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The alliance combines Honeywell's expertise in home and building control with Cannon's proven system of software, hardware and communications to deliver complete solutions for energy and comfort control to electric utilities for peak load reduction. </span< </td< </tr< <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/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2771688" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Divorce Forced Quiet Ex-Enron Executive to Dump Stock, Become Lawsuit Target</b< </a< <br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Alan Bernstein, Houston Chronicle, Mar. 3</i< - Without the scandalous divorce that forced him to dump Enron stock, Lou L. Pai might still be the most important former Enron executive you've never heard of. </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/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2771584" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Former Enron Staffers Organize along Racial Lines in Seeking Redress</b< </a< <br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Bruce Nichols, The Dallas Morning News, Mar. 4</i< - The pattern has emerged quietly, but persistently enough that Tracy Elston and other former employees of Enron Corp. have noticed. </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/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2772051" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Enron's Troubles Bolster Critics of Chief Executive Officers' High Pay</b< </a< <br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Gary T. Pakulski, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio, Mar. 3</i< - What happened when captains of business with super-hero salaries were unable to save Enronopolis from disaster? </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/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2774304" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Three groups bidding for Enron's Wessex Water</b< </a< <br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Mar 04, 2002 - Associated Press</i< - Companies from Hong Kong and Malaysia and a consortium that includes two major British banks and the financial services arm of General Electric Co. are bidding for Wessex Water, a utility owned by the fallen energy trader Enron Corp., two of the companies said 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/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2771847" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<University Professor Recommends Reforms for Accounting Profession</b< </a< <br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Gary Hinds, Standard-Examiner, Ogden, Utah, Mar. 3</i< - With investigations into the activities of Enron Corp. snowballing daily, attention is focusing on the role of the Houston energy trader's financial auditor, the Andersen accounting firm. </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"< Data on nuclear power plant performance available now! 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Buys Energy Unit in United Kingdom, Adds Customers</b< </a< <br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Charlene Oldham, The Dallas Morning News, Mar. 2</i< - TXU Corp. acquired the retail and trading unit operated by Amerada Hess Corp. in the United Kingdom for $165 million in order to boost its British customer base, Dallas-based TXU said 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/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2774275" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<TXU powers ahead with Amerada Hess deal</b< </a< <br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Mar 03 - The Guardian</i< - TXU, the US energy group that owns the Norweb and Eastern electric supply businesses, is beefing up its presence in the UK energy supply market in a pounds 117m deal with oil and gas explorer Amerada Hess. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td colspan="2"< <span class="ecds-bsbt"<Gas Pricing/Hubs</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/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2772124" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Canadian spot gas prices rally on weather, U.S. cash</b< </a< <br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<NEW YORK, March 4 (Reuters)</i< - Spot natural gas prices across Canada climbed sharply on Monday, helped by some very cold forecasts for Alberta this week, a strong U.S. physical market and steep gains in NYMEX futures, sources said. </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/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2772127" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<NYMEX Hub gas ends up with firm cash, cold temps</b< </a< <br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<NEW YORK, March 4 (Reuters)</i< - NYMEX Hub gas ended higher Monday in moderate trade, driven by a strong physical market amid some frigid, early-week temperatures despite milder midweek weather forecasts, industry sources said. </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/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2774294" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Overview: Monday March 4, 2002</b< </a< <br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Mar. 4 (Natural Gas Weekly Update)</i< - Spot prices wound up slightly higher for the week (Friday to Friday) after trading within relatively narrow ranges with only regional exceptions. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td colspan="2"< <span class="ecds-bsbt"<Drilling/Exploration</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/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2774236" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Landowners air complaints over coalbed drilling</b< </a< <br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Mar 04 - The Billings Gazette</i< - Officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency came here Wednesday to hear concerns about coalbed methane development. </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/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2774302" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Daschle says Bush plan for drilling in Alaska dead for now as Senate prepares to debate energy bill</b< </a< <br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Mar 03, 2002 - Associated Press</i< - President George W. Bush's plan to drill for oil in a remote Alaska wildlife refuge is all but dead for now, Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle said Sunday. