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Hudson Transmission Partners Closes Financing and Commences Construction of 660-MW Transmission Project

May 24, 2011, Starwood Energy Group Global, LLC

Hudson Transmission Partners, LLC ("HTP"), developer of the Hudson Transmission project, an underground and underwater cable between New Jersey and Manhattan, has announced that it has closed financing totaling more than $850 million in debt and equity for construction of the project. ...

Joplin, Missouri, Utility Working to Restore Service

May 23, 2011, Empire District Electric

The Empire District Electric Company reports that as of 4:00 p.m. approximately 14,000 customers remain without service....

California’s Grid Plan Ready for Renewable Power Influx

May 20, 2011

The California Independent System Operator Corp. (ISO) Board of Governors has approved the 2010-2011 Transmission Plan that includes 33 grid upgrades for addressing future reliability and policy-driven needs worth $1.2 billion....

FERC Seeks Comment on Transmission Incentives Program

May 19, 2011, FERC

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is seeking comment on its electric transmission incentives program....

Maine Commission Requires CMP to Offer Smart Meter Opt-Out

May 18, 2011, MPUC

The Maine Public Utilities Commission has voted to require Central Maine Power to offer an opt-out program for customers who choose not to have a standard smart meter installed as part of CMP’s smart meter program....

Progress Energy Florida Makes Reliability Improvements to Pinellas County Beach Communities

May 17, 2011, Progress Energy Florida

Progress Energy Florida is working hard to improve the electric reliability to several Pinellas County beach communities. ...

NERC Announces Grid Security Exercise

May 17, 2011, NERC

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) announced it will conduct a cybersecurity incident readiness exercise, called GridEx 2011, in November as part of its ongoing cyber readiness program....

Avista Seeks Recovery of Costs in Washington for Infrastructure Upgrades

May 17, 2011, Avista Corp.

Costs for replacing aging electric infrastructure to ensure reliability is the major driver in Avista's request filed on May 16 with the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) to increase electric and natural gas rates for customers. ...

China to Upgrade Power Grids in Rural Areas in Coming Five Years

May 17, 2011, Xinhua

China's top economic planner has issued a notice asking local governments to upgrade their rural power grids in a bid to boost the nation's rural power infrastructure and improve the lives of rural residents in the next five years. ...

KCP&L Announces Partnership with Google

May 17, 2011, Kansas City Power & Light

Kansas City Power & Light has announced an agreement with Google and the City of Kansas City, Missouri, to bring Google’s ultra high-speed fiber optic Internet service to residents and businesses in Kansas City, Missouri. ...

PECO Invests $19.7 Million to Expand Substation in Warminster

May 16, 2011, Exelon Corp.

PECO has invested $19.7 million in its Warminster substation to improve electric service reliability and meet the growing energy needs of customers in Bucks County. ...

NEEA and BPA Debut Social Media Tool for Energy Professionals

May 13, 2011, BPA

Energy industry professionals throughout the Northwest can plug in to share information and learn the latest energy efficiency best practices thanks to Conduit—the region’s first online energy efficiency collaboration tool. ...

Constellation Energy Buys MXenergy

May 12, 2011

Constellation Energy has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100 percent of MXenergy, a Connecticut-based supplier of natural gas and electricity with more than half a million customers in North America. ...

China Substation Using High-Temperature Superconductor Wire

May 12, 2011

An electrical substation in China is using high temperature superconductor (HTS) wire....

TVA Makes Further Progress in Restoration; About 6500 Without Power

May 11, 2011, TVA

Tennessee Valley Authority estimated on Sunday that about 6,760 homes and businesses in 12 power distributor areas remained without electric service due to damage from the tornadoes and storms. ...

Nevis in West Indies to Supply Electricity to Other Islands, Possibly Puerto Rico

May 11, 2011, tdworld.com

World Bank representatives were in Nevis on April 30 to assess West Indies Power’s proposed submarine electrical transmission of geothermal power from Nevis to other islands in the Caribbean....

Milford II Wind Project Begins Commercial Operation

May 11, 2011, Business Wire

First Wind has announced that the construction of the 102 MW Milford Wind Corridor Phase II project has been completed and commercial operations have begun. ...

FERC, NERC Combining Southwest Outage Inquiry Efforts

May 11, 2011, FERC

FERC and NERC are combining the efforts of their separate inquiries into the causes of the electric outages and natural gas delivery disruptions that occurred in the Southwest during an unusual cold spell in early February of this year....

PJM Region Grows, But Ready For Hot Weather Power Demand

May 10, 2011, PJM Interconnection

PJM Interconnection expects adequate resources this summer to meet consumers' use of electricity in its region, which includes 13 states and the District of Columbia. ...

Mountaineer Carbon Capture and Sequestration Project Results Announced

May 9, 2011, Alstom

Alstom Power has announced the successful operation of a chilled ammonia CCS validation project at American Electric Power’s Mountaineer Plant in New Haven, West Virginia. ...

Pepco Invests $97 Million in Electric System During the First Quarter 2011

May 6, 2011, Pepco

For the first quarter of 2011, Pepco made $97 million in capital improvements to its electric system, compared to $65 million for the comparable period in 2010. ...

Seattle City Light Testing Osprey Protection Device

May 5, 2011, City of Seattle

Seattle City Light is testing a new device built by a local osprey expert to see whether it can protect the growing population of osprey along the Lower Duwamish River by keeping them away from hazardous high voltage power lines. ...

Energy Use in China Will Peak Within 20 Years, Says Berkeley

May 4, 2011, Berkeley Lab

Well before mid-century, according to a new study by Berkeley Lab’s China Energy Group, that nation’s energy use will level off, even as its population edges past 1.4 billion. ...

NYISO ‘Power Trends’ Identifies Challenges

May 4, 2011, NYISO

The New York Independent System Operator has issued its annual review of the forces and factors affecting New York State’s electric system, “Power Trends 2011: Energizing New York’s Legacy of Leadership.”...