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Monday 05/12/2008

• Progress Energy Releases Climate Change Report to Shareholders
• PPL, Schering-Plough Developing the Largest Rooftop Solar Installation in U.S.
• *TransCanada Signs Contract to Generate Arizona Power [planned Coolidge Generating Station, 575 MW, May 2011]
• *Duke Energy hires Shaw Group for gas-fired project [Buck Steam Station, Rowan County, 620 MW, NG-fired]
• St. Marys area power plant sold [313 MW Pleasants Energy power plant sold to International Power plc]
• NPPD Board adopts long-term plan for generation resources through 2027
• Oil prices retreat from last week's record high

Sunday 05/11/2008

• EnCana plans to split along distinct business lines to create two Calgary-headquartered energy companies

Saturday 05/10/2008

Friday 05/09/2008

• Duke gets $1M for carbon-dioxide study
• As Roslyn Lake drains, fond times ebb and a river renews
• Data shows some cracks in solid Canadian economy
• Connecticut Approves Financing Commitments for Two Hospital Power Plant Projects
• US coal prices pass $100 a ton, twice last fall's
• Wis. DNR reissues permit for Oak Creek power plant despite concerns about Lake Michigan impact
• Ontario Power Generation's Pickering Unit 7 Outage Extended

Thursday 05/08/2008

• Northeast Energy and Commerce Association and Connecticut Power and Energy Society Hosts the 15th Annual New England Energy Conference and Exposition 2008
• Mexico warns of energy crisis without overhaul
• Avista Moves Forward With Renewable Resource Development
• California Clean Innovation Conference Explores Emerging Clean Technology
• Entergy N.Y. FitzPatrick reactor up to 86 pct
• KCP&L raises Missouri power plant cost estimate 15 percent to almost $2 billion
• FPL Tests Its Readiness for Storm Season with 'Hurricane Beta'
• Siemens is awarded one of its largest wind turbine orders by FPL Energy Production capacity of US rotor blade facility in Iowa to be doubled

Wednesday 05/07/2008

• NYISO Issues 2007 Annual Report
  • NYiso 2007 annual report
• Kentucky Fuel Associates, Inc. and Their Strategic Partner Fuel Frontiers, Inc. Plan Announcement With 15th District State Representative Brent Yonts for Two 'Coal to Liquid' Plants to Be Built in Western Kentucky
• NYMEX to launch U.S. Northeast carbon futures
• *Ontario Portlands power plant seen in service soon
• Baker Hughes Announces April 2008 Rig Counts
• Southern Ga. Hatch 2 reactor starts to exit outage
• PSEG N.J. Salem 2 reactor starts to exit refuel
• CantorCO2e Announces the Launch of The Social Carbon Company
• *U.S. wind industry on pace for record 2008
• *FPL Prepares to Begin Construction on 100-Megawatt Windfarm in Iowa
• Sask. energy minister warms to nuke plant idea
• Supply and demand anomaly leads to negative electricity pricing
• Energy Department unveils retooled FutureGen plans
• *With Uncertainty Looming Over Federal Incentive, U.S. Wind Industry Installs 1,400 MW in First Quarter
• *Plans move ahead for Waterloo coal plant []
• New wind projects planned for Wyo.
• New Kern power plant to capture, bury pollution []

Tuesday 05/06/2008

• *Boralex and Gaz Metro: Conference Call about the Seigneurie de Beaupre Wind Sites
• Free Energy International Inc. announces Western Canada Thermal Solar Panel Distributor
• Russia, U.S. sign civilian nuclear pact
• Ohio Expands National Leadership Position in the Wind Industry
• U.S. Constellation seen as buyer of Nufcor Intl uranium
• Areva picks Idaho for uranium enrichment plant
• EDF unit to build wind farms in Canada
• EDF Energies Nouvelles Has Been Selected to Build Five Wind Farms With 954 MW in Total Capacity in Canada
• Western GeoPower Corp.: Geysers Well Demonstrates 10 MW Initial Capacity
• Brush Fire Breaks Out Near N.J. Power Plant
• Plan To Replace Aging SF Power Plant Approved
• Ontario Power Generation's Pickering Unit 1 on Outage

