Dear Generation/Power Marketing Executive:

The following is 1) this week's Alliance of Energy Suppliers' Express, and 2) 
listing of recent filings at FERC.  Attached for your information is a report 
in a PDF format summarizing significant filings.

                                  Alliance of Energy Suppliers Express
December 12, 2000

INSIDE WASHINGTON

The Week Ahead*

***Congress is poised to finish FY2001 appropriation bills and conclude the 
106th Congress this week.
***FERC meets tomorrow, and is expected to issue a final rule on the market 
interventions for California's ailing electricity market.  Other important 
cases on the agenda include Illinois Powers' withdrawal from the Midwest ISO.

FEDERAL AFFAIRS

***Commission Approves CA-ISO Request For $250 Soft Price Cap***

FERC late last week approved a price cap change requested by the California 
Independent System Operator (ISO), in response to the emergency conditions in 
the California electricity market.  The current purchase price cap of $250 
per Mwh will be lifted, and bids above that amount will be allowed but will 
not set the clearing price paid to all sellers, as does the current purchase 
price cap.  FERC notes this should attract more bids and alleviate supply 
shortages.  Parties bidding above $250 will be required to report their bids 
to FERC on a weekly basis and provide cost information.

FERC also authorized the ISO to penalize participating generators that 
refusal to operate in response to an ISO request in an emergency.

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

 ***Constellation Energy Group Subsidiary Purchases Nine Mile Point Nuclear 
Plants***

Constellation Energy Group announced plans to purchase 100 percent of Nine 
Mile Point Unit 1 and 82 percent of Unit 2 for $815 million.  Constellation 
would then own a total of 1,550 megawatts of Nine Mile Point's 1,757 
megawatts of total generating capacity.  The sale is expected to close in 
mid-2001, after receipt of all regulatory approvals.  The company had 
recently announced plans to separate its wholesale merchant energy and retail 
energy businesses into two stand-alone, publicly traded companies.  
Constellation also announced that their merchant energy business was ranked 
fifth in the nation for sales of electric power in the third quarter of 2000.

***Cinergy Affiliate To Acquire Two Merchant Generating Plants From Enron***

Cinergy Corporation has announced that Cinergy Capital & Trading, a 
non-regulated affiliate, has signed a definitive agreement to purchase two 
natural gas-fired merchant electric generating facilities located in the 
Southeastern United States.   The acquisition consists of Enron's 
494-megawatt Brownsville generation facility located in Tennessee, and the 
504-megawatt Caledonia generation facility in Mississippi.  The transaction 
will increase Cinergy's generation portfolio to about 21,000 megawatts, with 
the non-regulated portion being about 15,000 megawatts.  "Cinergy has created 
a regional leadership position in the Midwest power market and is focused on 
strategic opportunities to expand our footprint," said Michael Cyrus, 
president of Cinergy Capital & Trading.  He noted that the transaction 
increases the non-regulated generating capacity "in excess of 30 percent in 
just over a year."

NEW GENERATION

***Construction Of Edison Mission Power Plant in California Begins; Peaking 
Unit To Be Online by August***

Edison Mission Energy (EME), an Edison International company, has started 
construction of its Sunrise power plant on Thursday, December 7, having 
received expedited approval from the California Energy Commission (CEC) to 
proceed.  The facility will be located in Kern County, California, and will 
bring both short- and long-term generation capacity to the state.  The 
project will be completed in two phases.  Phase 1 will consist of a 
320-megawatt simple-cycle peaking facility scheduled to be in service next 
summer.  Phase 2 will convert the peaking facility to a 560-megawatt 
combined-cycle operation with an in-service date of summer 2003.  Final 
regulatory authority has been received only for Phase 1.

RISK MANAGEMENT

 ***Business Group Releases Final Report on Retail Energy Markets***

An energy industry group that includes utilities, energy suppliers, 
regulators, vendors, consumer advocates and trade organizations last week 
released the second and last volume of its report on Uniform Business 
Practices for retail energy markets.  This volume comprehensively addresses 
unbundled electricity metering.  Volume Ireleased last monthaddressed the 
issues of customer information, customer enrollment & switching, billing & 
payment processing, load profiling, supplier licensing, market participant 
interaction, disputes between the utility and the supplier, and customer 
inquiries.

