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Top Stories (February 26)

GOP SENATORS UNVEIL ENERGY PLAN
Senate Republicans formally introduced their proposed national energy 
strategy Monday in the form of wide-ranging bill that includes opening part 
of the pristine Arctic National Wildlife Reserve in Alaska to oil and natural 
gas exploration.
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ENRON CORPORATION UNIT GETS $1.3B ELI LILLY ENERGY MANAGEMENT PACT
Enron Energy Services, a unit of Enron Corp., received a $1.3 billion, 
15-year energy management contract with Eli Lilly and Co.
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CALIFORNIA ENERGY CRISIS COULD SOON COST $3 BILLION, GOVERNOR'S AIDES ANNOUNCE
California's energy crisis took another big bite out of the state budget 
Thursday when finance aides to Gov. Gray Davis announced that the cost of 
buying energy may top $3 billion by mid-March.
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NAVIGANT CONSULTING HELPS COMPLETE $903 MILLION SALE OF POWER PLANTS FOR 
CENTRAL HUDSON & GAS
Navigant Consulting, Inc., through its Energy & Water business unit, managed 
the successful auction of the Roseton and Danskammer electric generating 
plants, which yielded a price of $903 million.
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BLACK HILLS CORPORATION ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR 500 MW INDEPENDENT POWER PLANT IN 
WYOMING
Black Hills Energy Capital, Inc., the independent power subsidiary of Black 
Hills Corporation today announced that it has initiated the permitting 
process to build a coal-fired electric generating facility capable of up to 
500 MW adjoining its other generating plants near Gillette, Wyo.
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Mexico To Submit Tax, Power Reforms Within Weeks - Min

Otter Tail Power To Officially Join Midwest ISO By Wed

Enron/Eli Lilly -2: See Work Boosting Energy Efficiency

REPEAT:Generators Agree To Sell Pwr To Calif Until Mar 16

Enron Corp Unit Gets $1.3B Eli Lilly Energy Mgmt Pact

Enron Corp. Unit, Eli Lilly Sign 15-Year Pact >ENE LLY

US Judge: Generators Must Sell Pwr To Calif Until Mar 16

OUTLOOK:Asia Pdt Mkts Hinge On Mideast Production Cuts

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DTE Energy Services Forms Alliance with Washington Group

-NERC Commends Murkowski for Including Reliability Language in Comprehensive 
Energy Bill

State And Federal Energy Experts See Continued Volatility in Energy Markets 
And Relatively High Prices for Natural Gas

Confrontation Set on Energy Legislation

Top Energy Summaries - Monday, February 26, 2001 - 5:17 PM

Energy Bill Is Multi-Billion Dollar Payday for Industry, Group Says

Georgia Power Offers Online Bill Payment

'On the Shoulders of Giants' -- Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown Hosts 1-Day Global 
Energy Perspectives Conference

Rising Utilization Continues to Suggest Higher Energy Shares

Reliant Energy Communications Opens Austin Internet Data Center

Fitch Rts Snohomish Pud, Wa's Generation Sys Rev Rfdg Bds `a+'

Automotive Engineering International Presents Fuel Cell Transportation 
Technology Summit

Global Green USA Hosts Workshop Series on Solutions to The Energy Crisis And 
Strategies for Building Green Homes

Energy Association Will Host 2001 Mid-Atlantic Transmission & Distribution 
Seminar And Expo

Tax-form Utility-Aid Donations Drop

'Vulture Capitalists' in Arizona Circle Calif. Firms Edgy Over Power

Repeats: Energy Volume And Open Interest Totals-Feb 26

Greymouth Close to Fletcher Energy Bid

Top Energy Summaries - Monday, February 26, 2001 - 2:17 PM

Gemini Energy Corp. - Production Results at Warbonnet

GOP Senators Unveil Energy Plan

Energy North Inc.: Appointments to Exploration Group

Statement from Jack N. Gerard, President And CEO of The National Mining 
Association on The Introduction of The National Energy Security Act 2001

/C O R R E C T I O N -- Edison Mission Energy/

How Much Is An Energy Services Provider Worth? Group Iv Releases Third Annual 
Study on Values And Drivers in Energy Sector

Trim Tax Cut, Lower Debt, Davis Urges -- Power Crisis, Re-Election Top 
Priorities, He Says

N.Y.C. May Face Power Crisis, Too -- It Races to Quench Thirst for Electricity

-United Weather Named Top Weather Derivatives Broker in Two Polls

Navigant Consulting Helps Complete $903 Million Sale of Power Plants for 
Central Hudson Gas & ElectricSales Price Is Four Times Book Value And Among 
The Highest in New York State

U.S. District Court Judge Babcock Enters Orders Granting U.S. Energy Corp. 
And Crested Corp.'S Motion Seeking An Accounting And Further Relief

Aquila Energy Changes Name to Aquila, Inc. Business Editors Kansas City, 
Mo.--(Business Wire)--Feb. 26, 2001--Utilicorp United (NYSE: Ucu) Announced 
Today That Its Wholly Owned Subsidiary Aquila Energy Has Changed Its Name to 
Aquila, Inc. The Change Reflects Aquila's Increasing Participation in Mark

