Circuit Breakers

Part2 - the older part of Perishable News Links that affect the power industry

 

Monday 03/31/2008

• TransCanada Enters Agreement to Acquire Ravenswood Generating Station for US$2.8 Billion
• New Colorado - Wyoming Transmission Offering [open auction June 2008]
• Interstate Power and Light Company Files Sutherland Generating Station Unit 4 Advanced Ratemaking Principles Application With Iowa Utilities Board
• Oil plunges $4 as Iraq restores output
• Genco Acquires Complete Initial Generator Package in Preferred Stock Transaction
• Turkey Point Unit 4 Shuts Down for Scheduled Refueling Outage
• Cummins Celebrates Production of 1 Millionth Engine at its Jamestown Engine Plant
• Dominion shuts Wisconsin Kewaunee reactor for refuel
• Southern Nuclear Files for Combined Construction and Operating License on Behalf of Owners of Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant
• Alcoa Power Generating Inc.: Setting the Record Straight. Relicensing the Yadkin Project will not place North Carolina's water resources in jeopardy
• TransAlta Alberta Sundance 4 coal unit shut
• US high court: Delaware can block BP LNG terminal
• Reliant Calif. Ormond Beach 2 natgas unit shut
• PG&E Calif. Helms 3 hydro unit back
• FirstEnergy Subsidiary Signs Renewable Power Supply Agreement with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
• South Texas 1 reactor shut
• HydroGen Corporation Reports Results for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2007
• Curtiss-Wright Awarded Order for TVA Watts Bar Nuclear Power Plant.  To Provide Four New Generation II Reactor Coolant Pumps and Pump Seals for Completion of Unit 2
• Dominion Wisconsin Kewaunee reactor shut
• Updated ComEd Report Shows Earth Hour Energy Reduction of 7 Percent
• SCE&G & Santee Cooper Submit Application for New Nuclear Plant
• *Babcock & Brown negotiates wind farm in Manitoba
• APS shut Ariz. Palo Verde 2 reactor for refuel
• *Bruce Ontario Bruce 7 reactor back in service
• *Foster Wheeler Awarded Contract for Circulating Fluidized-Bed Steam Generators by Entergy Louisiana [repowering Little Gypsy 3]
• Exelon Ill. Quad 2 reactor starts to exit refuel
• FPL Fla. Turkey Pt 4 reactor shut
• Turkey Point Unit 4 Shuts Down for Scheduled Refueling Outage
• IIR: Alon USA Selects Project Manager for $200 Million Expansion in California
• REpower plans capacity expansion, confirms outlook [Suzlon]
• Dominion Welcomes Virginia State Corporation Commission Approval of Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center
• Georgia Power Customers in Atlanta Reduce Electricity Usage by 4 Percent During Earth Hour
• Southern Nuclear Files for Combined Construction and Operating License on Behalf of Owners of Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant
• Nacel Energy on Track to Achieve 80-Megawatts of New Energy With Second Wind Power Project in Texas
• SCC gives its OK to coal-fired power plant [Wise County VA, 585 MW]
• 65 Million Square Feet of Solar Rooftops: Powering 162,000 Homes
• Entergy gains clearance for Ouachita unit
• National Grid to Sell New York Plant to TransCanada
• National Grid plc Announces Sale of Ravenswood Generating Station for $2.9 Billion
• APS shut Ariz. Palo Verde 2 reactor for refuel
• New Study Shows Flywheel UPS System Seven Times Less Likely to Fail Versus Conventional UPS Battery System

Sunday 03/30/2008

Saturday 03/29/2008

• ComEd Reports Earth Hour Participants in Chicago and Northern Illinois Reduced Electricity Usage by 5 Percent
• Refurbishment of Point Lepreau begins

Friday 03/28/2008

• Sempra Calif. Palomar natgas unit off-line planned
• Baker Hughes-US rig use up 24, Canada down 157
• Ventus Energy West Cape Windpower LP Completes Share Purchase Transaction
• *IIR: Oregon Goes Green With New Power Generation Unit Additions
• At toxic Montana dam, a river now runs through it
• French firm Areva eager to build nuclear power plant in Alberta
• Alberta Power (2000) Reports Battle River Generating Station Resumes Full Operations
• Shoshone plant ready to power up
• LI to get natural gas supply increase
• Coal shortage creates challenges, opportunities for Southeast Fuels
• Multnomah County nears deal to double Orgeon's solar power production
• N.B. nuclear reactor to shut down for 18 month refurbishment
• ACC proposes new rules on solar, wind 'net metering'
• What will power Maine?
• Iberinco completes power grid fortification in Mexico
• U.S. nuclear generation hits record level

Thursday 03/27/2008

• Constellation Energy and Maryland Leaders Agree to Settle Past Issues and Focus on State's Energy Future
• Constellation Energy Working Toward Comprehensive Settlement With Political and Regulatory Leaders in Maryland
• US to propose CO2 rules this spring -EPA head
• EPRI Joins Ford-SCE Analysis of Plug-in Hybrids on Grid
• Carnegie Mellon Economist Says Oil Prices Aren't High Enough
• PPL Electric Utilities Awards Third Round of Electricity Supply Contracts
• Texas Combined Heat & Power Initiative Applauds PUC for New Energy Efficiency Rule
• *NRG Energy Begins Construction on Second West Texas Wind Farm [122 MW, Elbow Creek]
• MIT Energy Conference to Peek into the Future
• Babcock & Brown Files to Build New Electric Transmission in Texas
• Southern seeks 4.5 mln tons of coal over 3 yrs
• *California utility to add 250 MW in solar cells
• Tampa Electric Will Issue a Request for Proposal for Power Generation Beginning in 2013
• Reliant Energy Partners with Environmental Agencies to Restore 1,170 Acres of Columbia Bottomlands
• B&W to Supply Boiler and Environmental Equipment for Wyoming Power Plant [Wygen 3]
• Bruce Ontario Bruce 6 reactor back in service
• Nation's Utilities Join With PG&E to Curtail Energy Demand in Information Technology Industry
• IIR: Stone & Webster Awarded EPC Contract for Hudson Environmental Upgrade in New Jersey
• IIR: Texas Nuclear Plant Prepares for Planned Refueling and NRC Maintenance [Comanche Peak]
• EPA Head To Solicit Comment On CO2 Regulation
• AEP´s Cook Unit 1 refueling begins following record generation