"Uniform business transactions may help lower barriers to market entry, 
encourage new product lines, reduce utility distribution company system costs 
to accommodate retail access, and give customers more price and product 
benefits," said Mike McGrath, EEI Group Director of Customer and Energy 
Service.  To download the report, or for more information on the UBP effort, 
see www.ubpnet.org.

***Upcoming Conference:  Achieving Profitability & Operational Safety in a 
Competitive Marketplace - Co-Sponsored by the Alliance of Energy Suppliers***

An executive conference on safety in fossil power plants will be held in 
Baltimore, Maryland next March 18-20.  The conferencechaired by leading 
members of the power generation industrywill gather corporate leaders and 
senior managers to discuss safety as a critical business issue in the 
deregulating environment.  Charles Kelly, EEI's Director of Industry Human 
Resource Issues, is on the advisory board of the meeting.  For more 
information, or to download a conference program, visit 
www.electricpowerexpo.com/safetyconference.html.

ENERGY DATA

*** Weekly Electric Output (Week 49)***

Electric output reached 69,281 GWh for the week ending December 2 (Week 49), 
with the highest increase over 1999 levels in the Pacific Northwest region, 
which had a 9.5 percent increase over 1999.  Looking at year-to-date 
information, the Pacific Southeast leads the nation in growth of output.  For 
more information, email alliance@eei.org.

The Alliance Express is a free news service sponsored by the Alliance of 
Energy Suppliers.  This document can be redistributed.  Please send 
questions, comments, or requests to alliance@eei.org, or telephone 
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                                  == RECENT FERC FILINGS ==

(1)  RTO ORDER 2000 DEVELOPMENTS

*  GRIDFLORIDA filed an answer to comments filed regarding its Order 2000 RTO 
Compliance Filing.  RT01-67-000.  Filed December 5, 2000.

*  DAYTON POWER & LIGHT filed an answer to the protest of the COALITION OF 
MIDWEST TRANSMISSION CUSTOMERS regarding its Order 2000 RTO Compliance 
Filing.  RT01-37-000.  Filed December 5, 2000.

*  DUQUESNE LIGHT CO.  filed an update with respect to its activities to 
participate in an RTO.  RT01-13-000.  Filed December 5, 2000.

*  GRIDSOUTH filed an answer to ENRON POWER MARKETING regarding GRIDSOUTH's 
Order 2000 RTO Compliance Filing.  RT01-74-000.  Filed December 5, 2000.

*  CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT, DUKE ENERGY CORP. and SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC & 
GAS filed a joint answer to protests filed in GRIDSOUTH's Order 2000 RTO 
Compliance Filing.  RT01-74-000.  Filed December 5, 2000.

*  SOUTHERN COMPANY SERVICES made one filing as an answer to ENRON's motion 
opposing conditioning market-based rate authority on RTO participation and 
another filing answering comments regarding its petition for a declaratory 
order.  RT01-77-000.  Filed December 5, 2000.

*  PJM and PJM TRANSMISSION OWNERS each filed answers to protests and 
comments made in PJM's Order 2000 RTO Compliance Filing.  RT01-2-000.  Filed 
December 5, 2000.

*  AVISTA CORP., BONNEVILLE POWER ADMIN., IDAHO POWER, MONTANA POWER CO., 
PACIFICORP and PUGET SOUND ENERGY jointly and RTO WEST each filed amended 
supplemental compliance filings and requests for declaratory order.  RTO WEST 
also filed answers to protests.  RTO-35-000.  Filed December 1, 2000.

*  ENTERGY filed an answer to comments regarding its Order 2000 RTO 
Compliance Filing.  RT01-75-000.  Filed December 5, 2000.

*  TRANSCONNECT filed an answer to comments regarding its Order 2000 RTO 
Compliance Filing.  RT01-15-000.  Filed December 5, 2000.

*  SOUTHWESTERN ELECTRICAL POWER CO. and PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF OKLAHOMA 
filed answers to protests regarding the SPP's Order 2000 RTO Compliance 
Filing.  RT01-34-000.  Filed December 5, 2000.

