Allegheny Energy, American Electric Power to Form Joint Venture to Build 765-kV Transmission
Allegheny Energy, Inc. has signed a memorandum of understanding with American Electric Power to form a joint venture company to build and own new electric transmission assets within PJM Interconnection. ...
California ISO Board Approves Five-Year Business Plan
The California Independent System Operator Corporation Board of Governors has approved a comprehensive five-year business plan that follows a thorough process of assessing the needs of the electricity industry and the consumers it serves...
FERC Adopts Transmission Cost Allocation Plan for PJM
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has accepted a plan for allocating transmission costs among PJM Interconnection’s in-area transmission service customers....
Dominion Virginia Power Proposes New Transmission Line to Meet Need for Electricity in Northern Virginia
Dominion Virginia Power has proposed building new generating units and a high-voltage transmission line to serve the increasing demand for electricity in Northern Virginia, one of the fastest-growing regions in the nation...
Edison Electric Institute Releases Environmental Excellence Report
According to a recent survey of Edison Electric Institute (EEI) members, 90% of members have incorporated into their business strategies and operating practices a set of environmental excellence principles established by EEI. Others are in the process of doing so....
NSTAR and Evergreen Solar Announce Alliance to Spur Interest in Solar Energy
NSTAR (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.) and Evergreen Solar Inc. (Marlboro, Massachusetts), a manufacturer of solar power products, have formed an alliance to increase the role of solar power in eastern Massachusetts. ...
KCP&L Seeks to Develop Wind Energy in Missouri and Kansas
Kansas City Power & Light (KCP&L; Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.), a subsidiary of Great Plains Energy, has issued a request for proposals to develop up to 400 MW of emission-free, renewable wind generation in Missouri and Kansas. ...
TXU Names Tom Baker Vice Chairman of TXU Corp., Bob Shapard CEO of Electric Delivery Business
TXU Corp. (Dallas, Texas, U.S.) has named Tom Baker vice chairman of TXU Corp. and Robert S. Shapard chairman and CEO of TXU Electric Delivery, which will soon be changing its name to Oncor....
Allegheny Energy Seeks Pennsylvania Authorization for New Transmission Lines
Allegheny Energy Inc. (Greensburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.) has filed an application seeking authorization to build transmission lines to ensure reliability of the electric grid in southwestern Pennsylvania....
PG&E Offers Financial Incentives for Efficiency Upgrades in Data Centers
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E; San Francisco, California, U.S) has announced the first-ever utility financial incentive program to support a new high-efficiency data storage system that addresses the problem of growing energy use in data centers. ...
SDG&E's Smart Meter Project Receives Final State Approval
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has given San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) the green light to implement its smart meter technology project. The decision approves US$572 million for the for the smart meter project from 2007 through 2011. ...
IBM Forms Utility Coalition
IBM has begun a new coalition to accelerate the adoption of intelligent utility network technologies and solutions on a global basis. CenterPoint Energy Inc.'s electric T&D subsidiary CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric (Houston, Texas, U.S.) is the founding member of a group of utilities working with IBM on this initiative....
TXU, InfrastruX Suspend Joint Venture
TXU Corp. and InfrastruX Group, a national provider of utility-related construction and maintenance services, announced today that they have mutually agreed to suspend their agreements relating to the InfrastruX Energy Services Group LP (IES) joint venture. ...
Annual U.S. Wind Power Rankings Track Industry's Rapid Growth
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) today released its annual rankings of wind energy development in the United States....
American Transmission Adjusts Rockdale-West Middleton Line Timetable
American Transmission Co. is modifying its filing date to the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin by at least three months for the Rockdale-West Middleton 345-kV transmission line project. ...
Utilities Must Encourage 'Benchmarking Culture' as Proxy to Competition, Recommends EUCG
Electric utilities should use benchmarking and best practices to a much greater degree to better measure and validate organizational and industry performance, participants were told at EUCG's spring 2007 workshop here March 25-28...
NARUC Lauds DOE Energy Efficiency Report, Cites States’ Critical Role
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners lauded the Energy Department’s new report on state and regional energy efficiency policies for recognizing the important role state regulators have in developing energy efficiency programs. ...
Zambia's Tourist Capital to Face One-Week Blackout
Zambia's tourist capital Livingstone, which is known for nearby Victoria Falls, will experience power blackouts for a week due to transformer failure, the local newspaper The Post reported...
Florida Utility to Stage Mock Disaster
In an effort to assess the preparedness of its personnel to work cohesively in a crisis scenario, Kissimmee Utility Authority in Florida will conduct a full-scale mock disaster exercise on Thursday, April 12. ...
New Storage System for Wind Energy Could Increase Installed Capacity on Ireland's National Grid
Sustainable Energy Ireland has published the results of a feasibility study for the implementation of a wind energy storage facility at Sorne Hill Wind Farm, Buncrana, Co. Donegal....
Northwest Power System Can Handle More Wind Energy, but More Work Needed to Address Costs, Transmission Issues
Wind power projects are being rapidly developed throughout the Northwest, and the region’s existing power system can most likely accommodate the 6000 MW of wind energy anticipated by 2024 – or perhaps much sooner given the current pace of development....
Fitch: FERC Order 679-A Will Not Impede Transmission Investments
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Order No. 679-A will not reduce investment in transmission by U.S. utilities, as discussed in a Fitch Ratings report. ...
Canada's National Energy Board Approves MATL Power Line Application
The National Energy Board (NEB) has issued a permit to Montana Alberta Tie Ltd. (MATL) to construct and operate the Canadian portion of an international power line (IPL) between Lethbridge, Alberta and Great Falls, Montana. ...
Six Ontario Utilities Have Taken 413 Million kWh Off Grid Since 2005
A new report, released by six of Ontario's largest electricity distributors, collectively known as the Coalition of Large Distributors (CLD), is proof positive that energy conservation programs developed and launched during the past two years have made a significant dent in electricity consumption and greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs)....
FERC Accepts ColumbiaGrid’s Agreement on Transmission Planning in Pacific Northwest
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has accepted ColumbiaGrid’s proposal to coordinate transmission planning and expansion in the Pacific Northwest. ...
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