Court Weighs U.S. Power Over Utilities

Top Energy Summaries - Monday, February 26, 2001 - 12:20 PM

Black Hills Corporation Announces Plans for 500 Mw Independent Power Plant in 
WyomingGo-Ahead Contingent on Accelerated Permit Process, Transmission Access 
And Long-Term Contracts

Court to Review Electric-Line Rules

Online Power Supply Relocates to Expanded Facilities to Support Anticipated 
GrowthMove Comes As Company Shifts from Research And Development to 
Commercial Production Mode

-Henwood Releases "Rationalizing Midwest Power Markets for the Future: A 
Focus on the Endgame"

-California Makes Deals to Buy SCE's Transmission Lines - IssueAlert for 
February 26, 2001

Editorials ; Give US A Choice If Electric Utilities Can Be Deregulated, As in 
Pennsylvania, Why Not Cable Television?

Eli Lilly, Enron unit in 1.3 bln usd, 15-yr energy management deal

Dominion Virginia Power Specifies Auragen for New Vehicles

Aopen America Introduces New High-Efficiency, Hi-Reliability Pentium 4 
Compatible Power Supply

Metro East Cities Assail Proposed Tree-Trimming Rules Critics Say Illinois 
Power Could Harm Property

Sacramento Municipal Utility District Seeks Rate Increase to CoverCosts

Tax-Exempt Energy Bond Bill Unveiled

El Paso Addresses the California Energy Situation

Farmers Get Details on Power Buyback Idaho Irrigators Must Decide by Next Week

Strategic Energy Provides Qualcomm Protection from California's Electricity 
Market

Statement of David M. Nemtzow, President, Alliance to Save Energy, on The 
Republican Energy BillA Nod to Efficiency, A Deep Bow to Energy Production

March Heating Bills Will Still Be High ; Natural Gas Prices Are Leveling Off

City Electric Rates Hiked ; Council Oks 8.2% Increase

-Preem Petroleum AB Taps Triple Point Technology for Its Energy Trading 
Business Software

Enigma Receives $4.6 Million Order for Software And Services from GE Power 
Systems; Enigma's 3c Ecommerce Platform Automates The Delivery of Product 
Support Content

Regent Group, Inc. /Playa Minerals & Energy, Inc. Merger Terminated

Platform Computing Offers Free Distributed Resource Management Software to 
Companies Plagued by California's Energy Crisis

Dallas Fed Economist Doubts Energy Will Boost Inflation for Now

Governor Calls for 10% Cut in Usage / on National TV, Davis Increases Goal on 
Energy

Global Water Technologies Helping to Solve California And Nation's Energy 
Shortages, Announces New Power Industry Contract

Jaggi: Facts Whip Fallacies About Nuclear Power

Wind Farm to Be Part of Xcel's Power Grid Puc's Order Endorses Economics of 
Project

Utility Bills Stayed Up, Despite Warmer Month

Utilities Offer Defensive Power

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Ebara to Supply Pumps to U.S. Energy Industries

Turkey - Energy - 2/26/2001 9:41:40 Am

Kuwait - Energy - 2/26/2001 9:41:04 Am

Israel - Energy - 2/26/2001 9:41:00 Am

Indonesia - Energy - 2/26/2001 9:40:58 Am

Gemini Energy Announces Production Results at Warbonnet

Hunt for Green Power Backers

Itera Starts To Supply Gas To Ukraine's Uglegorsk Thermal Power Plant

Russian Atomic Energy Should Develop Three Times Faster That Other Types - 
Minister

Wallstreet-Review Completes Purchase of Assets of Vance Energy

-Preem Petroleum AB Taps Triple Point Technology for Its Energy Trading 
Business Software

Kepco to Set Up Energy Service Firm in April

Romulo: govt urges Congress to pass power reform bill in March

Xinjiang Is China's Top Producer of Wind Power

China's State Power Corp Targets 6.5% Higher Sales in 2001

BorsodChem Power Plant to Start Pilot Run in March

Large-Scale Repair Launched at Primorye Electric Station

Official: EU Ready for Cooperation with Iran in Energy Sector

Indian Panel Concerned Over Delays in National Power Project

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York, Pa., Water Company May Decide Future for Area Couple's Home

Federal Grant May Help with Tacoma, Wash.-Area Power Agency's Bills

The Record, Stockton, Calif., Eric Grunder Column

California Energy Crisis Could Soon Cost $3 Billion, Governor's Aides Announce

Wisconsin Energy Company Restructures Plans for Deregulation

San Dimas, Calif., Water Company Profit Booms

Editorial: California Leaders Generate Power Through Cooperation with Business

Greene County, N.Y., Power Plant Foes Make Case in Court

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Delhi to clean books before privatising power firm

UPDATE 1-Gazprom earns $240 mln from ADS placement

Enron to manage Eli Lilly energy supplies for 15-years

UPDATE 1-U.S. high court to review FERC open access order

U.S. high court to review FERC open access order

UPDATE 1-Malaysia Malakoff plans to raise power plant stake

State role in Norway power market a problem-OECD

POLL-Spanish utilities seen reporting mixed 2000

N.Y. builds plants to avoid summer power shortage

UPDATE 1-Greenpeace protests at E.ON over Czech N-plant

S&P harmonizes Union Gas Ltd ratings

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