BPA Supplies Power to Tribal Utility
The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA; Portland, Oregon, U.S.) has begun supplying power to Yakama Power (Toppenish, Washington, U.S.), a new utility owned by the Yakama Nation tribe. The utility has been picking up residential, governmental, commercial and industrial load from its predecessor, PacifiCorp....
ITC to Acquire Michigan Electric for US$866 Million
ITC Holdings Corp. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire all of the outstanding equity interests in Michigan Electric Transmission Co. (METC), a privately held company and the neighboring transmission system to ITCTransmission, a wholly owned operating subsidiary of ITC Holdings, in a transaction valued at approximately US$866 million....
City of Detroit Orders Two D-VAR Systems from American Superconductor and GE Energy
American Superconductor Corp. (AMSC) and GE Energy, a business of the General Electric Company, received an order for two D-VAR systems from the City of Detroit Public Lighting Department (PLD), a municipal electrical utility with public and private customers based in Detroit, Michigan. ...
NERC Welcomes FERC Staff Preliminary Assessment
NERC Welcomes FERC Staff Preliminary Assessment of Reliability Standards ...
The Organization of MISO States Meets on Electricity Resource Adequacy
The Organization of MISO States (OMS) held a conference in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., on May 8 and 9 to discuss methods of assuring adequate supply of electric generation capacity in the area served by the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator (MISO), a region covering parts of 14 states and the province of Manitoba, Canada. ...
Entergy Announces Second Five-Year Commitment to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Entergy Corp. (New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.) has pledged—for a second time—to make a voluntary commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its operating plants and stabilize those emissions at a level 20% below year 2000 from 2006 - 2010....
India’s Power and Distribution Transformers Market to Grow Exponentially by 2012
Realizing the importance of private participation in the power sector, India is strengthening its policies to encourage private investments. The country’s Electricity Act of 2003 caused the compulsory unbundling of the state electricity boards to improve their operational efficiencies, thus creating new market demand for better transmission equipment. As a result the Indian power and distribution transformers market is growing rapidly, according to a recent study by Frost & Sullivan, a global growth consulting company. ...
In Southeast U.S., Linemen Compete in Rodeo
Linemen from across the Southeast United States showcased the unique skills they rely on to keep the lights on at the 12th annual Georgia Lineman's Rodeo that was held at the Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter in Perry, Georgia. This year's competition, which took place on May 6, featured 34 competing journeyman teams and 72 apprentices....
AEP Holds Wyoming-Jacksons Ferry Line Dedication Ceremony, Project to Be Complete in June
American Electric Power dedicated its US$306 million Wyoming-Jacksons Ferry 765-kV transmission project, the largest electric transmission infrastructure project currently underway in the United States, at a ceremony on May 8 attended by federal and state officials and other dignitaries. ...
SPL Purchases Real-Time Mobile Resource Software Company
SPL WorldGroup (San Francisco, California, U.S.), which delivers software applications to utilities around the world, has purchased the Sidewinder business from Sidewinder Holdings Ltd. Sidewinder is a provider of real-time mobile resource optimization software for vehicles and field personnel. ...
Tenaska Power Fund Acquires Puget Energy’s InfrastruX Group
Tenaska Capital Management (Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.), on behalf of the Tenaska Power Fund, has signed an agreement to acquire InfrastruX Group, a provider of infrastructure construction services to utility industries, from Puget Energy (Bellevue, Washington, U.S.). ...
Sharyland Utilities to Break Ground on HVDC Tie Project with Mexico
Sharyland Utilities (Mission, Texas, U.S.) will hold a ceremonial groundbreaking on May 8, 2006, on its US$40 million 150-MW high-voltage direct current (HVDC) tie project....
PG&E Completes 230-kV San Mateo Transmission Line
Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E; San Francisco, California, U.S.) released the 230-kV Jefferson-Martin transmission line on April 29, 2006, within schedule and at a cost of US$221 million. ...
PECO to Invest More Than $215 Million to Enhance Electric System
Riding on a solid record of service reliability, PECO's 1.6 million customers in southeastern Pennsylvania will benefit from more than $215 million invested in about 200 local reliability projects this year. ...
Utilities Adopt New Standards to Monitor Power Transformers and Help Prevent Blackouts
More than a dozen major electric utilities are now committing to new voluntary standards to help prevent a major source of blackouts by monitoring their expensive power transformers, Serveron Corp. announced today....
NERC Adopts Permanent Cyber Security Standards
On May 2, The Board of Trustees of the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) adopted eight new cyber security standards that address asset identification, security management controls, personnel and training, perimeter security, systems security, incident reporting and response planning, and recovery plans. ...
2006 U.S. Power System Wall Map Released
Global Energy Decisions (Global Energy) has released its new 2006 U.S. Power System Map, one of the most detailed and up-to-date reference maps available to energy professionals....
PJM Ancillary Services Markets Opened to Demand Response
For the first time, demand response can fully compete with generation to provide ancillary services in an organized wholesale electricity market....
Western Wind Energy Wins Definitive FERC Decision
The Public Service Commission issued an order Friday giving Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. (BGE) permission to implement its proposed 72% increase in electricity rates this summer, including a plan that would allow consumers to defer part of the additional cost....
Once Again, U.S. Electricity Prices on the Rise
With all the news about the recent rises in oil, natural gas and gasoline prices it should come as little surprise that the national average price of electricity in the United States rose by a stunning 10.9% during the period of April 2005 to April 2006....
Avista Utilities to Begin Building Last Phase of $120 Million Project
Avista Utilities (Spokane, Washington, U.S.), an operating division of Avista Corp., will begin construction in early May of a 60-mile (96.5-km) transmission line between Rosalia, Washington, U.S. and Lewiston, Idaho, U.S....
Nashville Electric Service to Launch Automated Bill Payment Service at Convenience Stores
Nashville Electric Service (NES; Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.) and TIO Networks Corp., (TNC; Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada), formerly Info Touch Technologies Corp., will team up to launch a self-serve automated bill payment service that will allow NES's 340,000 customers to pay their bills at 20 Exxon Mobil Tigermarket and On the Run convenience stores in Nashville....
Ministry of Energy and Conservation Bureau Announce Major Conservation Initiative
A province wide education and incentive program will give Ontarians the tools they need to conserve energy this summer, Energy Minister Donna Cansfield and Chief Energy Conservation Officer Peter Love announced Wednesday. ...
ISO New England Forecasts Possible Record-Breaking Electricity Demand for Summer 2006
ISO New England Inc., the operator of the region's bulk power system and wholesale electricity markets, issued its summer 2006 electricity demand outlook on Wednesday. ...
Utility Investor to Purchase NorthWestern Energy
NorthWestern Energy (Sioux Falls, South Dakota, U.S.) has reached an agreement with Babcock & Brown Infrastructure (BBI; Sydney, Australia) under which BBI will acquire the utility at US$2.2 billion. ...
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