Monday 05/05/2008

• *Hydro-Quebec approves 2,004 MW of wind-power farms
• *AAER provides update following Hydro-Quebec's May 5, 2008 announcement
• Wind Power: Boralex and Gaz Metro win contracts for 272 MW
  • two wind farms in response to Hydro-Quebec tenders
  • private property of Seminaire de Quebec
  • operational by end of 2013
  • 60 km north-east of Quebec City, 15 km north of Saint-Tite-des-Caps
  • turbines by Enercon (to build factory in Quebec)
• The Globally Green Energy Consortium Opens New England Chapter
• Fungus genes could point to cheap fuel
• FERC Issues Annual License for Yadkin Project [Alcoa Power Generating Inc]
• AEP sees Texas Welsh 1 coal unit back soon
• PJM Regional Power Grid Ready for Hot Weather Power Demand
• Siemens Wind Power Selects Klocwork to Enhance the Software Quality of Its Wind Turbine Control Systems
• Entergy N.Y. FitzPatrick reactor cut to 52 pct power
• *IIR: AEP Completes $85 Million Expansion at Oklahoma Power Station [Southwestern Power Station, 170 MW expansion]
• Ontario Brighton Beach natgas unit back in service
• Southern Ga. Hatch 2 reactor shut
• Duke S.C. Catawba 1 reactor shut
• IIR: Kansas City Power Prepares to Release RFPs to Add Environmental Controls at La Cygne Station
• Earnings down 49% for PGE in Q1
• *Wind project to generate $13 million for State Land Office [200 MW, Babcock & Brown, Aragonne Mesa wind farm, Guadalupe County New Mexico ]

Sunday 05/04/2008

Saturday 05/03/2008

Friday 05/02/2008

• South Carolina Public Service Commission Approves Fuel Cost Adjustment for South Carolina Electric & Gas Company
• US court blocks new Long Island natgas pipeline
• Mirant Calif. Pittsburg 7 natgas unit back
• Ontario Brighton Beach natgas unit out of service
• PG&E Calif Gas unit warns on high natgas flows
• Ontario Bruce 5 reactor shut 2 mths for maintenance
• Progress N.C. Brunswick 1 reactor up to 94 pct power
• ZBB Energy Corporation to Present at the 4th Annual Merriman Curhan Ford CleanTech Conference
• Rebuilt power plant back online, Xcel says [Shoshone hydro]
• *Ground Broken For Nebraska's Largest Wind Farm [80 MW, Elkhorn Ridge wind, to be constructed by end of 2008]
• Utility agrees to penalty in power plant permit case [Columbia Generating Station, Columbia County]
• NB Power's costs skyrocketing
• *Environment Minister Announces Decision on the Waneta Hydroelectric Expansion Project in British-Columbia [435 MW West Kootenay region of British Columbia close to the US Border near Trail, Castlegar and Nelson]
• Seminole Electric Cooperative Issues Request for Proposals for Renewable Energy

Thursday 05/01/2008

• *Acciona wins 30 MW windfarm contract in Canada [Nova Scotia]
• Duke raises cost estimate for Indiana coal project [$2.35 B, Edwardsport, 630 MW IGCC, 2012 completion]
• Duke Energy Files Progress Report, Cost Update for Clean Coal Gasification Plant
• Ormat Technologies and Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. Announce New Recovered Energy Generation Project [5.3 MW, completed 2009Q4 on Northern Border Pipeline compressor station in Morton County]
• Midwest ISO Issues 2008 Summer Assessment
• *Wisconsin Energy Cites Customer Satisfaction, Construction Progress, Improved Earnings in Annual Meeting Review of 2007 Highlights\
  • "Work at the company's major construction projects at Oak Creek and Port Washington made good progress in 2007. The second natural gas-fired unit at Port Washington is expected to come on line in the second quarter of 2008. The first unit began operation in July 2005. When complete, the Port Washington Generating Station is projected to have a total capacity of 1,090 megawatts. Work on the Oak Creek expansion is more than 50 percent complete. The first 615-megawatt unit is scheduled for completion in 2009 and the second in 2010."
  • "Blue Sky Green Field -- Construction of the company's Blue Sky Green Field wind project is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2008. The company has erected 88 turbines with a capacity of up to 145 megawatts to help meet the state's renewable energy mandate. The mandate requires 10 percent of the state's electricity to be supplied by renewable sources by 2015. The projected cost of this wind project is approximately $300 million."
• SCANA's clean air scrubbers to cost $490 mln
• *Babcock & Brown Completes Financing and Begins Construction of South Dakota Wind Farm [Wessington Springs Wind Project, Wessington Springs SD, commercial by end 2008]
• AEP PSO Utility Issues RFP for Renewable Energy Resources [Oklahoma]
• *Ormat Technologies, Inc. Commissions the 10 MW Heber South Project [Heber South geothermal project, Imperial Vally CA]
• Entergy Miss. Grand Gulf reactor back at full power
• Direct Energy Completes Acquisition of Canadian Assets From TransGlobe Energy
• California's Water Supply Situation Worsened by Low Snowmelt Runoff
• NYISO Announces FERC Commissioner Kelly and PSC Chairman Brown to Address ''True Grid'' Event
• Progress Energy Carolinas Adds To Proposed Energy-Efficiency and DSM Portfolio
• *Exelon Power to Pursue Development of New Pa. Power Plant [600 MW CCCT NG-fired]
• U.S. Geothermal Completes Acquisition of Producing Geothermal Power Plant and Energy Rights in Nevada
• PNM Obtains Commitments for $400 Million Short-Term Credit Facilities, Power from Palo Verde 3 to Be Sold
• APX Launches North American Renewables Registry
• PPM Energy is Now IBERDROLA RENEWABLES
• AEP Mich. Cook 1 reactor up to 66 pct power
• New Report Calls for Fast Corporate Action to Curb Escalating Power Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Resulting from Computing
• Settlement reached in Montana's Colstrip lawsuit
• Mass. OKs new NStar wind power option
• Progress Energy Carolinas Adds To Proposed Energy-Efficiency and DSM Portfolio
• Minnesota Utility to Own Part of Eastern ND Wind Project [Otter Tail Power Co, 48 MW of 200 MW, Ashtabula Wind Center]
• Avista nears pact for first wind plant.  50-megawatt facility would cost $120 million, be built by 2012 deadline [50 MW, 2010/2011 ]
• *Interstate Power and Light Company Receives Pre-Certification Approval for Construction of Proposed Sutherland Generating Station Unit 4

