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	PowerGen
		PowerGen is planning to create 450 jobs at call centres in Bedford, Leicester, Nottingham, Rayleigh and Bolton by the end of the year, in order to reduce the level of outsourcing in India.
		PowerGen is to combine Midlands Electricity and East Midlands Electricity into a new group called Central Networks, which is expected to lead to the closure of some offices and the loss of some of the 5,000 jobs.
		PowerGen is to close one of the four generating units at its coal-fired power station in Ferrybridge, Yorkshire, which is seen as another blow to RJB Mining, the coal producer.
	www.ukbusinesspark.co.uk /powergen.htm (2700 words)

	E.ON UK - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Powergen was formed in 1990 when the Central Electricity Generating Board was split into three generating companies (Powergen, National Power and Nuclear Electric plc.) and electricity transmission company, National Grid Company.
		In March 1991 60% of Powergen was sold to private investors, followed by the remaining 40% in March 1995.
		Powergen was one of the first energy companies in the UK to take the logical step of combining gas and electric bills where customers take both services.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Powergen (414 words)

	Dimensions PowerGen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		With increasing scrutiny from auditors and regulators, Powergen, the United Kindom’s second largest energy provider, needed to ensure that the application development team in their Energy Trading business complied with regulatory requirements and provided clear audit trails for the software development process.
		Powergen’s Energy Trading business is not only regulated by Ofgem (the body overseeing the UK’s electricity and gas industry), but is also licensed by the Financial Services Authority (FSA).
		In Powergen’s case, not only does the company open itself to external scrutiny from auditors and regulators, but there is a very strong internal audit function that is just as rigorous as external audits.
	www.sql.com /US/customers/energy/dimensions-powergen.aspx (907 words)

	Powergen: Energylinx helps you compare Powergen with all gas and electricity suppliers
		Powergen are one of the best-known names in energy in the UK, generating, distributing and retailing electricity to millions of customers around the country.
		Powergen produce electricity from our world-class power stations and are one of the leading names in renewable energy.
		Powergen has been involved in wind energy projects since 1992 and now Powergen are one of the largest developers, owners and operators of wind farms in the UK.
	energylinx.co.uk /powergen.htm (298 words)

	Powergen Challenges Britain’s Garden Shed Inventors to Come Up with Next Big Energy Innovation
		Powergen EnergyLab will give them a chance to be judged by some of the best people in the business and to potentially see their big idea become a reality.
		The initiative, brainchild of energy company Powergen, part of E.ON, hopes to draw entries from all corners of the country, from potting shed inventors to entrepreneurs, from pensioners to students.
		The overall winner of Powergen EnergyLab will get the opportunity to work with the LIFE incubator – a state of the art support service for the development of clean energy technologies – and receive a package worth up to £50,000 of support and advice to help get their idea into production.
	www.prweb.com /releases/powergen/energylab/prweb428207.htm (699 words)

	tata.com : Tata Powergen
		Currently, PowerGen holds 88 per cent in GPEC, and is in the process of buying the remaining 12 per cent from the Gujarat Power Corporation.
		PowerGen’s decision to pull out of the project was unfortunate since the Gujarat Torrent project was one of the few private power projects in the country which had gone on stream.
		PowerGen’s decision to pull out of India is part of its global plans to garner $3.2 billion to fund the takeover of LGandE Energy Corp.
	www.tata.com /tata_power/media/20001022.htm (521 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Business \| Powergen shuts India call centres
		Energy firm Powergen is to close its Indian call centres, with staff in the UK dealing with customers instead.
		Powergen began using call centres in India five years ago citing, like many other businesses, the financial benefits it brought.
		Customers ringing Powergen will now be answered in the UK though calls to customers will continue to be made from India for the rest of 2006.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/5083838.stm (252 words)

	PowerGen in $5.4B U.S. buy - Feb. 28, 2000
		PowerGen is paying $3.23 billion cash for LGandE Energy, whose chief asset is Louisville Gas and Electric, valuing its shares at $24.85 each, a 58 percent premium over their 15-3/4 close Friday.
		PowerGen aims to complete the deal by the start of next year and launch a divestment program to reduce its debt, which will rise to nearly 5 billion pounds ($8 billion).
		PowerGen (PWG) shares slumped 2.75 percent by mid-morning to 424 pence.
	money.cnn.com /2000/02/28/europe/powergen (511 words)

	CNN.com - German utility E.ON makes Powergen bid - Apr. 9, 2001
		Powergen (PWG) shares have outperformed their European sector peers by about 25 percent since the company announced in January that it was in bid talks.
		Powergen will operate as a separate subsidiary of E.ON and will be chaired by E.ON Chief Executive Ulrich Hartmann, with Powergen's Nick Baldwin as chief executive, the companies said in a statement.
		E.ON said the takeover of Powergen, backed by the target's board, was subject to regulatory approval by the European Union, Britain and the U.S. The companies said the necessary approvals were expected to be obtained by early 2002 and the transaction was expected to be closed in Spring 2002.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/BUSINESS/04/09/eon (480 words)

