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More than 450 of you voted and voiced your concerns in Energy Risk’s inaugural User Choice Awards. Below we show which suppliers you voted for as top of their field in the energy business this year
Edison Mission sells off foreign power assets, posts Q2 loss
California-based Edison Mission Energy is to sell its remaining foreign generation assets to London-based generator International Power and Japanese trader Mitsui & Co for $2.3 billion. International Power will take a 70% stake and Mitsui a 30% stake of…
TXU sells Australian unit to Singapore Power, posts results
Energy company Singapore Power finalised the purchase of TXU Australia, part of Texas-based TXU Corp, on July 30 for $3.6 billion. TXU Corp’s 2004 second-quarter results reveal it has posted a $600 million loss, compared with $105 million net income in…
Shell agrees $150 million fine over reserves scandal, releases interim results
Royal Dutch/Shell Group looks set to pay $150 million in civil penalties and spend $5 million on developing an internal compliance programme, following its recent overstatement of reserves. The energy giant has agreed in principle with the UK Financial…
US regulator doles out Enron fines
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has hit Enron and its former trader Hunter Shively with $35 million and $300,000 in civil fines respectively for gas price manipulation.
Edison needs "broad EDF shoulders" says exec
A senior executive at Italian utility Edison has said the company would benefit from a takeover by a larger European utility, possibly Electricité de France (EDF). “Edison is too small in the long run to always remain independent,” he says. “So we need…
Shell appoints governance advisers
Energy major Royal Dutch/Shell Group yesterday appointed investment banks Citigroup and Rothschild as financial advisers to the steering committee reviewing its structure and governance.
Technology upload
There has been a recent upswing in the fortunes of energy risk software industry. And that is reflected in this year’s expanded technology vendor guide, making it the definitive guide to energy software and technology available
The troubleshooter
After struggling for a year with a difficult Triple Point installation, US energycompany Cinergy brought in energy IT veteran Joel McKnight. Nine months on, implementationand integration is complete. By Joe Marsh
Simulating Excellence
Of the numerous risk management problems that can be solved with a computer,there are few that cannot be solved using Microsoft Excel. BrettHumphreys discusseshow it can be used to construct Monte Carlo simulations
King of convenience
The need for Sarbanes-Oxley certification has boosted sales of internet servicerisk systems, says web pioneer Martin Chavez of Kiodex. By James Ockenden
Bucking the trend
Openlink’s founder Coleman Fung talks to James Ockenden about the decisionsthat have promoted his company to one of the leading risk management solutionproviders
Banking on energy
Banks keen to establish an energy trading presence are finding that partneringwith energy companies, or even acquiring trading businesses outright, could bethe way forward. Paul Lyon reports
Bank of America settles Enron case
Bank of America (BoA) has agreed to pay $69 million as part of an agreement to settle a class action lawsuit brought on behalf of purchasers of Enron securities and led by the Regents of the University of California (UC).
APX restructures, makes senior hires
Amsterdam-based APX Group, which provides exchanges for natural gas and power trading across northwest Europe, will move London-based power exchange UKPX’s forwards market onto its own system on August 18. The group has also made several senior…
Statoil penalised over Iranian scandal
Norwegian energy company Statoil could be fined 20 million Norwegian kroner ($2.92 million) in relation to a payment it made to a London investment firm for advice on conducting business in Iran.
KWI allies with Toshiba to tap Japanese market
KWI, the London-based risk technology company, has created the first Japanese-language energy trading and risk management (ETRM) application in conjunction with Toshiba Corporation, the Japanese developer and manufacturer of power generation systems.
California grid operator names interim CEO
The California independent system operator (Cal ISO) has hired Marcie Edwards as interim chief executive, while it seeks a permanent replacement for Terry Winter who resigned on June 1.
Nymex chief quit over pay cut
Bo Collins' decision to resign as president of Nymex was triggered by the board cutting his compensation package, said a source at Nymex.
Private equity firm buys into Refco
US private equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners (THL) has acquired a majority stake in Refco, the New York-based broker.
Entergy and Koch consider selling energy trading business
New Orleans-based Entergy Corporation and Wichita’s Koch Industries today said they are considering selling their energy trading business Entergy-Koch Trading (EKT).
NRG Energy creates chief risk officer role
NRG Energy has hired Philip Chesson to fill the newly created role of chief risk officer.
CCRO and S&P form liquidity working group
The US Committee of Chief Risk Officers (CCRO) has established a working group along with rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) to define the most effective metrics integral to assessing the liquidity demands of energy supply and wholesale marketing…
US puts trust in Canadian finance
Canadian income trusts have been trading at all-time highs. Now that the Canadiangovernment is allowing bigger players onto the market, interest from US energyfirms in such vehicles is growing. By Catherine Lacoursiere