61.   The decision, which benefited Enron and other energy traders, was aimed at giving customers more choices in purchasing their electricity.

62.   The failed energy trader, Enron Corp., had four contacts, in addition to six meetings Cheney attended with Enron representatives.

63.   The energy traders such as CMS engaged in swaps.

64.   The executive also said most energy traders expected that Dynegy would obtain a much lower merger price because Enron had little or no room to fight a renegotiation.

65.   The sharp drop in its price reflects concerns by energy traders that manufacturing and transportation will be depressed in coming months, even as oil production remains roughly constant.

66.   The sources said a merger could be announced as early as today between the two Houston-based energy traders, which had been talking for a week.

67.   The transcripts of conversations between energy traders for Mirant and Xcel Energy, a Minneapolis-based company, were released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

68.   The woes of the investor-owned utilities and energy traders in the unregulated environment drew a wry response from Alan Richardson, president of the public power association.

69.   What brought them together was a pending venture that energy traders price in the billions of dollars.

70.   When Enron Corp. stumbled into bankruptcy amid allegations of financial scandal, it cast a pall over capital markets for other utilities and energy traders.