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Xcel Energy Colorado Gets Good News On 1.1 GW Wind Plans
On Monday, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) provided initial approval of Xcel Energy’s Colorado Energy Plan (CEP), which would close two coal units...
Falling Renewables Prices Present ‘Unprecedented Opportunity’ For Western Co-ops
Declines in renewable energy pricing are creating opportunities for electric cooperatives in the Mountain West region to deliver cost-savings to their members, according to...
Sempra Renewables Prez Named Chairman, CEO Of SDG&E
Sempra Energy, owner of San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), has announced that Kevin C. Sagara will become chairman and CEO of SDG&E, effective Aug....
Alliant Energy Plans To Double Wind, Eliminate Coal
Madison, Wis.-based Alliant Energy has released its corporate sustainability report, which outlines the company's goal to cut carbon emissions 80% and eliminate all existing...
California Agencies Sign PPAs For Pattern’s New Mexico Wind Farm
Pattern Energy Group 2 LP (Pattern Development) has signed 15-year power purchase agreements (PPAs) with California's Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) and Monterey Bay...
NextEra And Alliant Agree On Less Nuclear, More Wind
NextEra Energy Resources LLC and Alliant Energy's Iowa energy company have agreed to shorten the term of their existing power purchase agreement (PPA) for...
Clean Energy Groups Oppose Question 3 On Nevada Ballot
Four clean energy groups - the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the Sierra Club, Southwest Energy Efficiency Project and Western Resource Advocates - have...
Dominion Energy’s Grid Transformation Plan Includes 3 GW Of Wind, Solar
Dominion Energy Virginia has filed its first set of plans under the Grid Transformation & Security Act (GTSA). Notably, the company is committing to...
Wisconsin Utility Moves Toward More Renewables, Lower Electric Rates
Advancing its clean energy goals, Wisconsin's Madison Gas and Electric (MGE) has filed a rate case settlement agreement with the Public Service Commission of...
Westar Energy Gets Go-Ahead For New Wind Program
The Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) has approved a new program that gives businesses in Westar Energy’s service area greater access to wind power.
With the...
Berkshire Wind Co-op Expanding Massachusetts Wind Farm
The Berkshire Wind Power Cooperative Corp. (BWPCC), owner of the 10-turbine, 15 MW Berkshire Wind Power Project in Hancock, Mass., has announced phase two...
Missouri Utility Garners Regulatory Support For 600 MW Wind Plan
The Missouri Public Service Commission (MPSC) has announced its support for the Empire District Electric Co.'s plan to develop an additional 600 MW of...
MidAmerican Begins Work On Another Wind XI Project
Des Moines, Iowa-based MidAmerican Energy Co. says construction will begin this month on the 90.8 MW Ivester wind farm, located in west-central Grundy County,...
BayWa Lands Power Purchase Deal For California Wind Farm
MCE, a nonprofit electricity provider in California, has signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with BayWa r.e. Wind LLC for the Strauss Wind Project.
MCE will...
Ameren Missouri Offering New Renewable Energy Program
Ameren Missouri is offering a new program designed to help increase renewable energy use in the state.
The Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) has approved...
Michigan’s CMS Energy Purchasing Wind Farm Duo
Michigan-based CMS Energy is adding two planned wind projects totaling 250 MW to its portfolio.
Consumers Energy, the principal subsidiary of CMS Energy, has entered...
Louisiana Regulators OK Wind Catcher Energy Connection
Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO), an American Electric Power (AEP) company, has announced the Louisiana Public Service Commission's (LPSC) approval of the proposed Wind...
MidAmerican Energy Hits 50% Renewables In Iowa
Des Moines, Iowa-based MidAmerican Energy Co. provided its Iowa customers with more than half of their electricity from renewable sources last year, the Iowa...
Michigan’s Consumers Energy To Hike Up Renewables, End Coal
Consumers Energy, a provider of electric and natural gas service to 6.7 million Michigan residents, has announced a new plan to meet the state'e...
Minnesota’s Metropolitan Council Switching To Renewables
Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy is joining forces with the Metropolitan Council, one of the top 10 electrical consumers in Minnesota, to dramatically increase the council’s...