Wednesday 04/30/2008

• *Otter Tail to build $121M wind facility in North Dakota
• FPL planning to convert power plants to gas
• FPL Announces Proposal to Modernize Riviera and Cape Canaveral Power Plants to High-Technology Next Generation Clean Energy Centers
• *Interstate Power and Light Company Receives Pre-Certification Approval for Construction of Proposed Sutherland Generating Station Unit 4
• Oil falls on big U.S. crude inventory rise
• World's First Transmission Voltage Superconductor Cable Energized in LIPA's Power Grid
• Entergy Miss. Grand Gulf reactor cut to 48 pct power
• FPL Announces Proposal to Modernize Riviera and Cape Canaveral Power Plants to High-Technology Next Generation Clean Energy Centers
• FPL plans conversion for Canaveral plant
• Southern Co, FPL earnings rise, eye economy
• *PPL to Expand Hydroelectric Generation in Maine
• AEP Mich. Cook 1 reactor exits refuel
• Exelon N.J. Oyster Creek reactor back at full power
• Black Hills Corporation Announces Agreement to Sell Seven Independent Power Plants
• *Otter Tail Power Company Announces Major Investment in Wind Energy Generation [48 MW of 200 MW total, Ashtabula Wind Center, operational by end of 2008, Barnes County ND]
• NC officials say 900 jobs will come to Wilmington [GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy to expand headquarters]
• Marshalltown coal plant gets OK -- with conditions [Iowa]
• Dominion Resources story []
• Wind turbine techs earn $60,000 a year, Culver says
• LIPA: Rising fuel costs could mean bill hike
• PSEG loses out on NYC power contract
• Kansas governor rejects offer to downsize coal plants
• Siemens buys into Brockton clean energy project
• SWEPCO starts site work at proposed coal power plant
• Coal debate expected to heat up.  Legislators to return today, may attempt veto override [Kansas]
• *Ground Broken For Nebraska's Largest Wind Farm [NPPD, Elkhorn Ridge Wind project near Bloomvield NE]
• Turbine sales hot; Acciona adding 30,000 square feet
• Florida Renewables Key to 2008 Climate Summit
• *Power plant close to running, residents worry about noise [650 MW, Satsop Development Park, Fuller Hill]

Tuesday 04/29/2008

• SWEF LP (formerly SkyPower Wind Energy Fund LP) Files Annual Results
• Bush says no magic wand to lower gas prices
• Mexico sees Q1 economic growth around 3 pct
• Calpine Calif. Metcalf natgas plant back in service
• IIR: North American Nuclear Plants Forming Maintenance Alliances to Cut Costs and Improve Reliability
• New Ohio Renewable Energy Law Has National Importance
• WSI Launches WSI LiveCat Forecast(TM)
• NorthWestern Responds to Montana Public Service Commission Potential Court Action on Colstrip 4
• U.S. renewable energy could quadruple in 10 years: GE
• Exelon N.J. Oyster Creek reactor exits outage
• *NYPA picks Astoria Energy to build NYC power plant
• Progress Energy Carolinas Files Programs to Reduce and Shift Peak Demand
• Beacon Power to Provide Flywheel System to Support Wind Power Integration Project in California
• Babcock Power & ThermoEnergy Join Forces To Develop Advanced Carbon Capture Power Plant
• Bruce shuts Ontario Bruce 5 reactor for short work
• New Solar Energy System Makes It Possible to Produce Wholesale Electricity at a Cost Competitive with Fossil Fuels
• Duke Energy doesn't have to reveal nuclear plant cost estimates
• N.C. panel: Duke's nuclear-plant cost estimates are trade secrets
• Xcel's plan to shutter coal plants opposed
• *NY Power Authority approves plan for added power to New York City [Queens]
• New York Commission Approves Wind Farm Transmission Line [Noble Wethersfield Wind
  Farm, Wyoming County]
• Duke chief urges massive research funded by national kilowatt tax
• Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control Approves Financing Commitments for Ultra-Clean FuelCell Energy Power Plant
• Southern California faces higher blackout risk this summer