Wednesday 03/26/2008

• Mexico energy bill close, but no risk contracts
• California ISO Board of Governors Approves Five-Year Strategic Plan
• Lakeside Energy Acquires 150MW Power Generation Facility from Williams
• Western Canada hydro-electric project dealt blow [Run of River Power Inc]
• Snowpack Normal, but DWR Water Deliveries Limited by Federal Court Ruling
• FPL to build solar thermal plant in California [Beacon Solar Energy Project, Kern County CA, late 2009]
• FPL Energy Advances Solar Strategy; Plans to Build New Solar Electric Generating Facility in California
• NRG forms new nuclear unit with Toshiba
• *OEB Issues Decision on Issues List in Review of Power System Plan Application
• Bruce Power shuts Ontario Bruce 4 reactor for work
• PGE hydro plant gets 'green' certification [T W Sullivan]
• Court restores stiffer coal plant mercury control rules
• Transmission line would bring renewable power from Canada to U.S. Northeast
• EPA says Lieberman-Warner climate bill has modest costs
• R. W. Beck Evaluates Economic Costs of Carbon Capture and Sequestration
• Interstate Power and Light Company to Partner With Prairie Lands Bio-Products, Inc. on Development of Renewables to Fuel Proposed Power Plant
• AEP's Cook Unit 1 Refueling Begins Following Record Generation
• Hillwood Purchases 100-Percent Renewable Energy and Receives EPA's 'Green Power Partner' Designation
• Ormat Announces First Geothermal Joint Ownership With Investor Owned Utility
• Nevada Power and Ormat Announce New Geothermal Co-Development Agreement
• Entergy Miss. Grand Gulf reactor up to 98 pct
• Demand for U.S. ethanol plants "dead" until Q2 '09
• AEP shuts Mich. Cook 1 reactor for refuel
• FPL to Issue Request for Proposals for Renewable Generation
• Calpine's Columbia Energy Center Receives U.S. EPA 'Energy Star' Certification for Combined Heat and Power
• New Home Sales Fall to a 13-Year Low, Underscoring Housing's Steep Slump; Factory Orders Fall
• Oil Prices Jump After Government Says Fuel Inventories Were Lower Than Expected Last Week
• GS ups US regulated utilities sub-sector
• Exelon Pa. Limerick 1 reactor up to 95 pct power
• Xcel Minn. Prairie Isl 1 reactor up to 76 pct
• Environmentalists not impressed; Action on climate change eludes Ontario government
• Maryland Panel Votes to Devote RGGI Proceeds to Electricity Rate Relief

Tuesday 03/25/2008

• Unite Calls for International Standard Design to be Applied for New Nuclear Power Stations
• NRG forms new nuclear unit with Toshiba
• NRG Forms Company to Develop Advanced Boiling Water Reactor Nuclear Power Projects in North America
• AES Calif. Alamitos 5 unit shuts for planned work
• Distributed Energy Systems Books Wind Turbine Orders with Major Canadian Power Company
• AEP SWEPCO Receives Louisiana Commission Approval to Build 600-MW Coal-Fueled Plant
• Louisiana regulators OK AEP plant in Arkansas
• U.S. energy companies raise output, production
• Mexico markets rally on energy reform optimism
• US Cash Products-USG, NYH heat oil up as futures tank
• Duke Energy has tour of new, controversial coal-fired power plant
• Maine Governor Baldacci and UPC Wind Commemorate One Year of Operations at Mars Hill Wind
• Sunoco Board Approves Long-Term Agreement to Supply Coke and Electrical Power
• SUEZ Energy Resources NA Now Services Delaware Electricity Market
• Entergy La. River Bend reactor up to 87 pct power
• Entergy's Miss. Grand Gulf station exits outage
• AES and Riverstone Launch Solar Joint Venture; Target $1 Billion Investment
• AES, private equity firm create $1 bln solar fund
• Ormat Technologies Announce New Renewable Energy Project
• WSI Energycast Outlook Calls for Generally Mild April Nationwide; Warm Summer Eastern US
• Golden Spirit Signs Agreement to Turn Waste to Energy
• Exelon Pa. Limerick 1 reactor exits outage
• Ariz. Utility Considering N.M. Wind
• Duke Energy has tour of new, controversial coal-fired power plant
• Price spike linked to lack of wind
• FERC Encourages Transmission Grid Investment
• Fluor Hanford drains radioactive pool
• EPA auctions SO2 allowances for $65.8 mln

Monday 03/24/2008

• Nevada Power Company, Kern River Gas Transmission and Ormat Technologies Announce New Renewable Energy Project
• ICE, NGX to launch cleared Henry Hub physical gas
• Entergy Grand Gulf reactor starts to exit outage
• Baker Hughes-US rig use down 8, Canada down 182
• IIR: Kentucky's Proposed Generation Indicates That Coal Is Still King
• New York State's Wild Center Will Be Site of Major Climate Conference on Cutting U. S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Bruce Power Ontario Bruce 6 reactor shut
• Bruce Power Shuts Down Ontario Nuclear Reactor for Pump Repairs
• Exelon Pa. Limerick 1 reactor shut
• Bowdoin College to Purchase Renewable Energy Certificates from UPC Wind
• Energy developer plans solar farm in Coventry
• Dominion purchase silences power-line critic
• Wind Farms a New Threat for Rare Whooping Cranes
• Company looks to put up 10 windmills after work was stalled in March
• Global warming bill delays Desert Rock

