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California delays vote on energy efficiency standards for TVs

The acrimonious fight over first-in-the-nation energy-efficiency standards for TVs will go on for another two weeks. more...
Filed under: Regulatory & Legal

Allete Q3 net income decreases

US-based regulated energy services provider Allete has reported a net income of $16 million, or $0.49 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2009, compared to $24.7 million, or $0.85 per share, for the same period of 2008. more...
Filed under: Financial

First Choice Power Helps You Go Green

First Choice Power is helping Texans go green by offering a green energy price plan for the price of regular*. more...
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ACCCE Statement Regarding the Kerry-Boxer, 'Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act'

Statement on behalf of Stephen L. Miller, President and CEO of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE), in response to the Kerry -Boxer, "Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act:" more...
Filed under: Regulatory & Legal

AES gets through to Redondo Beach voters, wins Prop. UU battle

As the AES power plant opened its deep pockets to campaign against a Redondo Beach tax measure, city leaders say they struggled to get their message out while countering claims of overspending and budget mismanagement. more...
Filed under: Regulatory & Legal

Entergy launches Web site to entice businesses

Economic development officials in Southeast Texas, like others around the state and the nation, continually try to attract new businesses. more...
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Business and Environmental Groups Unite in Support of Climate Legislation

Exelon Chairman and CEO John W. Rowe and Natural Resources Defense Council President Frances G. Beinecke today urged Midwest business leaders to support comprehensive climate legislation. more...
Filed under: Regulatory & Legal

FPL Group Capital Announces Sale of $200 Million of Debentures Guaranteed by FPL Group

FPL Group Capital Inc today announced the sale of $200 million in principal amount of three-year floating rate debentures. more...
Filed under: Financial

House committee delays vote to ban foreign radioactive waste

The House Energy and Commerce Committee has postponed its planned meeting Thursday to vote on legislation that would ban the importation of foreign low-level radioactive waste, including a potential shipment of 1,600 tons of it to Utah. more...
Filed under: Regulatory & Legal

FirstEnergy's Beaver Valley Power Station Receives License Renewal from Nuclear Regulatory Commission

FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. more...
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Dominion Reaches Comprehensive Proposed Settlement Agreement in Pending Virginia Rate Proceedings

Dominion announced today that it and the Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Division of Consumer Counsel, Wal-Mart Stores East and Sam's East, Kroger, Chaparral (Virginia) Inc., MeadWestvaco Corp., International Paper Company, and the Apartment & Office Building Association of Metropolitan Washington, have filed a comprehensive Stipulation and proposed Recommendation for approval by the Virginia State Corporation Commission. more...
Filed under: Regulatory & Legal

PGE Files Energy Resource Plan with Public Utility Commission

Portland General Electric Company (PGE) (NYSE:POR) today filed a comprehensive resource plan with the Oregon Public Utility Commission, outlining proposed strategies to meet its customers' electricity needs over the next 20 years. more...
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Ohio Consumers' Counsel Files new Appeal of AEP Case at Supreme Court

The Office of the Ohio Consumers' Counsel (http://www.pickocc.org)(OCC) is back in court trying to stop American Electric Power (AEP) from collecting hundreds of millions of dollars in unlawful rate increases. more...
Filed under: Regulatory & Legal

Alliant defends management decisions in rate case

Interstate Power & Light is defending the effectiveness of its management as its argument to state regulators for a 16.6 percent increase in electric revenue draws to a close. more...
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Nodal Exchange and LCH.Clearnet Ltd extend expiries to 4 years for all 72 locations offered in the daily auctions

Nodal Exchange, LLC and LCH.Clearnet Ltd announced today that they have extended expiries to include current month plus 48 months forward on 144 peak and off-peak contracts settling at 72 locations. more...
Filed under: Energy Trading

GP Strategies' Operating Subsidiary Awarded Contract with Salt River Project for EtaPRO Monitoring System

Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), the operating subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE: GPX), announced today that it has won a major competitively bid contract to install its EtaPRO™ performance monitoring system on Salt River Project’s (SRP) thermal and natural gas power plants in Arizona. more...
Filed under: Asset Management

Alliant Energy announces Pashos as vice president of regulatory affairs and deputy general counsel

Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE: LNT) today announced the appointment of Kay Pashos as vice president of regulatory affairs and deputy general counsel. more...
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State Energy Commission to vote on TV power standards

State energy officials are nearing a decision on a ban on new energy-hogging televisions. more...
Filed under: Regulatory & Legal

Bill to ban Italian nuke waste advances

A House subcommittee swiftly advanced legislation Tuesday that would ban the importation of low-level radioactive waste from foreign countries, including halting a plan by Utah's EnergySolutions to bring Italian waste to U.S. more...
Filed under: Regulatory & Legal

Friedman: U.S. must lead green revolution

Like a chipper emergency-room doctor, New York Times foreign affairs columnist Thomas Friedman delivers the grimmest news with a dose of can-do spirit. more...
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Deliver Value to Your Customers by Enabling Choice

Nov 12, 2009 - 2:00 pm Eastern - Your City

Utilities today are under increased pressure to improve the customer experience, provide energy solutions that benefit the customer, and concurrently trim operations. Please join us to learn what capabilities can best prepare your utility to respond to customer demands today more...

