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Top Stories (March 2)

BUSH SAYS ENERGY SECURITY TO BE HIS PRIORITY
U.S. President George W. Bush said Friday that he will make energy security 
"a priority of American foreign policy." It requires "restoring American 
credibility with overseas suppliers and building strong relationships with 
energy-producing nations in our hemisphere," he said at a swearing-in 
ceremony for his Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham.
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PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC AGREES TO SELL POWER LINES TO CALIFORNIA, SOURCES SAY
Marking a potential turning point in California's energy crisis, Pacific Gas 
and Electric has agreed to sell its transmission lines to the state as part 
of a larger deal to rescue the company from financial collapse, according to 
sources familiar with the negotiations.
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SOUTHERN COMPANY TO SPIN OFF MIRANT APRIL 2 AFTER IRS RULING
Southern Co. will spin off 80.3% of Mirant Corp.'s shares on April 2, to 
Southern Co. holders of record March 21. In a press release Friday, Southern 
Co. said it received a favorable Internal Revenue Service ruling concerning 
the tax-free distribution of 272 million Mirant shares.
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MIDWEST ISO: 8 UTILITIES JOINED GRID OPERATOR BEFORE WEDNESDAY DEADLINE
The Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator Inc. said Friday that 
eight utilities submitted conditional applications this week to join the 
planned power grid operating group.
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US FTC SEEKS INPUT FOR REPORT ON STATE RETAIL POWER PLANS
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment for a report 
requested by House lawmakers assessing what state-sponsored retail power 
competition programs have truly produced consumer benefits.
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LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER TO SELL $1.2B IN POWER BONDS AS OF 
DEBT-RESTRUCTURING PLAN
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power this week is selling $1.2 
billion in power bonds to refund fixed-rate electric system debt as part of 
an overall plan to restructure debt service.
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Reliant Resources Will Try To Roadshow IPO In April,May

Bank Of Amer Pres Fears Calif Crisis Could Hurt Econ

Mirant Seeks Full, Timely Payment For Calif Pwr Sales

Brazil Cesp Controlling Stake Sale Back On After Crt Move

US FTC Seeks Input For Report On State Retail Power Plans

Midwest ISO: 8 Utils Joined Grid Oper Before Wed Deadline

Southern Co. To Spin Off Mirant Apr 2 After IRS Ruling>SO

US Weather: Rain, Snow In NW; Snow In NE; Rains In South

US Govs Keeping Close Eye On Western Energy Scramble

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Bpu Orders Program for Energy Efficiency Ratepayers to Foot $358 Million Bill

Ron Asche, Nebraska Public Power District

LADWP to Sell $1.2B in Power BondsAs Part of Debt-Restructuring Plan

Natural Gas Prices Raise Cost of Electricity

Bush Says Energy Security to Be His Priority

A Nuclear Power Plant Isn't Your Usual Business

Tep Taps Higher Power

Transcript of Remarks by The President And Secretary of Energy Spencer 
Abraham in Swearing-in Ceremony

Con Edison Asks Ferc to Close Loopholes That Enable New York Generators to 
Exercise Market Power

Odyssey Energy Corporation - Corporate Update

Wrangle Over Panel for Energy Customers

Utilities: Puc Defends Power Rate Boost

Newpower(TM) Expands Natural Gas Customer Base in Georgia

Uncertainty Weighs on Energy

Repeats: Energy Volume And Open Interest Totals-Mar 2

'Clean Coal' Has Powerful Backers

Energy Update/Los Angeles Department of Water And Power Issues Daily Energy 
Update for Friday, March 2, 2001

Power Profits Targeted: Generators Urged to Forgive Some of Utilities' Debts

Big Power Users Demand Reforms

New Jersey Natural Gas Company Supports Renewable Energy And Conservation 
Programs; Expands Efforts to Help Customers Conserve Energy And Benefit from 
New Technologies

Bill to Regulate Location of Power Plants

Consolidated Natural Gas Company Announces Consent Solicitation

Reader's View Proposed Middleton Plant Will Give US Reliable Power

Circumpacific Energy Corp - Commences Earning a 75% Interest - in A 70 
Section Block at Talbot Lake, Alberta

Equatorial Energy Announces Record 2000 Results; Closing of Financing And 
Repayment of Ivanhoe Notes

Bethlehem Zoners Grant Conectiv Plant Exceptions ** Company Plans to Turn 
Bethlehem Steel Brownfields Into Power Generation Site. ** Bethlehem