Sunday 03/23/2008

Saturday 03/22/2008

Friday 03/21/2008

• Dominion decries delay of permit for St. Paul power plant
• Sunflower Electric and Midwest Energy Disappointed by Governor's Veto
• Aquila continues endeavor to keep Cass power plant
• U.S. Department of Energy to Invest up to $13.7 Million for Breakthrough Solar Energy Projects

Thursday 03/20/2008

• *Black Hills Corporation Obtains Final Approval for the Wygen III Power Plant from Wyoming Regulators; Construction Begins Immediately
• Southern Califonia Gas Co., SDG&E Launch Program to Reduce Fleet Emissions by 15 Percent
• Exelon Pa. Limerick 1 reactor starts to exit refuel
• Mo. Regulators Refuse Attempt to Limit Questions in Aquila Sale
• Hearing Set to Begin in Pennsylvania for Allegheny Energy's Proposed Transmission Line
• Emera and National Grid Announce New Partnership on Electric Transmission Line
• *Hydro project gets federal go-ahead [Canada gives approval to Trent Rapids Power Corp, Ontario]
• KCP&L Kansas La Cygne coal plant reduced
• KCP&L Kansas La Cygne 1 coal unit shut
• U.S. FERC OKs LNG terminal in Long Island Sound
• Genco Corporation Announces Plan to Construct and Operate Biomass/Bio-Gas Generation Facility in Melbourne, Ontario, Canada
• *Black Hills Corporation Obtains Final Approval for the Wygen III Power Plant from Wyoming Regulators; Construction Begins Immediately
• OG&E Files Application to Acquire Redbud Plant
• Southern Califonia Gas Co., SDG&E Launch Program to Reduce Fleet Emissions by 15 Percent
• Liberty Power Applauds Connecticut DPUC's Decision in Support of Competitive Energy Markets
• Subaru to Evaluate Quick Charge Electric Car with New York Power Authority
• Southern Ga. Hatch 1 reactor exits refuel
• Constellation Energy's Calvert Cliffs' Unit 1 Completes Record Refueling Outage
• Exelon Pa. Limerick 1 reactor starts to exit refuel
• IIR: U.S. Air Force Considering the Installation of Small Nuclear Reactors Across the Globe
• Toshiba Signs General Framework Agreement with Atomenergoprom to Explore Collaboration in Civilian Nuclear Power
• Coal gasification financing still elusive, despite help from carbon concerns
• SME meeting to discuss new funding possibilities

Wednesday 03/19/2008

• Calif. Calpine Metcalf plant back on line
• Calif. Calpine Los Medanos plant back on line
• California project seen key to future U.S. wind power
• Southern California Edison Requests Project to Advance Renewable Energy Operations
• Sempra's Mexico LNG plant to open in 2nd quarter
• NC asked to halt Duke power plant construction
• Renewable impact on power costs must be clear: S&P
• Texas Christian University, FPL Energy and the University of Oxford Launch Groundbreaking Research Initiative to Study Impacts of Wind Energy Development in the U.S.
• Navajo Nation Sues EPA Over Power Plant
• EnCana donation advances energy and environmental research
• Entergy Announces Independent Safety Evaluation at Indian Point
• Initial Orders for Axial Vector GENSET Multi-Fuel Power Systems Total 80 Megawatts Representing $96 million in Revenue Each Year; Options are Signed for Additional 150 Megawatts
• Calpine's Morgan Energy Center Receives State and Industry Awards for Excellence in Workplace Safety and Operations & Maintenance
• *Raser Announces 20 Year Power Purchase Agreements with City of Anaheim
• Entergy Miss. Grand Gulf reactor cut to 55 pct power
• *IIR: Edison Mission Energy's Two Pennsylvania Windfarms Prepare for Commercial Operation
• IIR: Plans for New Power Generation in Mississippi Could Increase Capacity by 15.3%
• *NACEL Energy to Add 20 MW of New Capacity in Nation's Premier Wind Energy Corridor
• US FERC opens probe into Florida power blackout
• Florida Power & Light Company Will Fully Cooperate With FERC Investigation into Feb. 26 Outage
• Allegheny Energy Completes Pleasants Power Station Environmental Project
• Emera Inc. and National Grid Announce New Partnership on Electric Transmission Line
• Magnalight.com Gives Light to U.S. Troops in Iraq
• Salt could shake up world energy supply
• *IIR: Georgia to Begin Construction on $400 Million of Biomass-Fueled Power Facilities in Georgia
• FirstEnergy Ohio Perry reactor up to 88 pct power
• Southern Ga. Hatch 1 reactor starts to exit refuel
• Santee Cooper to move forward with coal plant analysis
• Pee Dee power plant pollution to be examined
• *Hydro project gets federal go-ahead [Ontario Canada, Trent Rapids Power Corp]
• *Canada's IESO Electricity Outlook Remains Positive
• FPL backs off on state beach wind-farm project

Tuesday 03/18/2008

• Florida Power & Light Company Says PSC Decision on Nuclear Power Units Represents Positive Step toward Securing Clean Energy Future in State
• Wind Becomes Farmers' Cash Crop as VINCO Collaborates With NativeEnergy
• AEP shuts Texas Welsh 2 coal unit for work
• Steelcase to buy all of a Texas wind farm's RECs
• Ongoing negotiations for project financing, turbine delivery and construction funding [Western Wind Energy]
• Aquila takes power-plant case to state high court
• NPPD agrees to purchase power from new wind-powered facility near Bloomfield
• National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation Renews Credit Agreement with Banks

