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Top Stories (February 14)

CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR REQUESTS ADDITIONAL $500 MILLION TO BUY ENERGY
As Gov. Gray Davis works to craft a bailout plan for California's two largest 
electric utilities, California's fledgling foray into the power business is 
coming at an ever more expensive price that is nearing $2 billion.
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CALIFORNIA CONSIDERS BUYING POWER LINES AMID CHANCE OF LOSING PRICE CAP
With a potential legal guillotine looming on Monday, Gov. Gray Davis is 
trying to piece together the framework of a utility bailout that includes a 
state purchase of privately owned electricity transmission lines in exchange 
for a series of concessions from Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and Southern 
California Edison.
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BORALEX INC. TO ACQUIRE 2 POWER PLANTS IN VERMONT
Boralex Inc. has agreed in principle to acquire two power facilities in 
Vermont from Citizens Utilities.
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UTILITY COMPANY BOWS OUT OF PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRICITY MARKET
PG Energy is getting out of the electricity business this year. That leaves 
the company's residential customers who live in the PPL service area with 
three options, according to a state Web site.
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GREEN MOUNTAIN ENERGY COMPANY WINS OVER 400,000 OHIO CUSTOMERS UNDER 
COUNTRY'S LARGEST ENERGY AGGREGATION CONTRACT
Green Mountain Energy Company, featuring the leading brand of cleaner and 
renewable energy, today was selected to serve over 400,000 Ohio electricity 
customers in the country's largest-ever energy aggregation contract.
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NYISO: NYC NEEDS ANOTHER 296 MW TO MEET SUMMER POWER DEMAND
The operator of New York's bulk power grid said Wednesday New York City must 
add more generation to meet projected electricity demand this summer.
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NYISO: NYC Needs Another 296 MW To Meet Summer Pwr Demand

Winstar Comm To Connect To LighTrade Pooling Points

EEI: Elec Output Report For Wk Ended Feb 17 Delayed 1 Day

EEI: US Electric Output For Wk Ended Feb 10 Up 1.6% On Yr

Colorado PUC:XCel Energy Can Upgrade 115KV Line By Summer

Green Mtn Energy Gets Deal To Serve 450K Ohio Customers

Families Of Miami Men To Get $96M In Frozen Cuba Assets

LIPA Raising Plant Capacity To Meet Summer Energy Needs

Merrill, BNP Paribas Analysts Cautious On Edison, PG&E

Brink Looms After California Utility's Day In Court

Keyspan, Elec Workers Reach Agreement To Avert Strike

US Weather:Showers Cover Southern Half Of Nation

Spain's Regulator Sparks Problems For Ferroatlantica

Boralex Inc./Buy -2: Sees C$600,000 EBITDA Boost >BLX.A

EnBW Not Giving Up On Spain's Cantabrico Despite Setback

Boralex Inc. To Acquire 2 Power Plants In Vermont >BLX.A

Edison Intl: No Decision From Banks On Extending Credit

Ferroatlantica To Wait For CNMV Decision On RWE Bid>G.RWE

Endesa's Opciona.com Chosen For Internet-based Elec Mkt

Spanish Press:Cantabrico Chmn Sees "Economic Rationality"

India Press:Marathon Oil In Race For Enron Oil Stake

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Calif's 30th Consecutive Power Alert

Power Needs, Clean Air Standards Clash

Progress Energy Completes $3.2 Billion Bond Offering

American Pacific Claims Unjust, Unreasonable Electric Rates

Top Energy Summaries - Wednesday, February 14, 2001 - 5:20 PM

Senate Agrees To Power Deregulation Delay

-OPTIRON ISSUES A BILLING AND CUSTOMER CARE CHALLENGE TO THE UTILITY INDUSTRY

Great River Energy Issues RFP Seeking Power Supply Resources

Atmos Energy Declares Dividend

Account4 Selected to Power It for Philadelphia Gas Works

Power Supply Should Exceed Demand in New England Experts Predict No Poblems 
During Summer

Dencor Energy Cost Controls Inc - Planned Merger with Reliable Power Systems

Energy Update/Los Angeles Department of Water And Power Daily Energy Update 
for Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2001

Reliant Energy Minnegasco Launches Newly Designed Web Site; New Features 
Designed to Improve Experience for Customers