Monday 04/28/2008

• Run of River Power Inc. announces financial and operating results for 2007
• Coal price hikes boost electric rates, more increases coming
• *HydroGen Corporation Announces Successful Start Up of Full-Scale Commercial Demonstration Fuel Cell Power Plant
• California ISO Issues 2008 Summer Assessment
• Calpine's Calif. Delta natgas unit shut
• Mass Megawatts Wind Power, Inc., Reports U.S. Army Sale
• Exelon shuts N.J. Oyster Creek reactor for work
• AEP stops restart of Mich. Cook 1 reactor
• South Texas 1 reactor exits refuel
• Southern Ga. Vogtle 1 reactor up to 92 pct power
• Dominion Va. Surry 2 reactor shut
• SCANA S.C. Summer reactor shut for refuel
• Progress N.C. Brunswick 1 reactor to exit refuel
• Building cost may be worse setback for coal plants
• Contract awarded for Point Lepreau project.  N.B. company lands $40 million contract to assist reactor refurbishment
• SJ firm lands big contract for Lepreau
• Pratt & Whitney Dedicates New Co-Generation System at Middletown Facility
• Major player says it's pulling out of Highwood Generating Station project

Sunday 04/27/2008

• Thousands protest Mexico energy reform plan
• County and Aquila reach agreement over power plant

Saturday 04/26/2008

Friday 04/25/2008

• Baker Hughes-US rig use up 15, Canada down 8
• Ariz. regulators ask US panel not to consider desert power line to serve Calif.
• PPL's Pa Susquehanna 1 reactor up to 88 pct power
• Entergy's NY Indian Point reactor climbs to 98 pct
• High power prices boost Entergy results
  • Entergy to create independent, separately-traded nuclear power company to be named Enexus Energy Corp
• *Nevada Geothermal Power Inc.: GeothermEx Report Supports Increased Mega-Watt Capacity for the Initial Blue Mountain Geothermal Power Plant
• Ohio passes bill to revamp power market, cut use
• SCANA S.C. Summer reactor cut to 85 pct
• *Pacific Gas and Electric Company Receives Energy Commission Approval for Construction and Operation of the Colusa Generating Station
• EPCOR Williams Lake Energy Plant putting BC's Bioenergy potential into action for past 15 years
• PSE to generate power from manure in Skagit County
• IIR: Salem Harbor Resumes Operation After 2007 Plant Catastrophe
• NYPA Joins Climate Registry To Combat Global Warming
• *Pratt & Whitney Dedicates New Co-Generation System at Middletown Facility
• Aquila to pay Cass County in deal to keep power plant

Thursday 04/24/2008

• *Benton wind farm now producing energy [Benton County wind farm, 54x WT energy to Duke and 33x WT energy to Duke and Vectren]
• *Wisconsin utility buys Howard County wind development [Crane Creek wind farm, 99 MW, 66x GE 1.5 MW WT, construction start fall 2008]
• SCE&G's V.C. Summer Nuclear Station to Begin 17th Refueling Outage
• U.S. crude oil falls as dollar strengthens
• Southern's Ga. Vogtle 1 reactor up to 27 pct power
• Entergy's NY Indian Point reactor climbs to 91 pct
• Western GeoPower Corp.: Geysers "Rig Test" Indicates Commercial Well
• NYMEX sets trigger for full electronic trading
• Regulators Approve Estimated $33 Million Increase for PNM Electric Utility
• New England's Summer Electricity Forecast Positive
• *EDF Energies Nouvelles wins order for 99 megawatt wind farm in Iowa
• *Energy commission OKs Colusa power plant [660 MW, NG-fired, near Maxwell, PG&E, commercial 2010, Colusa Generation Station]
• *PG&E gets OK to build power plant in valley
• FERC affirms, clarifies new market-based rate policy
• PPM Energy to sell biomass energy
• IPL plans 100-megawatt wind farm

