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A stable of some of the leading energy companies have partneredup to form TradeSpark, an electronic marketplace powered bydeveloper eSpeed Inc., that will offer natural gas, electricity,coal, weather derivatives and emissions credits through theInternet, private enterprise or via voice brokers beginning Oct. 2.

Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater announced Friday thatthe Department of Transportation (DOT) has formed a partnershipwith Washington state — the site of a major pipeline-relatedexplosion a year ago — to allow its safety inspectors toparticipate in the inspections of interstate pipelines.

Alliant Energy Resources Inc. announced plans last week topartner with Corn Products International Inc., a major cornrefiner, to build a 750 MW “co-generation” facility near Chicago,IL. The plant, which will be called Argo Power LLC, will produceenough electricity to serve 225,000 average homes when completed inthree years.

The Pipeline Research Council International Inc. (PRCI) and itsstrategic technology partner, Houston-based Technical ToolboxesInc. (TTI), announced yesterday they plan to launchPipelineCentral.com, a neutral Internet marketplace that wouldenable suppliers to furnish services and equipment (i.e.compressors and smart pigs) more quickly to interstate natural gasand oil pipelines in the United States and overseas.

Alliant Energy Resources Inc., announced plans yesterday topartner with Corn Products International Inc., a major cornrefiner, to build a 750-MW “co-generation” facility near Chicago,IL. The plant, which will be called Argo Power LLC, will produceenough electricity to serve 225,000 average homes when completed inthree years.

FERC has sent Dominion Resources and its merged partner,Consolidated Natural Gas (CNG), back to the drawing board to expandthe scope of the pipeline marketing affiliate rule to apply to allenergy affiliates within their corporate family.

FERC sent Dominion Resources and its merged partner,Consolidated Natural Gas (CNG), back to the drawing board last weekto expand the scope of the pipeline marketing-affiliate rule toapply to all energy affiliates within their corporate family. Thisaction is in keeping with the Commission’s crackdown on abusesbetween pipelines and affiliates.

Houston-based Altra Energy Technologies, a leading independentprovider of electronic trading products for the energy industry,may soon put even more distance between itself and the rest of thepack in the frenzied race to be the foremost in online energytrading.

Houston-based Altra Energy Technologies, a leading independentprovider of electronic trading products for the energy industry,may soon put even more distance between itself and the rest of thepack in the frenzied race to be the best and foremost in onlineenergy trading.