Top Energy Summaries - Wednesday, February 14, 2001 - 2:25 PM

Repeats: Energy Volume And Open Interest Totals-Feb 14

Green Mountain Energy Company Wins Over 400,000 Ohio Customers under 
Country's Largest Energy Aggregation Contract

Puco Chairman Schriber to Present Testimony to House Subcommittee on Energy 
And Air Quality on Ohio's Power Siting Process

Cal-ISO Directs SCE to Curtail Some Customers; Conservation Urged As State 
Faces Energy Shortfall

Up Next: Solvent Utility Firms

Long Island Power Authority Proposes New Plants

Fitch Publishes Credit Update Report on Lubbock Power & Light

Blue Dolphin Energy Company

Shock to the System: Power Crisis Was Long in the Making

Ohio Electric Choice Campaign Is Off to A Great StartOhio Electric Choice 
Provides "State of The Education Campaign" Update

Utilities Consider Coal As a Fuel for Future Power Plants Due to Stable Price 
And Supply Activists Are Prepared to Oppose The Move to Coal

Utility Offers Farmers a Deal Regulators Still Have to Approve Idaho Power 
Plan

Power Suppliers Must Sell to California Judge Extends Temporary Order

Idaho Oks 29% Rate Increase for Avista Power Company Has No Control Over Cost 
of Gas, Puc Says

Proton Energy Systems Awarded Key Patents for Lower Cost Hydrogen Production 
And Purification

Power Prices at New Plant Can't Be Set Natural Gas Cost Predicted to Drop for 
Canyon Site

Cambridge Energy Corp - Stuart Brown Consulting Corporation Issues Report on 
Company

Equatorial Energy Inc - Closes Financing

El Paso Energy Partners, L.P. Announces Highlights of February 14 Analyst 
Meeting

Power Measurement/Operation Technology Partnership Combines Energy Metering 
with Real-Time AnalysisAlliance to Provide Complete, Intelligent Energy 
Management Solutions

Interview with Electric City CEO John Mitola on Ceocast.Com; Interview 
Available to Listeners at Financial Forum Website

Stuart Brown Consulting Corporation Issues Report on Cambridge Energy 
Corporation

Docucorp And Vectren Announce Multi-Year Asp Contract; Vectren's Energy 
Subsidiaries Will Outsource Bill Production, Distribution And Offer Ebpp

Pud Power Rate Hikes Are in BPA's Hands

New Bill Promises Big Tax Breaks for Energy Companies

Us: Uqu Compressor Drive Motors for Ford's Fuel Cell Vehicles

Us: Potomac Electric to Buy Conectiv for $2.2b

Longer Hours for Calif Power Plants

Whistle-Blower Wins Ruling Vs. GA. Power

Calif. Firm to Build Florida Power Plant

Letters from Our Readers ; Solar Power Is Abundant Here

Thermo Electron Cutting Power Unit

Wise Woos Power Woe Sufferers

Calif. Bill Could Create New State Power Transmission Authority

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Edesur Signs Energy Efficiency Agreements - Argentina

Codelco Putting US$1.3bn Power Contract Out to Tender - Chile

CST Seeks Partner for Power Plants - Brazil

Cold Snap Boosts Coal Demand - Colombia, Venezuela

Scpl, Gamesa to Install 16 Wind Turbines Feb. - Argentina

Govt. to Boost Power Privatizations - Peru

Eletrobras to Market Energy from Nuclear Plants - Brazil

Cassol Plans Hydro Inauguration Jan.20 - Brazil

Bes Recommends Generation Sector - Brazil

Pemex Makes Natural Gas Contracts More Flexible

Power Rationing Lingers in Zimbabwe

Icsid Dismisses Malaysian Power Firm's Claims Against Tanzania

Mirant CFO Will Speak at Ubs Warburg Energy Conference

Brazil: Cpfl Investing in Electric Power Generation

Natural gas prices skyrocket

Top Energy Summaries - Wednesday, February 14, 2001 - 12:16 PM

Drnec Lashes Out at Rival Energy Drinks

Genrad Signs Global Contract with Celestica And Launches Next-Generation Mes 
Platform

Iasiaworks Deploys Asia's Most-Advanced Data Center Power Design; Piller UPS 
to Guarantee Continuous Services And Operating Efficiency

Hafslund Q4 boosted by active Norway power generation, U.S. energy trading

FX Energy Updates Operations in Poland

German regional utility EnBW still interested in Hidrocantabrico

Italys's ENI signs MoU to build power plant in Nigeria

Solar Energy to Be Widely Used in Buildings

China Power Finance to Acquire 4 Firms, Will Become Country's Biggest Finance 
Player

Electricity Generating acquires 60 pct stake in power plant

Japan Govt Tender - RF Power Amplifier

Hokkaido, Sakhalin Discuss More Japan Investment in Energy.