	Powergen to shut Indian call centres
		British energy giant Powergen has announced it is closing its call centres in India saying outsourcing has hurt customer satisfaction.
		From today, Powergen said, all calls from its six million customers would be answered in the UK.
		Powergen's managing director, Nick Horler, said, "When customers contact us, they need to be confident their query will be fully resolved quickly.
	www.rediff.com /money/2006/jun/16bpo.htm (378 words)

	Powergen: impartial supplier review from uSwitch
		Powergen is part of E.ON, the world's largest investor owned energy company.
		Powergen is one of the UK's largest suppliers with around six million electricity and gas customers.
		On the 10th March 2006 the majority of Powergen customers saw their gas prices rise by 24.4% and electricity by 18.4%.
	www.uswitch.com /directory/energy/provider-421-powergen.html (294 words)

	Powergen sets legal attack dogs on security whistle-blower \| The Register
		Powergen and a customer who highlighted a serious breach in consumer security at the utility more than three years ago are still locked in legal dispute.
		Powergen is a generic term in the electricity industry anyway," Chamberlain told The Register.
		After Silicon.com was able to prove the security breach via information turned over to it by Chamberlain Powergen upped the ante by threatening to obtain an injunction against Silicon.com and by branding Chamberlain as a 'hacker'.
	www.theregister.com /2004/02/09/powergen_sets_legal_attack_dogs (711 words)

	CIOL : News : Vertex to move Powergen jobs back to UK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Powergen and Vertex have been in commercial discussions regarding the provision of their outsourced customer service agreement for some time now.
		Last week, Nick Horler, managing director, Powergen, was quoted in the British press saying: "Offshore call centres may have their place for certain industries.
		Powergen plans to hire 980 call center employees across the UK this year.
	www.ciol.com /content/search/showarticle1.asp?artid=85530 (418 words)

	EDF Energy Cup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In addition to increased TV revenue (the revised Powergen Cup has already inked a handsome new broadcasting agreement with the BBC) and a possible boost to matchday income, the Powergen Cup will also offer its winner qualification to the even more lucrative Heineken Cup club competition.
		Howver, Powergen decided to withdraw all of its rugby sponsorship after the conclusion of the 2005-2006 cup competitions.
		The pools (or groups) for the Powergen Cup were decided on a regional basis, comprising of three English sides geographically close to one another, and one Welsh club again divided as far as possible by their location.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Powergen_Cup (1174 words)

	Powergen wins whistleblower case \| The Register
		Powergen sued whistle blower John Chamberlain for breach of confidence over allegations that Chamberlain failed to keep a promise to destroy customer data obtained from Powergen's site.
		Powergen's breach of confidence lawsuit was prompted by the acrimonious fall-out from the security breach and its subsequent media coverage.
		Arbitrators ruled in favour of Powergen and the domain was handed over to the utility in May 2004.
	www.theregister.co.uk /2004/10/20/powergen_vs_chamberlain (658 words)

	AIM PowerGen Corporation - About AIM
		AIM PowerGen Corporation grants to you the information and software contained herein for non-commercial, personal or educational purposes only; no other use is permitted.
		AIM PowerGen Corporation will not be responsible for any damages you may incur if you communicate information (whether confidential or not) to us or, if at your request, we communicate confidential or other information to you.
		Furthermore, AIM PowerGen Corporation is not responsible for damages or losses of any kind, caused by any delays, defects or omissions that may exist in the services, information or products provided in such other web sites.
	www.aimpowergen.com /terms_of_use.html (1026 words)

	Powergen awarded whistleblower's domain
		Powergen has won a domain name dispute against a critic who has become a thorn in its side since he highlighted a serious breach in consumer security at the utility more than three years ago.
		Chamberlain is highly critical of Powergen's initial denials as well as its subsequent aggressive stance.
		Fast forward almost four years and Chamberlain is fighting a breach of confidence suit from Powergen, prompted by the acrimonious fall-out from the security breach and its subsequent media coverage.
	www.securityfocus.com /news/8586 (427 words)

	PowerGen PLC \| Business solutions from AllBusiness.com
		PowerGen Plc has held discussions with Cinergy that may lead to an acquisition of the Ohio utility.
		The Deal: PowerGen PLC has agreed to acquire the energy company LGandE Energy Corp. in an attempt to become the latest British power concern to...
		PowerGen plc has reached agreements with Dominion Resources of Richmond, Virginia and ESBI Engineering (UK) Ltd for the purchase and sale of shares and related...
	www.allbusiness.com /powergen-plc/3060247-1.html (704 words)

	Powergen-HESI
		Powergen provides technical services of experienced engineers and technicians.
		During its 15-year history, Powergen has contributed to the success of over 75 power plant and fuel conversion projects.
		Powergen personnel are experienced in startup, troubleshooting, reliability enhancement, project review, programming, DCS tuning, Systems Integration, and Control Systems upgrades.
	www.pwrgen.com (96 words)

