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Following an approval handed down by the Virginia StateCorporation Commission last week, AGL Energy Services will nowprovide energy services including natural gas acquisition and gastransportation management to Norfolk-based Virginia Natural Gas’230,000 customers in southeastern Virginia.

After marketing natural gas to Georgia customers for a littleless than a year, DukeSolutions, a unit of Duke Energy, has decidedto throw in the towel. The marketer, which only has firm contractswith 16 customers on the Atlanta Gas Light system, filed a petitionwith the Georgia Public Service Commission (GPSC) to cancel its”Certificate of Authority” to provide natural gas marketingservices in Georgia.

Just three months after Houston-based Dynegy announced it wouldenter the North American wholesale broadband communicationsbusiness, it now is storming into Europe with a deal to buyLondon-based iaxis Ltd., a cash poor fiber optic network operator.Dynegy also told analysts yesterday that it expects earnings tojump 20% to 25% per year over the next three years spurred by itsasset-based growth plan.

International Oil & Gas Inc. has announced it has entered into an agreement with Trans Energy Inc. of St. Marys, WV, and Jayhawk Resources LLC of Arlington, TX, to lease over 5,000 acres in West Virginia to test the Trenton and Black River formations.

International Oil & Gas Inc. has announced it has enteredinto an agreement with Trans Energy Inc. of St. Marys, WV, andJayhawk Resources LLC of Arlington, TX, to lease over 5,000 acresin West Virginia to test the Trenton and Black River formations.

Under a five-year tolling agreement announced last week withHouston-based Engage Energy, Southern Company Energy Marketing hasagreed to convert natural gas supplied by Engage into 300 MW ofelectricity. The agreement allows Engage to sell the electricityfollowing its conversion, which will be done at a power plantcurrently under construction in Zeeland, MI. The plant, beingconstructed by Southern Company Energy Marketing’s parent, SouthernEnergy, is expected to begin operations by mid-2001.

Under a five-year tolling agreement with Houston-based EngageEnergy, Southern Company Energy Marketing has agreed to convertnatural gas supplied by Engage into 300 MW of electricity. Theagreement allows Engage to sell the electricity following itsconversion, which will be done at a power plant currently underconstruction in Zeeland, MI. The plant, being constructed bySouthern Company Energy Marketing’s parent, Southern Energy, isexpected to begin operations by mid-2001.

The State of California’s Department of General Services isseeking qualified suppliers to enter a one-year term deal for about15 million MMBtu to be delivered to the Pacific Gas & Electricand Southern California Gas service territories between July 1,2000 and June 30, 2001.

Two main players in the gas industry’s e business sector joinedforces last week as Altra Energy Technologies and Excelergy Corp.announced an agreement in which Excelergy’s billing and customerinformation software will be marketed along with Altra’s wholesaletrading and risk management products. No financial terms weredisclosed. The venture is currently under way.