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td colspan="2"< <span class="ecds-bsbt"<LNG</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/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2774229" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Daewoo Wins $640M Order for Ships</b< </a< <br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Mar 04 - Associated Press</i< - Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. said Monday it has won a $640 million order to build four liquefied natural gas carriers for a Norwegian company. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td colspan="2"< <span class="ecds-bsbt"<Pipelines</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/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2774252" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Knowles says railroad could pay for gas line</b< </a< <br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Mar 04 - Journal of Alaska Business and Commerce</i< - Alaska Gov. Tony Knowles has proposed that the state of Alaska finance a $17 billion North Slope gas pipeline using tax-exempt bonds issued by the state-owned Alaska Railroad Corp. </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/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2771587" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<TXU Gas Seeks Higher Rates in North Texas Cities to Pay for Infrastructure</b< </a< <br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Charlene Oldham, The Dallas Morning News, Mar. 2</i< - TXU Gas is asking for increases in its natural gas distribution rates in Dallas and many other North Texas cities to cover rising infrastructure costs, according to filings made to the cities 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/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2772074" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Allentown, Pa.-Based Energy Supplier to Cut Gas Bills in Luzerne County, Pa.</b< </a< <br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Jerry Lynott, The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Mar. 2</i< - Customers of PPL Gas Utilities will see their bills decrease as the company passes on the reduced cost it pays for the commodity. </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/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2774127" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Industry sees second half 2002 oil, gas markets rebound</b< </a< <br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Mar 03 - Oil & Gas Journal</i< - Since the early 1990s, the highest and lowest gas price levels in every cycle have both been just a little higher than in the previous cycle. </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/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2774283" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Major gas line developers protest state royalty gas sales</b< </a< <br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Mar 04 - Journal of Alaska Business and Commerce</i< - Three oil and gas companies working on natural gas development in northern Alaska are worried they will be shut out of a proposed 4.5 billion cubic feet per day gas pipeline. </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/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2772128" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Canada dismisses report on potential Kyoto damage</b< </a< <br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<OTTAWA, March 4 (Reuters) -</i< Canada dismissed a report on Monday that predicted ratifying the Kyoto protocol on global warming would badly damage the country's economy, saying instead that most Canadians backed the idea of cutting emissions of greenhouse gases. </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/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2774279" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Under fire: value of multi-year contracts</b< </a< <br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Mar 03 - Morning Call</i< - If an energy company signs a four-year contract to sell 1,000 megawatts of electricity a year, and electricity is selling for $250 a megawatt, how much is the contract worth? </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/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2772111" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Greka reorganizes, to focus on California</b< </a< <br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<NEW YORK, March 4 (Reuters)</i< - Greka Energy Corp. on Monday announced a broad reorganization, including debt restructuring and plans to sell oil and gas fields in the United States and overseas, as it focuses on its central California production. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td colspan="2"< <span class="ecds-bsbt"<Financial - Results</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/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2771862" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Tulsa, Okla.