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In a move that expands the company's solution portfolio to include energy transmission and distribution- related products and services, Itron Inc. announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire LineSoft Corporation for $42 million in cash and stock. LineSoft is a leading provider of software solutions and engineering consulting services for optimizing utility transmission and distribution systems. The acquisition enables Itron to offer significantly broader value to electric utilities by helping them increase the efficiency and reliability of their transmission and distribution assets. To know more, start here: <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/global/go_news.cfm?aid=2443&id=http://www.itron.com"<http://www.itron.com<;/a< </span< </td< </tr< <tr< <td colspan="2"<<img src="http://www.energycentral.com/images/trans.gif" height="6" width="1"<<br<<hr size=1 width=60% noshade<<img src="http://www.energycentral.com/images/trans.gif" height="6" width="1"<<br<</td< </tr< <tr< <td width=10< </td< <td< <span class="ecds-itxt"< What are the experts saying about Excelergy's new trading and risk management solution? Here's what one leading consultant wrote: "I'm excited with the Excelergy technology, and I believe it really fills a void in the market. There is a genuine need for a product that focuses on flexible transaction management combined with real-time interfaces to other market players. And the recently announced partnership with [enterprise risk management provider] Algorithmics is genius." Interested in learning more about how your company can minimize risk while maximizing margins in your trading and generation operations? Then please contact Kellee.McGolpin@excelergy.com or 781-372-5133. <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/global/go_news.cfm?aid=2428&id=http://www.excelergy.com"<http://www.excelergy.com<;/a< </span< </td< </tr< </table< <table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bordercolor="aqua"< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td colspan="2"<<span class="ecds-bsbt"<Top Stories</span<<hr noshade<</td< </tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2737955" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Group Challenges Wisconsin Energy Corp.'s $3 Billion Plan for Power Plants</b< </a< <br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Lee Hawkins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Feb. 19</i< - A Madison-based group that represents large businesses is challenging an aspect of Wisconsin Energy Corp.'s $3 billion plan to build new power plants that would add 2,800 megawatts of electric capacity in Wisconsin. </span< <br<<img src="http://www.energycentral.com/images/trans.gif" width="1" height="15"<<br< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2738338" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<AES to shed assets to raise up to $1.5 billion</b< </a< <br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<NEW YORK, Feb 19 (Reuters) -</i< Independent power producer AES Corp. on Tuesday said it would shed assets in a restructuring aimed at raising up to $1.5 billion in cash to soothe investor concerns about its ability to service debt. </span< <br<<img src="http://www.energycentral.com/images/trans.gif" width="1" height="15"<<br< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2737854" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<With Reforms in Tatters, Mexican President Raises Price of Power</b< </a< <br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Jenalia Moreno, Houston Chronicle, Feb. 19</i< - Millions of Mexicans breathed a collective sigh of relief last month when Congress turned back President Vicente Fox's proposal to impose a 15 percent tax on food and medicine. </span< <br<<img src="http://www.energycentral.com/images/trans.gif" width="1" height="15"<<br< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2740529" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<As rains resume, Brazil ends energy rationing</b< </a< <br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Feb 19, 2002 - Associated Press</i< - As summer rains fill depleted reservoirs, Brazil's government announced the end of energy rationing and said there would be no shortage of power at least through next year. </span< </td< </tr< </table< <table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bordercolor="aqua"< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td colspan="2"< <span class="ecds-bsbt"<Enron Debacle</span<<hr noshade< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2737849" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Employees Committee Could Alter Dynamic of Enron's Efforts to Rebuild</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Eric Berger, Houston Chronicle, Feb. 19</i< - During another withering hearing in a New York bankruptcy court last week, in a rare personal moment, Enron's lead attorney explained what he tells those who ask how the case is going: </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2738042" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Advocates Say Energy Regulatory Commission Members Unfairly Tarnished by Enron</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Frank Reeves, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Feb. 19</i< - Patrick Wood and Nora Brownell, President Bush's appointees to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, haven't been getting the best press lately. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2738065" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Florida Is Rejected As Lead Enron Plaintiff</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Helen Huntley, St. Petersburg Times, Fla., Feb. 19</i< - A federal judge has bluntly questioned Florida's effort to sue Enron and its accountants for securities fraud in the loss of more than $300-million from the state's pension funds. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2738168" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<E-mail from Chicago to Houston Could Hold Key to Enron Shredding</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Cam Simpson, Chicago Tribune, Feb. 19</i< - It didn't carry a computer virus that wiped out every Enron file, but an extraordinary e-mail from Chicago to Houston may have produced similar results. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2740527" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Rivals Battled Enron In Energy Lobbying</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Feb 19, 2002 - washingtonpost.com</i< - Just weeks after Enron Corp. Chairman Kenneth L. Lay wrote checks for $175,000 to the Republican Party in April 2000, executives and lobbyists from one of his arch rivals hosted a fundraiser in Alabama for Sen. Frank H. Murkowski (R-Alaska), then chairman of the Senate Energy Committee. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2737680" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Senators, Former Employees Still Upset about Enron Debacle</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Jerry Zremski, The Buffalo News, N.Y., Feb. 18</i< - Senators pushed the weight of the world onto Kenneth L. Lay's shoulders Tuesday, saying he shares the blame for the loss of his employees' jobs and retirement savings, not to mention the energy crisis in California and the corruption of the American political system. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2737748" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<European Traders Take Bonuses in Wake of Enron's Collapse</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Daily Mail, London, Feb. 18</i< - A hundred traders shared bonus bonanzas of UKpound 24 million to help close the books at the European operations of US energy giant Enron, which collapsed under debts of UKpound 20 billion. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2737765" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Denver-Area Experts Offer Scenarios on Where Enron Scandal May Lead</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Tom McGhee, The Denver Post, Feb. 18</i< - Top Enron executives could find themselves stripped of their fortunes and reading stock reports behind bars, some Denver-area experts say. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2737842" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Former Enron Workers Look for Life after Company Collapse</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Bill Murphy, Houston Chronicle, Feb. 18</i< - They were the best, the brightest, the cream of the crop. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2738164" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Andersen Almost Ready to Wrap Up Its Own Investigation into Enron Case</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Delroy Alexander, Chicago Tribune, Feb. 19</i< - Faced with speculation about a promised internal report into how its employees went about destroying documents relating to client Enron Corp., accounting giant Andersen and its law firm were hurriedly putting the finishing touches to their investigation Monday. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2738283" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Democratic National Chairman Has Two Enron-Type Skeletons Lurking</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Ralph Z. Hallow, The Washington Times, Feb. 18</i< - Democratic National Chairman Terrance M. McAuliffe, who has been trying to tie the Enron debacle to the Bush administration, has two Enrons in his closet. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2738284" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<House Democratic Whip Pelosi Ties Enron to Picking Regulatory Chief</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Joyce Howard Price, The Washington Times, Feb. 17</i< - House Democratic Whip Nancy Pelosi said yesterday that she suspects Enron was involved in choosing the chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2738329" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Jarvis Entertainment wants to buy Enron subsidiary</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<HOUSTON, Feb 19 (Reuters)</i< - Jarvis Entertainment Group, Inc., an Internet technology and entertainment holding company, said on Tuesday it has initiated an offer to buy Enron Broadband Services from the bankrupt energy giant Enron Corp. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2738340" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Canada reviews policy to avoid Enron replica</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<OTTAWA, Feb 19 (Reuters)</i< - The Canadian government has begun examining financial and accounting regulations to make sure no replica of the Enron debacle occurs in Canada, cabinet ministers said on Tuesday. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2737999" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Enron Scandal Not Funny to Accountants</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By John Taylor, Omaha World-Herald, Neb., Feb. 18</i< - Did'ja hear the joke about the Arthur Andersen accounting firm and its audit of Enron Corp.? </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2738337" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<FEATURE-Do-good mutual funds did not escape Enron fall</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Martha Slud, NEW YORK, Feb 19 (Reuters)</i< - The Pax World Balanced fund, which prides itself on its ethics, is one of the biggest mutual funds that promotes investing in good corporate citizens. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2740455" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Enron Scandal Will Touch Everyone</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Feb 19 - Dayton Daily News</i< - Americans who aren't employees or shareholders of Enron Corp. may think the massive corporate scandal doesn't touch them. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2737988" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Enron Witness Is Genuine Hero, Oklahoma Family Says</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Adam Wilmoth, The Daily Oklahoman, Feb. 16</i< - Enron's collapse has affected thousands of people worldwide, but few were paying more attention to Thursday's congressional oversight committee hearing than Edmond resident Julie Reagan. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2738142" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Enron's Collapse to Affect Accounting Rules for Tech Companies</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By David A. Sylvester, San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Feb. 18</i< - The Enron scandal is sparking a broad reform movement to tighten financial and accounting practices -- and some of the key benefits won by Silicon Valley technology industries during the 1990s are caught in the crossfire. