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PPL EnergyPlus Buying RECs
Allentown, Pa.-based PPL EnergyPlus, the energy marketing arm of PPL Corp., has announced that it will buy half of the RECs produced by...
Attorney Appointed To C-BED Advisory Task Force
Dan Yarano, an attorney with Fredrikson & Byron, has been appointed to Minnesota's Community Based Energy Development (C-BED) Advisory Task Force. C-BED promotes...
Cape Cod Commission Denies Cape Wind Cable Permit
The Cape Cod Commission (CCC) has voted to deny an application from Cape Wind for a submarine and upland cable system to transmit...
Senators Introduce Expanded Climate Change Legislation
Sens. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., and John Warner R-Va., have introduced climate change legislation proposing mandatory greenhouse gas reductions. The latest refinements to the...
PPM Energy Funds Wind Tech Training
Portland, Ore.-based PPM Energy has donated $250,000 for college training programs for the Columbia Gorge Community College renewable energy technician training program in...
Heeger Joins Clipper Windpower Board
Alan J. Heeger, Nobel laureate and professor of physics at the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB), has been elected to Clipper Windpower's...
Microfield Group Names Harris To Board
Portland, Ore.-based Microfield Group Inc. has named Phillip G. Harris to its board of directors. Harris has over 30 years of energy industry...
California ISO Board Of Governors Approves Changes
The California Independent System Operator Corp. (ISO) Board of Governors has approved making changes to its federal tariff that spell out how a...
Groups Ask CPUC To Enforce Renewable Energy Targets
Two conservation groups have asked state regulators to enforce California requirements that utilities obtain 20% of their energy from renewable sources by 2010,...
Ohio Investing In Two Wind Projects
Ohio is investing in two new projects to develop utility-scale wind energy, according to the Ohio Business Development Coalition (OBDC). The Ohio Department...
Germanischer Lloyd Joins Forces With Helimax
Montreal-based wind energy consultant Helimax Energy Inc. has partnered with Germanischer Lloyd's (GL) Industrial Services to provide holistic service for the wind energy...
NaiKun Appoints Tony Fogarassy As General Counsel
Tony Fogarassy has been named director of corporate projects and general counsel for Vancouver-based NaiKun Wind Energy Group Inc., where he will support...
ISO/RTO Council Issues Reports On Markets
Reports released today by the ISO/RTO Council (IRC) highlight the value that North America's Independent System Operators (ISOs) and Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs)...
OEB Approves Application For Wind Farm Transmission Facilities
The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) has issued an order granting an application by Canadian Renewable Energy Corp. to construct transmission facilities connecting its...
Commission Approves Wind Interconnection Agreements
State regulators have approved two interconnection agreements between Idaho Power Co. and two wind projects in Elmore County, Idaho. The agreements divide the...
FirstEnergy Introduces SmartWind
Akron, Ohio-based FirstEnergy Solutions Corp., a competitive subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., has launched SmartWind, a wind energy program for commercial and industrial customers....
Constellation NewEnergy, HMSHost Sign Agreement
Constellation NewEnergy, a subsidiary of Baltimore-based Constellation Energy, has entered into a purchase agreement for renewable energy with HMSHost Corp., a company that...
PGE Brings First Turbines Online At Biglow Canyon Wind Farm
Portland General Electric Co.'s Biglow Canyon Wind Farm began generating electricity as the first several wind turbines on PGE's first, wholly owned and...
Puget Sound Energy Preparing RFPs
Bellevue, Wash.-based Puget Sound Energy (PSE), the utility subsidiary of Puget Energy, has presented state regulators with draft requests for proposals (RFPs) for...
Wind Energy America, Boreal Energy To Merge
Minneapolis-based Wind Energy America Inc. (WNEA) entered into a letter of intent (LOI) to effect a business combination with Boreal Energy Inc. WNEA...