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NYSE: NRG P/E: 14.67 Widerstand bei 18$ gebrochen. fette Blocktrades Nachdem vorige Woche CPN ein schönes Reversal hingelegt hat, dürfte jetzt NRG dran sein. 12 mon low: 16.75 aktuell 18.10$ Diese Antwort dürfte die ausgebluteten US- Energiewerte anziehen lassen. Duke Power CEO`S Response to Barrons More Power To the Editor: In your August 6 cover story, "Too Much Power," Harlan S. Byrne failed to take several critical factors into account regarding the U.S. energy supply. Due to limitations in electricity transmission, the supply/demand picture must be viewed regionally and not simply as a national collective of current-generation facilities and announced plans for new plants. Even during a summer of relatively low economic growth and mild weather, several regions have set records for peak demand, and we see strong additional growth in many areas. The ability of the industry to add new generation is constrained by several factors not mentioned in the article, such as a shrinking pool of skilled labor, financing issues, limited water supply, access to fuels and grid connection -- limitations that have already caused construction delays this summer. Duke Energy estimates that the construction labor shortage severely impairs the ability to build more than 35,000 megawatts of new generation each year in the United States -- far short of the 290,000 new megawatts that Barron`s predicts will be built over the next six years. We must consider the effects of demand growth and the age of current power plants. Even with a slower economy, we see peak electricity demand growing at 2.4% a year. Given reserve margins across the country, Duke Energy forecasts the industry`s need to invest over $120 billion to add some 220,000 megawatts of generating capacity by 2010. These estimates do not account for replacement of older, less efficient generating units. Nearly 100,000 megawatts of thermal generation capacity in North America is over 40 years old. Some of this capacity will certainly be retired in the next decade, providing opportunity for additional generation. Energy supply and economic vitality are inextricably linked. Years of lack of investment in exploration and production, pipelines, power plants and electric transmission have caught up with us. I`d caution against a false sense of complacency. Richard B. Priory Chairman, President and CEO Duke Energy Charlotte, North Carolina |
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| aus der Diskussion: | NRG - Reversal? |
| Autor (Datum des Eintrages): | southbound (27.08.01 17:03:00) |
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