	RTE Business - German firm buys UK's PowerGen for £10bn sterling
		British electricity group PowerGen is to be taken over by German firm Eon in a near £10bn sterling deal, the companies said today.
		The long-awaited offer, which amounts to £9.6bn after taking into account PowerGen's debt, has been recommended by the UK group's board.
		PowerGen said there were no plans for large scale job cuts as a result of the deal.
	www.rte.ie /business/2001/0409/powergen.html (100 words)

	Planet Ark : Powergen launches mini power plant for UK homes
		A limited number of micro combined-heat-and-power plants will go on sale in the UK this winter and Powergen, the joint developers of the device, estimated that nearly a third of British households could be using it by 2020.
		Powergen said trials of the gas-fired generator, which provides homes with heating and hot water as well as power, had shown it could save households an average 150 pounds ($249.6) a year on their energy bills.
		Powergen said it developed the technology jointly with New Zealand company Whisper Tech.
	www.planetark.org /dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/21172/story.htm (458 words)

	Panorama to blame for PowerGen gaff? - vnunet.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Chamberlain's revelation prompted utility giant PowerGen to admit today that it had suffered a breach of internet security which resulted in a leak of bank and contact details of thousands of its customers.
		PowerGen was contacted by Chamberlain on 7 July, the same day he had accessed the files containing the data.
		Davis also said that weak legislation means PowerGen is unlikely to be prosecuted under the Data Protection Act.
	www.vnunet.com /vnunet/news/2113149/panorama-blame-powergen-gaff (743 words)

	Powergen awarded whistleblower's domain \| The Register
		According to according to Powergen's original January complaint to ICANN, PoWergen.tv was "registered in bad faith" and originally (for a time in October 2003) contained content critical of the utility.
		This content has been moved onto another site and a redirection from PoWergen.tv is in place which will doubtless be curtailed when Powergen gets hold of the site at the start of next month.
		Chamberlain transferred ownership of the domain powergen.me.uk to Powergen after reaching a settlement with the utility after Powergen complained to Nominet but before a hearing had taken place in the case.
	www.theregister.co.uk /2004/05/19/powergen_domain_dispute (594 words)

	Henley Management College - About Henley \ Site facilities \ Business facilities \ The PowerGen Library
		The PowerGen Library holds an extensive and carefully selected collection of print and electronic resources including books, journals, market research reports, government publications, dissertations, working papers, company information, web-based information and CD ROMs.
		Within a friendly, relaxed and welcoming environment our staff are pleased to give you help with your individual research needs and to support and assist in developing the research skills needed for life long learning.
		Please note that access can only be gained to the Library with the possession of a current full members pass that must be swiped on entry.
	www.henleymc.ac.uk /henleymc03.nsf/pages/about_site_academic_powergen (221 words)

	Urban Legends Reference Pages: Business (Powergen)
		UK power company chooses an unfortunate domain name for the web site of their Italian division.
		Powergen are starting up in Italy for electricity.
		Bear in mind that this was created by Italian developers for an English company.
	www.snopes.com /business/names/powergen.asp (321 words)

	Newcastle Falcons : Powergen Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Powergen National Rugby Community Programme is the largest rugby scheme of its kind in the world.
		“Powergen’s sponsorship and the support of Sportsmatch are very significant for the development of the game in the long term.
		With 70 per cent of participants never having played rugby before, Powergen hope that its involvement with the Powergen National Rugby Community Programme will continue to introduce new players to the sport of rugby union, and develop those who already play.
	www.newcastle-falcons.co.uk /40_56.php (425 words)

	RTE Business - Alphyra up 26% on Powergen deal
		Shares in Alyphra jumped by almost 26% today, following the announcement by the company of an agreement with utility company Powergen.
		The deal allows Powergen customers to make payments towards their electricity, gas and telephone bills through Alphyra's terminal network.
		'Our ability to efficiently manage customer payments for Powergen across the UK is a good example of the multi-functional nature of the Alphyra terminal network,' says Alphyra CEO John Nagle.
	www.rte.ie /business/2002/0225/itg.html (125 words)

	PowerGen buys East Midlands Electricity - Jun. 29, 1998
		The company also said it has put in place a $3.98 billion loan facility to satisfy the cash element of the deal.
		PowerGen, one of Britain's two main power producers, said it plans to close some plants to address competition concerns over the acquisition.
		PowerGen's previous attempt to purchase a regional utility -- Midlands Electricity, now owned by GPU Inc. and Cinergy Corp. of the U.S. -- was blocked on competition grounds by the previous Conservative government.
	money.cnn.com /1998/06/29/deals/powergen (393 words)

	Powergen Cup (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		:''For the Rugby League Powergen Challenge Cup see Challenge Cup The Powergen Cup (centre) seen in the London Irish clubhouse at Sunbury in 2002.
		The Powergen Cup, previously the John Player Cup the Pilkington Cup, Tetley's Bitter Cup is the English rugby union knock-out Cup competition.
		Some have argued that due to Player burnout the Powergen Cup should be scrapped.
	powergen-cup.iqnaut.net (104 words)

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