Monday 03/17/2008

• PG&E California Helms 3 hydro unit out planned
• Calpine shuts Calif. Pastoria natgas unit
• Entergy Arkansas 2 reactor shut
• Reliant California Ormond 1 returns to service
• Reliant California Ormond 2 returns to service
• NYMEX begins trade of emissions contracts
• PECO Seeks PA PUC Permission For Phase One Residential Real-Time Pricing Program
• *GE Unit Invests in Texas, Illinois Wind Projects with Invenergy
• Southern Ga. Vogtle 1 reactor shut
• Southern Ga. Hatch 1 reactor shut
• Progress N.C. Brunswick 1 reactor shut
• Laidlaw Energy Launches New Web Site
• Cogeneration plant increases output by up to 22 megawatts; improves efficiency

Sunday 03/16/2008

• Oil prices rising due to speculation-OPEC president

Saturday 03/15/2008

Friday 03/14/2008

• Baker Hughes-US rig use down 10, Canada down 113
• NRC says alert declared, terminated at Ala Farley reactor
• FirstEnergy Ohio Perry reactor slips to 68 pct power
• FPL'S Fla St Lucie 1 reactor up to 98 pct power
• Constellation Md Calvert reactor up to 58 pct power
• NRC will not order 8 reactors to shut early
• AEP says needs clarity before building IGCC plant in Ohio
• AEP Responds to Ohio Supreme Court IGCC Decision
• Fitch Rates AMP-Ohio's Prairie State Project's $450MM BANs 'F1'
• FirstEnergy reduces Ohio Perry reactor for work
• Western states need to lead on carbon storage

Thursday 03/13/2008

• Reliant California Ormond 2 unit out unplanned
• TransCanada says no carbon conflict with SaskPower
• Bruce Power moves ahead with Alberta nuclear plan
• Bruce Power Applies to Prepare Site for Nuclear Plant
• Southern California Edison Launches Sixth Solicitation to Increase Nation's Largest Renewable Energy Portfolio
• Williams and TransCanada Propose New Natural Gas Pipeline for Western U.S.
• FPL'S Fla St Lucie 1 reactor cut to 40 pct
• Canada Energy Market Report Offers a Precise and Reliable Overview of the Energy Sector in the Country
• Basin Electric Selects Powerspan for Large-Scale Demonstration of Carbon Capture at Antelope Valley Station
• EnerNOC Launches Blackout Prevention Offering in Texas
• Entergy's La. River Bend reactor up to 82 pct power
• FPL'S Fla St Lucie 1 reactor slips to 40 pct power
• Southern's Ga. Hatch reactors ramp up from outages
• Entergy's Vermont Yankee reactor back at full power
• Constellation Md. Calvert reactor exiting outage
• TSX Group says federal carbon plan may limit trading
• Wind Farm Economics Improve as the Price of Oil Increases, According to an Analyst Report About Nacel Energy Corp
• SWEPCO Building New Power Plant In Shreveport [AEP, 480 MW Arsenal Hill, NG-fired, 2010, site prep, awaiting state approval]
• Davenport Power Announces Agreement with US Renewables Group and Riverstone Holdings to Invest in Its Newberry Geothermal Project
• Dollar tumbles below 100 yen for first time in 12 years
• Southern California Edison Starts Construction On The Wind Transmission Project
• Another wind farm plan proposed SW of Island [429 MW, floating 120-turbine offshore wind farm in 167 feet of water]
• Diablo settles lawsuit over its generator replacement project
• Dominion seeks approval for Buckingham Co. plant
• Exelon's latest information night regarding tritium planned tonight
• Canadian Hydro Announces Melancthon II Decision
• SaskPower investing $140 million to upgrade Poplar River Power Station

Wednesday 03/12/2008

• Xcel Energy Announces First Smart Grid City in the Nation
• Entergy reduces Vermont Yankee reactor for rod exchange
• PSEG shuts N.J. Salem 2 reactor for refuel
• U.S. Geothermal Announces Power Purchase Agreement for Planned Raft River Unit Two
• StatoilHydro says ready for new Canada CO2 rules
• Entergy Vermont Yankee reactor slips to 65 pct power
• PSEG shuts N.J. Salem 2 reactor for refuel
• Brookfield Infrastructure Completes Acquisition of Ontario Transmission Assets
• FirstEnergy Wants to Monitor Pollution
• Vista International Inc. Announces Waste to Energy Project in New York City
• OPG Ontario Nanticoke 1 & 8 coal units shut [490 MW  Units 1 and 8, short work]
• Salem 2 reactor shut down
• Orbit International's Power Group Receives New Orders Valued at Approximately $290,000 for Use in Nuclear Power Plant
• Renewable Energy Accelerates Meteoric Rise

Tuesday 03/11/2008

• Innergex Power Income Fund: accretive acquisition for fourth quarter results
• PJM Market Monitor Finds Wholesale Electricity Markets Remain Competitive
• Mexico's CFE has guarantee from coal supplier Ailia
• SDG&E Launches New Solicitation for Renewable Energy
• Fitch: Perspective on the U.S. DOE Loan Guarantee Program
• *Panda Energy to Build 500 MW Power Plant in Sherman, Texas
• Sempra Mexico Termoelectrica natgas unit back
• Dynegy Calif. Moss Landing 1 natgas unit back
• GE Demonstrates World's First ''Roll-to-Roll'' Manufactured Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs)
• New Battery Technology Advances Wind Energy Generation Reliability
• Progress Energy Florida Takes Next Step to Secure Region, State's Energy Future [two nuclear units in Levy County]
• *Dominion Virginia Power Seeks State Approval for Natural Gas-Fired Power Station in Central Virginia
• Progress Seeks to Build Fla. Nuke Plant
• Kansas Approves Black Hills-Aquila Utility Deal
• KLA: Power Plant Bill Goes To Governor
• Support for Cape Wind Rises Ahead of Public Hearings, Boosted by Draft Federal Report Showing No Major Environmental Harms