*  SPP filed an answer to comments regarding its Order 2000 RTO Compliance 
Filing.  RT01-34-000.  Filed December 5, 2000.

*  WESTERN RESOURCES and KANSAS GAS & ELECTRIC CO. filed an answer to their 
Order 2000 RTO Compliance Filing.  RT01-6-000.  Filed December 5, 2000.

*  NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT filed an answer to MISSOURI RIVER ENERGY 
SERVICE's motion for a technical conference on rate design issues and other 
relief.  RT01-1-000.  Filed December 5, 2000.

*  MAINE ELECTRIC POWER CO. filed an answer to MASSACHUSETTS MUNICIPAL 
WHOLESALE ELECTRIC CO.'s comments regarding its Order 2000 RTO Compliance 
Filing.  RT01-19-000.  Filed December 5, 2000.

*  BASIN ELECTRIC POWER COOP. and the WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION each 
filed an answer to MISSOURI RIVER ENERGY SERVICES' comments in the following 
Order 2000 RTO Compliance filings:  RT01-1, 38, 40, 44, 53, 63, 78 -000.  
Filed December 5, 2000.

*  UTILICORP filed an answer to comments in the following Order 2000 RTO 
Compliance filings:  RT01-4, 29, 45, -000 and Dockets EC00-27-000 and 
EC00-28-000.  Filed December 5, 2000.

*  CLECO UTILITY GROUP filed a motion of opposition to a motion to 
consolidate and a request for a Commission investigation regarding the 
following Order 2000 RTO Compliance filings:  RT01-25, 34, 75 -000.  Filed 
December 5, 2000.


(2)  OTHER RTO DEVELOPMENTS

*  SOUTHWESTERN PUBLIC SERVICE CO. filed to request to defer its decision 
from joining the MIDWEST ISO.  EC99-101-002.  Filed November 17, 2000.

*  CA ISO filed a supplemental answer to the CITY OF VERNON, CA's complaint 
regarding a transmission control agreement.  EL01-14-000.  Filed December 1, 
2000.

*  CITY OF VERNON filed a motion for leave to answer the CA ISO's 
supplemental answer to the CITY's complaint.  EL01-14-000.  Filed December 7, 
2000.

*  The following entities filed for rehearing or comments regarding the 
Commission's November 1, 2000 Order proposing remedies for the California 
wholesale electric market.  EL00-95-000, et. al.  Filed December 1, 2000.

-  GOVERNOR GRAY DAVIS
-  CA ISO
-  The SAN DIEGO ASSOC. of GOVERNMENTS and the SAN DIEGO REGIONAL ENERGY 
OFFICE
-  CITY OF SAN DIEGO
-  ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY ASSOC.
-  DYNEGY, EL SEGUNDO, LONG BEACH and CABRILLO I, II
-  DUKE ENERGY COMPANIES
-  CAL PX
-  AES CORP.
-  ENRON COMPANIES
-  RETX.COM


*  The CITY OF CHULA VISTA filed comments regarding the Commission's November 
1, 2000 Order proposing remedies for the California wholesale electric 
market.  EL00-95-000, et. al.  Filed December 6, 2000.

*  SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON CO. filed a motion for the issuance of a 
subpoena to the market surveillance committee of the CA ISO for the 
production of documentary evidence, specifically information demonstrating 
market power.  EL00-95-000, et. al.  Filed December 7, 2000.

*  PG&E NATIONAL ENERGY GROUP, PG&E GENERATING, USGEN NEW ENGLAND and PG&E 
ENERGY TRADING-POWER filed a motion to intervene and comment regarding 
NEPOOL's Sixty-Seventh revised NEPOOL Agreement, which changes the 
amortization and repayment method for certain expenses related to NEPOOL's 
restructuring incurred before May 1, 1999, and its Sixty-Eighth revised 
NEPOOL Agreement regarding the same expenses incurred after January 1, 2000.  
ER01-459-000.  Filed on December 6, 2000.

*  SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON CO. filed a protest to the CITY OF VERNON's 
compliance filing, specifically to the CITY's revised Transmission Owner 
Tariff.  EL00-105-001.  Filed December 7, 2000.