-Based Williams Cos. to Issue Earnings prior to Analysts' Meeting</b< </a< <br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Rick Robinson, The Daily Oklahoman, Mar. 1</i< - The delayed 2001 earnings report of Williams Cos. is to be issued next week, the Tulsa company said, giving markets time to absorb the information before a critical meeting between Williams and market analysts March 8. </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/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2774206" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Earnings droop in 2001 for many US oil and gas firms</b< </a< <br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Mar 03 - Oil & Gas Journal</i< - US oil and gas firms posted sharply lower financial results for the fourth quarter and full-year 2001. </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. All rights reserved. </span< </td< <td align="right"< <span class="ecds-bmor"< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/gasnews/"<More News</a< </span< <br< </td< </tr< </table< </td< </tr< </table< </form< </td<</tr<</table<<span style=font-size:9px;font-family:arial,sans-serif<<a href=#top<Top</a<</span< <p< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/global/go_ad.cfm?aid=1785&id=http://www.rer.com/demos" target="_top"<<img src="http://www.energycentral.com/images/ads/RER468_022502.gif" width=468 height=60 border=0 alt="MetrixND 3.0 Just Released"<</a< <p< <p< <a name=20825B75-EB29-11D4-ABDB-00104B0EE463<</a<<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#000000"< <tr< <td bgcolor="ffffff"<<img src="http://www.energycentral.com/images/ecd/ecd-frame-curve-left.gif"<</td< <td height="20" valign="bottom" class="ecds-bttl" style="color:#FFFFFF"< ELECTRIC POWER NEWS </td< <td bgcolor="ffffff"<<img src="http://www.energycentral.com/images/ecd/ecd-frame-curve-right.gif"<</td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="3" bgcolor="000000"<<img src="http://www.energycentral.com/images/trans.gif" width="1" height="1"<</td<</tr< </table< <table border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" bordercolor="cacaca"< <tr<<td width="100%" class="ecds-btxt"< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/ecdirect/ecd_start.cfm?auto=remove&item=111183"<<img src="http://www.energycentral.com/images/ecd/ecd-x.gif" align="right" border="0"<</a< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i< Selected 46 of <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/"<46</a< Articles Today! </i<</span< <form action="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/newsroom/nr_articles.cfm" style="margin:0pt;padding:0pt"< <table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td valign="top" colspan="2"< <span class="ecds-isbt"<THESE ARTICLES BROUGHT TO YOU BY</span< <hr noshade< </td< </tr< <tr< <td width=10< </td< <td< <span class="ecds-itxt"< How can an Enterprise Energy Management strategy help utilities and energy service providers balance supply and demand even when adequate supplies exist? 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Contact Kellee.McGolpin@excelergy.com or 781-372-5133, or visit our web site at <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/global/go_news.cfm?aid=2429&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=2774207" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Electric Dereg Still Has Bugs</b< </a< <br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Mar 04 - Record - Bergen County</i< - Enron's financial policies have focused attention on what was once a national surge toward energy deregulation, but the Texas company's problems are unlikely to have much impact on historic changes New Jersey made three years ago in how electric power is sold. </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=2774227" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Key officials worry boosts are insufficient</b< </a< <br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Mar 04 - Las Vegas Review - Journal</i< - The $945 million in rate increases sought by Nevada Power over the next three years would raise the average residential bill by 27 percent. </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=2772132" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<U.S. high court upholds FERC open access order</b< </a< <br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) -</i< The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld a 1996 federal order designed to give U.S. consumers cheaper electricity, opening the $220 billion power market to more competition, industry officials said. </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=2771916" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Somerset, Mass., Power Plant to Get New Permit</b< </a< <br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Michael Corkery, Providence Journal, R.I., Mar. 4</i< - Calling pollution concerns at Brayton Point a "high priority," a regional administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said yesterday that the government expects to issue a new draft permit for the aging power plant within the next few months. </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"<Press Release</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=2774297" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Honeywell Control Products And Cannon Technologies Announce Alliance to Provide Integrated Energy Management Systems</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, February 26, 2002</i< - The Control Products business of Honeywell today announced a joint marketing and distribution alliance with Cannon Technologies, a leader in electric utility automation and peak load management. The alliance combines Honeywell's expertise in home and building control with Cannon's proven system of software, hardware and communications to deliver complete solutions for energy and comfort control to electric utilities for peak load reduction. </span< </td< </tr< <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=2771688" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Divorce Forced Quiet Ex-Enron Executive to Dump Stock, Become Lawsuit Target</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Alan Bernstein, Houston Chronicle, Mar. 3</i< - Without the scandalous divorce that forced him to dump Enron stock, Lou L. Pai might still be the most important former Enron executive you've never heard of. </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=2771689" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Enron Seeks Better Deal than General Electric's Offer for Wind Unit</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Eric Berger, Houston