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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=2444&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"< METRIXND is the energy industry's most POWERFUL, VERSATILE, UNPARALLELED forecasting tool! VERSION 3.0 offers new features like Microsoft's VBA, giving you more flexibility than ever. With the new release of MetrixND you are minutes away from developing accurate forecasting models. There are no black boxes or hidden components. MetrixND is the only tool you need for short & long-term hourly load forecasting, load profiling, retail forecasting, and monthly energy & peak forecasting. See what the buzz is about! 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Intelligent Decisions. </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=2749099" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Enron Executives Often Called Energy Regulators During Crisis, Records Show</b< </a< <br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By David Ivanovich, Houston Chronicle, Feb. 23</i< - Executives from Enron Corp. met or telephoned a dozen top energy regulators at least 25 times during the electric power crisis in California, records released Friday show. </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=2752030" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<California will ask federal agency to modify power deals, declare them overpriced</b< </a< <br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Feb 24, 2002 - Associated Press</i< - California will petition the federal government to modify dozens of long-term electricity contracts signed during the peak of the power crisis, a spokesman for Gov. Gray Davis said Sunday. </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=2749928" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Midwest grid merger proceeds despite snags in South</b< </a< <br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Chris Baltimore, WASHINGTON, Feb 22 (Reuters)</i< - Two large regional electricity grid operators this week approved a merger that would weave together the patchwork wires of 20 Midwest and Southwest states and one Canadian province. </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=2749072" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Pennsylvania Court Rejects Public Utility Panel's Action to Help GPU Energy</b< </a< <br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By David DeKok, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa., Feb. 22</i< - Commonwealth Court Thursday threw out the state Public Utility Commission's financial bailout for electric utility GPU Energy, but upheld the merger of its parent company with FirstEnergy Corp. </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=2749667" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Enron's Insurance Policies Examined as Potential Source of Extra Money</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By John Keilman, Chicago Tribune, Feb. 24</i< - As attorneys scour the bankrupt Enron Corp. for money, some are locking onto $435 million of insurance meant to protect the company and top officials during lawsuits. </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=2749815" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Lay Says He Didn't Keep Track of Partnerships Because He Planned to Quit</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Patrice Hill, The Washington Times, Feb. 23</i< - Former Enron Chairman Kenneth L. Lay said he sold Enron stock last year and did not keep track of the questionable off-book partnerships that led to the energy giant's demise because he was planning to leave the company. </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=2748969" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Enron Reportedly Plans to Leave Houston Headquarters</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By James McLean, Evening Standard, London, Feb. 22</i< - Enron Corp's name is set to disappear as the remnants of the disgraced energy giant prepare to decamp from its Houston headquarters to more modest offices. </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=2749095" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<California Congressman Disputes Enron Executive's Testimony</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Patty Reinert, Houston Chronicle, Feb. 22</i< - Rep. Henry Waxman contended Thursday that Enron executive Cindy Olson advised employees in 1999 to invest all of their retirement savings in company stock, contradicting Olson's congressional testimony that she urged diversification. </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=2749197" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Enron Found a Second Home in the Caymans</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Gregg Fields, The Miami Herald, Feb. 22</i< - On a Caribbean Island that has seen its share of scoundrels, including the pirate Blackbeard and cocaine cowboys, Enron Corp. found a second home. </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=2749199" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Florida Governor's Enron Link Called Coincidental</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<The Miami Herald, Feb. 22</i< - Three years before being elected Florida's governor, Jeb Bush saw a $91,527 investment in an Enron affiliate turn a tidy $7,118 profit in 10 months. </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=2749313" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<New York Expert Dissects Maze of Decisions Leading to Enron Fall</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Melissa Davis, The Daily Oklahoman, Feb. 21</i< - When Enron Corp. published its 2000 annual report, saying it was "laser-focused" on increasing earnings per share, investors should have felt alarmed instead of reassured, a New York expert said Wednesday. </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=2749814" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Public Spotlight Turns to Enron's Corporate Directors</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Chris Baker, The Washington Times, Feb. 23</i< - Corporate directors -- not just management -- are falling under increased scrutiny since the Enron Corp. collapse. </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=2749896" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Fed reviews JP Morgan's Enron dealings</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<NEW YORK, Feb 22 (Reuters) -</i< U.S. banking regulators are looking into how J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. accounted for certain trades made with bankrupt energy trader Enron Corp., according to a memo obtained on Friday. </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=2749915" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Enron