*  SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON CO. (SO CAL ED) filed a response to various 
motions filed in opposition to its request to establish wholesale and retail 
rates for the recovery of reliability service charges, including Reliability 
Must Run generation costs and Out of Market dispatch costs, that the CA ISO 
charges SO CAL ED.  ER01-315-000.  Filed December 7, 2000.

*  The CA ISO filed an answer to and the INDEPENDENT ENERGY PRODUCERS ASSOC. 
filed an motion to dismiss the complaint filed by the CALIFORNIANS for 
RENEWABLE ENERGY regarding the California wholesale market.  EL01-2-000.  
Filed November 30, 2000.

*  CA ISO filed an answer to motions regarding its filed proposed unbundled 
Grid Management Charge.  ER01-313-000.  Filed December 7, 2000.

*  ISO NE filed a compliance filing informing the Commission when it expects 
to implement its proposal for a congestion management system and 
multi-settlement system.  EL00-62-014.  Filed December 1, 2000.

*  NEPOOL filed an informational filing regarding the implementation of a new 
structural screen in NEPOOL's market power monitoring and mitigation rule.  
EL00-83-000 et. al.  Filed December 1, 2000.


(3) OATT/TRANSMISSION

*  NORTHWEST GENERATING COOP. filed a motion for rehearing regarding the 
Commission's Order confirming and approving  BONNEVILLE POWER 
ADMINISTRATION's rate schedule on a final basis.  EF00-2013-001.  Filed 
November 27, 2000.

*  The following entities filed to intervene in PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC's 
proposal to pass along the CA ISO's grid management charge.  ER01-424-000.  
Filed December 1, 2000.

-  TURLOCK IRRIGATION DISTRICT
-  NORTHERN CALIFORNIA POWER AGENCY
-  WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION
-  CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES
-  CITY OF SANTA CLARA, CA
-  CITIES OF REDDING AND SANTA CLARA, CA AND THE M-S-R PUBLIC POWER AGENCY
-  SACRAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT
-  TRINITY PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
-  MODESTO IRRIGATION DISTRICT

*  SIERRA PACIFIC POWER and NEVADA POWER CO. filed a request for rehearing 
and clarification and SEI MICHIGAN filed a motion to protest regarding SIERRA 
and NEVADA's compliance filing changing their tariffs. ER00-3188-002.  Filed 
December 4, 2000.

*  AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM filed an answer to protests regarding its 
proposed amendment to its OATT in order to conform to Ohio's retail 
competition laws.  ER01-256-000.  Filed December 5, 2000.

*  PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC (PG&E) filed a motion for clarification or 
rehearing regarding the Commission's November 22, 2000 Order wherein the 
Commission did not summarily rule that PG&E's proposed transmission rates 
improperly included "generation tie" and "generation step-up" facilities.  
ER01-66-000.  Filed December 5, 2000.

*  PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC (PG&E) filed an answer to motions to reject and 
requests for suspension and expedited resolutions regarding its proposed 
revisions to its Coordinated Operations Agreement to reflect the changes in 
the California electric industry.  ER01-276-000.  Filed December 6, 2000.

*  ALLIANCE COMPANIES filed an answer to DYNEGY POWER MARKETING, CORAL POWER 
and ENRON POWER MARKETING's motion for clarification or technical conference 
regarding ALLIANCE's pro forma generator interconnection procedures and 
agreement contained in the proposed ALLIANCE RTO OATT.  ER99-3144-004 and 
EC99-80-004.  Filed December 6, 2000.

*  DUKE ENERGY filed an answer to NORTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORP.'s 
motion to protest and consolidate regarding the transition from a power 
supply arrangement with DUKE ENERGY involving Partial requirements for 
service and non-tariff network transmission service to a new arrangement 
involving Network Integration Transmission Service purchased pursuant to 
DUKE's OATT.  ER01-282-000 and ER01-283-000.  Filed December 6, 2000.

*  The following entities filed motions to intervene regarding ARIZONA PUBLIC 
SERVICE CO.'s filed proposed revisions to its OATT for terms and conditions 
for interconnection and a pro forma interconnection and operating agreement.  
ER01-463-000.  Filed December 7, 2000.