Wednesday 04/23/2008

• Merrill seen laying off some energy traders - sources
• PGE Requests Proposals to Secure Future Renewable Power
• PGE to buy renewable power
• AIG Completes Funding of Carbon Offset Projects in China and the United States
• SES and CONSOL Energy's Coal Gasification Project Advances
• APX Powers California Climate Action Registry Emissions Offset System
• POSCO Power Orders 25.6 Megawatts of FuelCell Energy Power Plants and Fuel Cell Modules
• AAER signs reservation agreement with Windland Inc. for two A1500 wind turbines
• ADA-ES Awarded Patent for Enhancement of Mercury Control Equipment
• Entergy NY Indian Point reactor up to 60 pct power
• Southern's Ga. Vogtle 1 reactor up to 18 pct power
• Dominion Va. Surry 1 reactor back at full power
• SCANA's S.C. Summer reactor slips to 85 pct power
• IIR: Second New Gulf Coast Terminal Receives LNG Shipment
• IIR: Major Outage Being Planned at Martin Lake Power Station
• IIR: Plans for New Power Generation in New York Could Increase Capacity by 31%
• Alberta names panel to study nuclear pros and cons
• Con Edison Joins Climate Registry for Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• The Climate Registry
• WSI Energycast 2008 Tropical Forecast Calls for Active Atlantic Season
• Kansas City Power & Light Announces Its Endorsement of Missouri Renewable Energy Ballot Initiative
• Utility abandons planned coal plant in northwest Missouri [AECI, 780 MW, Carroll County MO]

Tuesday 04/22/2008

• Sunrise Power 545-MW plant off-line planned
• Nevada Power to buy Reliant's Bighorn plant
• Sierra Pacific subsidiary buys power plant
• Nevada Power Company to Acquire Bighorn Electric Generating Plant from Reliant Energy
• Broadwind Energy's Brad Foote Gear Works Announces Long-Term Supply Agreement to Support GE Transportation's Growing Wind Business
• *Ridgewood Renewable Power to Develop Second Largest Gas-to-Electric Project in the World [Olinda Alpha Landfill in Brea CA, CCCT methane-to-electric 4x4x1, 35 MW up from 5 MW]
• Michael Dell: Green IT Key to Achieving a Low-Carbon Economy
• PGE's Residential Green Power Program No. 1 for Third Year
• *Entergy Louisiana Temporarily Delays Start of Construction for Little Gypsy 3 Repowering Project
• Braidwood Station Unit 2 taken offline
• FERC proposes reliability standards, adopts penalty notice policy for violations
• NREL ranks Xcel No. 1 in one renewable category
• Wisconsin Public Service to buy wind farm
• WPL to purchase Minnesota wind farm site
• Indiana Survey: Hoosiers Would Pull Plug on Duke Energy's Proposed Coal-Fired Power Plant in Edwardsport
• N.C. Survey: Public Would Pull Plug on Duke Energy's Proposed Coal-Fired Power Plant in Cliffside
• Wisconsin Public Service and enXco Sign Wind Farm Sale Agreement
• WPSC Decides To Buy 99-megawatt Wind Farm To Be Constructed Near Riceville, Iowa, By EnXco - Quick Facts
• WSI Energycast Outlook Calls for Cool May followed by Warm June in Northeast; Warm Summer Northern US, Especially Northern Plains
• Dominion Va. Surry 1 reactor up to 67 pct power
• Texas Blows by California to Lead in Wind Power
• PSEG N.J. Salem 1 reactor back at full power
• Entergy NY Indian Point reactor slips to 3 pct power
• One up, one down at OPG Ontario Lambton coal plant
• Montana's largest wind farm seeks buyers after NorthWestern Energy turns it down
• Turtle discovery could slow building of FPL plant in Wellington
• SaskPower investing $140 million to upgrade Poplar River Power Station

