<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>   <rss version="2.0">   <channel>        <title>Platts News: Latest Electric Power Headlines from Platts.com</title>           		<link>http://www.platts.com?src=Electric Powerrssheadlines1</link>		<description>Electric Power Headlines from Platts.com: Platts, a Division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), the world's leading provider of energy information.</description>		<language>en-US</language>		<copyright>Copyright &#169; 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.          http://www.mcgraw-hill.com</copyright>				<category>Latest Electric Power Headlines</category>		<image>			<url>http://www.platts.com/images/latest_electric power_headlines_title.gif</url>			 <title>Latest Electric Power Headlines</title>			<link>http://www.platts.com?src=Electric Powerrssheadlines1</link>		</image>		<managingEditor>webeditor@platts.com</managingEditor>		<webMaster>webeditor@platts.com</webMaster>		<pubDate> 6 Sep 2008 16:54:03 GMT</pubDate>                                		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Power outages in Gulf down as utilities continue to repair lines]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Washington (Platts) -- 5Sep2008 -- The number of power outages from Hurricane Gustav in Arkansas, Louisiana
and Mississippi continues to drop, as Entergy and other utilities restore
downed transmission and distribution lines, the US Department...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Electric Power/News/6947693.xml?src=Electric Powerrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Electric Power</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Electric Power/News/6947693.xml?src=Electric Powerrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[FERC grants Entergy waivers from affiliate rules in storm's wake]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Washington (Platts) -- 5Sep2008 -- The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Friday said it granted New
Orleans-based Entergy emergency waivers from agency rules governing
transactions between affiliated companies to allow the utility...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Electric Power/News/8008207.xml?src=Electric Powerrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Electric Power</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Electric Power/News/8008207.xml?src=Electric Powerrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[EDF 'edging closer' to a deal to buy British Energy: report]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[London (Platts) -- 5Sep2008 -- French utility EDF is moving closer to a deal to buy British Energy after
engaging in fruitful talks with some of the nuclear generator's largest
shareholders, according to a report in the Financial Times...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Electric Power/News/8007945.xml?src=Electric Powerrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Electric Power</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Electric Power/News/8007945.xml?src=Electric Powerrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Electric companies prevail in clean air permit challenges]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Washington  (Platts) -- 4Sep2008 -- Electric companies prevailed in two court decisions this week on
challenges to Clean Air Act permits issued to their coal-fired power plants.

     In one of the decisions issued Tuesday, a federal magistrate...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Electric Power/News/6946910.xml?src=Electric Powerrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Electric Power</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Electric Power/News/6946910.xml?src=Electric Powerrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Louisiana utilities restore power to 80,000 customers overnight]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Boston (Platts) -- 4Sep2008 -- Louisiana electric utilities Entergy and Cleco on Thursday said they
restored power overnight to about 80,000 customers in the state.

     Entergy said about 622,000 of its Louisiana customers remain...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Electric Power/News/6946882.xml?src=Electric Powerrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Electric Power</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Electric Power/News/6946882.xml?src=Electric Powerrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[EU leads on climate change but weak on external relations: IEA]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Brussels (Platts) -- 4Sep2008 -- The EU is a world leader in tackling climate change but needs to be more
coordinated in its relations with external energy suppliers, the International
Energy Agency's executive director Nobuo Tanaka said...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Electric Power/News/6946871.xml?src=Electric Powerrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Electric Power</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Electric Power/News/6946871.xml?src=Electric Powerrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Duke Energy Carolinas seeks proposals for solar panels, equipment]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Washington (Platts) -- 4Sep2008 -- Duke Energy Carolinas on Thursday said it is seeking bids from solar
power companies for solar panels, electrical equipment and installation
services as part of its plan to spend $100-million bringing...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Electric Power/News/8004759.xml?src=Electric Powerrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Electric Power</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Electric Power/News/8004759.xml?src=Electric Powerrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Louisiana utilities restore power to 80,000 customers overnight]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Boston (Platts) -- 4Sep2008 -- Louisiana electric utilities Entergy and Cleco on Thursday said they
restored power overnight to about 80,000 customers in the state.

     Entergy said about 622,000 of its Louisiana customers remain...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Electric Power/News/8004701.xml?src=Electric Powerrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Electric Power</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Electric Power/News/8004701.xml?src=Electric Powerrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[China's energy law stalled amid government reorganization]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Singapore (Platts) -- 4Sep2008 -- China's long-awaited new energy law has not yet been submitted to the
State Council due to the reorganization of government's institutions early
this year, a source close to the National Development and...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Electric Power/News/8004451.xml?src=Electric Powerrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Electric Power</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Electric Power/News/8004451.xml?src=Electric Powerrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[China's energy law stalled amid government reorganization]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Singapore (Platts) -- 4Sep2008 -- China's long-awaited new energy law has not yet been submitted to the
State Council due to the reorganization of government's institutions early
this year, a source close to the National Development and...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Electric Power/News/8004377.xml?src=Electric Powerrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Electric Power</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Electric Power/News/8004377.xml?src=Electric Powerrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[US FERC OKs Florida gas storage project, cites generators' demand]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Washington (Platts) -- 3Sep2008 -- In issuing a certificate to Floridian Natural Gas Storage, the US Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission took the unusual step of urging Florida electric
utilities to keep an eye out for more gas storage...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Electric Power/News/6946728.xml?src=Electric Powerrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Electric Power</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Electric Power/News/6946728.xml?src=Electric Powerrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[New York PSC approves Iberdrola/Energy East merger]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Washington (Platts) -- 3Sep2008 -- The New York Public Service Commission Wednesday approved Iberdrola's
$4.6-billion acquisition of Energy East, giving the Spanish company the final
state consent it needs.

     The commission imposed...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Electric Power/News/6946712.xml?src=Electric Powerrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Electric Power</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Electric Power/News/6946712.xml?src=Electric Powerrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Power outages from Gustav exceed 1.3 mil in three states: US DOE]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Washington (Platts) -- 3Sep2008 -- More than 1.3 million customers in Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas
are without electricity in the aftermath of Hurricane Gustav, which made
landfall as a Category 2 storm mid-day Monday along the Louisiana...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Electric Power/News/6946629.xml?src=Electric Powerrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Electric Power</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Electric Power/News/6946629.xml?src=Electric Powerrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[N Sea wind grid would boost cross-border power trade: Greenpeace]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Frieburg, Germany (Platts) -- 3Sep2008 -- An offshore power grid linking wind farms in the North Sea would create
the physical and technical basis for new power trading between countries
bordering the North Sea, according to a study released Wednesday...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Electric Power/News/8000851.xml?src=Electric Powerrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Electric Power</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Electric Power/News/8000851.xml?src=Electric Powerrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                          </channel></rss>	