could pay more bonuses to retain top staff</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<HOUSTON, Feb 22 (Reuters)</i< - Fallen energy trading giant Enron Corp. may pay further retention bonuses to key employees considered vital to its plans to emerge from bankruptcy, a company spokesman said on Friday. </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=2751885" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Pipelines, power plants keeping Enron afloat through bankruptcy</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Feb 23 - Associated Press</i< - Enron Corp.'s pipelines and power plants may not be as lively as its commodity-trading operations once were, but they are the bankrupt company's main source of steady income these days. </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=2748721" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<U.S. Lawmaker Says It's Time to Shift Enron Probe Into Reforms</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Russell Grantham, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Feb. 23</i< - U.S. Rep. W.J. "Billy" Tauzin has been spicing up a topic -- accounting -- that's normally about as dry as a cup of flour. </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=2749090" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Arthur Andersen's Houston Office Struggles to Repair Damage from Enron Scandal</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Tom Fowler, Houston Chronicle, Feb. 22</i< - February should be a busy month for accountants, but for many of the 1,700 Houston employees of Arthur Andersen every day crawls by, as they wait for the other shoe to drop. </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=2749097" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Enron Investigation Proves More Compelling Than Winter Olympics, Poll Finds</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Julie Mason, Houston Chronicle, Feb. 22</i< - More Americans in a new poll released Thursday say they are paying closer attention to the Enron story than the Winter Olympics. </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=2749278" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Enron Could Be Improperly Hiding Away Money from Its Largest Subsidiary</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Judith Schoolman, Daily News, New York, Feb. 22</i< - The New York bankruptcy court judge overseeing the Enron case acknowledged the company could be improperly squirreling away money that belonged to its largest subsidiary, Enron North America, which is being liquidated. </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=2749835" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<New Hartford, Conn., Officials Want Answers on Enron Connection</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By David Rivera, Waterbury Republican-American, Conn., Feb. 22</i< - The Board of Selectmen want to know why the Connecticut Resource Recovery Authority entered into a deal with the now bankrupt Enron Corp. and why it could cost taxpayers $100,000 more a year. </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=2749921" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<SEC Pitt challenges accountants, threatens execs</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<WASHINGTON, Feb 22 (Reuters) -</i< Accounting firms need to put their heads together to improve audits and fight financial fraud in the post-Enron world, while corporate managers may soon be forced to surrender ill-gotten gains, the top U.S. financial markets regulator said on Friday. </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=2749478" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Photograph Brought Instant Fame to Houston Enron Worker</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Mike Agnello, The Roanoke Times, Va., Feb. 22</i< - On Dec. 3, the future looked bleak for 24-year-old Meredith Stewart. </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=2749856" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Conn. authority may hike trash fees, blames Enron</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<HARTFORD, Conn., Feb 21 (Reuters)</i< - Trash fees for Hartford area residents stand to rise 31 percent, a state authority warned on Thursday, unless it finds a way to replace millions of dollars a year in expected revenue that will vanish if the bankruptcy court presiding over Enron Corp.'s crash cancels its contract with the agency. </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=2749775" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<GAO Sues Cheney over Energy Policy Group</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By James Kuhnhenn, Knight Ridder Washington Bureau, Feb. 23</i< - The General Accounting Office, the investigative arm of Congress, sued Vice President Cheney Friday in an unprecedented effort to obtain the names of energy industry executives who helped the White House draft its energy policy. </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=2749304" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Official Urges Need for National Energy Plan at Midland, Texas, Meeting</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Julie Breaux, Odessa American, Texas, Feb. 22</i< - Volatile fuel prices, tensions stemming from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, energy distribution disruptions and California's staggering electric deregulation problems have underscored the need for a cohesive national energy plan, a high-level energy official says. </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=2749930" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Bush to set out constitutional defense to GAO suit</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Adam Entous, WASHINGTON, Feb 22 (Reuters)</i< - In its coming court fight with congressional investigators, the White House will argue that releasing records from its energy task force meetings would undercut the Constitution's separation of powers, weakening the presidency and possibly national security. </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"< Access the most comprehensive on-line energy merger and acquisition database available now. 