Monday 04/21/2008

• Entergy NY Indian Point reactor shuts on restart
• Leading Wind Energy Manufacturers Call for Immediate Extension of Key Renewable Energy Incentive
• Centralina Council seeks delay on Alcoa hydro relicensing
• Peat Resources Limited (Toronto) First Shipment of Fuel Peat [Ontario Canada]
• Dayton Power and Light Offers Customers a Green Choice
• Dynegy Calif. Moss Landing 1 off line, planned
• AEP's Texas Pirkey coal unit seen back soon
• AES Calif. Redondo units back on-line
• US Energy Sec says does not favor tapping SPR
• Arch Coal sees power shortages if plants not built
• North Carolina Survey to Show Public Wants Alternatives to Proposed Duke Energy Cliffside Coal-Fired Power Plant Project
• Indiana Survey to Show Public Wants Alternatives to Proposed Duke Energy Edwardsport Coal-Fired Power Plant Project
• *Groundbreaking of North America's Largest Solar Photovoltaic Energy Park [Ontario Canada]
• *Ground breaks on first of several massive projects likely to dot province's landscape in coming years
• EPRI Analysis Shows Energy Efficiency Can Curb Need for New Generation
• Electro Energy Receives First Order for U.S. Produced 18650 Lithium-Ion Batteries
• PSEG N.J. Salem 1 reactor output rising
• Exelon Ill. Braidwood 2 reactor refueling
• Energy East Reaches 50% Carbon Reduction Milestone
• Toronto stocks energized by record oil price
• Innergex Power Income Fund: Acquisition of a hydroelectric subsidiary from TD Capital Group Limited
• Charge masks big jump in TransAlta profit
• TransAlta Profit Falls on Costs From Sale of Plants
• PSEG N.J. Salem 1 reactor slips to 80 pct power
• Mass Megawatts Announces NEW Adjustable Augmenter (patent pending) to Lower the Cost of Electric Power
• TVA Ala. Browns Ferry 1 reactor slips to 70 pct
• PPL's Pa Susquehanna reactor up to 71 pct power
• Exelon Ill. Braidwood 2 nuclear reactor shut - NRC
• Texas Blows by California to Lead in Wind Power
• Constellation NY Nine Mile 2 reactor at full power
• Entergy NY Indian Point reactor up to 29 pct power
• Constellation's N.Y. Ginna reactor shut - NRC
• Comverge Wins 75 Megawatt Virtual Peaking Capacity Contract With Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative
• Liquefied Natural Gas Shaping Up to Be a Real Competitor to Pipeline Gas
• Cheniere CEO says company "ready" despite layoffs
• FERC Issues Final Environmental Impact Statement for Yadkin Project [Alcoa Power Generation Inc]
• City of Avalon Selects REC Solar, Orange County as Preferred Solar Electricity Provider
• South Dakota ranks 5th nationally in wind power\
• Dominion Resources, BP to develop wind farms in Virginia
• Dominion & BP Announce Agreement to Jointly Develop Wind Farms in Virginia
• Composite Technology's DeWind Announces Comprehensive Turbine Warranty Package
• NorthWestern rejects adding wind power [Judith Gap expansion]
• Construction under way at Riesel-area coal plant [Sandy Creek]
• U.S. Leads World in Wind-Power Growth
• Growth of U.S. solar market spurred by federal tax incentives set to expire in December.
• Granholm visits Michigan's first wind farm
• Montana board asks for more analysis of proposed power plant
• Xcel wants 20 more years on Prairie Island
• Southern New Jersey May See Another Power Plant
• Innergex Power acquires hydroelectric subsidiary from TD Capital for $13.5 million
• FERC proposes reliability standards, adopts penalty notice policy for violations
• GE Energy executive to serve on DOE-EAC
• Siemens plans 1-megawatt solar energy system
• Google, others provide $130M to eSolar

Sunday 04/20/2008

• *Work on $400 million wind project near Ethridge under way [Glacier Wind Project]
• Gasification bill shuts down state's options [Maine, 3 year moratorium on gasification plants]
• GE's future may be focus of shareholder meeting

Saturday 04/19/2008

• Timeline of proposed coal-fired plant in Kingsburg [Santee Cooper]

Friday 04/18/2008

• EnXco to supply PG&E with new Solano County wind farm
• AEP SWEPCO Utility Issues RFP for Renewable Energy Resources
• AES California Alamitos 5 unit returns\
• Baker Hughes-US rig use up 12, Canada down 16
• Northland Power Income Fund Announces Monthly Distributions to Unitholders for the Second Quarter of 2008
• Pristine Power Inc. announces exercise of over-allotment option
• National Grid to Adopt Carbon Budgets and Reduce Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 80%
• Ormat Technologies, Inc. Announces Second Closing Under Transaction to Sell Part Ownership Interests in Certain Geothermal Power Projects
• Constellation Energy's Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station Completes Refueling Outage
• *IIR: American Electric Installing 500-Megawatt Combined-Cycle Unit at Louisiana Station
• *EnXco to supply PG&E with new Solano County wind farm [150 MW near Rio Vista, Solano County]
• *Ground broken on Highland Wind Project [Highland Wind Project in Adams Township, Cambria County]
• Save Our Sound Alliance Urges Feds to Deny Cape Wind
• Duke may get tax breaks for Rowan County expansion
• Dismantling to begin tomorrow at Lovett plant in Stony Point
• FERC conditionally approves Puget energy merger with ring-fencing provisions
• Yulex Corporation taps guayule plant as new energy source
• Wind assets put deal at risk: PSC insisting Iberdrola sell stake in New York wind farm before acquiring Energy East
• PSE Announces Plan to Expand Wild Horse Wind Facility

