U.S.-Canada Power System Outage Task Force Meets for Final Review
North American electric industry and government leaders met last month in Washington D.C to discuss the draft of the U.S.-Canada Power Outage Task Force’s final report on the implementation of the recommendations contained in its April 2004 report on the 2003 blackout...
WPS Resources, Peoples Energy Merge
WPS Resources Corporation and Peoples Energy Corporation have signed a definitive merger agreement that will create a diversified energy company with regulated utilities serving four Midwest states and non-regulated businesses serving customers in the Northeast U.S. and Canada. ...
Transpower Announces Reports on Auckland Power Outage in June; Recommends Building New Line by 2011
Two independent reports have been released examining last month’s major power outage in New Zealand...
India Increasing Transmission Line Capacity
Powergrid Corporation of India, New Delhi, is increasing the capacity of the “East-South” long-distance high-voltage DC transmission link in India...
British Columbia Commission Approves Construction of the Vancouver Island Transmission Project
The British Columbia Utilities Commission has directed BC Transmission Corporation to proceed with upgrading the existing electricity supply system from the Lower Mainland to Southern Vancouver Island. ...
MidAmerican Energy Company Energizes 124-Mile Transmission Line
MidAmerican Energy Company's electric transmission grid now has increased capability to handle higher electric demand when summer temperatures heat up. ...
Wisconsin Commission Says Energy Competition Report Needs More Data
The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin approved comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on the Energy Market Competition Task Force Report, saying it didn’t go far enough....
Baltimore Gas & Electric Restores Service after Independence Day Storms
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company announced that July 4 thunderstorms temporarily interrupted service for 49,000 customers. ...
Duquesne Light Sells for US$1.59 Billion
Duquesne Light Holdings and a consortium led by Macquarie Infrastructure Partners and Diversified Utility and Energy Trusts have entered into a definitive merger agreement...
China to Reinforce Grid in Tianjin
Tianjin Power Co. will contract with ABB for $33 million in power equipment to help satisfy increasing demand for reliable power in China's third-largest city. ...
Transwest Project's Transmission Feasibility Study On Track With Positive Results
Arizona Public Service Company announced results of the transmission and permitting portions of its feasibility analysis for the TransWest Express Project during last week’s Stakeholder Project Update Meeting in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. ...
Ontario Power Authority Launches Province's Electricity Action Planning Process
The Ontario Power Authority has announced that comprehensive consultations with Ontarians will be a cornerstone of its Integrated Power System Plan - an action plan to ensure the province's reliable and sustainable electricity future to 2025. ...
Atlantic Power to Acquire 72% Interest in Path 15 Transmission Line in California
Atlantic Power Holdings, LLC has agreed to indirectly acquire 100% of Trans-Elect NTD Path 15, LLC, which owns approximately 72% of the transmission system rights in the Path 15 transmission project located in California. ...
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to Train Grid Operators
Power grid operators now have the ability to train like pilots, with simulators providing faulty readings designed to throw them off...
Florida Announces Route for New Transmission Line
Florida Power & Light Company has announced the preferred route for a new transmission line that will expand its power line system in northeast Miami-Dade County...
Michigan Commission Fines Detroit Edison for Electric Restoration Shortcomings
The Michigan Public Service Commission has approved a settlement agreement dealing with Detroit Edison Company’s electric service restoration shortcomings...
FERC Approves Four Enron Settlements
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved a settlement between Enron Power Marketing Inc. and commission trial staff resolving pending matters stemming from Enron’s activities during the 2000-2001 Western energy crisis...
PECO Crews Working to Restore Service as Flood Waters Recede
PECO crews are coordinating restoration efforts with local officials, conducting local damage assessments, and restoring electric and natural gas service in communities when they are able, as flood waters recede...
TXU Outsources Utility Infrastructure, Management Services
TXU Electric Delivery and InfrastruX Energy Services, a joint venture created by TXU Corp. and InfrastruX Group, have announced a 10-year, $8.7 billion agreement for utility infrastructure and management services...
Alaska Suffers Major Power Outage; Cause Still Unknown
Alaska's Chugach Electric Association has determined the point on the grid where a major power outage began Sunday evening but cannot yet determine what triggered the sequence of events that left tens of thousands of customers from Homer to Fairbanks without power. ...
Ofgem Proposes Investment Boost for Britain's Energy Networks
Britain’s gas and electricity transmission networks are expected to invest more than £4 billion over the next five years following initial proposals published by energy regulator Ofgem....
EarthLink Partners with Hawaiian Electric for Wi-Fi
The city of Honolulu will establish a public-private partnership with Internet service-provider EarthLink in a test to provide free, wireless, broadband access throughout Chinatown....
Maine Commission Explores Alternatives to New England Regional Electricity Organizations
The Maine Public Utilities Commission decided to open an investigation to explore alternatives to the New England-wide regional wholesale power markets and transmission systems commonly referred to as “NEPOOL” and administered by ISO New England...
Black & Veatch Management Consulting Expert Forecasts a New Paradigm in Utility Mergers
Distinctive business models, not geographic proximity, will drive the emergence of nationally scaled electric and natural gas utilities in the United States, according to a Black & Veatch merger and acquisition consulting expert. ...
Canada's First Cross-Border Merchant Transmission Line Files for Regulatory Approval
Montana Alberta Tie Ltd. announced it has filed its facility application with the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board to build and operate a 347 km, 300 MW bi-directional power transmission line between Lethbridge, Alberta, and Great Falls, Montana...
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