Projects Cut Ventura's Energy Use

Plug Power Announces CFO to Take Consultant Role

Road Show Aims to Save Energy

Dencor Energy Cost Controls Clarifies Name Change, Ticker Symbol Change And 
Reverse Split

USA's Power Lines Are Fraying

Alternative Power Plays Take Energy

Ex-Regulator Urges Temporary Federal Price Caps on Power

Energy Wholesalers Overcharge Calif

Worries Surface at Lake Forum As Power Crisis Drains Lake Roosevelt,; Low 
Snowpack Has Hard Time Refilling It

Court Upholds Epa's Power

Mccook Metals: Mccook Metals Reaches Groundbreaking Agreements with 
Bonneville Power Authority And Steelworkers Union; Agreements Will Benefit 
Region's Power Consumers, Steelworkers And Company

Science: the Superconductor Comes of Age Over Half of Our Electricity Gets 
Lost During Transportation Down Power Lines, But This Could Be About to 
Change. Charles Arthur on A Revolution in Energy

Natural Gas Prices Down Sharply in the State

Customer Delinquency Bills Rise with Natural Gas Prices

S&P: California Cities Weather Power Crisis

Courage Energy Inc. Reports Year-End Reserves

Power Plants Likely to Switch Sites, Fuel

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Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant Reports Record Output

Iberdrola Clinches Mexican Private Power Contract

Peru: Duje Energy to Complate San Diego Dam

Water Firm Buys 24.5% of Phoenix Natural Gas

Ukraine seeks to reduce Russian energy dependence

Gansu To Invest Usd 1.3 Bln in Local Power Sector This Year

Technicians Debate Coal Use in Thermo Plants - Brazil

Cne Calls for Generation Investment - Chile

Brazil : Eletropaulo Concentrates in Power Distribution

ESA Kujala Appointed New President of Kyro Power

Baoji No. 2 Power Plant Fully Operational

STOCKWATCH: Johnson Matthey firm after Goldman Sachs comment on fuel cell meet

Govt Should Impose Limits of Russian Coal Export

Philippines' NPC/Zamboanga Cooperative to Explain Power Rate Hike

Australia's Energy Developments Posts US$6.6 Mln Profit in H1

Greenpeace Carries Global Clean Energy Call to Thailand

Putin Aiming to Assert Power in South China Sea Port Lease Top of President's 
Two-Day Agenda

Australia's United Energy, Alintagas Sign Operating Service Deal

Kepco Awards Hyundai Heavy Industries a Diesel Power Contract

Iran's Energy Subsidies Blocking Development:Minister

Korea Electric Power Corp Set to List Five Thermal Power Cos

Indian Govt Considering Allowing 100% Fdi in Power Trade

Henwood Releases First Power Market Database for India

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ST. Louis, Mo.-Based Company to Keep Springettsbury, Pa., Plant in Operation

Connecticut Utilities Firms Look to Reinforce 1999 Merger Agreement

Parent Firm to Lease Part of Columbia, W.VA., Gas Firm's Offices

Group Recommends Incentives to Promote Power Plants in Wisconsin

California Energy Agency's Draft Report Says Power Generators Charged Too Much

Natural Gas Prices May Decline in Centre County, Pa.

Virginia Furniture Makers Request Halt to Electricity Deregulation

Philadelphia Gas Utility to Accept Agreement That May Increase Rates

The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Home Energy Column

Managers of California's Electric Grid Accuse Power Producers of Overcharging

Merger of Northeast Utilities, Consolidated Edison Could Be in Trouble

Engineers Find Cracks in Connecticut Nuclear Power Plant Turbine

New Jersey Regulators Approve 2 Percent Rate Increase for Natural Gas Utility

Utility Readies Opening of New Autaugaville, ALA., Power Plant

Houston-Based Enron Pushes Plan for Power Plant in Pompano Beach, Fla.

Georgia Utility to Begin Testing Macon, GA., Soil Samples for Contamination

New Jersey Utilities Board Orders Energy-Efficiency Program

Colorado Springs, Colo., Utilities Firm Looks to Raise Rates 25 Percent

Polk County, Fla., Power Plant to Draw Gas from New Pipeline

Anchorage Daily News, Alaska, Business Meetings Column

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03-04-01 UPDATE 1-Northeastern U.S. braces for a major snowstorm

03-04-01 Dominion says body recovered from damaged silo

03-04-01 Calif. municipalities mulling move into power business

03-03-01 Bidders for Enel's Elettrogen cut to nine-paper

03-03-01 UPDATE 1-India urges states to step up power sector reforms

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