Monday 03/10/2008

• Black Hills Corporation, Great Plains Energy and Aquila Receive Approvals From Kansas Corporation Commission
• Military & Aerospace Electronics Forum -- AMREL Introduces Their Rugged COTS, High Power Density Fixed Power Supply
• FirstEnergy Pa. Bruce Mansfield unit shut
• Challenge to Conn. Nuclear Waste Storage Plan Rejected
• Dynegy Calif. Moss Landing 1 & 7 natgas units shut
• Sempra Mexico Termoelectrica natgas unit shut
• AEP to work on Texas Pirkey coal unit for month
• AEP Texas Welsh 3 coal unit shut for maintenance
• Entergy La. River Bend reactor exits outage
• IIR: Power Generators Plan Big Expansion in Florida as Part of $35 Billion Industrial Project Push
• Bruce Power Ontario Bruce 5 reactor back
• PG&E Calif. Helms 2 hydro unit back in service
• AEP sees Texas Oklaunion coal unit back soon
• Duke S.C. Oconee 1 reactors dips to 73 pct power
• Southern Ga. Hatch 2 reactor starts to exit outage
• Progress N.C. Brunswick 2 reactor up to 99 pct power
• Explosion reported at Xcel plant [Allen S King coal plant, Oak Park Heights]
• AEP’s plans for “clean-coal” power plant plans lack greenhouse gas capture technology
• Pacificorp will defend coal-fired plant's air pollution permit [950 MW, Intermountain Power Plant Unit 3]
• Gridlock on electric 'highways' could stymie renewable generation [New Hampshire]
• Peabody signs on for wind power [Berkshire Wind Project, Berkshire Wind Power Cooperative]
• Bus-Sized Batteries May Help Efficiency Of US Grid
• Coal-fired power plant projects feel heat from rising costs, environmental concerns
• Blast knocks Minn. power plant off line []
• Xcel shuts Minn. King coal plant after explosion
• Helicopter crashes at area power plant
• Power plant agreement removes bonus for carbon capture [Virginia Power]
• Appalachian Power plant on course for construction [AEP]
• AEP’s plans for “clean-coal” power plant plans lack greenhouse gas capture technology
• Power plant should be up and running [Alliant Energy, Columbia County Energy Center]
• FERC approves plans to strengthen New York ICAP market
• PJM lays out details of allegations against Tower firms
• State leaders release brownfields' funding [NY]
• *New turbine powers up Alberta

Sunday 03/09/2008

• Sunday 03/09/2008, second Sunday in March, change to Daylight Saving Time (spring forward one hour, 2 AM becomes 3 AM)
  • In Europe, its different
  • Into the future
  • Wikipedia on DST
• PECO Restores Electric Service to Nearly 120,000 Customers Affected by Roaring Winds & Soaking Rains
• Con Edison Responding to Rain & Wind Outages
• GE Supplying Wind Turbines to Renewable Energy Systems for Projects to Be Developed in 2009 and 2010
• Largest wind turbine firm dedicates U.S. plant [Windsor CO, Vestas]
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Saturday 03/08/2008

• Darlington in running for nuclear reactors
• *Mount Storm wind farm project behind schedule [operated by Shell Wind Energy and Dominion Power]
• IGCC plant approved for New Haven [AEP, New Haven WV]

Friday 03/07/2008

• Baker Hughes-US rig count up 39, Canada down 9
• Washington ports feed growing wind industry with turbines
• Ontario taps four firms for nuclear proposals
• California SONGS 3 reactor out Apr 14-May 22
• Con Edison Sets Record for Winter Electricity
• PG&E Solicits New Renewable Energy for its Customers
• Progress Energy Closes on Final Non-Regulated Asset Divestiture
• Southern California Edison Plan Attracts More Than 2,500 Megawatts of New, Cleaner Power Projects to California
• NRG Energy, Inc. Executes 10-Year Power Purchase Agreement with Southern California Edison
• *AEP gets regulatory OK for W. Virginia power plant [629 MW, IGCC]
• *AEP Receives Approval to Build IGCC Plant From WV PSC
• AEP to shut Texas Pirkey coal unit for work
• Entergy La. River Bend reactor starts to exit outage
• Baker Hughes Announces February 2008 Rig Counts
• So Cal Ed begins work on wind transmission lines
• GE complains to US trade body about Mitsubishi Heavy
• *Southern California Edison Starts Construction on the Nation's Largest Wind Transmission Project
• *SCE signs four Calif. power purchase ageements
• So Cal Ed begins work on wind transmission lines
• Progress N.C. Brunswick 2 reactor up to 62 pct
• W. Va. regulators OK AEP clean-coal plant
• ND OKs Otter Tail Power Line Relocation
• ICA Fluor Wins $100M Mexico Nitrogen Injection Plant Project
• *Shear Wind Inc: Announcement [Nova Scotia]
• *NRG wants $430 million to fund Huntley clean-coal power plant [Tonawanda NJ, Huntley Station]
• EPA seeks public comment on U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory

Thursday 03/06/2008

• Bremby defends coal-plant decision [Kansas Department of Health & Environment]
• Toshiba to open up U.S. nuclear power business
• Entergy Texas seeks permit for gas-fired plant
• Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry Conference Focuses on Future Energy Systems, Nation's Overtaxed Power Grid
• REC Solar Opens Oregon Operations
• Platts Survey: US Reactors Produce Record Power Generation in 2007 as World Nuclear Generation Slumps
• GE Lands Another $1 Billion Wind Contract [Invenergy]
• GE Energy Announces Second Wind Turbine Agreement Exceeding $1 Billion with Invenergy
• Entergy's La. River Bend reactor shut
• WP&L Wisc. Columbia 1 coal unit shut
• Expansion of APS Yucca Power Plant on schedule
• Appalachian Power Adding 2 Power Lines
• Feds push forward with power line plan for mid-Atlantic, Southwest states

