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
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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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FPL Group Capital Inc today announced the sale of $200 million in principal amount of three-year floating rate debentures. more...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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, 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...
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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...
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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 officials are nearing a decision on a ban on new energy-hogging televisions. more...
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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...
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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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