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UtiliCorp United Changes Name to Aquila Inc.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, March, 2002

By Steve Everly, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Mar. 19--UtiliCorp United Inc. retired its name Monday, replacing it with Aquila Inc., the name once reserved for its energy trading subsidiary.

The change, which became effective Monday, will not only displace the UtiliCorp name, but Aquila also will be used to label other divisions.

What UtiliCorp once called Aquila, its energy trading and risk management business, now is Aquila Merchant Services.

UtiliCorp Networks Canada, which distributes power in Canada and British Columbia, will become Aquila Networks Canada by the end of the year.

The company's domestic utilities also are being renamed. Among them is Missouri Public Service, with a...

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