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Top Stories (January 3)

CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR URGES US COURT TO REVERSE FERC POWER MARKET ORDER
California Gov. Gray Davis has joined in support of a utility effort to 
reverse a federal regulatory commission order that relies on market forces to 
fix the state's flawed competitive power market.
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REGULATORS CONSIDER GRANTING RATE INCREASES TO CALIFORNIA UTILITIES
State regulators are expected to release a proposed ruling today that would 
grant a temporary rate increase to the state's two largest electric 
utilities, without giving them as much as they wanted.
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BUSH APPOINTS ABRAHAM SELECTION OF MICHIGANIAN AS ENERGY SECRETARY COMES AS 
BIG SURPRISE ON HIS LAST DAY IN SENATE
U.S. Sen. Spencer Abraham of Michigan, a GOP loyalist and policy wonk, 
emerged Tuesday as George W. Bush's surprise pick for energy secretary, a 
position the president-elect has called a priority to avert an energy crisis.
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DANOIL ENERGY LTD. COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF BASINVIEW
Danoil Energy Ltd. announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary has taken up 
and paid for, in the aggregate, approximately 6,731,159 common shares and 
1,670,000 preferred shares of Basinview Energy Inc.
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EXTENT OF NORTHWEST POWER CRUNCH HAS EXPERTS GUESSING
The Northwest's Emergency Response Team, intent on assessing the severity of 
the electric power crunch in January, pounded away at the available data 
Friday but failed to nail down an acceptable estimate.
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Calif Gov Urges US Court To Reverse FERC Power Mkt Order

EEI:US Elec Output Report For Wk Ended Dec 30 Due Out Thu

Singapore/Keppel/Southern -2: Expands Asian Presence

Singapore/Keppel/Southern -3: Stake In Power Barges

Keppel Fels To Buy 10% Of Southern's Philippine Ops

Singapore's Keppel Fels, Southern Energy In JV

Keppel Fels To Pay US$164 Mln For Philippine Ops

Con Edison Reactivates Indian Point 2 After Nearly A Year

Calif PUC, Gov Seen Making Big Energy Announcements Wed

Calif Gov To Call Energy Special Session Wed After All

Calif Wood-burning Power Plants Deal With Own Fuel Crisis

Calif PUC Likely To Give Utils Interim Rate Hike -Source

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Wholesale Prices for Natural Gas Reach Record Highs; Customer Bills to Rise 
Significantly in January, Exceeding Initial Estimates

C&D Technologies Appoints General Manager for Motive Power Division

Rate Cuts Give Energy Room to Breathe

Electric Bills May Jump 20%

Azcentral.com - Energy Shares Down Despite Broader Rally

Woodside Invests in Ocean Power Technologies

Clx Energy, Inc. Announces Densmore Field Purchase in Norton County, Kansas

Extreme Energy Corp - Private Placement

Transportation And Housing Woes Eclipse Everything Else; Internet Use 
Spreading; Energy Crisis Expected

California's Power Woes Partially Its Own Fault

US Press: Bush's Energy Secretary Pick Sought to Kill DOE

Repeats: Energy Volume And Open Interest Totals-Jan 3

Letters to the Courier & Press: Needed: Coal-Burning Plants

Pemberton Energy Ltd - Management Discussion

Calif. Braces for Power Rate Hike

SCE&G Customers Set New Winter Record for Electricity, Natural Gas Use

Energy Update/Los Angeles Department of Water And Power Daily Energy Update 
for Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2001

Power Sales to Benefit Company And Ratepayers

Natural Gas Reserves Dip to Lower Levels

Top Energy Summaries - Wednesday, January 03, 2001 - 11:43 Am

Agreement Reached to Continue Operations of Grande Cache Power Station

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners Acquires Additional 50% in Colton Transmix 
Facility

Natural Gas Traders Gives Thumbs Up to Tradewell Systems' Excellerat Or; Over 
35 Natural Gas Traders Agree to Use Excellerator Prior to Its Release Late 
January 2001

Firstenergy Corp. Subsidiary Signs Energy Services Contract with The 
University of Akron

Pantellos Open for Business, New Year Brings New Era to Utility And Energy 
Industries

NCE Energy Trust Enters Into Agreement To Purchase $23.8

Danoil Energy Ltd. Completes Acquisition of Basinview

Enhanced Energy Services Ltd - Strategic Alliance And Exclusive Distribution 
Agreement with Aurion

N.C. Municipal Power Agencies Reduce Debt

Top Energy Summaries - Wednesday, January 03, 2001 - 9:33 Am

Energy Search, Incorporated Appoints New Chief Operating Officer

American Electric Power Selects Novient Eservices for Its Internal It 
DepartmentLeading Energy Provider Licenses Novient's Proven Spo Solution for 
Its Project Management Needs

Severn Trent Systems to OEM Broadbeam Corporation's Expressq(TM) As Part of 
Its Worksuite(TM) Mobile Solution for UtilitiesThe Partnership Finds Early 
Success with Utility Companies

3tec Energy Corporation Announces Acquisition of Classic Resources Inc.