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Click here for immediate access <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/global/go_news.cfm?aid=2521&id=http://pro.energycentral.com/professional/snapshots/mergers/default.cfm"<http://pro.energycentral.com/professional/snapshots/mergers/default.cfm<;/a< </span< </td< </tr< </table< </td< </tr< </table< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td colspan="2"< <span class="ecds-bsbt"<Competition & Deregulation</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=2752024" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Public Power Tax Reform May Resurface During Senate Energy Debate</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Feb 22, 2002 - E&E Publishing</i< - Senate Energy Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) may try on the Senate floor next week to fix one of the thornier electricity restructuring tax problems facing Congress with an amendment meant to open the power grid by adjusting private-use restrictions on public power. </span< </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=2749934" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<AES puts UK's Drax power station up for sale-paper</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<LONDON, Feb 23 (Reuters)</i< - U.S. power firm AES Corp has put Drax, Britain's largest power station, up for sale, the Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported. </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=2748892" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<London-Based Electric Firm Says Takeover Deal with German Firm Is on Course</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Daily Mail, London, Feb. 23</i< - PowerGen remains confident that the 765 pence a share cash takeover by Germany's E.ON will be approved by regulators and completed this spring ? nearly a year after it was launched. </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=2749428" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Portland, Ore., Official Ponders Portland General Electric Purchase</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Richard Colby, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore., Feb. 22</i< - At the Tualatin Valley Water District, nobody faults Commissioner Gordon Martin for thinking small. </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=2751977" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Houston company wraps up purchase of Orion</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Feb 23 - Charleston Daily Mail</i< - A Houston company has completed its $4.8 billion purchase of Orion Power Holdings Inc. </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=2752023" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Powercomm holds bidding auction to sell off 30% stake</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Feb 22, 2002 - Associated Press</i< - Powercomm Inc., a telecom unit of Korea Electric Power Corp., conducted an auction to sell off the company's 30% share to bidders on February 21. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td colspan="2"< <span class="ecds-bsbt"<California Crisis</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=2748804" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<California Regulators Clear Way for Bond Sale to Cover Electricity Costs</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Mike Taugher, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif., Feb. 23</i< - The California Public Utilities Commission cleared the way for the state to sell a record $11.1 billion in bonds to cover electricity costs by approving an agreement that forfeits the commission's authority over how much money is collected from utility ratepayers. </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=2749512" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<California PG&E Bankruptcy Case's Tab: $1 Million A Week</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Claire Cooper, The Sacramento Bee, Calif., Feb. 22</i< - Lawyers and accountants have been billing about $1 million a week in the Pacific Gas and Electric bankruptcy case, eating steadily from the pot of money that will be available to pay off the utility's creditors. </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=2749632" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Washington State Regulators Asked to Approve 5 Percent Increase to Ratepayers</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Bert Caldwell, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash., Feb. 22</i< - Washington customers of Avista Utilities will pay 5 percent more for electricity if state regulators approve a complex settlement announced Wednesday. </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=2749638" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Revenue Shortfall in Murray, Utah, Could Bring Rise in Electric Power Bills</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By John Keahey, The Salt Lake Tribune, Feb. 21</i< - It has been 16 years since residents of this mid-Salt Lake Valley community have seen an increase in rates for electricity. </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=2751978" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Cutting Power Not Standard Procedure</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Feb 24 - Palm Beach Post</i< - Pinellas County rescue workers watched helplessly Dec. 11 as 21- year-old Andrew Miller sat injured in his car - which had a live, 7,200-volt power line draped across it. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td colspan="2"< <span class="ecds-bsbt"<Trading/Marketing</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=2749735" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Participants in New York Energy Exchange Workshop Trade Ideas</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Russell Ray, Tulsa World, Okla., Feb. 22</i< - In 2001, the New York Mercantile Exchange proved it can handle crises. </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=2749462" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<California-Based Fuel-Cell Maker Postpones Plans for Reading, Pa., Plant</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Tony Lucia, Reading Eagle, Pa., Feb. 21</i< - The California firm that Albert R. Boscov has indicated may be interested in building a plant in Reading said Wednesday that its plans have been postponed, but not canceled. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td colspan="2"< <span class="ecds-bsbt"<Power Projects</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=2748799" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Anaconda, Mont.