EEI, APLIC, NRECA and USFWS Join Forces to Protect Birds
The Edison Electric Institute, Avian Power Line Interaction committee, the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a joint initiative to encourage utilities to take additional steps to reduce the number of birds that are injured or killed as a result of coming into contact with power lines...
FERC Approves Settlement Valued At $500 Million Between Mirant, California Parties, FERC Staff
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission accepted a settlement, valued at nearly US$500 million, in which Mirant Corp. settles with California parties and commission staff a wide range of issues stemming from the 2000-2001 energy crisis in California and other Western states...
NiSource Asks FERC to Consider Operational and Competitive Impacts of Regional Transmission Decisions on NIPSCO Customers
NiSource Inc. has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to condition its approval of the nation's largest electric utility merger to avoid operational and competitive impacts on NiSource and its Northern Indiana Public Service Company electric customers ...
FERC Proposes New Rules Addressing Wind Energy In Open Access Tariffs
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission proposed rules designed to better accommodate an increased participation of wind energy in wholesale markets...
SCE Seeks Approval to Build Devers Transmission Line
Southern California Edison has applied to the California Public Utilities Commission for authorization to construct the Devers-Palo Verde2 Project, which will include a 230-mile, high-voltage electric transmission line between California and Arizona...
California Needs Federal Muscle for Major Power Line Project, PMT Reports
Construction of a 1300-mile, high-voltage transmission line from the Rockies to bail out power-short California will require federal legislation to coordinate the multi-state project, a private sector transmission operator told NGI's Power Market Today ...
New England ISO Releases Restructured Electricty Markets Progress Report
The New England Independent System Operator released the "Progress of New England’s Restructured Electric Industry and Competitive Markets"...
Connecticut Siting Council Approves Middletown-to-Norwalk Transmission Project
After 18 months of review and more than 50 public meetings the Connecticut Siting Council has approved the 69-mile, 345 kV Middletown-to-Norwalk transmission project proposed by The Connecticut Light & Power Company and The United Illuminating Company ...
Utilities Sign General Transfer Agreements
Almost 80 utilities that receive their power from the Bonneville Power Administration over power lines owned by other utilities are being assured of adequate transmission service for the next 20 years under provisions of agreements being signed...
Sea Breeze Power Signs Development Loan Agreement for Strait of Juan de Fuca Transmission Cable
Sea Breeze Power Corp. has announced that a development loan agreement and an equity funding term sheet have been signed with Energy Investors Fund’s US Power Fund, L.P., in regard to two 550 MW high-voltage direct current submarine transmission cables ...
FERC Chairman Pat Wood, III Announces Resignation
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Pat Wood, III told his staff yesterday that he will leave the commission at the conclusion of his term of office June 30 ...
Philippines Mulls Adopting 'Time of Use' Power Pricing to Save Electricity
A "time of use" power pricing policy is being eyed to implement as another electricity-saving measure after the Philippine government adopted a four-day work-week scheme...
Investment Report Highlights $360-Million Market for Power Grid Frequency Regulation Services in the U.S.
The market for grid frequency regulation services open to new service providers in the United States in 2004 was valued at nearly $360 million--and is expected to increase in 2005--according to a technology brief issued by Ardour Capital Investments, LLC...
California ISO Board Chair and CEO Offer Support to “Frontier Line” Proposal
The chairperson of the California Independent System Operator Board of Governors Ken Wiseman, and President and CEO Yakout Mansour issued the following statements today in response to the proposal to permit, site and construct the Frontier high-voltage transmission line in the West...
AES Completes SeaWest Acquisition; AES Expands Wind Footprint to 13 States
The AES Corporation has completed the acquisition of SeaWest Holdings, Inc, a wind generation operator and developer, for approximately US$60 million ...
Midwest ISO Integrates Energy Markets
The Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc. formally launched its Real-Time Energy Markets early this morning when it began centrally dispatching wholesale electricity and transmission service throughout much of the Midwest region...
California Commission to Investigate Reliability of PG&E Substations, Determine Possible Fines for 2003 Outage
The California Public Utilities Commission announced that in addition to a staff investigation of an electricity outage originating at Pacific Gas and Electric Company's Mission Substation last weekend, it has opened a formal investigation to determine possible fines and penalties against PG&E for a December 2003 outage and fire, also at the Mission Substation...
California ISO Summer Assessment: Power Supply Forecast Adequate, Margins Thin
The California ISO Summer Assessment for 2005 predicts there should be adequate energy supplies to meet a growing demand for power, but reserve margins may narrow substantially if there is an unusual heat wave or other adverse conditions...
American Transmission Co. to Conduct Inspection of Energized Transmission Line by Helicopter
American Transmission Co. will conduct a week-long helicopter inspection of an energized 345-kV electric transmission line that runs through Columbia, Dodge, Green Lake and Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, counties beginning March 31 ...
BNDES Finances Transmission Line that Reinforces Energy for Northeast Brazil
The upper management of the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) approved R$60 million in financing for Munirah Transmissora de Energia S/A, aimed for the implementation, maintenance and operation of the Camaçari II to Sapeaçu transmission line, in Bahia, Brazil...
Northwest Power Grid Needs Updating; Utilities Commit to Study Fixes
Regional electric utilities and the Bonneville Power Administration agreed to develop proposals for improving the planning, oversight and operation of the Northwest's electricity transmission system...
OSHA to Overhaul Electrical Worker Safety Rules
In an attempt to reduce fatalities among power line workers, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is planning to overhaul its 30- year old safety standards that regulate the construction and maintenance of electric power generation, transmission and distribution equipment...
FirstEnergy Companies To Hire Up to 3000 System-Wide Through 2007
FirstEnergy Corp. plans to hire up to 3000 employees through 2007, with approximately 1600 expected to be hired in 2005 and 2006...
FERC Accepts Entergy Proposal To Establish Independent Coordinator Of Its Transmission System
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission accepted a proposal from Entergy Corp. to establish an independent coordinator of transmission, an entity anticipated to realize hundreds of millions of dollars in customer savings through more efficient operation of the multistate utility’s power grid...
Top Chinese Power Companies to Invest in Grids
In an effort to find ways to satiate the country's hunger for power supply in 2005, China's two electricity distributors are to heavily invest in building ultrahigh-voltage power grids from this year...
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