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Sage Grouse May Delay Wood River Power Lines

May 22 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Kimberlee Kruesi The Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho - A future transmission line project south of the Wood River Valley has become the next to face potential delays due to its location on priority sage grouse habitat. More...

Winter Park buries power lines in project that may last 17 years

May 21 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Anika Myers Palm The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. - The Winter Park of 2029 will look different from today's city in at least one big way: Most of the city won't have power poles or overhead electrical lines. More...

Utilities to spend millions on grid

May 21 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - George Hohmann Charleston Daily Mail, W.Va. - The two largest electric companies in West Virginia say millions of dollars of upgrades approved by the region's grid operator will maintain reliable electric power supplies in the wake of recently announced power plant retirements. More...

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FishHawk area targeted for high-voltage lines

May 21 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Yvette C. Hammett Tampa Tribune, Fla. - Some FishHawk Ranch residents are scrambling to divert a proposed high voltage power line corridor away from their homes. More...

SDG&E Files Application to Increase Reliability in South Orange County

SAN DIEGO, May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire - San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) today submitted an application to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for approval of a project designed to increase the reliability of the substation and transmission system in the northern part of SDG&E's service area. More...

Landowners seek fair compensation for impact of CapX power line

May 20 - St. Cloud Times, Minn. - Ken and Tess Koltes know the power line is coming, and they can't stop it. More...

$2 Billion Of Investments In Power Grid To Ease Power Plant Retirements

VALLEY FORGE, Pa., May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire - The PJM Interconnection Board today approved nearly $2 billion in electric transmission upgrades that will maintain reliable electric power supplies in the wake of recently announced power plant retirements. More...

High-tech copter takes measurements for Chelan PUD

May 17 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Christine Pratt The Wenatchee World, Wash. - A bright blue Canadian helicopter fitted with two cameras and a computer system chopped through Chelan County skies Friday and Saturday and shot millions of laser beams at the ground. More...

Is Quebec power good for state?

May 16 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Rick Karlin Times Union, Albany, N.Y. - There's a power struggle over power lines in the Hudson Valley. More...

Electric Transmission Texas Expands Master Agreement With Quanta Services; Two Contracts Awarded for CREZ Transmission Line Construction

HOUSTON, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire - Quanta Services, Inc. (NYSE: PWR) today announced the expansion of its master agreement regarding Competitive Renewable Energy Zone (CREZ) projects assigned to Electric Transmission Texas, LLC (ETT) by the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT). More...

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