Wednesday 03/05/2008

• Entergy La. River Bend reactor up to 54 pct power
• GE Invests in Electric Vehicle Producer Think and Battery Manufacturer A123Systems to Commercialize Electric Car
• NRC OKs power uprate for Southern Ga. Vogtle reactor
• Con Edison Responding to Power Outages in Westchester County
• Progress N.C. Brunswick 2 reactor offline for work
• *Groups Want N.C. to Reopen Duke Permit [800 MW Cliffside Steam Station, 50 mi west of Charlotte, work already begun]
• PSE wind farm center goes local
• PSEG has wind energy plan
• Virginia AG, State Corporation Commission recommend permit for coal-fired SW Va. power plant [Virginia Power, 585 MW, Wise County]
• Alberta Power (2000) Reports Unplanned Outage at Battle River Generating Station

Tuesday 03/04/2008

• World coal demand could test US capacity -Arch CEO
• California cows start passing gas to the grid
• Dynegy N.Y. Independence natgas unit reduced
• FERC Hustles On ROE Sweeteners For Mid-Atlantic Power Line
• Duke Energy Carolinas Announces Special Power Purchase and Seeks Cost Recovery
• Dominion, Competitive Power Ventures Announce Dominion's Purchase of CPV Power Station Development Project in Warren County, Va.
• PSEG and Winergy Propose Wind Farm Off New Jersey Coast in Response to State of New Jersey Solicitation
• PSEG proposes wind farm off S. Jersey shore
• Neah Power Announces Transition to Larger Silicon Electrodes for Higher Volumetric Energy Density
• IIR: Coal Shortage in China to Restrict Power Supply in 2008 [foreign demand will tend to increase domestic prices]
• Alberta's Conservatives surge to big election win
• Avista Requests Increase in Electric and Natural Gas Prices in Washington
• Westinghouse Expands Presence on West Coast
• *PG&E and BioEnergy Solutions Turn the Valve on California's First 'Cow Power' Project
• *BioEnergy Solutions: Another Fresno County Dairy Joins First-in-the-State Cow Power Project
• Alcoa in long-term power deal with Quebec
• Alcoa Secures Power for Quebec Smelters Until 2040
• Dominion still cleaning Mass. Salem Harbor plant [asbestos]
• EnerNOC Signs Agreement to Roll Existing ISO New England Capacity into New Contract with Connecticut Light and Power
• Exelon Ill. LaSalle 1 reactor up to 96 pct power
• FPL Fla. Turkey Pt 3 reactor back at full power
• PPL shuts Susquehanna 1 reactor for refuel
• Unit 1 at Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant Safely Shut Down for Planned Refueling and Maintenance
• Duke Energy buys option for extra generating capacity
• Duke Energy Carolinas Announces Special Power Purchase and Seeks Cost Recovery
• PPL Begins Hiking Nuclear Plant Capacity
• FPL sues for cleanup of Texas site
• Planners get 500-megawatt power project [CA]
• German Company to Build Montana Plant [wind turbine mfr]
• More money washes into wave power [Oregon]
• Application for MHI US-APWR Design Certification Accepted for Docketing by U.S. NRC
• Utility delays proposed coal plant in rural Missouri [AECI, 780 MW, approved but delayed indefinitely]
• Nuclear company in talks with Idaho utilities AEH offers state's big three first chance at power [Idaho]
• Coal-fired power plant project awaits approval [South Dakota considering coal-fired plant neighboring Minnesota]
• Coal project stirs interstate spat
• Suit opposes E. Kentucky Power plant in Clark County
• Appeals Court Deals Aquila Plant Another Loss
• Dominion Power Seeks New Air Permit for Proposed Wise County Plant
• PPL shuts down Berwick reactor for routine maintenance\
• Darlington's licence renewed
• Feds suspend loan program for new rural coal plants
• PGE plant responsible for Gorge haze
• New rule lets consumers sell back power [south Florida]
• Wave power is making waves, politically

Monday 03/03/2008

• Five facts about Canada's energy powerhouse Alberta
• Sempra Mexico natgas power plant off line--report
• AEP Transmission Venture With Allegheny Receives Approval for Transmission Incentives From FERC
• Transmission Incentives for PATH Line Approved by FERC
• Critical Power Solutions Announces Name Change to Critical Solutions Inc.
• GE's CF6 Engines To Power United States Air Force Tanker Replacement Program
• Gasoline seen up as oversupply peaks
• Mexico Calderon cuts business taxes to help economy
• SCHOTT Solar Breaks Ground on Manufacturing Facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Dynegy Calif. Moss Landing 6 natgas unit back
• Progress shuts Fla. Crystal River 3 reactor
• Entergy La. River Bend reactor exiting refuel
• Progress Fla. Crystal River 3 reactor shut
• EMCOR Group, Inc. Subsidiary, Ohmstede Ltd., Builds the Largest Heat Exchanger in Its History for ExxonMobil
• XsunX Narrows Oregon Facility Site Selection
• First Microturbines Commissioned under New York City New Safety Standards
• Exelon shuts Pa. Limerick 1 reactor for refueling
• Exelon shuts Ill. Quad Cities 2 reactor for refuel
• Unit 2 at Cordova goes offline for maintenance [Quad Cities 2]
• Ameren Illinois Utilities Urge Customers to be Prepared for Forecasted Winter Storm
• 1 up, 1 down at Reliant Calif. Ormond natgas plant
• FPL Fla. Turkey Point 4 reactor back at full power
• Exelon Ill. LaSalle 1 reactor exits refuel
• Duke S.C. Oconee 1 reactor cut to 73 pct power
• Duke N.C. McGuire 2 reactor shut
• Duke CEO Proposes Fee for Clean Power
• Constellation Energy Files Federal Action to Affirm 1999 Multi-Party Settlement Agreement
• Fort Carson looking to solar energy for new power surge
• Thermal Power Heats Up Nevada [Acciona. Nevada, Solar One]
• Plutonic Power Finalizes Long-Term Impact Benefit Agreement With Sechelt First Nation [BC Canada]
• Tidal energy: Is it too costly?
• UPC Wind and Steuben County Industrial Development Authority Finalize Agreement for Cohocton and Dutch Hill Wind Power Projects
• As FutureGen deadline nears, backers urge government to shift gears