Thursday 04/17/2008

• British Columbia Powerline Would Atract Investment, Jobs
• AES Calif. Redondo power Unit 8 offline as planned
• Mirant seeks up to 5 mln tons coal from 2009-2012
• Wisconsin Public Service Inks Agreement to Negotiate for 500 Megawatts of Manitoba Hydro Electricity
• Manitoba Hydro, Wisconsin Public in supply deal
• AEP sees 2 Texas Welsh coal plant units back soon
• AEP sees Texas Welsh 1 coal unit back soon
• *TransCanada Provides Update on Bruce A Units 1 and 2 Restart Project
• Dominion Va. Surry 1 reactor shut
• Unit 1 at Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant Returns to Service After Scheduled Refueling and Maintenance Outage
• So Cal Ed's San Onofre nuclear Unit 3 off-line
• IIR: U.S. Developers Face Price Tag of $300 Billion for 50 New Nuclear Units by 2020
• CB&I Awarded Nuclear Power Project Contract
• NorthWestern Energy says it's hard to predict how federal regulations will affect energy costs
• *Puget Energy to expand Wild Horse Wind Facility in central Washington with 25 new turbines
• Michigan House panel approves rewrite of electricity law
• *Work begins on wind farm [210 MW, Glacier Wind Project, NaturEner USA, Glacier and Toole counties, MT]
• Maxim Power Corp. Announces the Closing of the Forked River Power Plant Acquisition []
• Missouri Commission Approves Electric Service Reliability Rules

Wednesday 04/16/2008

• PJM Revises Rules to Improve Demand Response Settlements
• Energy Holdings Limited LLC Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire 25 MW Coal and Waste Fuel Power Generation Facility [Kansas]
• Three new US LNG terminals expected to open in April
• Excelerate confirms US Northeast LNG cargo delay
• Progress Energy Issues 2008 Corporate Responsibility Report
• *Hitachi Power Systems America Awarded Contract to Supply Boiler Feed Pump Drive Turbines for Sandy Creek Power Partners
• *Constellation NewEnergy Announces Demand Response Offerings for Ontario Electricity Consumers
• *AAER USA Subsidiary Signs US$3.0 Million Turbine Supply Agreement
• *PPL to Expand Generating Capacity in PJM Region [existing AES Ironwood tolling agreement]
• *Ormat Technologies Signs a New Power Purchase Agreement With Great River Energy [new waste heat recovery from pipeline compressor turbine]
• PG&E California Diablo Canyon 2 nuclear unit back
• Mexico Sempra Termoelectrica power plant returns
• Calpine California Pastoria power plant returns
• Puget Energy shareholders OK purchase
• Puget Energy shareholders vote in favor of $7.4 billion private equity buyout
• IIR: Northern States Power Planning for 90-Day Outage at Minneapolis Power Plant
• Hydro-Quebec Upgrading HVDC Converter Station

Tuesday 04/15/2008

• *NACEL Energy Deploys Advanced Wind Assessment Systems at Blue Creek and Channing Flats Power Projects
• Allegheny Energy Announces Significant Developments for West Virginia Transmission Line
• *IIR: Plans for New Power Generation in North Carolina Could Increase Capacity by 27%
• Allegheny Announces Virginia Supreme Court Ruling
• *State panel delays building of NRG coal-fired power plant [Limestone 3]
• PSE&G to Invest $1.6 Billion to Upgrade Transmission Lines

Monday 04/14/2008

• Virginia Rejects AEP Plans for $2.23 Billion Power Plant
• JEA's new Southside power plant
• JEA Plans Natural Gas Plant On Southside
• EDF Energies Nouvelles wins order for 99 megawatt wind farm in Iowa
• Six DEP permits to go for Watertown biomass power plant
• California group seeks standards for carbon market [Climate Action Reserve, voluntary carbon reduction market]
• ARC Energy Trust to study oil sands CO2 burial
• Kinder Morgan shuts Calif. fuel pipeline
• AEP works on Texas Welsh 1 coal unit
• Renegy Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire Operating 20 MW Biomass Power Generation Facility
• Planet Resource Recovery, Inc. Expands Enhanced Oil Recovery Efforts
• Genscape and AER Forecast Higher Generation Fuel Consumption This Summer
• PG&E Calif. Diablo Canyon 2 reactor exits refuel
• Entergy Arkansas 2 reactor exits refuel, at 100 pct
• Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station to Refuel Unit 2
• FirstEnergy Beaver Valley 2 reactor shut for refuel
• IIR: Plans for New Power Generation in West Virginia Could Increase Capacity by 17.8%
• NPPD shuts Nebraska Cooper reactor for refuel
• Environmental Energy Services (EES) Tests at Mega Coal-Fired Plant to Prove Mercury Emission Elimination Technology; Company Readies for Commercial Scale Deployment
• Reliant shuts Calf. Ormond Beach 2 natgas unit
• AEP Texas Oklaunion coal unit shut
• Senate Approves New Legislation Supporting Wind and Solar Companies [Clean Energy Tax Stimulus Act of 2008]
• FirstEnergy Ohio Perry reactor exits outage
• Duke S.C. Oconee 1 reactor shut
• Duke Energy Releases 2007/2008 Sustainability Report
• *Work begins on Kansas wind farm [Meridian Way Wind Farm near Concordia KS]
• Rock Port, Mo., first in country to run 100% on wind power
• University of Pittsburgh launches center for energy research
• Big oil to big wind: Texas veteran sets up $10bn clean energy project
• B.C. gains on Alberta's power pain

