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CL&P Announces Electric Vehicle Research Study

May 4, 2011, Business Wire

Four municipalities and a global financial services leader are joining with Connecticut Light & Power (CL&P) to install charging stations for plug-in electric vehicles (EVs) as part of a major research project with CL&P parent Northeast Utilities....

SouthernLINC Wireless Aids Restoration Efforts in Storm-Damaged Southeast

May 3, 2011, SouthernLINC Wireless

Following the severe weather and tornadoes that devastated the Southeast on April 27, SouthernLINC Wireless is working closely with state and local Emergency Management Agencies (EMAs) in Alabama and Georgia to aid ongoing restoration efforts. ...

PG&E Testing Discovers Rare Meter Defect

May 3, 2011, PG&E

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. will replace a small number of the electric SmartMeters supplied by Landis+Gyr due to a rare defect in the meters. ...

TVA Makes Progress in Restoring Service

May 2, 2011, Tennessee Valley Authority

The Tennessee Valley Authority made significant progress over the weekend in restoring power lines, poles, steel transmission structures and other equipment damaged during Wednesday's severe storms and tornadoes. ...

Service Restored to More Than 185,000 FirstEnergy Customers Following Wind Storm

Apr 29, 2011, FirstEnergy Corp.

The wind storm that began moving through Ohio and Pennsylvania late Wednesday evening – producing sustained winds in excess of 50 mph and gusts up to 65 mph – interrupted electric service to more than 240,000 FirstEnergy customers in Ohio and Pennsylvania. ...

Exelon to Buy Constellation Energy for $7.9 Billion

Apr 28, 2011, Business Wire

The boards of directors of Exelon Corp. and Constellation Energy have signed a definitive agreement to combine the two companies in a stock-for-stock transaction. ...

Entergy Arkansas Crews Repairing Extensive Storm Damage

Apr 27, 2011, Entergy Corp.

As of 11 a.m., workers had restored power to all but about 41,000 Entergy Arkansas, Inc. customers following a series of thunderstorms. ...

Tucson Electric to Host Public Meeting on Pinal County Transmission Line Project

Apr 27, 2011, Tucson Electric Power

Tucson Electric Power is hosting a public open house meeting in Eloy on Thursday, April 28, to discuss plans for a new transmission line in Pinal County. ...

IEEE Standards Association and SAE International to Collaborate on Smart Grid, Vehicle-Electrification Standards

Apr 27, 2011, SAE International

The IEEE Standards Association and SAE International have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a strategic partnership in vehicular technology related to the smart grid. ...

Finalists Announced for Annual Edison Award

Apr 27, 2011, Edison Electric Institute

The Edison Electric Institute last week named the finalists for the 2011 Edison Award, the electric power industry’s most prestigious honor. ...

FERC Seeks Data to Enhance Market Monitoring Capabilities

Apr 26, 2011, FERC

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued a proposal requiring the North American Electric Reliability Corp. to provide electronic tagging data to help FERC monitor wholesale markets and prevent market manipulation, and help assure just and reasonable rates. ...

Entergy to Join MISO

Apr 25, 2011, Midwest ISO

Entergy Corp. has announced its intent to join the MISO as a fully integrated transmission owning member....

LIPA Calls On National Grid to Conduct An Additional Review Of All 2010 Storm Costs

Apr 25, 2011, LIPA

Long Island Power Authority Chief Operating Officer Michael Hervey has called on National Grid to further review expenses incurred during the 2010 storm season. ...

FERC Proposes Rule to Facilitate Electricity Market Transparency

Apr 22, 2011, FERC

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has proposed to enhance electricity market transparency by requiring certain market participants that are not subject to Section 205 of the Federal Power Act to file electric quarterly reports. ...

Australia's Western Power Completes $20 Million Project to Connect to Collgar Wind Farm

Apr 20, 2011, Western Power

Western Power has just completed a $20 million project to connect to the grid Western Australia's largest renewable energy project, the Collgar Wind Farm. ...

Omaha Public Power District Moves Closer to Changing Membership in SPP

Apr 20, 2011, Omaha Public Power District

Today at its board meeting the OPPD Board authorized management to implement a revised Open Access Transmission Tariff. ...

Electric Cooperatives Outperform IOUs and Munis on the American Consumer Satisfaction Index

Apr 20, 2011, NRECA

According to data released today by the American Consumer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), electric cooperative consumer members are significantly more satisfied with their co-op energy provider than consumers who receive power from either investor-owned or municipal-owned utilities. ...

AES Acquires DPL Inc.

Apr 20, 2011, AES

The AES Corp. has executed a definitive agreement under which AES has agreed to acquire DPL Inc. in a transaction valued at $4.7 billion on an enterprise value basis. ...

DOE Announces $130 Million for Advanced Research Projects

Apr 20, 2011, DOE

U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu has announced today that up to $130 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) will be made available to develop five new program areas that could spark critical breakthrough technologies and secure America's energy future....