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JOB CENTERAlterra Power and EDC Complete Joint Venture Agreement for Geothermal Assets in Chile and Peru
International
| VANCOUVER, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire
Alterra Power Corp. (TSX: AXY) announces the completion of a joint venture agreement with Energy Development Corporation (EDC) for the development of Alterra's Mariposa geothermal project in Chile plus three geothermal concessions held by Alterra in Peru.
Coal industry 'at a crossroads'
Fossil & Biomass
| May 21 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Allie Robinson Bristol Herald Courier, Va.
Coal has a bright future, but industry leaders must push hard to get there. That was the message Monday morning during the first session of the Eastern Coal Council's annual conference, held in Kingsport.
Sen. Jim Whelan retools plan to tax alternative-fuel vehicles
Policy, Regulatory & Legal
| May 21 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Joel Landau The Press of Atlantic City, Pleasantville, N.J.
A local legislator is changing his approach to ensuring that owners of alternative-fuel vehicles fairly contribute to maintaining state bridges and roads.
Smart Grid Program Created Nearly 2,700 Jobs in First Quarter 2013
Grid Operations
| CHICAGO, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire
ComEd announced that work related to the Smart Grid program created nearly 2,700 full-time equivalent jobs in the first quarter of 2013.
Santee Cooper extends power deal with largest customer, Central Electric Power Cooperative
Business & Corporate
| May 21 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - John McDermott The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C.
Santee Cooper locked down a 45-year sales agreement Monday with its biggest customer, a buyer that previously moved some of its power business to another supplier.
Ratepayers save under Ohio's green-energy law, group says
Policy, Regulatory & Legal
| May 21 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Dan Gearino The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio
The "green" energy provisions of a 2008 state energy law have saved consumers $170 million, according to Ohio State University findings that run counter to the argument that the law's requirements have contributed to an increase in bills.
Study looks at storing wind energy in Mid-Columbia
Wind
| May 21 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Annette Cary Tri-City Herald (Kennewick, Wash.)
Wind energy could be stored underground among volcanic rock formations in two places in Eastern Washington, making the seasonal and intermittent power that wind generates more practical, according to a new study.
$43 million lawsuit says CMP caused work delays
Policy, Regulatory & Legal
| May 21 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Tux Turkel Portland Press Herald, Maine
One of the lead contractors on Central Maine Power Co.'s massive transmission line upgrade has gone to court seeking at least $43 million from the utility for what it says are work changes that cost extra time and money.
Public Service Co. of Oklahoma touts 'Oklahoma solution' to regional haze as industrial consumers fear costs
Environmental, Emissions & Carbon Mgmt
| May 21 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Paul Monies The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City
Calling it an "Oklahoma solution" that uses state-produced energy resources, representatives of Tulsa-based utility Public Service Co. of Oklahoma urged environmental officials Monday to approve a plan that phases out its last two coal units at a power plant near Oologah by 2026.
Board holds off recommendation for future of SRS
Nuclear
| May 21 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Michael Ulmer
The possible storage of spent nuclear fuel at Savannah River Site was left on the table Monday by the SRS Citizens Advisory Board, a group designed to offer advice to the Department of Energy, which owns SRS.
UMF starts geothermal well project
Future & Alternative Generation
| May 20 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Ann Bryant Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine
When Ben Pratt said a geothermal project at the University of Maine at Farmington would begin the day after graduation, he meant it.
Kemper overruns claim Miss. Power's president
Fossil & Biomass
| JACKSON, Miss. (The Associated Press) - May 20 - JEFF AMY
Ed Day said his main job as president of Mississippi Power Co. was to successfully complete the company's Kemper County power plant.
Converting Dunkirk plant to natural gas too costly, study says
Fossil & Biomass
| May 20 - Buffalo News (NY)
The $506 million project to convert the coal-fired power plant in Dunkirk to less-expensive natural gas would increase electricity delivery rates by a range of 3 to nearly 10 percent and cost upstate consumers far more than a less expensive alternative to upgrade the power transmission network across Western New York, according to a report released Monday by National Grid.
Southern California Edison Reaches Settlement in Malibu Wildfire Investigation
Policy, Regulatory & Legal
| ROSEMEAD, Calif., May 20, 2013 -- BUSINESS WIRE
Southern California Edison (SCE) and the Safety and Enforcement Division of the California Public Utilities Commission have reached an agreement to settle an administrative proceeding relating to three utility poles that were involved in a 2007 Malibu wildfire.
Duke rate hike to continue during review
Policy, Regulatory & Legal
| May 20 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Bruce Henderson The Charlotte Observer
Duke Energy Carolinas' 2012 rate hike will stay in effect as the N.C. Utilities Commission reviews it under order of the state Supreme Court.
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