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California power end users probably thought they were justhaving another nightmare Monday when the California ISO announcedStage One and Stage Two Electric Emergencies. After all, it’sNovember, not August. However, August apparently left a lastingimpression on the state’s ailing power plants.

Although price probably will be the most important factorinfluencing energy decisions after this winter, it is the otherthings, such as reliability and customer service, that so far havedetermined the winners and losers in the gas sales business,according to a new survey by RKS Research & Consulting.

Although price probably will be the most important factorinfluencing energy decisions after this winter, it is the otherthings, such as reliability and customer service, that so far havedetermined the winners and losers in the gas sales business,according to a new survey by RKS Research & Consulting.

If the new route variation that Millennium Pipeline Co. L.P. hasproposed for its facilities in Westchester, NY, were a Broadwayshow, it probably would open and close on the same night, criticscontend.

If the new route variation that Millennium Pipeline Co. L.P. hasproposed for its facilities in Westchester, NY, were a Broadwayshow, it probably would open and close on the same night, criticscontend.

The chairman of the gas demand task force of the NationalPetroleum Council (NPC) said last week his projections of a 30 Tcfmarket by 2010 in the December NPC study on natural gas “might havegrossly underestimated inherent demand.” The growth of gas firedpower generation has caught everyone by surprise and could have theunexpected effect of causing net gas withdrawals from storageduring the summertime as early as next year, said Matthew R.Simmons, president of Simmons & Company International.

The chairman of the gas demand task force of the NationalPetroleum Council (NPC) said yesterday his projections of a 30 Tcfmarket by 2010 in the December NPC study on natural gas “might havegrossly underestimated inherent demand.” The growth of gas firedpower generation has caught everyone by surprise and could have theunexpected effect of causing net gas withdrawals from storageduring the summertime as early as next year, said Matthew R.Simmons, president of Simmons & Company International.

Sponsors of the proposed Independence Pipeline and SupplyLink expansion probably popped a few champagne corks last Wednesday as FERC finally awarded the Midwest-to-East Coast projects their certificates after being ensnared in heated controversy for more than three years. But no sooner had the inked dried on the final order than rehearing requests started trickling into the Commission, possibly signaling more trouble ahead.

If you made the trip to Capitol Hill or were listening over theWeb yesterday, your jaw probably dropped a few inches when ChairmanThomas Bliley (R-VA) of the House Commerce Committee announced to apacked hearing room that he was postponing the scheduled markup onelectric restructuring legislation until next week.