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Nine Federal Agencies to Expedite New Transmission Lines on Federal Lands
EERE Network News - November 4, 2009 - DOE and eight other federal departments and agencies announced on October 23 that they had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to speed the construction of electric transmission lines on federal lands. More...
AEP to form transmission company
Nov 3 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Dan Gearino The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio - American Electric Power is creating a new company to handle the interstate transmission of power, a task previously handled at the state level. More...
ATC Enters Two Long-Term Construction Contracts
Nov 03 - Business Wire - American Transmission Co. recently signed contracts with two nationally recognized construction services firms for transmission line and substation work. More...
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NV Energy and Western Area Power Administration Sign M.O.U. to Study Nevada to California/Southwest Transmission Projects
LAS VEGAS, Oct 30, 2009 -- BUSINESS WIRE - NV Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NVE) and the Western Area Power Administration (Western) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding under which the parties intend to explore the potential development of 500-kilovolt transmission lines and associated facilities to acces renewable energy resources and deliver those resources to electricity users in Nevada, California, Arizona and other markets in the Southwest U.S. More...
Seattle City Light Partnership Adds Transmission, Lowers Cost
Seattle - October 30, 2009 - Seattle City Light, Bonneville Power Administration and Pend Oreille PUD announced today that they have completed a key step for re-establishing a transmission line that will increase BPA's transmission reliability in northeastern Washington and lower costs for the two utilities. More...
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SMARTENING UP THE DUMB

Blogger Photo By Kate Rowland - If I see the words “dumb grid” used one more time in the popular media, I’m going to scream!   more...

F.I.T. Feed In Transportation better than Net-Metering

Blogger Photo By Jim Stack -      Many people have heard about the famous Feed In Tariff in Germany. That is where you get paid more...

Planning the Work and Working the Plan

Blogger Photo By Bart Thielbar - The journey of a million miles that I blogged about last week is off to a solid start.  At the more...

The First Step on a Journey of a Million Miles

Blogger Photo By Bart Thielbar - With much anticipation and great fanfare, President Obama and the Department of Energy (DOE) announced $3.4 billion of stimulus funding more...

PMUs' time to shine

Blogger Photo By Kate Rowland - I was pleased to note that almost $150 million of the smart grid investment grant funding announced on Tuesday was more...
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