United States: Cellnet Management Team and GTCR Successfully Complete Buyout From Atos Origin
Cellnet (Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.) announced that its management, led by Mike Zito, has teamed with GTCR Golder Rauner LLC (Chicago, Illinois, U.S.) to acquire Cellnet...
Cellnet and GTCR Complete Buyout From Atos Origin
Cellnet, a provider of real-time Automated Meter Reading and Distribution Automation technologies, Monday announced that its management has teamed with GTCR Golder Rauner, LLC, a private equity firms, to acquire Cellnet from Atos Origin for an undisclosed price...
Ameren Receives FERC Approval to Acquire Illinois Power, Transfer Generation Units to Regulated Company
Ameren Corporation received Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approval of its application to acquire Illinois Power Company and a 20% interest in Electric Energy, Inc. from Dynegy Inc. and approval of the transfer of two generating plants from a non rate-regulated entity to a rate- regulated entity...
FirstEnergy Settles Lawsuits for US$89.9 Million
FirstEnergy Corp. announced on July 27, 2004, that it has reached an agreement that resolves all pending securities and derivative lawsuits filed against the company and certain of its officers and directors...
United States: TXU Announces Sale of Oncor Utility Solutions to UMS Group
TXU Corp. (Dallas, Texas) has agreed to sell Oncor Utility Solutions consulting and asset management business to UMS Group (Parsippany, New Jersey). Oncor...
Say Goodbye to Theory X
We've had our share of Theory X managers. These are the guys who say, When I want your opinion, I'll beat it out of you. Send them to sensitivity training,...
AREVA T&D Confirms Position in the UAE
AREVA's T&D division has been awarded a euro 70 million contract from the United Arab Emirates' Ministry of Electricity and Water for the design and installation...
The Netherlands: Siemens Acquires Trench Electric, Adds High-Voltage Products to Portfolio
The Siemens Power Transmission and Distribution Group (PTD; Erlangen, Germany) has announced it will acquire the Trench Electric Holding BV (Amstelveen,...
Pentadyne and EUS Establish Distribution Agreement
Pentadyne Corp. (Chatsworth, California, U.S.) has entered into a distribution agreement with EUS GmbH (Dortmund, Germany) to deliver two of its Voltage...
Philippines: ABB Wins Order to Develop Energy Market in the Philippines
ABB (Zrich, Switzerland) has been awarded a contract to provide its SABLE Market Operation System to administer the Wholesale Energy Spot Market (WESM)...
United States: ICF Consulting Predicts $8 Billion in New Transmission Build Investments Will Lower Wholesale Power Prices by More Than $12 Billion
ICF Consulting Inc. (Fairfax, Virginia) recently completed a major study of transmission adequacy in the United States, which forecasts the optimal amount...
United States: Westar Energy Forms New Distributor Partnership with Graybar to Help Drive Down Costs and Improve Supply Chain
Westar Energy is breaking from traditional utility practice and sole sourcing its T&D supply chain service to Graybar, a distributor based in St. Louis,...
Pentadyne Enters Into Distribution Agreement
Pentadyne Corp. (Chatsworth, California, U.S.) has entered into a distribution agreement with EUS GmbH (Dortmund, Germany) to deliver two of its Voltage...
South America: South American Utilities Engage in Groundbreaking Project Work
As competition is introduced to improve business efficiency, state-owned electricity utilities in South America are gradually restructuring to fall in...
Syria: AREVA T&D Maintains Strong Position in Syria's HV Market
AREVA T&D has been awarded a turnkey contract in Syria for the supply of two high-voltage substations. The Euro 33.5 million contract is with the Public...
Investment in Energy Infrastructure is Critically Needed, Broad-Ranging Coalition Tells Senate Leaders
More than 100 companies and national organizations called upon the Senate leadership to take immediate action on S.1637, the "JOBS" bill. ...
Ongoing Duquesne Light Program Invests US$60 Million Annually to Ensure Safe, Reliable Electric Service to Customers
Duquesne Light Service invests US$60 million a year on preventive maintenance, vegetation management and system improvements throughout its 800-square-mile service territory in Allegheny and Beaver counties in Pennsylvania...
AEP, Buckeye Power Plan Substantial Environmental Investments for Cardinal Plant at Brilliant, Ohio
American Electric Power and Buckeye Power are investing in new environmental controls at the jointly owned Cardinal Power Plant in Brilliant, Ohio, a project that not only will reduce emissions but also will provide a boost to the area´s economy...
Employee Involvement: The Key to Building and Maintaining a Safety Culture
As in any utility company, safety is not an option, it is a necessity. Though a challenge, Connecticut Light & Power (CL&P) takes this requirement seriously...
WREC Signs Contract with Origin GeoSystems
Origin GeoSystems, a subsidiary of Power Delivery Associates (PDA; Smyrna, Georgia, U.S.), signed an agreement to provide a complete automated mapping,...
Constellation Energy Group Selects CDW as IT Supplier
CDW (Vernon Hills, Illinois, U.S.) has entered a partnership agreement whereby Constellation Energy Group (Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.) has consolidated...
Litigation in T&D
Utility lawsuits have traditionally involved injury situations where accidents occurred on utility property, but today most lawsuits involve utilities...
United States: EPA and DOE Award Minnesota Power National Conservation Award
Minnesota Power (Duluth, Michigan) has been honored for Regional, State and Community Leadership in Energy Efficiency by the U.S. Environmental Protection...
United States: Next Year Critical for Broadband Communications over Powerlines
The next year will be a critical in determining whether several electric utilities will expand their services to include high-speed broadband communications...
EaseOut to Reduce Legal Easement Costs at Beltrami Electric
Beltrami Electric Cooperative (Bemidji, Minnesota, U.S.) will soon implement EaseOut, MiniMax Corp.'s (St. Paul, Minnesota) legal easement generator....
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