-  DUKE ENERGY NORTH AMERICA and ENRON POWER MARKETING
-  RELIANT ENERGY POWER GENERATION
-  DYNEGY POWER CORP.
-  SALT RIVER PROJECT AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT AND POWER DISTRICT


(4) MARKET COMPLAINTS

*  The following entities filed motions to intervene and comment regarding 
the NYISO's complaint against NEW YORK STATE ELECTRIC AND GAS (NYSEG) 
alleging that NYSEG has violated its obligations as a customer under the 
NYISO's OATT by withholding $6.635 million that it owes NYISO.  EL01-17-000.  
Filed December 6, 2000.

-  NRG POWER MARKETING and its affiliated companies
-  AQUILA ENERGY MARKETING CORP.
-  NEW YORK STATE ELECTRIC & GAS CORP.
-  PG&E NATIONAL ENERGY GROUP
-  SOUTHERN ENERGY COMPANIES AND SITHE POWER MARKETING
-  INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS OF NEW YORK
-  NYSEG


(5) MERGERS/CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING

*  DELMARVA POWER & LIGHT, which is the process of becoming solely a wires 
company, filed an application to assign its rights and obligations under two 
wholesale purchase agreements with PEPCO and ELECTRIC CLEARINGHOUSE to 
CONECTIV ENERGY SUPPLY.  EC01-34-000.  Filed December 1, 2000.

*  AMERICAN REF-FUEL COMPANY OF HEMPSTEAD, BFI ENERGY SYSTEMS OF HEMPSTEAD, 
ALLIED WASTE INDUSTRIES, DUKE/UAE REF-FUEL, DUKE/UAE HEMPSTEAD I and II, 
UNITED AMERICAN ENERGY CORP. and DUKE ENERGY filed for two separate approvals 
of dispositions of certain jurisdictional assets.  EC01-37-000 and 
EC01-38-000.  Filed December 5, 2000.

*  SEMASS PARTNERSHIP, AMERICAN REF-FUEL COMPANY OF SEMASS, ALLIED WASTE 
INDUSTRIES, BROWNING-FERRIS INDUSTRIES OF NEW YORK, BFI ENERGY SYSTEMS OF 
SEMASS, DUKE/UAE OPERATIONS OF SEMASS, DUKE/UAE REF-FUEL, UNITED AMERICAN 
ENERGY CORP. (UAE) AND DUKE ENERGY CORP. filed for approval of dispositions 
of certain jurisdictional assets.  EC01-39-000.  Filed December 5, 2000.

*  AMERICAN REF-FUEL COMPANY OF ESSEX COUNTY, ALLIED WASTE INDUSTRIES, BFI 
ENERGY SYSTEMS OF ESSEX COUNTY, DUKE/UAE REF-FUEL, DUKE/UAE ESSEX, DUKE/UAE 
ESSEX II, UNITED AMERICAN ENERGY CORP. AND DUKE ENERGY CORP. Filed for 
approval of dispositions of certain jurisdictional assets.  EC01-40-000.  
Filed on December 5, 2000.

*  PG&E NATIONAL ENERGY GROUP, PG&E ENTERPRISES and PG&E SHAREHOLDINGS filed 
for approval of the upstream ownership of the subsidiaries' jurisdictional 
facilities following a proposed intra-corporate reorganization.  
EC01-41-000.  Filed December 4, 2000.

*  NRG ENERGY, NRG GRANITE ACQUISITION, LS POWER and GRANITE POWER PARTNERS 
filed for approval to transfer certain jurisdictional facilities.  
EC01-42-000.  Filed December 6, 2000.


(6) MISCELLANEOUS

*  The NY ISO filed a report on certain generation issues one year after 
start-up in Docket Nos. ER97-1523-003 and 4, OA97-470-004 and 5, and 
ER97-4234-002 and 3.  Filed December 1, 2000.

*  WABASH VALLEY POWER filed comments regarding the proposed termination of 
CINERGY's operating agreement.  ER01-200-000.  Filed December 4, 2000.

*  CINERGY filed an answer to WABASH VALLEY POWER's comments regarding the 
proposed termination of CINERGY's operating agreement.  ER01-200-000.  Filed 
December 6, 2000.

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