Filed under: Customer Care

We've Seen Your Energy Future

Nov 17, 2009 - 1:00 pm Eastern - Your City

You are invited to join a free webcast where Black & Veatch Managing Director and Principal of the company's Energy Market Perspective market forecasting service will share key findings of the latest market research. more...

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We've Seen Your Energy Future

Nov 17, 2009 - 1:00 pm Eastern - Your City

You are invited to join a free webcast where Black & Veatch Managing Director and Principal of the company's Energy Market Perspective market forecasting service will share key findings of the latest market research. more...

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We've Seen Your Energy Future

Nov 17, 2009 - 1:00 pm Eastern - Your City

You are invited to join a free webcast where Black & Veatch Managing Director and Principal of the company's Energy Market Perspective market forecasting service will share key findings of the latest market research. more...

Filed under: General

2nd Annual Solar Energy Investment & Finance Summit

Nov 12, 2009 - Nov 13, 2009 - San Francisco , CA - USA

The solar industry's premier investment and finance meeting point is back for its 2nd blockbusting year bringing solar developers together with government officials, the financing community, attorneys and utilities to discuss how to successfully secure investment and finance in a more...

Filed under: Financial

2nd Annual Solar Energy Investment & Finance Summit

Nov 12, 2009 - Nov 13, 2009 - San Francisco , CA - USA

The solar industry's premier investment and finance meeting point is back for its 2nd blockbusting year bringing solar developers together with government officials, the financing community, attorneys and utilities to discuss how to successfully secure investment and finance in a more...

Filed under: Financial

2nd European Solar Investment and Finance Summit

Dec 2, 2009 - Dec 3, 2009 - Berlin Germany

Successfully Attract and Secure Investment and Finance for Your Solar Projects more...

Filed under: Financial

Distributed Solar Development and Finance Tutorial

Nov 16, 2009 - Nov 18, 2009 - San Francisco, CA - USA

The times may be tough, but an exciting new phase of the solar market is brewing, fueled by Feed-in Tariffs, Residential PPAs, Renewable Energy Financing Districts and On-Bill Financing. Are you prepared to profit from the potential of the explosive more...

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ARTICLES

Energy Trading Compliance Programs: Basic Components in a Changing Energy Regulatory Environment

By Glenn Reitman -
Currently energy trading in the United States, both physical and financial, is regulated by the federal government. One of the theories behind such regulation is more...
Filed under: Energy Trading

Term and Spot Contracts -- Finding a Balance

By Kapil Veluri -
Trade flows are fundamentally driven by the "supply-demand" balance in any market, be it oil, money, consumer goods, pharmaceuticals, apparel, etc. The footprint of "supply-demand" more...
Filed under: Risk Management

Social Networking as a Marketing Tool

By Steve Schugart - Social networking is no longer the next big craze, it's now as much a part of the web experience as search engines. Today's networking strategies more...
Filed under: Customer Care

B-29 Leadership

By Kevin Herring -
After nearly 25 years of working with leaders I know I can get a bit obsessed with extracting leadership lessons from some of the most more...
Filed under: Human Resourcess

The American (Energy) Patient

By Ferdinand E. Banks - I would like to begin by stating that while the subject of energy economics has still not attained its 'critical mass' where book-length literature is more...
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ENERGY BLOGS

How to order your project finance models for power plants - get 50% discount via PayPal

Blogger Photo By Marcial Ocampo - How to order your state-of-the-art project finance models for power plants - get 50% discount via PayPay this November 2009 more...

Show-Me the Way

Blogger Photo By Bill Opalka - I first met Tom Carnahan last spring on a renewable energy tour that made a stopover in his native Missouri. more...

Lots of work to do on smart grid; it’s expensive and some things haven’t yet been invented.

Blogger Photo By Warren Causey - The “smart grid” or “Intelligent Utility”, which is receiving a tremendous amount of press and promotion from the federal government more...

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...

How to help your government and people solve life-threatening and property-damaging events

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A father's letter to his children - encouraging to dream and succeed in life

Blogger Photo By Marcial Ocampo - A father's letter to his children - encouraging to dream and succeed in life Dear Mark, Eric, Patrick, Francis & more...
 

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