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Canada Association Honors Best Performing Utilities in Employee Safety as Overall Safety Record Improves

Nov 27, 2006, Canada NewsWire

The Canadian Electricity Association paid tribute to the industry's dedication to safety and honored the utilities that have distinguished themselves as leaders in this important area...

Black Hills Power Line to Begin Construction Soon

Nov 22, 2006, tdworld.com

Black Hills Power will soon begin work on constructing a 230,000-V transmission line in northeast Wyoming. ...

Electric Power Industry, Federal Officials Unveil Detailed Guide to Reduce Bird Injuries From Power Lines

Nov 22, 2006, Edison Electric Institute

The electric power industry has joined with federal wildlife protection officials to announce an updated guide on how utilities can reduce bird injuries and fatalities due to interactions with power lines. ...

International Energy Regulators Move Toward Market Integration

Nov 21, 2006, Ofgem

Ofgem, together with the energy regulators for France, Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, have launched a joint consultation on the integration of their electricity markets....

GE to Auction Electric Transmission Capacity for New York from Proposed NJ Transmission Project

Nov 21, 2006, GE

GE Energy Financial Services will auction the electric transmission capacity from a proposed transmission project capable of increasing the power supply to capacity-constrained New York City. ...

Estlink Submarine Cable Tests Will Continue in Estonia and Finland

Nov 21, 2006, Eesti Energia AS

Tests of the Estlink submarine cable that were temporarily put on hold were resumed earlier this week in Finland. ...

BPA Transmission System, Crews Stand Up to Wicked Weather

Nov 20, 2006, Bonneville Power Administration

High winds throughout the Pacific Northwest region triggered more than 150 outages on the Bonneville Power Administration’s transmission system between 6:30 a.m. Sunday and 6 a.m. Monday of last week. ...

New Wind Power Project Sends Electricity to Alberta Grid

Nov 20, 2006, Canada NewsWire

The Chin Chute Wind Power Project, a 30-MW joint venture project between Acciona Wind Energy Canada Inc., Enbridge Income Fund, and Suncor Energy Products Inc., is now operational and sending electricity to the Alberta Interconnected Electric System. ...

NERC Reports Electricity Reliability Adequate this Winter

Nov 17, 2006, North American Electric Reliability Council

North America's electricity generating capacity, transmission systems, and generation fuels will be adequate this winter, Rick Sergel, president and CEO of the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) announced today, in conjunction with the release of NERC's 2006/2007 Winter Assessment. ...

FERC Finalizes Electric Transmission Siting Rule

Nov 17, 2006, U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved a final rule governing the filing requirements and procedures for entities asking the Commission to exercise its supplemental authority to site interstate transmission facilities under the Energy Policy Act of 2005...

Human Error Caused European Blackout

Nov 15, 2006, E.ON Energie AG

According to the latest findings of E.ON’s in-house investigation into the causes for the disruption to the European power grid on Nov. 4, human error, as opposed to any technical malfunctions, was chiefly responsible for the outage. ...

Quebec and Ontario Sign Agreement for New Interconnection

Nov 15, 2006, Government of Quebec

Hydro-Québec TransÉnergie and Hydro One Networks have signed an agreement for the construction of a new 1250 MW Québec-Ontario interconnection...

Italy to Boost Transmission Grid

Nov 14, 2006, ABB

ABB is helping Terna, the transmission grid operator, to bridge the capacity gap ...

ATC's Updated Study of Transmission System Needs Shows Slight Decrease in Costs

Nov 14, 2006, American Transmission Company

In American Transmission Co.’s annual 10-Year Transmission System Assessment report, ATC identifies an estimated $3.1 billion in work needed over the next 10 years to ensure that the transmission grid can reliably meet the electric needs of people and businesses throughout most of Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula....

Hydro One, Petrolia and Bluewater Power Investing Over $1 million to Improve Reliability

Nov 13, 2006, Hydro One Inc.

Hydro One, the town of Petrolia (Ontario, Canada) and Bluewater Power are collectively investing over $1 million to improve electricity delivery reliability for residential, business, commercial and industrial customers in the town and surrounding area. ...

New Zealand's Transpower Amends Plans for Transmission Upgrades

Nov 13, 2006, Transpower

Transpower in New Zealand has submitted to the Electricity Commission an amended proposal for upgrading the transmission supply into Auckland and Northland. ...

European Union Adopts New Rules for Managing Electricity Cross-border Trade

Nov 10, 2006, Xinhua

The European Commission has adopted amended guidelines for managing the electricity cross-border trade in the European Union (EU), in a bid to improve the way the electricity transmission system is operated. ...

DOE Plans for Additional Comment Period on National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors

Nov 10, 2006, U.S. Department of Energy

Under Section 1221(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Department of Energy must issue a report based on the Department's Aug. 8 Congestion Study. ...

International Energy Agency Releases World Energy Outlook

Nov 9, 2006, International Energy Agency

To quench the world’s thirst for energy, the IEA's World Outlook projections call a cumulative investment in energy-supply infrastructure of over $20 trillion in real terms over 2005-2030 – substantially more than was previously estimated...

Rensselaer to Study Impact of Renewable Energy on the Electric Power Grid

Nov 8, 2006, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

With a US$1.23 million grant, researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will be creating a distributed power “test-bed” to study how the electricity distribution grid might be affected by the widespread adoption of clean, renewable energy sources. ...

European Blackouts Unacceptable: European Commission

Nov 7, 2006, Xinhua News Agency

The blackouts in Europe on Saturday was unacceptable and the precise cause should be established rapidly, said the European Commission on Monday. ...

Survey: Electric Service Reliability Top Concern

Nov 7, 2006, Black & Veatch

Black & Veatch, through its management consulting and energy businesses, has announced the findings from its First Annual Strategic Directions in the Utility Industry Survey during the Edison Electric Institute's 41st Annual Financial Conference....

AEP, ITC Transmission To Perform Technical Study On Expanding 765-kV Transmission Into Michigan

Nov 7, 2006, American Electric Power

American Electric Power has signed a memorandum of understanding with ITC Transmission, a subsidiary of ITC Holdings Corp., to perform a technical study to evaluate the feasibility of extending AEP's 765-kV transmission infrastructure through Michigan to enhance reliability and support a competitive market of generation supply. ...