Pakistan Govt to Seek Approval for 8 Hydro Plant Sites

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Utility Company Bows Out of Pennsylvania Electricity Market

Power Plant Proliferate Across Gas-Rich Oklahoma Region

Gas Consumers in United Kingdom Face Higher Bills

Bid Battle Heats Up for United Kingdom-Based Yorkshire Utility

Battle Escalates Over Allegations at Russian Gas Producer Gazprom

Spanish Electricity Giant Endesa Becomes Bid Target After Failed Merger

California Utility Could Sell Land to State to Help Pay Deregulation Costs

California's Growing Silicon Valley Guzzling Power at High Speeds

California Considers Buying Power Lines Amid Chance of Losing Price Cap

California Governor Requests Additional $500 Million to Buy Energy

Texas Senator Criticizes Clinton's Order on Natural-Gas Supplies to California

Washington State Lawmaker Proposes Tax Break for New Power Plants

West Coast's Energy Hunt Renews Interest in Nuclear Solutions

Geothermal Systems Develop a Following Among Illinois Homeowners

ST. Charles, Colo., Residents Support Construction of Sewage Treatment Plant

Deregulation Fuels Salt Lake City-Based Utility's Profits

California Utility Companies Scramble to Lobby Legislators, Appease Creditors

Federal Judge Expected to Rule on California Utility Lawsuit

Washington Utility to Buy New Jersey Utility for $2.2 Billion

Mid-Atlantic Electric Utility Makes Bid for Delaware-Based Conectiv

California Judge Says Utilities Can't Pass Along Power Costs to Consumers

New Jersey Colleges Pledge to Cut Back Energy Use

New Massachusetts Energy Parent Company Introduces Deferred Billing Plan

New England Leaders Dismiss Foreshadowing of California Energy Crisis

Evening Standard, London, Andrew Smithers Column

Canadian Company Produces Efficient, Durable Fuel Cells

Superior, Wis., Lab Puts Fuel to the Test

California Officials Struggle to Prevent Energy Crisis

Ge's Power Systems Unit Moves Headquarters from Schenectady, N.Y., to Atlanta

Latham, N.Y.-Based Fuel Cell Maker Posts $22.3 Million Loss in Quarter

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PG&E mulls debt restructure, banks won't move on unit

Brazil holds power line auction, contest thin

Turkish MPs extend power deregulation tender process

RPT-INTERVIEW-Enron business model almost limitless-CEO

Canada natgas prices mixed ahead of storage report

US Corp Bonds-Progress progresses, market regresses

Great River looks for 200-300 MW of Minn. power

INTERVIEW-Enron lauds Germany's open power market resolve

NY to revise energy plan early due to high power demand

El Paso concerned by growing Calif. credit risk

U.S. Enron worried by German power sector integration

UPDATE 2-Calif. pleads for power savings to avoid blackouts

NewPower posts quarterly loss

Group lays out plan for clean energy in U.S. Midwest

Ukraine PM wants top energy officials sacked

S&P rates Progress Energy $3.2 bln notes BBB

S&P comments on KeySpan Corp KeySpan Corp. corporate credit rating: A/Stable/A

McCook declines comment on Alcoa's Longview cuts

UPDATE 1-PG&E mulls debt restructure, banks won't move on unit

UPDATE 2-PG&E says banks won't move on unit,may restructure debt

Does the bell toll for NJ electricity deregulation?

Cleco files shelf for $150 mln in stock, debt

Nuclear watchdog: Iraq cooperated with inspection

Hard to pin blame for California power plant shutdowns

UPDATE 1-Peabody earnings eased in December quarter

UPDATE 3-Progress Energy sells $3.2 bln bonds after merger

UK consumer body warns energy firms over mis-selling

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