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		<title><![CDATA[APPA Washington report: mergers and merchants.(Washington D.C. Report)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FERC got a lot of  things--but not everything--right in a final regulation implementing its  new authority over mergers, granted by the Energy Policy Act of 2005.  Asking the commission to revise and clarify its final rule, APPA and the  National Rural...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[PUHCA REPEAL A DOOR OPENS]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3650/is_200601/ai_n17170735]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[...but into what? A group of financial analysts looks at protecting the customer, consolidating generation, and dealing with higher prices-and discusses how companies will fare in a post-PUHCA world. * The repeal of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 PUHCA, effective on February 8, 2006, has been heralded...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Powerplay: Q&A with Ferland and Rowe]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Jersey Business Magazine and executives of the New Jersey Business & Industry Association recently sat down with James E. Ferland above right, chairman, president and CEO of Newark-based Public Service Enterprise Group, and John W. Rowe left, chairman, president and CEO of Chicago-based Exelon Corporation, at PSEG headquarters to...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fitch Comment: 2005 Energy Policy Act To Have Slightly Positive Credit Implications]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- The omnibus Energy Policy Act of 2005 EPACT, passed by the United States Congress on July 29, 2005 and expected to be signed into law by President Bush next week, will result in changes to the electric power and gas utility industries. Fitch anticipates that the act...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2005 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[PUHCA still stifling industry growth]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When is a merger really not a merger? Last month a Securities and Exchange Commission SEC Administrative Law judge ruled that the 2000 merger of American Electric Power AEP and Central and Southwest Corp. CSW violated the Public Utility Holding Company Act PUHCA. He reasoned that the merged companies did...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2005 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Exelon and PSEG Supplement FERC Filing to Assist in Expedited Approval Process; Companies Propose Additional Mitigation]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO & NEWARK, N.J. -- Exelon Corporation and Public Service Enterprise Group announced today that they have supplemented their February 4 filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FERC, in which they seek approval of their planned merger. The filing addresses concerns raised by outside parties.  Provided that FERC...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Energy bill stalled as congress leaves to campaign.(Washington D.C. Report)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unable to complete work on bills to fund the federal government in  fiscal year 2003 or to reach agreement on "must have"  legislation such as the Homeland Security bill, Congress called it quits  in late October and recessed to allow members to return home to  campaign....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2002 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[NRG Energy Issues Required Notice to FirstEnergy That It Disapproves the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Order Issued July 16 and Seeks Additional Information]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Business Editors  NRG Energy today informed FirstEnergy Corp. that it "disapproves" the "Order Clarifying Order" that was issued Tuesday by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in connection with NRG's intended purchase of certain generating assets from FirstEnergy. This notice is required by the terms of the Purchase and Sale...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2002 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[FERC Approves National Grid/Niagara Mohawk Merger]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Business Editors  WESTBOROUGH, Mass.--BUSINESS WIRE--June 14, 2001  The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FERC has approved National Grid's (LSE, NYSE:NGG) proposed merger with Niagara Mohawk Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:NMK).  "With the FERC approval in hand, we are a step closer to becoming a combined company," said Rick Sergel, National...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2001 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[New Dimensions of Market Failure in Electricity and Natural Gas Supply]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Has public utility deregulation been a success or a failure? The answer to this question depends on whether one approaches it from the perspective of mainstream neoclassical economics or from the perspective of institutional economics. The difference between these approaches relates not only to the identification of problems, such as...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[EL PASO-COASTAL: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has  approved the $17.6 billion merger of Houston-based energy companies El  Paso Energy and Coastal Corporation in a deal expected to close next  fall.       The combined company will rank third in natural gas production...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Aug 2000 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Approves Merger of St. Joseph Light & Power Company with UtiliCorp United Inc]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jul 2000 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Power users challenging Unicom-Peco: Merger partners now face longer approval process, pressure for concessions.(Brief Article)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Opposition has emerged to Chicago-based Unicom Corp.'s  blockbuster merger with Philadelphia electric utility Peco Energy Co.,  as Illinois companies, consumers and municipalities raise objections  that could slow the regulatory-approval express the two  Opposition has emerged to Chicago-based Unicom Corp.'s  blockbuster merger with Philadelphia electric utility...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Federal Agency Authorizes Merger of Indiana Energy, Inc. and SIGCORP, Inc. to Create Vectren Corporation, a $1.9 Billion Indiana-based Energy Company]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[EVANSVILLE, Ind.--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 16, 1999--  Two Indiana-based utility holding companies announced today that they have received the authorization required from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FERC for their proposed merger.  Indiana Energy, Inc. (NYSE:IEI), headquartered in Indianapolis, and SIGCORP, Inc. headquartered in Evansville (NYSE:SIG), have been authorized by...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Merger Receives NRC Approval]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[TOPEKA, Kan.--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 1, 1999--  Western Resources (NYSE:WR) today announced approval from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission NRC in its merger with Kansas City Power & Light (NYSE:KLT).  "It is gratifying to have reached another milestone in the creation of Westar Energy," said David C. Wittig, Western Resources chairman...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 1999 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Western Resources, BPU Reach Agreement In KCPL Merger; Power Market Issues Resolved At FERC]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[TOPEKA, Kan.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 7, 1999--  Western Resources (NYSE:WR) and the Board of Public Utilities BPU, Kansas City, Kansas, said they have reached an agreement at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FERC regarding Western Resources' merger with Kansas City Power & Light Company (NYSE:KLT).  With this agreement, BPU has...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 1999 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[FERC Approves NEES/EUA Merger]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1999_Sept_29/ai_55916215]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WESTBOROUGH and WEST BRIDGEWATER, Mass.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 29, 1999--  The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FERC today approved the proposed merger between New England Electric System NEES and Eastern Utilities Associates EUA.  In the approval order, the FERC commissioners concluded that the proposed merger will not adversely affect competition, rates...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 1999 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Western Resources, KCPL and FERC Staff File Merger Agreement With FERC Commission]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1999_Sept_14/ai_55746236]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[TOPEKA, Kan.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 14, 1999--  Western Resources (NYSE:WR) announced the filing today of their settlement with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FERC staff which is supported by most of the other parties to the case.  The FERC staff and other major parties have resolved issues, including market power,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 1999 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Western Resources, KCPL Reach Agreement With FERC Staff]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1999_August_23/ai_55533201]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[TOPEKA, Kan.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 23, 1999--  Western Resources (NYSE:WR) today announced a settlement has been reached with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FERC staff. The agreement resolves with the FERC staff all issues which were set for hearing by the FERC in connection with Western Resources' merger with Kansas City...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 1999 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[October Hearings Set for Kansas Utility Merger.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5553/is_199904/ai_n22397876]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News    May 1 -- Federal regulators have scheduled hearings in late October  to consider the merger of Kansas City Power & Light Co. and Western  Resources Inc., a move that could push any approval of the deal into  next year. ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 1999 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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