<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Energy</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/specials/energy?nav=rss_business/specials/energy</link><description>Energy</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Enron Executives Go on Trial in January]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51885-2005Feb24.html?nav=rss_business/specials/energy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51885-2005Feb24.html?nav=rss_business/specials/energy</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:17:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A federal judge in Houston Thursday ordered former Enron Corp. executives Kenneth L. Lay and Jeffrey K. Skilling to stand trial early next year on criminal conspiracy charges, setting the stage for the government's premier business fraud case.]]></description><author> Carrie Johnson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[As Gas Prices Rise, a Costly Summer Looms]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3558-2005Feb6.html?nav=rss_business/specials/energy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3558-2005Feb6.html?nav=rss_business/specials/energy</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:17:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Experts predict pump prices may surge past last year's record highs when highway travel picks up late in the spring.]]></description><author> Brad Foss</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hydrogen Power Is Put On the Fast Track]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59890-2005Jan8.html?nav=rss_business/specials/energy</link><guid 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damage" within about a third of a mile, according to a government study released yesterday.]]></description><author> Justin Blum</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dominion's Error Inflated Consumer Fuel Costs]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9373-2004Dec17.html?nav=rss_business/specials/energy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9373-2004Dec17.html?nav=rss_business/specials/energy</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:17:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A mistake by Dominion Resources Inc. led to an erroneous Nov. 24 report on U.S. natural gas supplies that inflated consumer fuel costs by as much as $1 billion, regulators said.]]></description><author> Bradley Keoun  and Jim Kennett</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[High Oil Prices Putting Pressure on Businesses]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14485-2004Oct31.html?nav=rss_business/specials/energy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14485-2004Oct31.html?nav=rss_business/specials/energy</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:17:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Fear of losing customers has led businesses to trim profits, squeeze other costs, or postpone investment and hiring instead of increasing prices to consumers -- so far.]]></description><author> Justin Blum  and Nell Henderson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Skilling, Lay Cases Build on Plea Deals]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27292-2004Sep16.html?nav=rss_business/specials/energy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27292-2004Sep16.html?nav=rss_business/specials/energy</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:17:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A recent flurry of guilty pleas by senior Enron executives has advanced the conspiracy and fraud case against company leaders, foiling predictions that the government's case faced seemingly insurmountable obstacles.]]></description><author> Carrie Johnson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Russia State Gas, Oil Firms Merge]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20832-2004Sep14.html?nav=rss_business/specials/energy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20832-2004Sep14.html?nav=rss_business/specials/energy</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:17:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Gazprom, the Russian state-controlled natural gas monopoly, announced Tuesday that it will take over the state oil firm Rosneft as part of a bold plan to transform itself into a dominant integrated energy supplier in the international market.]]></description><author> Peter Baker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Utilities Uneven in  Managing  Vegetation]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6663-2004Sep8.html?nav=rss_business/specials/energy</link><guid 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Blum</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saudis Offer to Boost Production]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58189-2004Aug11.html?nav=rss_business/specials/energy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58189-2004Aug11.html?nav=rss_business/specials/energy</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:17:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia sought to calm turbulent oil markets Wednesday by offering to boost production, but after an initial drop in prices the cost of oil rose again by day's end.]]></description><author> Justin Blum</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Texas Energy Company Settles Trading Charges]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22704-2004Jul28.html?nav=rss_business/specials/energy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22704-2004Jul28.html?nav=rss_business/specials/energy</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:17:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A Texas energy company has agreed to pay a $30 million fine to settle Commodity Futures Trading Commission charges that it reported false information and attempted to manipulate natural gas markets.]]></description><author> Justin Blum</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stations Transform Sunbeams Into Power]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11790-2004Jul24.html?nav=rss_business/specials/energy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11790-2004Jul24.html?nav=rss_business/specials/energy</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:17:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Western Governors put party affiliation aside to explore renewable energy over the next decade.]]></description><author> T.R. Reid</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enron Owes West Coast $32.5 Million Refund]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7583-2004Jul22.html?nav=rss_business/specials/energy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7583-2004Jul22.html?nav=rss_business/specials/energy</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:17:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Federal regulators yesterday ordered Enron Corp. to repay $32.5 million in energy-trading profits made before and during the West Coast electricity crisis three years ago. They will now determine whether the bankrupt Houston company should surrender nearly $3 billion in nationwide trading profits from 1997 through 2001.]]></description><author> Peter Behr</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Halliburton Defends Iraq Work]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7115-2004Jul22.html?nav=rss_business/specials/energy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7115-2004Jul22.html?nav=rss_business/specials/energy</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:17:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Halliburton Co. executives told a House committee yesterday that allegations that the company overcharged the government for work in Iraq distorted the truth, and they urged Congress to consider the wartime conditions when assessing any financial or logistical missteps.]]></description><author> Robert O'Harrow Jr. and David S. Hilzenrath</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel to Hear of Halliburton Waste]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4051-2004Jul21.html?nav=rss_business/specials/energy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4051-2004Jul21.html?nav=rss_business/specials/energy</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:17:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A hearing today by the House Committee on Government Reform will examine allegations of waste, abuse and profiteering related to the Army's contracts in Iraq with Halliburton.]]></description><author> Robert O'Harrow Jr.</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Halliburton's Work in Iran Stirs Democrats]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A110-2004Jul20.html?nav=rss_business/specials/energy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A110-2004Jul20.html?nav=rss_business/specials/energy</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:17:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Democrats who have been hammering away at Halliburton Co. and its former chief executive Dick Cheney about the company's work in Iraq Tuesday added Iran to their list of complaints.]]></description><author> Robert O'Harrow Jr.</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moscow Raid Begins Action to Seize Assets of Yukos Oil]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33869-2004Jul7.html?nav=rss_business/specials/energy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33869-2004Jul7.html?nav=rss_business/specials/energy</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:17:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Government agents moved Wednesday to begin seizing assets of Yukos Oil Co. in a climactic confrontation that could carve up Russia's largest oil producer and has raised doubts among investors about doing business here.]]></description><author> Peter Baker and Susan B. Glasser</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pipeline Sabotage In Iraq Helps Send Oil Prices Skyward]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29560-2004Jul5.html?nav=rss_business/specials/energy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29560-2004Jul5.html?nav=rss_business/specials/energy</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:17:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[News of Russian giant Yukos Oil Co.'s expanding legal and financial troubles added to traders' anxiety.]]></description><author> Tarek El-Tablawy</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[High Court Backs Vice President]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1988-2004Jun24.html?nav=rss_business/specials/energy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1988-2004Jun24.html?nav=rss_business/specials/energy</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:17:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court gave Vice President Cheney another chance to shield the internal workings of the 2001 energy policy task force he headed, all but ensuring that none of it will be aired before the November elections.]]></description><author> Charles Lane</author></item></channel></rss>