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Top Stories (January 22)

CALPX ANNOUNCES IT WILL PERMANENTLY CLOSE DOWN BY APRIL
California's five-year-old experiment with electricity deregulation saw its 
first casualty Friday with an announcement by the state's Power Exchange that 
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CALIFORNIA WEARILY FACES ANOTHER WEEK OF POWER SHORTAGES
California wearily faces another week of power problems after a weekend that 
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BUSH NOMINATES HEBERT FOR ENERGY
President Bush named Curt Hebert, who has argued against federal involvement 
in the California electricity crisis, as chairman of the agency that 
regulates wholesale power markets.
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DOW CHEMICAL, AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER PLAN $325M LOUISIANA PLANT
American Electric Power Co. and Dow Chemical Co. signed definitive agreements 
that will lead to the construction of a $325 million cogeneration plant at 
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CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY ON 25.5-MW WISCONSIN WIND FARM
FPL Energy LLC has started work on a 25.5 megawatt wind farm in Iowa County, 
Wisconsin, the company said Monday.
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ENERGY MERGER DANCE GATHERS MOMENTUM
The great merger dance in Western Canada's energy patch is gathering 
momentum. The past few weeks have seen the announcement of several takeover 
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Top Bush Officials Discuss California Power Crisis

CP&L Gets NC, SC OK To Accelerate Nuclear Depreciation

Construction Underway On 25.5-MW Wisconsin Wind Farm

US Envoy: India's Enron Project Key To Foreign Investment

Meltdown-Proof Nuclear Reactor Has Power Industry Abuzz

Calif Local Credits Shouldn't Weaken From Crisis: Moody's

Pa. PUC Blasts GPU Energy For Calif. Crisis Comparison

RWE May Enter Battle Over Spain's Cantabrico

PRESS RELEASE: Riverside Pooled Fund On Moody's Watch-Dn

Colombia Govt To Fight TermoRio Award, Alleges Foul Play

Calif Riverside Pooled Fund Invest On Moody's Watch-Dn

Dow Chemical/Amer Elec Power-2:Sells Output To Tractebel

Dow Chemical, Amer Elec Power Plan $325M La. Plant >DOW

CalPX Announces It Will Permanently Close Down By April

California Wearily Faces Another Week Of Power Shortages

Caixa Catalunya Leads Financing Of New Wind Energy Plant

Japan Power Cos Seek Slow Reforms Amid California Crisis

Utility Bankruptcies Would Cause Wide Financial Shocks

NZ's Contact Energy Withdraws Fee Resolution From Mtg

PG&E/Edison -4: PG&E In Talks With Qualified Facilities

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Business Briefly: Lacey's Applied Power Corp. Bought by New York Firm

Bush Nominates Hebert for Energy

Ppl Corp. Names President of Generation Subsidiary

North Carolina Municipal Power Agencies' Generating Plant Value on the Rise

Energy Update/Los Angeles Department of Water And Power Daily Energy Update 
for Monday, Jan. 22, 2001

Answers to West Coast Energy Crisis Blowing in the Wind

Energy Merger Dance Gathers Momentum

Wrap: Enron Profit Rises 33% as Growth Surges in Energy Services Businesses

Winter Energy Crunch

Delco Remy, Aerovironment Introduce Ipower Technologies Llc, Focus of New 
Company Is Distributed Generation And Hybrid Electric Vehicles

Talisman Energy And Seneca Resources Announce Appalachian Gas Joint Venture

Energy Search, Incorporated Announces Adjustment to Series "A" Warrant 
Exercise Price

Natural-Gas Producer Goes Horizontal

Babcock & Wilcox Awarded $100 Million Contract to Build New Coal-Fired Power 
Plant in Wyoming

Hagel to support Abraham for Secretary of Energy

BP Solar Bullish in Regional Market

Top Energy Summaries - Monday, January 22, 2001 - 2:39 PM

Nation's Mayors Call for 10 Percent Reduction in National Energy Use

Company Unveils Power Plant Plans to Neighbors

Power Wait Hinges on New Plants

Advisory/State Controller Connell And Senator Polanco to Announce Energy 
Crisis Initiative in LA

Outlook: US Power Cock-Up

Tractebel signs 20-yr deal to purchase output from American Electric Power

Energy Crisis Likely to Have Minimal Impact on State's Economy, Expert to 
Tell Cpas