Top Energy Summaries - Wednesday, January 03, 2001 - 7:57 Am

Beacon Power Places Follow on Order for Satcon Technology's `UPS Suite' of 
Power Electronics

Once Again, the Energy Game

'Interim' Boost in Power Bills Likely / Puc Vote Tomorrow: Regulators Lean 
Toward 15% to 20%

Energy Secretary / California Wants Abraham's Ear / But It's Unknown If He 
Can Ease Power Woes

Matier & Ross ; Hefty Taxpayers' Tab Tempers Raiders Fever / State Energy 
Crisis Has Elected Officials Scared Shirtless

State Vetting 'Peaker' Power Plant Near Sfo / Temporary Site Gets Less 
Stringent Pollution Rules

Amerenue Powers Up on Altris Eb; Nuclear Power Plant Uses Altris' Document 
Management System to Guarantee Regulatory Compliance

Ocean Power Corporation Adds in-House General Counsel to Team

Utilities' E-Business Plans on Track; Energy Procurement, Customer Contact 
Among Top Priorities, Chartwell Study Finds

Balance of Power Energy Crisis in California Leaves Its Mark on Two; 
Northwest Fixtures During A Year of UPS And Downs

Global Water Technologies Announces Record $65 Million in Contracts & 
Substantial Power Industry Backlog

Bush Appoints Abraham Selection of Michiganian As Energy Secretary Comes As 
Big Surprise on His Last Day in Senate

Hornet Energy Ltd - Completes Private Placement of 400,000 Flow Through Shares

Next-generation Car Project Likely to Fuel Vehicle Race

Calif. Power CO. Fears Cash Loss

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Transglobe Energy Corporation Exploration Update, Block S-1, Republic of Yemen

Top Energy Summaries - Wednesday, January 03, 2001 - 4:53 PM

Energy Subsidy to Benefit 1.24 Millon Guatemalans

Germany: DaimlerChrysler to Invest $Us940 Million in Fuel Cell Technology

Top Energy Summaries - Wednesday, January 03, 2001 - 2:04 PM

Bolivia: Growing Natural Gas Exports

Brazil: Coteminas Invests in Hydroelectric Power Facility

Wattpower to Market Magnetek-Powered Energy StationsPact Expected to 
Accelerate Magnetek's Move Into European Telecom Markets

Snowfall Not 'Force Majeure' When Causing Power Cuts

Vestas in Negotiations for Major Wind Turbine Contract

Tanzania Suspends Power Rationing

Mitsubishi Chooses Calico to Form International B2b Exchange for The Power 
IndustryCalico Market Maker to Link Buyers And Suppliers in First 
Japanese-Based B2b Marketplace for Power Plant Equipment

Southern Energy Forms Partnership with Keppel Fels Energy - Expanding 
Singapore Operations

Cbe Will Supply Turbines to A Power Station in The Congo

Northern India's Power Supply Returns to Normal

North India Plunges Into Darkness As Power Grid Fails

Board of Directors of Huaneng Power Int'l Approve Share Issue

Pakistan's Balochistan Implements Renewable Energy Sources

Energy Group Launches Image Offensive

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Tucker County, W.VA., Wind Power Project Gets Approval from Commission

33 West Virginia Water Systems Issue Advisories

Electricity Competition Off to Slow Start for Washington, D.C., Residents

Twin Falls, Idaho-Area Water Authority Increases Water Conservation Efforts

Utility Prices Continue to Increase in Tallahassee, Fla., Area

Pacific Gas & Electric Says Parent Firm Can't Offer Financial Help

Regulators Consider Granting Rate Increases to California Utilities

Approval Likely for Temporary Power Plant at San Francisco Airport

Cutback in Conservation Contributed to Current Energy Crunch in California

Environmentalists Push for California to Increase Energy-Conservation Efforts

Extent of Northwest Power Crunch Has Experts Guessing

Richland, Wash., Laboratory Fires Up New Research on Fuel Cells

California Utility's Ad Campaign Has Mixed Success

Waterford, Conn., Residents Get to Inquire About Nuclear Plant's Fuel Rods

Kansas City, Mo., Energy Company Calls Off One Merger, Pursues Another

Energy Company Wants Tax Cuts for Contra Costa County, Calif., Power Plants

The Business Press, Ontario, Calif., Guest Column

High Natural Gas Prices Force Firm to `Idle' Beaumont, Texas, Methanol Plant

-Kentucky Utility Terminates Two Natural Gas Providers from Low-Rate Program

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UPDATE 2-Con Ed sees Indian Pt 2 N.Y. nuke at full in a week

Lisbon shares slip on Nasdaq woes, utilities help

Ruling slows French power liberalisation plans

Gener stock to be suspended in New York

Rat blamed for Florida outage linked to fatal crash

US FERC meeting on California power contracts continue

UPDATE 1-Con Ed returns Indian Pt 2 N.Y. nuke to service

Empire District drops as uncertainty ends merger

N.Y. Governor seeks more power over electric prices

Canada natgas drops with weaker U.S., warming temps

Toronto stocks lower at midday on weak techs

Calif. utility shares tumble after rate hike plan issued

NiSource ups quarterly payout to $0.29/shr

BP settles Alaska royalty case for $34 million

UPDATE 1-Williams to match or beat 2001 estimates

Nu Horizons profits more than triple

Regular power supplies to north India from Thursday

BC Hydro says California energy spat unresolved

Rate hike for Calif. utilities decision seen Wednesday

UPDATE 1-Iberdrola, Fenosa in Morocco power contracts

FEATURE-Beverage industry abuzz about energy drinks

Singapore delays 3G auction, sweeteners likely

Indonesia's PLN says OPIC rejects $240 mln offer

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