customers for Reduced Usage

Power Experts Dispel Some Popular Myths About California's Blackouts

North County, Calif., Power Officials Try to Spread Blackouts Evenly

Commerce City, Colo., Council Approves Utility Tax Rebates

British Energy Company Offers Fixed-Price Scheme to Pensioners

FTC Signs Off on Michigan Utility Merger

Madison, Wis.-Based Alliant Energy Plans New Power Plant in Iowa

Energy Firm Defends California Power Price

California Lawmakers Visit Power Plants That Supply San Francisco Area

California Companies, Residents Try to Find New Sources of Electricity

San Jose, Calif., Firm Buys Right to Develop Tejon Ranch, Calif., Power Plant

California Governor Pledges Help to CO-Generation Power Plants

Energy-Conservation Firm Expands Tonawanda, N.Y., Facility

Latham, N.Y.-Based Fuel Cell Company Sees Uncertain Future

New York Energy Panel Weighs Status of State's Power

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03-25-01 Southern California Edison says to pay small generators

03-25-01 France prepares to send nuclear waste to Germany

03-24-01 Scottish&Southern mulls offer for Seeboard -paper

03-24-01 Californians warned power bills could soar

03-24-01 UPDATE 1-10,000 Germans protest against nuclear waste

03-24-01 UPDATE 1-EU ducks power liberalisation date, France blamed

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