Sixteen State Regulators Join NARUC-FERC Smart Grid Collaborative
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners named 16 state commissioners to serve on the joint federal-State Smart Grid Collaborative...
Substation Theft, Vandalism Losses in '08 Total $25,000 for BPA
Last week, thieves broke into a Bonneville Power Administration substation in Ferndale, Washington, and stole spools of copper wire worth approximately $2500. ...
Southern California Edison Launches 'Nation's Largest' Solar Panel Installation
Southern California Edison (SCE) has launched the nation’s largest solar cell installation, a project that will place 250 MW of advanced photovoltaic generating technology on 65 million square feet of roofs of Southern California commercial buildings – enough power to serve approximately 162,000 homes...
Babcock & Brown Files to Build New Electric Transmission in Texas
Tejas Transmission LLC, a subsidiary of Babcock & Brown, has filed a notice of its intent to establish a new regulated electric utility business unit to construct, own and operate transmission facilities in Texas....
California ISO Board of Governors Approves Five-Year Strategic Plan
The California Independent System Operator Corp. studied current and future energy challenges and tapped the ideas and ingenuity of the industry before crafting a new Five-Year Strategic Plan that will determine its business direction through 2012. ...
FERC Encourages Transmission Grid Investment
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today continued to encourage investment in the interstate power grid, by granting certain incentives consistent with its Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005) incentive rate policy. ...
Italy Installing 13 Autotransformers Over Next 3 Years
ABB will contribute to a grid development plan being carried out by the Italian energy utility Terna. ...
Finland, Sweden Installing New 500-kV Submarine Cable for Interconnector
Nexans has been awarded a contract worth around 150 million Euro by Fingrid Oyj, the electricity transmission system operator in Finland, and Svenska Kraftnät, a state utility that runs the national electrical grid in Sweden. ...
PA Senator Launches Online Petition to Oppose Transmission Corridor
U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) launched an online petition to give Pennsylvanians an outlet to express their opposition to the National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor (NIETC). ...
FERC Accepts Settlement in PJM Market Monitor Case
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has accepted the uncontested settlement involving market monitoring activities at the PJM Interconnection LLC and commended all the groups involved in the process for building “a genuine consensus.”...
U.S. Department of Energy to Invest up to $13.7 Million for Breakthrough Solar Energy Projects
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced that it will invest up to $13.7 million, over three years (Fiscal Years 2008 – 2010), for 11 university-led projects that will focus on developing advanced solar photovoltaic (PV) technology manufacturing processes and products. ...
Hearing Set to Begin in Pennsylvania for Allegheny Energy’s Proposed Transmission Line
Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line Co. has announced that the evidentiary hearing for its high-voltage transmission project will begin Monday, March 24, in Pittsburgh before the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission...
Emera and National Grid Announce New Partnership on Electric Transmission Line
Emera Inc. and National Grid today announced their intention to partner on the development of the Northeast Energy Link transmission connection. ...
FERC Joins Investigation into Florida Blackout
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has joined the North America Electric Reliability Corp.’s (NERC) and the Florida Reliability Coordinating Council’s (FRCC) investigation into the Feb. 26, 2008, Florida blackout by initiating a non-public, formal investigation into whether any mandatory federal reliability standards were violated during the event. ...
PECO Aims to Reduce Outages Caused by Trees with $35 Million in Trimming, Clearing Around Power Lines
With 30 percent of power outages caused by trees last year, PECO will spend $35 million this year for clearing trees around power lines, particularly in the suburban counties across southeastern Pennsylvania...
Canada's IESO Electricity Outlook Remains Positive
The Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) says there should be sufficient supply within Ontario to meet the demand for electricity under normal weather conditions over the next 18 months...
Dubai Utility Building Two High-Voltage Substations
Areva has signed a E150 million contract with the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority for the delivery of two high-voltage 400kV substations in Dubai...
Electricity Shortages Loom in for Chile 2008
According to a Fitch special report, titled "Chilean Energy Crisis: Electricity Shortages Loom in 2008," Fitch expects high diesel prices, combined with droughts, natural gas restrictions, rising energy demand, and the initial delay in the development of new projects to increase the likelihood of energy shortages and keep electricity prices in Chile on an upward trend for the next couple of years. ...
Allegheny Energy Files Proposed Settlement Agreement for Transmission Project
Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line Co. (TrAILCo) has filed a settlement agreement with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a formula rate treatment for the proposed TrAIL line and other transmission-related projects. ...
Nebraska Utility Votes to Strengthen Delivery System
The Omaha, Nebraska, Public Power District Board of Directors has taken action to keep the utility’s system performing well by voting to add new lines and to replace and upgrade older ones. ...
EEI Honors International Utility Award Winners
The Czech Republic-based CEZ Group and Red Eléctrica de España were named winners of the EEI International Utility Award, which recognizes the most outstanding stock performance by European utilities in both large-cap and small-cap categories over a three-year period. ...
Xcel Energy Announces First Smart Grid City in the Nation
Xcel Energy will put in motion its vision to make Boulder, Colorado, the nation’s first fully integrated Smart Grid City....
AEP Transmission Venture With Allegheny Receives Approval for Transmission Incentives From FERC
American Electric Power has announced that the Potomac-Appalachian Transmission Highline (PATH), AEP's transmission joint venture with Allegheny Energy, received approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for transmission incentives to help support construction of the approximately 290-mile, extra-high voltage transmission line from West Virginia into Maryland. ...
Dominion Cites 'Convincing' Evidence for Meadow Brook-To-Loudoun Transmission Line
Dominion Virginia Power yesterday began presenting testimony at a Virginia State Corporation Commission hearing showing that the proposed Meadow Brook-to-Loudoun transmission line is essential to keeping the lights on in Northern Virginia. ...
ITC: State Siting Decision Ignores Reliability Concerns
ITC Holdings Corp.'s subsidiary ITCTransmission will continue to explore options to pursue construction of a 13.9-mile long transmission line deemed crucial to electric reliability in southeast Michigan. ...
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