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PUC Files Petition For Rehearing With DOE
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) filed for rehearing with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) over its National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor...
Transmission Bill Would Help Connect Clean Energy To Power Grid
U.S. Reps. Jay Inslee, D-Wash., and Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., members of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, have introduced legislation...
Commission Accepts PacifiCorp’s IRP
PacifiCorp, a six-state electric utility that operates as Rocky Mountain Power in eastern Idaho, has announced it's adding about 2,000 MW of renewable...
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...
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,...
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...
Climate Change Council And Governor Release Report
Gov. Jon Huntsman, R-Utah, and the Blue Ribbon Advisory Council on Climate Change (BRAC) released the Council's Report on recommended measures to reduce...
Imperial Irrigation District To Aid RE Transmission
The board of directors of Imperial Irrigation District (IID) Energy, an Imperial, Calif.-headquartered utility, has unanimously adopted a resolution titled 'Incentives to Interconnect...
Midwest Governors Plan Energy Summit
According to the office of Gov. Jim Doyle, D-Wis., chairman of the Midwestern Governors Association (MGA), Milwaukee will host the Midwestern Governors Association...
Wind Turbine Bird Safety Guidelines Approved in CA
The California Energy Commission has voted 3-0 to approve voluntary guidelines designed to reduce the number of bird and bat deaths from wind...
Texas PUC Issues CREZ Interim Final Order
The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) has issued an interim final order designating five competitive renewable energy zones (CREZs) in West Texas...
DOE Designates National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has named two National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors (NIETCs): the Mid-Atlantic Area NIETC and the Southwest Area NIETC....
Manitoba Proposes Changes To Wind Farm Land Registration
Jim Rondeau, Manitoba's Science, Technology, Energy and Mines Minister, has re-introduced proposed legislative changes that would reduce the complexities around landowners' leasing land...
Green Power Program Launched For South Carolina
The South Carolina Office of Regulatory Staff (ORS) has created a green power program called Palmetto Clean Energy (PaCE) for the state. The...
Renewable Energy Sources Bill Introduced In Michigan
Michigan Assemblywoman Kathleen Law (D-23rd District) has introduced House Bill (HB) 5218 (2007), the Michigan Renewable Energy Sources Act - the first comprehensive...
Group Initiates Judicial Review Of Canada’s Kyoto Obligations
On behalf of Friends of the Earth Canada, Canadian lawyer Chris Paliare and Ecojustice - formerly Sierra Legal - have submitted an application...
ND Governor Sets Energy Policy, Appoints Commission Members
Gov. John Hoeven, R-N.D., has formed the Empower North Dakota (Empower ND) Commission to make recommendations to enhance the state's existing comprehensive energy...
Alaska Governor Forms Climate Change Sub-Cabinet
Gov. Sarah Palin, R-Alaska, has signed Administrative Order 238, which establishes a subcabinet to prepare a climate change strategy. According to the governor's...
NGA Launches National Effort To Promote Clean Energy Policies
National Governors Association (NGA) co-chairs Gov. Tim Pawlenty, R-Minn., and Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, D-Kan., have launched the Securing a Clean Energy Future initiative...