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As the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) considers whether to overhaul or eliminate its integrated resource planning (IRP) requirements for electric utilities in the state, the state commission is being urged to create a process that does not limit the resource options of utilities, while also allowing the PUC to continue its support of demand-side programs, among other things.

As the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) considers whether to overhaul or eliminate its integrated resource planning (IRP) requirements for electric utilities in the state, the state commission is being urged to create a process that does not limit the resource options of utilities, while also allowing the PUC to continue its support of demand-side programs, among other things.

After operating more than half a century as an integratedbusiness, Southwestern Energy Co. has poised itself to become apure exploration and production company, a strategic move that willfocus the company’s assets on its drilling program in the Arkomaand Permian Basins and onshore Gulf Coast.

Cinergy Corp., the Cincinnati, OH-based owner of Cincinnati Gas& Electric (CG&E), sold its nonregulated retail gasmarketing unit to an integrated energy services cooperative calledThe Energy Cooperative (TEC) for an undisclosed sum last week.Cinergy said it will not disclose the number of customers CinergyResources serves.

Those bemoaning the lackluster performance of integrated gas andutility stocks can blame their woes, at least in part, on theInternet and the technology revolution, according to one analyst.Prudential Securities’ Carol Coale said investors have beenshifting their attention, and their dollars, from the “old economy”to a new one. “Whether it’s Internet or high-tech, we’re seeing amajor sector shift,” she told NGI. Also to blame, Coale said in aPrudential research note, is bearish gas market sentiment.

Those bemoaning the lackluster performance of integrated gas andutility stocks can blame their woes, at least in part, on theInternet and the technology revolution, according to one analyst.Prudential Securities’ Carol Coale said investors have beenshifting their attention, and their dollars, from the “old economy”to a new one. “Whether it’s Internet or high-tech, we’re seeing amajor sector shift,” she told Daily GPI. Also to blame, Coale saidin a Prudential research note, is bearish gas market sentiment.

Pepco announced an agreement to provide a comprehensiveintegrated energy management system to Southern Management Corp., aVienna,VA-based owner and operator of over 25,000 apartment homesin the Washington D.C. and Baltimore areas. No financial terms ofthe deal were announced.

DukeSolutions, the energy services subsidiary of Duke Energy,was awarded as contract by the Veterans Integrated Services Network6 (VISN-6) to provide energy efficiency products and services ateight Veterans Affairs Medical Centers in Virginia, West Virginiaand North Carolina.

DukeSolutions, the energy services subsidiary of Duke Energy,was awarded as contract by the Veterans Integrated Services Network6 (VISN-6) to provide energy efficiency products and services ateight Veterans Affairs Medical Centers in Virginia, West Virginiaand North Carolina.