Sunday 03/02/2008

• Power blowin' in the wind [100 MW wind and solar, Barstow near Palm Springs]

Saturday 03/01/2008

• Sunflower CEO Suggests Legislative Remedy Still Needed For Regulatory Certainty

Friday 02/29/2008

• FPL cites human error as cause of Florida blackout
• *Polaris Geothermal Inc.: Well SJ9-1 Production Test-Successful Results
• Ventus Energy West Cape Windpower LP Concludes Agreement to Sell Shares of West Cape Wind Energy Inc.
• LS Power Becomes Strategic Partner in Carbon Capture Research Program
• Progress Energy CEO Says Company Focused on Securing the Energy Future
• Ferreira Construction and New Jersey Solar Solutions (NJSS) Announce the Formation of Vanguard Energy Partners, LLC
• Nevada Geothermal Power Announces Results from Flow Test; GeothermEx, Inc. Rates Well 25-14 at 7.5 MW Net Capacity
• Raw materials prices up 3.4 percent in January
• Robert P. May Announces Intent to Leave Calpine after Orderly Transition
• ComEd to seek power supplies in RFP next week
• Calif. to consider return to customer power choice
• Ontario Power Generation reports 2007 financial results
• Calpine reports 2007 profit; CEO to step down
• Wind Energy America Inc. Completes Acquisition of Boreal Energy Assets
• Wind power production drop forces ERCOT emergency declaration
• Big Island will get a second geothermal power plant [Hawaii]

Thursday 02/28/2008

• GE Supplying Wind Turbines to Renewable Energy Systems for Projects to Be Developed in 2009 and 2010
• BP Ramps Up to Full Construction of Phase One of 750 MW Wind Farm in Texas
• UniStar Nuclear Energy Congratulates AREVA on NRC's Acceptance of Design Certification Application for U.S. EPR
• West Hawk Announces Clean Energy Gasification Project With Power Ecalene(TM) Fuels
• U.S. gold sets record high on crude oil, dollar
• South Florida Power Outages Demonstrate Need for Backup Power Source
• U.S. Geothermal Receives Drilling Permit for Neal Hot Springs Project
• *Xcel Energy Launches Groundbreaking Wind-to-Battery Project
• Survey Says Inland Empire Residents Are Concerned About Environment and Support Regional Economic Development
• Exelon Ill. LaSalle 1 reactor starts to exit refuel
• Xcel will test storing wind power in batteries
• Escanaba power plant proposals [Michigan]
• Electric co-op won't get USDA funds for proposed power plant [Southern Montana Electric, 250 MW Highwood]
• USDA pulls plug on Highwood financing

Wednesday 02/27/2008

• Wind forces Texas power cuts
• Energy Systems Group (ESG) Signs $5.6 M Contract With World's Largest Naval Station
• Entergy, NuStart Announce Submittal of Application for New Nuclear License
• Tara Energy CEO Adil Jafry Joins Google Lunar X PRIZE
• Single Particles of Light are Now for Sale!
• ICE, NGX to launch cleared physical natgas March 3
• *IIR: Duke Energy Begins Construction on $120 Million Windfarm in Texas [58.8 MW, Ocotillo windfarm, Big Spring TX]
• Duke says nuke plant application proceeds
• Duke Energy's Lee Nuclear License Application Accepted by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• Entergy applies for license to build nuclear unit
• Alaska town sues 24 energy companies on climate change
• *Alstom to capture CO2 at Wisc. coal power plant
• *Alstom, EPRI, We Energies Launch Innovative Pilot Project to Capture CO2
• Prairie State Air Permit Review Process Successfully Concludes
• Solar Tower to Marvel on History Channel
• FPL prepares Fla. Turkey Pt reactors for restart
• ADA-ES Achieves Significant Milestone With Plans to Provide Activated Carbon to the Power Industry
• AES shuts Calif. Alamitos 6 natgas unit
• AEP sees Texas Welsh 2 coal unit back soon
• Entergy Miss. Grand Gulf reactor to exit outage
• *IIR: Duke Energy Begins Construction on $120 Million Windfarm in Texas
• *Suez unit to build new wind project in Canada
• NYMEX to Launch Eight New Electricity Contracts on NYMEX ClearPort(R)
• Saskatchewan uses federal money to push forward with "clean coal" plant
• Sask announces plans for $1.4B clean coal power plant
• Canadian Solar Enters Long-Term Contract
• *Noise like jet coming from new St. Lucie power plant to continue until sundown [St Lucie County FL, 300 MW, under construction, Treasure Coast Energy Energy Center, NG-fired]
• Ontario Power Generation's Darlington Nuclear Station Receives Five Year Licence

