text_combined: fw western energy markets new power plants soothe market cera monthly briefing original message webmaster cera com mailto webmaster cera com sent thursday august 30 2001 3 17 pm clients cera com subject western energy markets new power plants soothe market cera monthly briefing title supply response url http www 20 cera com eprofile u 35 western energy markets new power plants soothe market roughly 5 000 mw new generating capacity 2001 helped dampen price pressures stem reliability concerns california west new plant plus significantly reduced summer demand conservation put west capacity margin 15 percent regional balances vary widely power demand declines also completely relieved west coast gas supply shortfall despite low hydroelectric output gas demand power generation west actually last year energy conservation response retail price increase cool weather slowing economy strongest fundamental driver california new power supplies arrived grid operators count full nameplate capacity within first months new plant start date pacific northwest hydroelectric resources remain critically low despite low demand raising specter reliability problems winter end follow url complete monthly briefing 9 printed pages e mail category monthly briefing cera knowledge area western energy cera autumn 2001 roundtable event dates agendas available http www 20 cera com event make changes cera com profile go forgot username password go http www 20 cera com client forgot electronic message attachments contain information cambridge energy research associates inc cera confidential may privileged unauthorized disclosure copying distribution use contents message attachments whole part strictly prohibited terms use http www 20 cera com tos questions comments webmaster cera com copyright 2001 cambridge energy research associates