T&D World Breaking News Archive

National Grid - Keyspan Merger Gains FERC Approval

Oct 24, 2006, National Grid

National Grid and KeySpan Corp. have announced that the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has voted to approve their merger application...

Entergy New Orleans Files Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization

Oct 24, 2006, Entergy Corporation

In compliance with Chapter 11 bankruptcy laws, Entergy New Orleans, a subsidiary of the Entergy Corporation, filed its proposed plan of reorganization with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana ...

Survey: Energy Companies Face 364 Lawsuits

Oct 23, 2006, Fulbright & Jaworski

New findings on energy industry disputes have been released by law firm Fulbright & Jaworski, part of the firm's annual U.S. Litigation Trends survey ...

Hydro One, ITCTransmission Replacing Canadian-U.S. Interconnection Circuit

Oct 23, 2006, Canada NewsWire

Hydro One is rebuilding the 2-km 230,000-V interconnection circuit to the United States that was removed after gale-force winds brought down a transmission tower in the Sarnia, Ontario, area in April, 2003. ...

Final Rule Revises PURPA Mandatory Purchase Obligation for Electric Utilities

Oct 20, 2006, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission today finalized a rulemaking modifying the mandatory power purchase obligation for electric utilities under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA)....

California ISO Takes Bold Step Toward Removing Barriers, Enabling Remote Power Suppliers To Access Grid

Oct 20, 2006, California Independent System Operator Corporation

The California Independent System Operator Corporation Board of Governors unanimously agreed to file a petition for a Declaratory Order with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on a policy to facilitate financing and construction of transmission facilities necessary for efficient development of renewable energy resources in remote locations. ...

Proposed Rule Would Approve 83 NERC Reliability Standards

Oct 19, 2006, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has proposed in a rulemaking to approve 83 of 107 reliability standards for the nation’s bulk-power system, including six of eight regional differences, and the glossary of terms submitted earlier this year by the North American Electric Reliability Corp. ...

Anaheim Dedicates Underground Electric Substation

Oct 18, 2006, City of Anaheim

Anaheim Public Utilities, in a partnership that included the city’s community services departments as well as some of the nation’s top energy contracting and consulting firms, dedicated Park Substation, the first underground electric substation in the United States...

American Transmission Company Places Upgraded Power Lines in Service

Oct 17, 2006, American Transmission Company

American Transmission Co. energized new power lines last weekend, completing a two-year project to upgrade 80-year-old facilities in Oconto and Marinette counties in Wisconsin and Menominee and Dickinson counties in Michigan...

Ontario Secures $800 Million Investment in Province's Energy Infrastructure

Oct 17, 2006, Canada NewsWire

The Ontario Power Authority has signed contracts with seven high-efficiency combined heat and power projects across Ontario, with a combined electrical capacity of 414 MW. ...

UES of Russia Signs Agreement on Key Electricity Issues

Oct 16, 2006, RAO "UES of Russia"

RAO "UES of Russia," the Delovaya Rossiya Entrepreneurial Association (Business Russia) and OPORA Rossii Association have signed an agreement address key issues in the electricity sector. ...

Con Edison, O&R Crews Help Restore Power to National Grid Customers

Oct 16, 2006, Consolidated Edison, Inc.

Consolidated Edison, Inc. dispatched 29 crews from its two utilities to assist National Grid, the upstate New York utility with headquarters in London, England, to help restore electricity to the more than a quarter-of-a-million customers...

NERC Issues First Reliability Assessment as the ERO

Oct 16, 2006, North American Electric Reliability Council

The adequacy of North America’s electricity system will decline unless changes are made soon, Rick Sergel, president and CEO of the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) announced, in conjunction with the release of NERC’s first reliability assessment since being named the Electric Reliability Organization for the United States....

Con Edison Releases 600-Page Report on Northwest Queens Outage

Oct 13, 2006, Con Edison

Con Edison of New York has released a comprehensive report on the causes of the July outage that affected 25,000 customers in northwest Queens and the actions the company will take to improve service, reliability and communication. ...

Entergy New Orleans May Get $200 Million Katrina Aid

Oct 13, 2006, Louisiana Recovery Authority

The Louisiana Recovery Authority board endorsed a resolution to allocate $200 million in Community Development Block Grant funds to Entergy New Orleans to defray gas and electric utility system repair costs in an effort to provide rate relief for ENO customers. ...

WIRES, a New Trade Group, to Focus on Strengthening the Electric Grid

Oct 12, 2006, Business Wire

A group of the nation's leading electric companies has formed a national non-profit trade organization, Working Group for Investment in Reliable and Economic Electric Systems, dedicated to promoting investment in the North American electric transmission network....