Chronicle, Mar. 2</i< - Believing it can do better than the $225 million offered by General Electric for its wind turbine business, Enron is putting it up for auction. </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=2771584" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Former Enron Staffers Organize along Racial Lines in Seeking Redress</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Bruce Nichols, The Dallas Morning News, Mar. 4</i< - The pattern has emerged quietly, but persistently enough that Tracy Elston and other former employees of Enron Corp. have noticed. </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=2771924" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Gresham, Ore., Utility District Considers Buying Portland General Electric</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Eric Mortenson, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore., Mar. 1</i< - It would be like a smelt swallowing a whale, but the feisty Rockwood People's Utility District is thinking about buying PGE. </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=2772051" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Enron's Troubles Bolster Critics of Chief Executive Officers' High Pay</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Gary T. Pakulski, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio, Mar. 3</i< - What happened when captains of business with super-hero salaries were unable to save Enronopolis from disaster? </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=2774304" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Three groups bidding for Enron's Wessex Water</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Mar 04, 2002 - Associated Press</i< - Companies from Hong Kong and Malaysia and a consortium that includes two major British banks and the financial services arm of General Electric Co. are bidding for Wessex Water, a utility owned by the fallen energy trader Enron Corp., two of the companies said 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=2771847" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<University Professor Recommends Reforms for Accounting Profession</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Gary Hinds, Standard-Examiner, Ogden, Utah, Mar. 3</i< - With investigations into the activities of Enron Corp. snowballing daily, attention is focusing on the role of the Houston energy trader's financial auditor, the Andersen accounting firm. </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"< Ontario deregulates May 2002, creating a new market structure and new opportunities. "Ontario Electricity Deregulation: Market Operations and Fundamentals" by Utilis Energy provides an in-depth understanding of the market, enabling a firm to develop a targeted customer acquisition strategy. Visit the Research Report Center today: <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/global/go_news.cfm?aid=2522&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"<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=2772135" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Senate energy fight seen on drilling, auto mileage</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) -</i< As the U.S. Senate prepares to debate a broad energy bill, lawmakers who want higher fuel mileage requirements for vehicles won't be willing to reach that goal by agreeing to allow drilling in a protected Alaskan refuge, and vice versa, the chairman of the Senate Energy Committee said on Monday. </span< </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=2774223" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Nevada Power exit list getting longer</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Mar 04 - Las Vegas Review - Journal</i< - Three more companies made clear Friday they plan to abandon Nevada Power and buy their electricity from the utility's competitors. </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=2774212" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Electric dereg dimming</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Mar 04 - Arizona Daily Star</i< - Short-circuited by California's current calamities, electric competition has largely failed to produce expected benefits like lower energy costs, an MIT energy economist said. </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=2771603" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Dallas-Based TXU Corp. Buys Energy Unit in United Kingdom, Adds Customers</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Charlene Oldham, The Dallas Morning News, Mar. 2</i< - TXU Corp. acquired the retail and trading unit operated by Amerada Hess Corp. in the United Kingdom for $165 million in order to boost its British customer base, Dallas-based TXU said 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=2774253" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<AEP acquires assets from Enron in Europe, Texas</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Mar 04 - The State Journal</i< - It has been said there is opportunity in chaos, and perhaps never has that been more true than in the wake of the collapse of 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=2774275" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<TXU powers ahead with Amerada Hess deal</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Mar 03 - The Guardian</i< - TXU, the US energy group that owns the Norweb and Eastern electric supply businesses, is beefing up its presence in the UK energy supply market in a pounds 117m deal with oil and gas explorer Amerada Hess. </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=2772076" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Westar Energy's Tree Trims May Cost Wichita, Kan., Customers</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Steve Painter, The Wichita Eagle, Kan., Mar. 1</i< - Wichita residents could see their electric bills jump more than $15 a month under a bill the Senate passed 37-3 on Thursday. </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=2772119" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Entergy cancels plea to save power in chilly Texas</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<NEW YORK, March 4 (Reuters)</i< - Entergy Corp. suspended a public plea for power conservation in Texas and parts of Louisiana on Monday as it became clear the electric system could handle sharply higher demand triggered by a record cold snap in the region, the company said. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td colspan="2"< <span class="ecds-bsbt"<Transmission & Reliability</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=2774257" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Bangor Hydro transmission line put on hold by BEP chairman</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Mar 04 - Maine Times</i< - Bangor Hydro-Electric Co. has been dealt a one-two punch in its effort to build a major transmission line in eastern Maine. </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=2774247" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Northeast power merger proposed</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Mar 04 - The CNY Business Journal</i< - Businesses in Central New York may find more than the mild weather bringing the rice of electricity down. </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=2771779" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Mitsubishi Seeks Approval to Build Goodsprings, Nev.-Area Energy Plant</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By John G. Edwards, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Mar. 2</i< - Some independent power producers are shelving projects as the price of electricity slumps in the West, but a subsidiary of Japan's Mitsubishi Corp. is seeking approval to build another 500-megawatt gas-fired plant near Goodsprings. </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=2772079" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Madison, Wis., Utility Says New Power Plant to Include Energy Education Area</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Jennifer Sereno, The Wisconsin State Journal, Mar. 1</i< - To help area residents learn more about power generation and conservation, an energy education center would be part of a proposed $175 million power plant on the UW-Madison campus, a Madison Gas and Electric Co. official said Thursday. </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=2773942" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Cam Tecnologie Looks Abroad</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Mar 04, 2002 - FT World Media Abstracts via Comtex</i< - Cam Tecnologie, a division of Italy's Camfin group, the holding company of the Pirelli group which operates in the area of heat and energy fuels, is to turn its attention to wind-powered and photovoltaic 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=2774177" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Russian westernmost region, Danish firm build wind power stations</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Mar 04 - BBC Monitoring Former Soviet Union</i< - The installation of a unique power-generating station which will use wind energy is nearing completion in Kaliningrad Region. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td colspan="2"< <span class="ecds-bsbt"<People</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=2772106" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Exelon names Kingsley as head of generation unit</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<CHICAGO, March 4 (Reuters)</i< - Exelon Corp., the largest U.S. nuclear power company, said Monday it named Oliver Kingsley as president and chief executive of its Exelon Generation business unit. </span< </td< </tr< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td colspan="2"< <span class="ecds-bsbt"<Labor/Human Resources</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=2774249" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<More Korean Power Workers May Strike</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Mar 03 - Associated Press</i< - Unionized workers at six affiliates of South Korea's state-run power monopoly vowed Sunday to join an ongoing strike by thousands of power plant workers if the government uses force to end the dispute. </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=2772128" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Canada dismisses report on potential Kyoto damage</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<OTTAWA, March 4 (Reuters) -</i< Canada dismissed a report on Monday that predicted ratifying the Kyoto protocol on global warming would badly damage the country's economy, saying instead that most Canadians backed the idea of cutting emissions of greenhouse gases. </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=2774181" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Possible conflict probed</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Mar 04 - Las Vegas Review - Journal</i< - Aides to Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., are examining Energy Department documents in search of possible evidence that a top adviser to Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham may have a conflict of interest on the Yucca Mountain Project. </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=2771713" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Tribes, States Will Fight Bush's Plans for Nuclear Waste Dump in Nevada</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Valerie Taliman, Indian Country Today, Oneida, N.Y., Mar. 1</i< - The 20-year battle to stop the U.S. government from burying 70,000 metric tons of radioactive waste on Western Shoshone homelands suffered a serious setback Feb. 15 when President Bush designated Yucca Mountain as the site for building the nation's first high-level nuclear waste dump. </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=2771891" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Tax-Exemption Bill for Enriched Uranium Faltering in Kentucky House</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Bill Bartleman, The Paducah Sun, Ky., Mar. 1</i< - Legislation exempting enriched