Tuesday 02/26/2008

• Fla. blackout to be reviewed under stronger rules
• Two million lose power as outage strikes Florida
• Progress Energy Florida Restores Power to All Customers
• PPL Montana Plans Expansion of Rainbow Hydro Plant Near Great Falls
• Florida says blackout over, power being restored
• FPL says to restore power within hours
• Progress Energy says restoring power in Florida
• Progress Energy Florida Statement on Power Outages
• NRC says Fla. Turkey Pt reactors may return soon
• Media Advisory - FPL Outages
• *SUEZ Energy North America Affiliate and New Brunswick Power Enter into Long-term Power Purchase Agreement from New 99 MW Wind Project
• *SUEZ unit inks $508M wind project [New Brunswick Canada]
• AREVA Application for U.S. EPR Design Certification Accepted By U.S. NRC
• WSI Energycast Outlook Calls for Cool March/April in the Northeast; Warm Summer Eastern US
• Entergy still sees Miss. Grand Gulf reactor back soon
• PG&E shuts Calif. Helms 2 hydro unit
• PG&E carbon offsets fund California forest
• LCRA Selects Quanta Services for Transmission System Expansion
• Canada earmarks C$815 mln for emissions plans
• Missouri regulators approve Associated Electric coal-fired power plant [Norborne plant, AECI, 780 MW, Carroll County MO, 60 mi east of Kansas City]
• PPL Montana Plans Expansion of Rainbow Hydro Plant Near Great Falls
• Atikokan wants coal plant saved [Ontario Canada]
• ITC: State Siting Decision Ignores Reliability Concerns [Michigan transmission]
• Dominion Cites 'Convincing' Evidence for Meadow Brook-To-Loudoun Transmission Line
• FERC conditionally accepts Midwest ISO ancillary services market proposal
• FERC orders review of sellers using WSPP agreement rate
• Great Plains files revised proposal to buy Aquila

Monday 02/25/2008

• CANDU generates the greatest economic benefits for Ontario
• Entergy sees Miss. Grand Gulf reactor back soon
• Progress Energy Commits To Transparency Regarding Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Reliant to sell power plant for $468 mln [Channelview Cogeneration]
• Reliant to Sell Channelview Cogeneration Plant
• Bruce Power Ontario Bruce 5 reactor shut
• Constellation shuts Md. Calvert 1 reactor for refuel
• Cemtrex Successfully Completes Testing of SM4 Mercury Monitor at Valmy Station
• NRC boss talks about Palo Verde plant
• How will utilities green up portfolios? [Oregon]
• *Westar Energy Publishes Comprehensive Energy Plan
• Oregon utilities prepare to comply with renewable-energy law

Sunday 02/24/2008

Saturday 02/23/2008

Friday 02/22/2008

• Great Plains Energy Recent Developments and Approval Process for the Aquila Transaction
• Baker Hughes-US rig count up 13, Canada up 15
• Stallion Announces New Discovery Well in California
• Genscape US coal burn index falls 0.04 pct
• Wisconsin Power and Light Company Files Request to Change Retail Electric and Natural Gas Rates
• *AEP Sells Four Inactive Plant Sites in Texas
• *AEP sheds 5 inactive plants
• Westinghouse Subsidiary Wins Machining and Welding Services Contract from Large Geothermal Power Company\
• Governor's Energy Office Seeks Proposals for Carbon Offset Program
• *Connecticut Generation Capacity Under Development Could Add 2,407 Megawatts by 2012
• Boralex Power Income Fund: fourth quarter and fiscal 2007 - Financial results and reduction in distributions
• NYRI Submits Supplemental Filing on Proposed Transmission Line
• Calpine Calif. Pastoria natgas unit back near full
• *Acciona dedicates solar power generator in southern Nevada desert
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• Canadian firm looks to build natural gas energy plant
• Arizona desert tapped for giant sun-powered plant
• Babcock to supply scrubbers to Maryland plants
• Project would solidify county’s status as world's energy capital [Nolan TX]
• Power prices expected to climb as a result of new law [Oregon]
• NYISO Issues Power Trends 2008

Thursday 02/21/2008

• Carbon Dioxide Burial Testing Under Way
• Test Under Way to Address Climate Change
• APS Announces New Solar Power Plant, Among World's Largest
• Ameren Illinois Utilities Ready for Winter Storm, Urge Customers to Make Storm Preparations
• Strong quake strikes Nevada's gold country
• *Get A Clear View Of The US Electric Power Industry With The Most Up To Date Visual Reference Tool Available
• TransCanada plots next big oil line to Gulf Coast
• '2008 US Coal Industry Wall Map' is the Essential Tool to Understand the Market Forces Driving the 50 Billion a Year Industry
• Plant McDonough Cooling Tower to Begin Commercial Operation, Will Improve Chattahoochee River Quality
• Power of the Dream Ventures Acquires Technology for the Mixing of Gasoline With Water for Use in Internal Combustion Engines
• Calpine reduces Calif. Pastoria natgas unit
• Calpine shuts Calif. Metcalf natgas unit
• *NYISO Issues Power Trends 2008
• *Abengoa Solar to Build the World's Largest Solar Plant [AZ, 280 MW, commercial 2011]
• *$1 billion solar-thermal plant near Gila Bend to supply APS customers

Wednesday 02/20/2008

• NorthWestern Energy Announces Filing of Montana Transmission Rate Settlement Agreement
• Mexico's CFE to sign 4.17 million tonne coal contract
• InterGen to Acquire TransAlta Mexico Portfolio
• TransAlta sells Mexican assets for $303.5 mln cash
• TransAlta announces sale of Mexican business

Tuesday 02/19/2008

• Arrowhead-Weston Transmission Line Energized
• Oil hits record over $100 on OPEC supply concerns
• NRG Texas Limestone 1 coal unit seen back Wed.
• Broadcast Meteorologist Andy Wappler Joins PSE's Renewable Generation and Energy Efficiency Efforts
• *Tenaska Proposes Nation's First New Conventional Coal-fueled Power Plant to Capture Carbon Dioxide
• Integrys profit surges on derivatives, acquisition
• *Major Players in the Gasification Markets to Explore Newest Business Relationships in Denver at Infocast's Fourth Annual Gasification 2008: The Path Forward
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