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For our last panel session this afternoon, we have two companies that have a lot of things to talk about, and they operate primarily in two states that have been the subject of a lot of tension for the last couple of years. Current year, and going forward for the next couple of years. So I'm happy to have as our next two speakers from FirstEnergy Corp, Mark Clark, who is Executive Vice President and CFO, and also from PPL Corporation, Jim Miller, who is Chairman, President and CEO. Mark's going to go first, then Jim, and then we'll have Q&amp;A after that. So thank you. Mark Clark - FirstEnergy Corporation - EVP, CFO Thank you. Good afternoon. We were going to take an over, under on how many people were still able to make it through the whole day. The first slide I have is the Safe Harbor. I would encourage you to read it. My agenda today is really four-fold. I want to talk about, just first a very brief overview of FirstEnergy....

</description><category>Credit &amp; Investment Research</category><alacra:ip>Thomson StreetEvents</alacra:ip></item><item><link>http://www.alacrastore.com/research/creditsights-Utilities_Will_Transmission_Get_a_Jolt_Part_II-89092</link><cs:docid xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">89092</cs:docid><guid isPermaLink="false">cs/89092</guid><cs:index_mode xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">norm</cs:index_mode><cs:DS xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">ArticleTemplate</cs:DS><cs:abstract xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">We attended the Platts Transmission Planning and Development Forum held in Washington DC.  In part II of our series, we discuss what we heard from the Dept. of Energy, RTOs/ISOs, incumbent utilities, industry consultants and investors.</cs:abstract><cs:analyst xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">dmatthews</cs:analyst><cs:analyst xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">sgreenstein</cs:analyst><cs:analyst xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">acohen</cs:analyst><cs:company xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">ppl</cs:company><cs:company xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">american_electric_power</cs:company><cs:csid xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">89092</cs:csid><pubDate>22 Sep 2009 03:04:14 EST</pubDate><cs:ft xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">Yes</cs:ft><cs:postid xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">89092</cs:postid><cs:price xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">150</cs:price><cs:provider xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">CreditSights Inc</cs:provider><cs:sector xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">utilities</cs:sector><cs:sector xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">energy</cs:sector><cs:status xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">Published</cs:status><cs:tag xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">regulatory_matters</cs:tag><title>Utilities: Will Transmission Get a Jolt? Part II</title><cs:type xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">SectorComment</cs:type><cs:typew xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">Sector Article</cs:typew><cs:wcnum xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">2533</cs:wcnum><description> Utilities: Will Transmission Get a Jolt? Part II The DOE spoke about its #### congestion study

ERCOT spoke about its grid management practices

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</description><category>Credit &amp; Investment Research</category><alacra:ip>Thomson StreetEvents</alacra:ip></item><item><link>http://www.alacrastore.com/research/creditsights-PPL_2Q09_Tearsheet-88208</link><cs:docid xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">88208</cs:docid><guid isPermaLink="false">cs/88208</guid><cs:index_mode xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">norm</cs:index_mode><cs:DS xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">TearsheetTemplate</cs:DS><cs:analyst xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">dmatthews</cs:analyst><cs:analyst xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">acohen</cs:analyst><cs:analyst xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">sgreenstein</cs:analyst><cs:company xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">ppl</cs:company><cs:country xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">gb</cs:country><cs:csid xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">88208</cs:csid><pubDate>21 Aug 2009 02:05:07 EST</pubDate><cs:ft xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">Yes</cs:ft><cs:postid xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">88208</cs:postid><cs:price xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">150</cs:price><cs:provider xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">CreditSights Inc</cs:provider><cs:region xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">united_states</cs:region><cs:region xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">europe</cs:region><cs:sector xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">electric</cs:sector><cs:sector xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">energy</cs:sector><cs:sector xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">utilities</cs:sector><cs:status xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">Published</cs:status><cs:tag xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">companies_withnvertibles</cs:tag><title>PPL 2Q09 Tearsheet</title><cs:type xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">Tearsheet</cs:type><cs:typew xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">Tearsheet</cs:typew><cs:wcnum xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">756</cs:wcnum><description> PPL #Q## Tearsheet PPL is a growth minded company and the company's trading and power businesses keep us cautious on the credit Heavy capex presents some risks, but should help increase future earnings given the constraints in the PJM...</description><category>Credit &amp; Investment Research</category><alacra:ip>CreditSights</alacra:ip></item><item><link>http://www.alacrastore.com/research/creditsights-PPL_Corp_Utility_Completes_First_2011_Auction-87937</link><cs:docid xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">87937</cs:docid><guid isPermaLink="false">cs/87937</guid><cs:index_mode xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">norm</cs:index_mode><cs:DS xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">WWTemplate</cs:DS><cs:analyst xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">acohen</cs:analyst><cs:company xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">ppl</cs:company><cs:country xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">gb</cs:country><cs:csid xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">87937</cs:csid><pubDate>17 Aug 2009 03:04:00 EST</pubDate><cs:ft xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">Yes</cs:ft><cs:postid xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">87937</cs:postid><cs:price xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">150</cs:price><cs:provider xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">CreditSights Inc</cs:provider><cs:region xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">europe</cs:region><cs:region xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">united_states</cs:region><cs:sector xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">utilities</cs:sector><cs:sector xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">energy</cs:sector><cs:sector xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">electric</cs:sector><cs:status xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">Published</cs:status><cs:tag xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">companies_withnvertibles</cs:tag><title>PPL Corp: Utility Completes First 2011 Auction</title><cs:type xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">WorthWatching</cs:type><cs:typew xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">Worth Watching</cs:typew><cs:wcnum xmlns:cs="http://www.alacra.com/cs">227</cs:wcnum><description> PPL Corp: Utility Completes First #### Auction PPL CorpÂ (PPL Energy Supply: Baa#/BBB) subsidiary PPL Electric Utilities completed the first in a series of auctions for #### supply. 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PPL cut #### guidance given power market concerns

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...</description><category>Credit &amp; Investment Research</category><alacra:ip>CreditSights</alacra:ip></item><item><link>http://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/ccbn/B2353639</link><ccbn:docid xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">B2353639</ccbn:docid><guid isPermaLink="false">ccbn/B2353639</guid><ccbn:index_mode xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">norm</ccbn:index_mode><pubDate>04 Aug 2009 02:15:00 EST</pubDate><ccbn:eventid xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">2353639</ccbn:eventid><ccbn:headline xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">Edited Brief of PPL earnings conference call or presentation, 4-Aug-09 9:00am ET</ccbn:headline><ccbn:name xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">PPL Corporation</ccbn:name><ccbn:price xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">54.0000</ccbn:price><ccbn:revision xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">Edited</ccbn:revision><ccbn:storetitle xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">PPL Corporation Q2 2009 Earnings Conference Call Summary</ccbn:storetitle><ccbn:ticker xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">PPL</ccbn:ticker><ccbn:time xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">9:00am ET</ccbn:time><title>PPL Corporation Q2 2009 Earnings Conference Call Summary</title><ccbn:type xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">Brief</ccbn:type><description>...Paul Patterson Glenrock Associates - Analyst Ashar Khan Incremental - Analyst Kit Konolige Soleil Securities - Analyst Devin Geoghegan Zimmer Lucas Partners - Analyst Danielle Seitz Dudac Research - Analyst Travis Miller Morningstar - Analyst OVERVIEW...

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