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td colspan="2"< <span class="ecds-bsbt"<National Energy Policy</span<<hr noshade< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2737846" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Agencies Told to Save All Records from Energy Task Force</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Bennett Roth, Houston Chronicle, Feb. 17</i< - The Bush administration said Saturday that it had ordered agencies to preserve all records pertaining to Vice President Dick Cheney's energy task force in response to an admonition from a federal judge. </span< </td< </tr< <tr< <td colspan="2" align="center"< <table width="98%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"< <tr< <td< <br<<img src="http://www.energycentral.com/images/trans.gif" width="1" height="4" border="0"<<br< <span class="ecds-isbt" style="font-size:9px"< ADVERTISEMENT </span< </td< </tr< <tr< <td< <table width="100%" border="1" cellpadding="7" cellspacing="0"< <tr bgcolor="ffffcc"< <td< <span class="ecds-itxt"< Datamonitor's Company Profiles are an essential knowledge source on the companies that count. These reports consist of reliable information on the company's business background, history, locations and subsidiaries, products and services and key employees. Visit the Research Report Center today: <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/global/go_news.cfm?aid=2518&id=http://www.energycentral.com/sections/research"<http://www.energycentral.com/sections/research<;/a</ </span< </td< </tr< </table< </td< </tr< </table< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td colspan="2"< <span class="ecds-bsbt"<Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures</span<<hr noshade< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2738320" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Reliance seeks BG joint bid for Enron India-source</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<AHMEDABAD, India, Feb 19 (Reuters) -</i< British oil and gas major BG Group Plc has been asked to join Reliance Industries Ltd, the flagship of India's powerful Reliance Group, in bidding for bankrupt Enron Corp's $2.9 billion power project near Bombay, an industry source said on Tuesday. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2737686" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Potential Buyer Would Expand North Tonawanda, N.Y., Power Company, Greenhouse</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Bill Michelmore, The Buffalo News, N.Y., Feb. 18</i< - Fortistar, a White Plains-based power producer, is proposing to buy Oxbow Power of North Tonawanda and a nearby tomato greenhouse and is studying expansion at both sites that could create 15 new jobs. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2738006" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Omaha, Neb.-Area Telecommunications Firm Sells Off Utility Business</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Virgil Larson, Omaha World-Herald, Neb., Feb. 18</i< - Touch America Holdings Inc. on Friday became a stand-alone telecommunications company with the sale of the utility business that was once its parent. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2738323" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<E.ON sees SEC approval for Powergen deal by April</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<DUESSELDORF, Germany, Feb 19 (Reuters)</i< - Germany's E.ON expects its bid for UK rival Powergen to be approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by April at the latest, E.ON's chief executive said on Tuesday. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2740432" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Germany Utility Appeals Deal Block</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Feb 19 - Associated Press</i< - German utility conglomerate E.On said Tuesday it has sought government approval for its acquisition of a 25.5 percent stake in Ruhrgas AG, the nation's main natural gas distributor, despite opposition from German antitrust authorities. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2737852" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Communications Firm Finds Austin, Texas, Buyer for Beleaguered Internet Unit</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Tom Fowler, Houston Chronicle, Feb. 19</i< - Reliant Energy Communications is selling its Internet and data communications business to an Austin-based Internet service provider for an undisclosed price. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td colspan="2"< <span class="ecds-bsbt"<Rates</span<<hr noshade< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2740398" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Rate freeze, job cuts set for Hydro; PUC move prompts action</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Feb 18 - Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME</i< - Bangor Hydro-Electric Co. is preparing to cut costs by 20 percent, eliminate some jobs and freeze its rates in response to criticism from the Maine Public Utilities Commission that the company has sought too many rate increases in recent years. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td colspan="2"< <span class="ecds-bsbt"<General</span<<hr noshade< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2737892" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Energy Subsidiary to Sponsor Operating System for Schools in Atlanta Area</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Suzanne King, The Kansas City Star, Mo., Feb. 19</i< - GeKL Technologies, a Kansas City company that has created Internet-based software geared toward helping school districts and other organizations communicate, has landed a deal with a subsidiary of the country's second-largest electric cooperative. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td colspan="2"< <span class="ecds-bsbt"<New Technologies/Markets</span<<hr noshade< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2738129" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Bothell, Wash., Firm Receives More Funding for Fuel Cell Development</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Caitlin Cleary, The Seattle Times, Feb. 18</i< - A Bothell-based start-up is in the thick of what promises to be a hot new industry: fuel cells. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2740414" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Ford to Produce Power Units</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Feb 19 - Associated Press</i< - Ford Motor Co. and Ballard Power Systems Inc. said Tuesday they have entered an agreement to jointly develop commercial power generating products. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td colspan="2"< <span class="ecds-bsbt"<Renewables</span<<hr noshade< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2740183" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Meti to Oblige Power Retailers to Sell New Energy</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Feb 18, 2002 - Kyodo News</i< - The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) plans to oblige power retailers from fiscal 2003 to sell certain amounts of energy generated by solar, wind and other types of renewable sources, according to a draft bill made available Monday. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2740415" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Power plants will turn rubbish into energy</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Feb 19 - Irish Times</i< - Two new "green" power plants using the gas naturally released from rubbish dumps in Kill and Kilcullen, Co Kildare, are to be built, it was announced yesterday. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td colspan="2"< <span class="ecds-bsbt"<Plants</span<<hr noshade< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2737897" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Glendale, Calif., Power Plant May Get $245 Million Upgrade</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Helen Gao, Daily News, Los Angeles, Feb. 19</i< - With some of the city's generators more than three decades old, officials are considering investing up to $245 million in new equipment to ensure reliable electricity and compliance with air-quality standards. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td colspan="2"< <span class="ecds-bsbt"<Energy Efficiency/Conservation</span<<hr noshade< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2737930" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Florida Governor Plugs Home Insulation Plan in Miami Area</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Charles Rabin, The Miami Herald, Feb. 19</i< - Gov. Jeb Bush visited a Little Havana home Friday to promote "weatherization" -- an insulation process that is said to save low-income families up to 30 percent on their electric bills. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td colspan="2"< <span class="ecds-bsbt"<Fuel</span<<hr noshade< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2737868" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Clean-Coal Legislation Is Hot Issue in Indiana</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Gargi Chakrabarty, The Indianapolis Star, Feb. 19</i< - A bill that would offer financial incentives to electric utilities for adopting clean-coal technology will get a hearing today by the House Rules Committee. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td colspan="2"< <span class="ecds-bsbt"<Environmental</span<<hr noshade< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2737876" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Power Firm Gets Kudos, Criticism for Tree Plan in Indiana</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By George Stuteville, The Indianapolis Star, Feb. 17</i< - A power company and a land preservation group, normally on opposite sides of the environmental fence, have found common ground in two of Indiana's oldest state forests. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td colspan="2"< <span class="ecds-bsbt"<Nuclear</span<<hr noshade< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2737810" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Fort Worth, Texas, Officials Hesitant about Nuclear Waste Disposal Plan</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Ginger D. Richardson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas, Feb. 17</i< - Local officials greeted with trepidation President Bush's decision to pursue a nuclear waste dump in Nevada, saying that the plan is fraught with public safety concerns that could affect millions of Texans. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2740458" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Russian urges labs to back push for nuke power</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Feb 19 - Scripps Howard</i< - U.S. and Russian nuclear scientists hope by June to submit a formal appeal to the presidents of both nations asking them to collaboratively jump-start nuclear power. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2740506" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Secret plan to close Chapelcross early</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Feb 18 - Scotland on Sunday</i< - CHAPELCROSS nuclear power station will close next year with the loss of 450 jobs under secret plans presented to the government by its owners. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2738271" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Anti-Radiation Pill Distributor Relocates to Wilmington, N.C.</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Bonnie Eksten, Morning Star, Wilmington, N.C., Feb. 19</i< - A desire to live by the water was the motivating force that brought Steven Aukstakalnis and his company, Two Tigers, to the Wilmington area. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td colspan="2"< <span class="ecds-bsbt"<Financial</span<<hr noshade< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2737785" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Stock in Britian's Innogy Surges as Suitors Seek a Good Connection</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Evening Standard, London, Feb. 18</i< - Shares in Innogy, the company behind the power household energy brand, soared to a record high today as potential bidders for the business broke cover. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td colspan="2"< <span class="ecds-bsbt"<International</span<<hr noshade< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2738314" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Chevron Texaco seeks investments in Korea-official</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<SEOUL, Feb 19 (Reuters)</i< - Chevron Texaco Corp. is seeking investment opportunities in South Korea ahead of the country's planned privatisation of its gas and power sector, an energy ministry official said on Tuesday, after the U.S. group's vice president Patricia A. Woertz met Shin Kook-hwan, Minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td valign="top" width="20"< <img src="/images/trans.gif" width="15" height="1"< </td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_article.cfm?id=2740438" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<New hope for Czech deal</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Feb 19 - The Herald - Glasgow</i< - ELECTRICITE de France has withdrawn from the bidding for the Czech Republic's energy assets, raising renewed hopes of British Energy (BE) buying the country's two nuclear power stations later this year. </span< </td< </tr< <tr< <td colspan="2" align="center"< <br<<img src="http://www.energycentral.com/images/trans.gif" width="1" height="4"<<br< </td< </tr< <tr< <td colspan="2"< <table width="100%"< <tr< <td align="left"< <span class="ecds-bpwr"< Powered by <a href="http://www.energycentral.com" target="_top"<Energy Central</a< </span< <br< <span class="ecds-bcpy"< © 2002 CyberTech, Inc. 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