Shedding light on power prices

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[IMAGE]Shedding light on power prices Competit=
ion in Europe's electricity markets has brought more choice for consumers, =
resulting in lower prices in most cases. It also has triggered the end of p=
rice transparency, at least in the industrial and commercial (I&C) customer=
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s Reserved Market Brief Wednesday, December 26 Stocks Close Change %=
Change DJIA 10,088.14 52.8 0.53% DJ 15 Util. 289.80 5.1 1.79% NASDAQ 1,9=
60.70 14.87 0.76% S&P 500 1,149.37 4.5 0.39% Market Vols Close Change=
% Change AMEX (000) 95,077 (27,481.0) -22.42% NASDAQ (000) 1,127,431 (1,22=
2,219.0) -52.02% NYSE (000) 792,634 (915,281.0) -53.59% Commodities Clo=
se Change % Change Crude Oil (Feb) 21.27 1.65 8.41% Heating Oil (Jan) 0.59=
46 0.046 8.42% Nat. Gas (Henry) 2.911 0.016 0.55% Propane (Jan) 34.25 2.2=
5 7.03% Palo Verde (Jan) 28.00 0.00 0.00% COB (Jan) 28.00 0.00 0.00% PJM=
(Jan) 31.15 0.00 0.00% Dollar US $ Close Change % Change Australia $ =
1.968 0.000 0.00% Canada $ 1.60 0.016 1.01% Germany Dmark 2.23 0.022 =
1.00% Euro 0.8791 (0.009) -1.00% Japan ?en 130.8 1.200 0.93% Mexico NP=
9.13 0.010 0.11% UK Pound 0.6879 (0.0080) -1.15% Foreign Indices Cl=
ose Change % Change Arg MerVal 320.46 0.00 0.00% Austr All Ord. 3,335.20 2=
1.10 0.64% Braz Bovespa 13358.42 (10.11) -0.08% Can TSE 300 7552.59 24.29=
0.32% Germany DAX 5019.01 0.00 0.00% HK HangSeng 11209.78 51.68 0.46% J=
apan Nikkei 225 10192.57 (142.88) -1.38% Mexico IPC 6380.60 6371.84 0.00=
% UK FTSE 100 5,159.20 5177.40 0.00% Source: Yahoo!, TradingDay.com=
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