| Content Category: FYI |
| GreenHunter Begins Trading On AMEX |
| on Wednesday January 02 2008 by NAW Staff |
| Grapevine, Texas-based GreenHunter Energy Inc., a renewable energy company with wind energy projects in Montana, New Mexico and California, has announced that the American Stock [read more] |
| Minnesota Power Requests Wholesale Customer Rate Increase |
| on Monday December 31 2007 by NAW Staff |
| Minnesota Power, an ALLETE company, has filed a rate adjustment request with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) seeking an increase in the electric rates [read more] |
| KCC Approves Westar Energy Proposal |
| on Friday December 28 2007 by NAW Staff |
| The Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) has approved Westar Energy's proposal to own 149 MW of wind generation and to enter into purchased power agreements (PPAs) [read more] |
| LPEA Reduces Price Of Green Power |
| on Thursday December 27 2007 by NAW Staff |
| Colorado-based La Plata Electric Association's (LPEA) board of directors has approved a price reduction for power supplied from renewable resources. As of Jan. 1, 2008, [read more] |
| AEP, MidAmerican Texas Transmission Joint Venture Begins Operation |
| on Thursday December 27 2007 by NAW Staff |
| American Electric Power (AEP) and MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. have completed a transaction establishing Electric Transmission Texas LLC (ETT) as a joint venture to build [read more] |
| Leeco Steel Opening Plant In North Carolina |
| on Thursday December 27 2007 by NAW Staff |
| Darien, Ill.-based Leeco Steel, a distributor of steel plate, will build a distribution and processing center in Hertford County, N.C. The facility, expected to open [read more] |
| Blunt Signs Components Of Energy Platform |
| on Wednesday December 26 2007 by NAW Staff |
| Gov. Matt Blunt, R-Mo., has signed on to components of the Midwestern Governors Association (MGA) Energy Security and Climate Stewardship Platform, a regional strategy to [read more] |
| Two Renewable Energy Initiatives Enter Circulation |
| on Wednesday December 26 2007 by NAW Staff |
| California Secretary of State Debra Bowen has announced that the proponent of two renewable energy initiatives, Jim Gonzalez, may begin collecting petition signatures for his [read more] |
| Hawaiian Honey Designated As Certified Carbonfree |
| on Wednesday December 26 2007 by NAW Staff |
| Carbon reduction and offset organization Carbonfund.org, in partnership with Tropical Traders Specialty Foods, has announced that Royal Hawaiian Honey has been designated as certified Carbonfree. [read more] |
| PSC Approves Rate Increase For We Energies' Customers |
| on Wednesday December 26 2007 by NAW Staff |
| The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC) has approved an increase in We Energies' electric and natural gas rates. The approved amount, which was less [read more] |
| Commtest Instruments Wins Plant Engineering Award |
| on Monday December 24 2007 by NAW Staff |
| Commtest Instruments' Ascent 2007 vibration analysis software, which now includes support for Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, has won the Plant [read more] |
| Outland Announces Plans For Community Wind Power Line |
| on Monday December 24 2007 by NAW Staff |
| Chaksa, Minnesota-based Outland Renewable Energy has announced plans to build a community-wind generator-owned power line to move wind energy from the wind-belt of southwest Minnesota [read more] |
| Richardson Signs Culver's Wind PTC Pledge |
| on Thursday December 20 2007 by NAW Staff |
| New Mexico governor and Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson has signed a pledge created by Gov. Chet Culver, D-Iowa, to support the wind production tax [read more] |
| Mortenson Awarded Gold Hard Hat Award |
| on Thursday December 20 2007 by NAW Staff |
| The energy group of Minneapolis-based Mortenson Construction was recently awarded a Gold Hard Hat Award for outstanding industrial/manufacturing project for construction performance on the Cedar [read more] |
| National Wind Raises Capital To Expand Wind Projects Into South Dakota |
| on Wednesday December 19 2007 by NAW Staff |
| Minneapolis-based National Wind, a developer of large-scale community-owned wind projects, has announced that it has received a significant private-equity investment from Harmony Equity Income Fund, [read more] |
