NATURAL GAS: FERC ORDER 637
Federal Energy regulatory Commission (FERC) removed price cap on short-term capacity releases until September 2002, determines to allow peak/off peak and term-differentiated rates and adopts some other regulatory revisions...

WIND ENERGY
From mid 1998 through 1999, a record 925 megawatts of wind-generation capacity were installed in the U.S., according to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), Washington, D.C.  The gains boost worldwide generating capacity to 13,400 megawatts...

ABC's of ELECTRIC DEREGULATION
Aggregation: Creating large groups of customers to negotiate better rates.  Bundling: To consolidate generation, transmission, distribution and other services under one entity. 

DIGITAL DELAY
Digital TV viewers who watched the 1999 New Year’s eve celebrations from the comfort of their homes may have wondered why their neighbor’s fireworks and champagne corks went off just a little too early. The answer comes from an engineer in England...

MOLECULAR COMPUTERS?
Imagine a computer so small it could be woven into the fabric of your clothing.   According to Reuters news release, computer experts from UCLA and Hewlett Packard have announced that tiny, super-fast computers known as molecular computers - are on the horizon...

CURBING YOUR SWEET TOOTH
One way to curb a sweet tooth is to find nutritious alternatives to high-calorie sweets...