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Cinergy Steps into Canadian Gas Market, Buys ProMark Marketing Business

Looking for avenues in which it can further build its North American natural gas business, Cinergy Canada Inc., an affiliate of Cinergy Corp., said Tuesday that it has acquired the natural gas marketing business and substantially all of the assets of Producers Marketing Ltd. (ProMark) from Canadian Forest Oil Ltd., a subsidiary of Denver-based Forest Oil Corp. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

March 3, 2004

CERA Report Makes Retail Predictions

Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) issued a report lastweek outlining the possible avenues retail marketing will take asit matures. The report, ‘Customer Choice in the Information Age:North American Retail Energy Scenarios to 2015’, forecasts thedifferent situations that would develop based on how fast regulatedutilities exit retail markets.

May 1, 2000