-Area Officials Give Nod to Power Plant Plans</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<The Montana Standard, Butte, Feb. 22</i< - During a special session Thursday, Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Commissioners awarded a bid for land near the substations east of town, and accepted a proposal for the possible construction of a power generating facility there. </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=2749170" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Tractebel Begins Construction on Malvern, Ark., Power Plant</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By David Mercer, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Little Rock, Feb. 22</i< - Tractebel Power Development Inc. said Thursday that construction has begun on a 720-megawatt gas-fired power plant near Malvern, the second in Hot Spring County and one of a wave of independent generating projects planned around the country for the wholesale market. </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=2749466" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<South Carolina Panel to Discuss Plans for Gas-Fired Generating Plant</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Gene Crider, The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C., Feb. 21</i< - The state's Public Service Commission will hold a public hearing in Fort Mill on Calpine Corp.'s plans to place a gas-fired generating plant in the area, but their main evidentiary hearing will be held in Columbia. </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=2749614" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Neighbors Complain of Plans for Electrical Power Plant in St. Paul, Minn.</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By David Hanners, Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn., Feb. 23</i< - A Minneapolis company wants to build a gas-fired electrical power plant near downtown St. Paul, but neighbors complain the generating plant would add to an area that already has too much heavy industry. </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=2751814" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Legislature: Bill To Kill Power Plant Votes Argued</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Feb 21 - Columbian</i< - Rivals battling over legislation that would remove a public-vote requirement for new publicly-funded power plants tossed around some pretty big names Tuesday. </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=2748910" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Study: Renewable-Energy Program Could Stimulate Colorado Economy</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Steve Raabe, The Denver Post, Feb. 22</i< - An aggressive renewable energy program could stimulate Colorado's economy and save consumers billions of dollars, a new study shows. </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=2751777" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Enron may cause change in wind farm's direction</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Feb 21 - Omaha World - Herald</i< - The financial collapse of energy giant Enron Corp. is putting a snag in the development of Nebraska's first wind farm. </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=2751846" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Power options explored</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Feb 22 - Dominion</i< - FARMERS and rural groups are seeking information about alternative power sources as concerns mount over uncertainty about electricity price rises and the threat of power companies stopping supply to some uneconomic supply areas. </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=2751948" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Utah Urged to Try Renewable Energy</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Feb 23 - The Salt Lake Tribune</i< - Advocates of renewable energy sources are calling on the Utah Legislature to step up to the plate during debate over national energy policy and approve measures that would ease the state toward consuming more environmentally friendly 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=2751953" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Maine has potential for renewable energy, report says</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Feb 22 - Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME</i< - Maine could generate 95 percent of its electricity from renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, according to a report released Thursday by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group. </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=2752025" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Crops Seen as a Cleaner Fuel Source</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Feb 23, 2002 - The Fresno Bee</i< - The power crunch in California could have unintended benefits for Valley farmers under a plan that calls for more use of alternative forms of 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=2752026" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<'Green Power' Plan Pushed</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Feb 23, 2002 - www.lvrj.com</i< - With the U.S. Senate poised to consider a comprehensive energy bill next week, local environmental leaders are pushing a proposal to require the nation to get one-fifth of its electric power from so-called "green" or renewable sources. </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=2752027" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Yarmouth Company Proposes Wind Farm</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Feb 23, 2002 - Kennebec Journal</i< - A Maine company that has proposed building seven wind turbines in Vermont also hopes to build even more of them atop two mountains in Franklin County. </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=2752029" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Maps May Put Wind Back in Projects' Sails</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Feb 24, 2002 - Tri-City Herald</i< - The release of a series of wind-charting maps is forecast to help jump-start the flagging interest in wind power in the Northwest. </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=2749316" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Oklahoma City-Based Firm to Monitor Energy Use at Grocery Stores</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Adam Wilmoth, The Daily Oklahoman, Feb. 22</i< - Oklahoma City-based Automated Energy Inc. announced Thursday that it has signed a multiyear agreement to monitor energy use at nationwide grocery stores. </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=2749456" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Rochester, Minn., Officials Mull Ramifications of Rail Deal</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn., Feb. 22</i< - Despite news Thursday that the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad plans to acquire I & M Rail Link, a deal that could reduce potential coal-train traffic through Rochester, Mayo Clinic and city officials remain concerned. </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=2749382" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Pittsburgh Region Grapples with Air Pollution Problem</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Don Hopey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Feb. 23</i< - The Pittsburgh region has an itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny air pollution problem. 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