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M&A Activity Expected to Continue

Should the energy industry expect more mergers and acquisitions?Eric Mullins, a former Houston Oiler football player and nowmanaging director of Goldman Sachs, said he didn’t have to go outon “much of a limb” to answer that question. “Maybe I’ll just say’yes’ and sit down,” he told attendees of Arthur Andersen’s EnergySymposium in Houston yesterday.

November 29, 2000

High U.S. Prices Prompt Increased LNG Trade

The price is right for LNG in the U.S. currently, and termimport deals should be locked in before these opportunities vanish,according to Tamela Pallas, president and COO of CMS Energy’sMarketing Services and Trading division.

November 20, 2000

High U.S. Prices Prompt Increased LNG Trade

The price is right for LNG in the U.S. currently, and termimport deals should be locked in before these opportunities vanish,according to Tamela Pallas, president and COO of CMS Energy’sMarketing Services and Trading division.

November 17, 2000

Avista, CMS 3Qs Should Be Better than Expected

Avista Corp., flying high on an over-the-top performance by its trading subsidiary, and CMS Energy, buoyed by favorable power transactions and cost reductions, both said Friday they will report above consensus estimates for the third quarter. Spokane, WA-based Avista officially will report its earnings Oct. 25, and CMS, headquartered in Dearborn, MI, will follow the next day.

October 16, 2000

EIA: Gas, Heating Oil Vulnerable to Winter Price Shocks

Due to low inventory levels, natural gas and heating oil will bethe most vulnerable of all home heating fuels to potential priceshocks this winter if the weather should turn colder than normal,according to the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) latestShort-Term Energy Outlook.

October 10, 2000

EIA: Gas Vulnerable to Winter Price Shocks

Due to low inventory levels, natural gas and heating oil will bethe most vulnerable of all home heating fuels to potential priceshocks this winter if the weather should turn colder than normal,according to the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) latestShort-Term Energy Outlook.

October 9, 2000

Consolidation Predicted For Online Trading

The energy online marketplace is crowded, confused and on theverge of shaking out and consolidating, according to three whoshould know, two CEOs of successful trading platforms and a Nymexexecutive, who last week shared their predictions at the EnergyRiskTech Conference in Houston.

October 2, 2000

Consolidation Predicted for Online Trading

The energy online marketplace is crowded, confused and on theverge of shaking out and consolidating, according to three whoshould know, two CEOs of successful trading platforms and a Nymexexecutive, who yesterday shared their predictions at the EnergyRiskTech Conference in Houston.

September 28, 2000

NE Gas Distributors Confident About Supply this Winter

The coming winter season should have little effect on thenatural gas supplies in New England, which, according to oneofficial, now has the “best supply portfolio” ever.

September 11, 2000

NE Gas Distributors Confident about Supply this Winter

The coming winter season should have little effect on the natural gas supplies in New England, which, according to one official, now has the “best supply portfolio” ever.

September 8, 2000