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California - no problem

01 February 2001

While others suffer Californian angst, Enron is sitting pretty according to Steven Kean, vice-president.

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While Enron's name is often mentioned with regard to the California power crisis, except for the production of a small amount of power through wind facilities, Enron is not a power generator in the state of California. In fact, as a market maker, Enron is the largest buyer and seller of electric power in North America. EnronOnline, the company's Web-based trading system, completed its first full year of operation in 2000, executing 548,000 transactions with a gross value of $336 billion.

As a power producer in California, Enron is dwarfed by a number of other companies. However, the company is active as a trader in the state's wholesale market. The company has not released information on how much money it made from its California power trading either for the fourth quarter or for the full year. What is certain, however, is that for the third quarter, Enron's power trading volumes for the western US...


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