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PECO Increases Wind Energy Purchase For Headquarters
Exelon Corp. subsidiary PECO has purchased 4,050 MWh per year for three years to power its main office building at 23rd and Market...
A-Power To Inaugurate China
A-Power Energy Generation Systems Ltd. is set to celebrate the launch of its first wind turbine production facility in China this week. The...
MasTec Revises Terms Of Acquisition
MasTec Inc., a specialty contractor based in Coral Gables, Fla., has revised the terms of its proposed acquisition of Fargo, N.D.-based Wanzek Construction...
Westwood Plans New Office In The West
Minneapolis-based Westwood Professional Services Inc., a national energy and land development consultant, will be opening a new office in Portland, Ore., on Jan....
Granholm Signs Bills Expanding Job Training For Michigan Workers
Gov. Jennifer Granholm, D-Mich., has signed new legislation that will expand job training opportunities in high-demand fields for Michigan workers. The bills allow...
Idaho PUC Schedules Rate Case Workshops
Staff members from the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (PUC) will be in Rexburg and Preston Jan. 7-8 to present information about PacifiCorp's (doing...
Idaho Power Wants To Retire RECs
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission is taking comments through Jan. 8 on an Idaho Power Co. proposal that would allow the company to...
First Phase Of Kansas Transmission Line Complete
Topeka, Kan.-based Westar Energy Inc. says that the first phase of a high-capacity transmission line project in south central Kansas is complete and...
Lawsuit Filed Against Public Service Commission Over Net Metering Rule
St. Louis-based Great Rivers Environmental Law Center has filed a lawsuit on behalf of Renew Missouri against the Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC),...
Wind Turbine Tools Places Order With Tentec
Lincoln, Mont.-based Wind Turbine Tools Inc., the U.S. representative for Tentec's new Aero range of bolt tensioning equipment, has placed an order worth...
Review Of Nodal Program Cites Improved Controls
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), grid operator for most of the state, has released a report from Utilicast, which conducted an...
Emerald Bowl To Be Powered By Wind
Juno Beach, Fla.-based FPL Energy LLC, a subsidiary of FPL Group Inc., has joined with the Emerald Bowl to make the game between...
FPL Energy Completes Subsidiary Financing
Heartland Wind LLC, an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Juno Beach, Fla.-based FPL Energy LLC, has entered into a $322.5 million limited-recourse senior...
Reports Highlight Progress To Phase-out Coal, Increase Wind Power
The reliability outlook for Ontario's electricity system remains positive, says the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) in two reports that were issued recently....
Turn Energy Offering New Services
Turn Energy Maintenance, an operations and maintenance provider based in Austin, Texas, which has a service location in Sweetwater, Texas, can now provide...
RGGI CO2 Auction Continues Strong Performance
All of the 31,505,898 carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions allowances offered for sale on Dec. 17, 2008, by the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)...
Governor Creates Oregon Energy Planning Council
Gov. Ted Kulongoski, D-Ore., has signed Executive Order 08-26, which creates the Oregon Energy Planning Council. The creation of the council follows the...
USAA To Purchase Wind Power From CPS
USAA, a financial services company based in San Antonio, has signed an agreement to offset its electricity use by participating in CPS Energy's...
ACC Approves Utilities’ 2009 Renewable Energy Plans
The Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) has approved the 2009 renewable energy standard and tariff (REST) implementation plans for Arizona Public Service, Tucson Electric...
WDT, NanoWeather Awarded Grant For Forecasting System
Norman, Okla.-based companies Weather Decision Technologies Inc. (WDT), a provider of science weather applications, and NanoWeather, a microscale forecasting company, are part of...