uranium produced at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant from the state sales tax may have been hung out to dry this week when it was reassigned to the House Appropriations and Revenue 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=2772103" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<N.C. Brunswick 1 nuke shut for refueling outage</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<NEW YORK, March 4 (Reuters)</i< - Operators at CP&L's Brunswick nuclear power plant in North Carolina shut down the 860-megawatt (MW) Unit 1 on March 1 for a scheduled refueling and maintenance outage, the company said on 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=2772112" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Calif. San Onofre Unit 3 nuke up to 77 pct power</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<LOS ANGELES, March 4 (Reuters)</i< - The 1,080-megawatt Unit 3 at the San Onofre nuclear plant in southern California was up to about 77 percent power early Monday as it returned from an unplanned outage, a plant spokesman said. </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=2774141" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Reactor at nuclear power plant shut down for planned repairs</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Mar 04 - Associated Press</i< - A reactor at a nuclear power plant in the Russian Arctic was shut down for planned repairs, officials said 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=2774143" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<NUCLEAR WASTE: Herrera joins cry against shipments</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Mar 04 - Las Vegas Review - Journal</i< - Dario Herrera on Friday became the latest Nevada elected official to tell a national group that the state does not want to store the nation's nuclear waste. </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=2774144" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Temelin power plant to load nuclear fuel into its second unit</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Mar 04 - Associated Press</i< - Workers at a disputed nuclear power plant near the Austrian border will start loading fuel into its second unit, an official said 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=2774180" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Ministers delay Bill to aid nuclear clean-up</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Mar 04 - Independent - London</i< - PLANS TO overhaul the management of Britain's pounds 60bn in nuclear liabilities are in doubt after ministers decided not to press ahead with the necessary legislation in the next session of Parliament. </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=2774303" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Gephardt Rails Against Moving Nuclear Waste</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Mar 04, 2002 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch</i< - Trains loaded with nuclear waste from power plants could roll through Webster Groves and other cities unless Congress and local communities act to stop the transport, House Minority Leader Richard A. Gephardt said Sunday at a rally in Webster Groves. </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=2771889" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Department of Energy Holds Off on Uranium-Plant Decision</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<By Joe Walker, The Paducah Sun, Ky., Mar. 1</i< - The U.S. Department of Energy has delayed a decision on two long-sought uranium waste-conversion facilities at least another year by asking the three finalists to submit cost estimates for only one plant at Paducah or Portsmouth, Ohio. </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=2774279" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Under fire: value of multi-year contracts</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Mar 03 - Morning Call</i< - If an energy company signs a four-year contract to sell 1,000 megawatts of electricity a year, and electricity is selling for $250 a megawatt, how much is the contract worth? </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=2774235" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Compact powering to Aim listing</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Mar 03 - The Sunday Telegraph - London</i< - COMPACT Power, a Bristol electricity producer in which BHP Billiton is a big investor, is planning to float on Aim by the end of the month. </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=2774171" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Tough line on power firms urged</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Mar 04 - The Press - Christchurch</i< - Energy Minister Pete Hodgson will meet power company executives later this week amid calls for him to take a tougher line on power companies. </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=2774173" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Russian government approves electricity investment figures</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Mar 04 - BBC Monitoring Former Soviet Union</i< - The Russian government has endorsed as a whole a programme of investment in the electric power sector of Russia. </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=2774211" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Power Cuts Extended in Sri Lanka</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Mar 04 - Xinhua News Agency - CEIS</i< - The nightly power cut in Sri Lanka is to be further extended by an additional two and half hour daytime from 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=2774264" class="ecds-ittl"< <b<Moscow electric utility cuts power to top automaker</b< </a<<br< <span class="ecds-itxt"<<i<Mar 04 - Associated Press</i< - An electric utility in the Russian capital on Monday cut power to a prominent but struggling automaker over its failure to pay long-running debts. </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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