Construction Begins on Iowa County, Wisconsin, Wind Farm; Wisconsin Electric 
to Buy Power from Fpl Energy

Initiates Natural Gas Sales from Its Swan Creek Field to Retail Utility 
Customers in Hancock County, Tennessee
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Magnadrive Wins U.S. Energy Department Grant for Energy Efficiency Technology

Ocean Power Corp And Wind Harvest Revise Agreement

GE Power Systems Acquires Mk Engineering, A Combustion Optimization 
Technology CompanyTechnology Improves Combustion Efficiency And Reduces 
Emissions for Fossil Generation Power Plants

Tractebel Enters Into Power Purchase Agreement with American Electric Power

Panel Targets Fuel Cell Generation Equal to 10 N-Reactors

Top Energy Summaries - Monday, January 22, 2001 - 9:14 Am

California Faces More Power Outages

Beacon Power Opens New Headquarters in Wilmington, Massachusetts

Ebusiness Technologies Powers Web Site for Energy LeaderPuget Sound Energy to 
Manage Content with Engenda

Salomon Upgrades Duke Energy to Buy, Lifts Target to $100 (Duk)

Dow And American Electric Power Reach Agreement to Develop New Cogeneration 
Plant to Serve Dow in Plaquemine, LA.

Tengasco Initiates Natural Gas Sales from Its Swan Creek Field to Retail 
Utility Customers in Hancock County, Tennessee

Parts of Sacramento Lose Power: Equipment Malfunction in Oregon Spurs Outage

Calif. Working on Power-Supply Deal

Top Energy Summaries - Monday, January 22, 2001 - 7:30 Am

Ocean Power Corporation And Wind Harvest Revise Agreement

Power Corporation And Wind Harvest Revise Agreement

Glitch Cuts Power in Central Valley / Davis Will Name Czar to Oversee New 
Plants

Tibco Software Enables Real-Time Information Flow for Southern Energy's North 
American Online Trading Operations

Ballard Power Systems And Victrex PLC Announce Alliance for The Development 
And Manufacture of Ionomers for Ballard Fuel Cells

Virginia Natural Gas Doubles Its Aid Amount

Toward Adequate Energy and a Clean Environment

Are Power Companies Hurting High Tech?

Power Shortage May Electrify Coal, Nuclear Industries

Keeping Track: Natural-Gas Costs

Americans Get More Help with Their Utility Bills

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Japan Should Aim for 5 M. Fuel-Cell Cars by 2020: Panel

Sempra Energy Completes Sale of Energy America to Centrica

LeBoeuf Breaks Into South Africa with Energy Practice

Power Generation Too Big for Tanzania Private Sector--Cti

Ministry to Publish Bidding Rules for Geothermal Prospects - Chile

Machu Picchu to Re-start Generation in April - Peru

Indian Government: Renewable Energy Seminar Inaugurated

Ballard Power Systems And Victrex PLC Announce Alliance for The Development 
And Manufacture of Ionomers for Ballard(R) Fuel Cells

The 4th Int'l Electric Power Tech. & Equipment Exhibition

STOCKWATCH International Power gains as Goldman Sachs upgrades stance

Singapore power industry faces big bang

Benpres unit, Siemens Power to settle dispute over equipment supply delay

World Bank to Loan US$180 Mln for Rajasthan Power Sector

Feasibility Reports for 5 Hydro Projects Sent to Pakistan CE

Russia to Use More Coal for Power Generation

Lignite Power Plant Joint Venture in Laos

Scottish Power Eyes PowerGen

Oman to Invite Power Plant Bids

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York County, Pa., Residents Uneasy About Plan for New Sewage Treatment Plant

Aging San Joaquin County, Calif., Windmills Need Repair

Interior Secretary Signs Decision to Hold California to Water Entitlement

Colorado Senator Wins Approval for Deadline Extension on Aquifer Study

Paducah, KY., Gas Diffusion Plant to Be Completed by March

California Power Crunch Plays Games with Orange County, Calif., Businesses

Southern California Largely Spared While Lights Go Out in North

British Electricity to Advertise on London Taxicabs

Victorville, Calif.-Based Water District Imposes Surcharge for Electricity

The Business Press, Ontario, Calif., Letters to The Editor

Buffalo, N.Y.-Area Power Company Looks to Alter Pricing Scenario

New Mexico Utility Sets Up New Emergency Warning System

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