American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) utility subsidiary AEP Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO) has signed a letter of intent to purchase the transmission and distribution assets of Valley Electric Membership Corporation (VEMCO). more...
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ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, today celebrates the 10th anniversary of the world's first commercial HVDC Light installation, a technological innovation that has opened up new possibilities in power transmission. more...
Emerson Process Management announced today that it has won a contract to install its Scenario simulation technology at the new 515-MW Paju Combined Heat & Power (CHP) Plant. more...
Itron Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI) announced today that NW Natural Gas is leveraging its deployment of Itron advanced metering technology to include evaluation of its fixed network for collecting two-way time-synchronized interval data and on-demand reads from customers, as well as retrieve up to 40 days of interval data. more...
MWH, the global wet infrastructure sector leader and provider of environmental engineering, construction and strategic consulting services, and joint venture partner Energoprojekt Co. Ltd., helped celebrate the completion of the $350 million Tekeze Hydropower Project in northern Ethiopia. more...
A study panel formed to recommend how to regulate energy corridors across Maine put off its final decision Wednesday as members wrestled with a last-minute bid to extend a moratorium on proposed projects. more...
Filed under Regulatory & Legal
A House committee advanced legislation Thursday that would block Salt Lake City-based EnergySolutions's plan to import 20,000 tons of Italian radioactive waste into the United States and bury some of it in Utah. more...
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Duke Energy Ohio today filed a settlement to cover the costs of the next phase of its plan to implement a smart grid. more...
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NIPSCO Director of Communications and Public Affairs Colleen Reilly is leaving the utility company for a new job. more...
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Despite pressure from the governor and other state officials, National Grid has again rejected a proposal to buy clean power from a developer proposing to build a $200-million wind farm off Block Island. more...
Filed under Wind
Alliant Energy says just five of the original 200 customers won't be ready Dec. 1 when the utility shuts down its 117-year-old downtown steam system. more...
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Those who fail to plan, plan to fail. For Linn and Benton county emergency management agencies, failure is not an option. more...
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The City of Santa Clara and Ameresco today unveiled an innovative clean energy project that will capture and put to use gas created naturally at the city's closed municipal landfill. more...
Filed under Biomass
A proposed transmission line exists only on paper, but it's already generating plenty of heat in Clark County. more...
Filed under Overhead Transmission
The Nobles County Planning Commission Wednesday night approved a conditional use permit for enXco, a wind energy development company based in Minneapolis, to construct a switching station and maintenance facility in Nobles County. more...
American Transmission Co. has asked state regulators for permission to build a power line in Door County to boost reliability in the northern part of the peninsula. more...
Filed under Overhead Transmission
Beacon Power Corporation (Nasdaq: BCON), was joined today by state and local officials at a formal groundbreaking event in Stephentown, New York, signaling the start of construction for the nation's first full-scale 20-megawatt (MW) flywheel frequency regulation plant. more...
Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) today announced it is offering free home energy audits and free or low-cost energy conservation measures to eligible customers in the 25 Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ) municipalities located in the utility's service territory. more...
Filed under Energy Efficiency
Oklahomans soon could get rebates for their old washing machines and fridges under a proposed plan through the Oklahoma Department of Commerce. more...
Filed under Energy Efficiency
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