Sunday 04/13/2008

• Future of coal-generated electricity unclear [Arizona]
• A Tempest in the Wind [offshore eastern seaboard]
• No wind turbines on state forest land, Md. governor says
• PacifiCorp customers to pay more, PGE's less because of tax law

Saturday 04/12/2008

• CO2 data at odds in coal debate [Kansas]
• *Goal is for Nebraska wind farm to be running by end of year
• Cashing in on your solar savings.  Bill would force utilities to pay for excess power [California]
• Minnkota to buy more electricity from wind energy center in Cavalier County Herald Staff

Friday 04/11/2008

• Pesky, indeed, but wind is powering energy projects [New Mexico]
• *PSC approves Wisconsin Power and Light purchase of Neenah facility
• *Waste Management breaks ground on new landfill gas to energy facility in Ottawa
• AEP to shut Texas Welsh 1 coal unit for work
• Entergy Arkansas 2 reactor starts to exit refuel
• *Southern California Edison coal study starts
• *Southern California Edison Launches the Nation's First Full Commercial Scale Assessment of Advanced Coal Generation Technologies
• Three new US LNG terminals expect deliveries soon
• DTE Energy Seeks Renewable Energy Proposals
• San Onofre nuclear Unit 2 reduced for short term
• *Californians to pay $600 mln for green think tank
• New center for climate study
• GE Reports First Quarter 2008 Net EPS of $.43, down 2%, and Continuing EPS of $.44, down 8%; Revenues of $42.2 billion, up 8%; Orders of $24 billion, up 8%; Solid Industrial Earnings Offset by Financial Services
• Market disruption takes toll at GE\
• General Electric Says Profit Fell, Citing Financial Markets
• Wisconsin Power and Light Receives Public Service Commission of Wisconsin Approval to Purchase Neenah Generating Facility
• MPS, CMP Move Ahead With Detailed Analysis of Proposed Power Line in Maine
• CMP To Study Expanding Power Supply To Regional Power Grid
• *MidAmerican to fund roadwork for wind turbine project in Adair County
• *Austin's downtown power plant to close
• Waterbury power plant gets first of two permits to open []
• Prison’s wood-fired power plant a big loser [Northern Nevada Correctional Center]
• Oncor says 50,000 customers still without power
• AREVA and MHI Enlarge Their Cooperation To the Nuclear Fuel Business
• Beowulf Energy and Natural Gas Partners Complete Acquisition of Generating Assets from City of Vernon (California) in $288 Million Transaction
• Kansas Wolf Creek reactor seen back late April
• AEP to shut Texas Welsh 1 coal unit for work
• PGE looks to avoid lawsuit over Boardman emissions
• SMUD considers plan to tie rates to hydroelectric system

Thursday 04/10/2008

• San Onofre nuclear Unit 2 reduced for short term
• U.S. trade gap widens in February; consumers weak
• State gives PG&E green light to buy wind power [Shiloh II]
• Renegy to acquire idle 18 MW biomass facility
• Energy Future Holdings faces PUC investigation [formerly TXU]
• *City strikes deal on Seaholm Power Plant development [Seaholm power plant, Austin, Lady Bird Lake]
• Canada's trade surplus soars on gains with U.S.
• Florida Gas issues shipper alert amid warm weather
• PG&E Calif. Helms 1 hydro unit back in service
• AEP sees Texas Pirkey coal unit back soon
• Major Natural Gas Storage Expansion Will Help Meet Winter Needs of Growing Northwest Region
• Storm Outages Rise to 200,000 Across Oncor System

Wednesday 04/09/2008

• Toshiba eyes $6.9 bln Progress Energy order
• *Westar Energy (NYSE: WR), Horizon Wind Energy and The Empire District Electric Company will conduct a groundbreaking ceremony [Meridian Way Wind Farm]
• *Clear Wind and Chermac Energy Partner on 320 MW of Wind Farms in Texas and Oklahoma
• NW Power Providers Join Resources to Speed Up Energy Project Siting Process
• *Western GeoPower Corp.: Geysers Plant Capacity Increased to 35 MWe-Turbine Ordered
• *Dominion plans to build 300-mw wind farm in Illinois [Prairie Fork wind farm]
• *Dominion Announces Plans to Develop 300-Megawatt Wind Farm in Central Illinois
• Pride CEO says Mexico energy debate paralyzes Pemex
• Mexico gov't to present bill to cut Pemex taxes
• First-ever, Province-wide Energy Conservation Week to be Unveiled [Ontario Canada]
• US Geothermal Announces C$10 Million Underwritten Private Placement Financing
• Enterprise US Gulf Independence gas hub shut
• Utility Plans Two More Nuclear Reactors [Georgia Power, Vogtle site]
• JP Morgan to pump $150m into Clipper
• Wind farm orders $12m worth of turbines
• *Kent Hills wind farm to be built this year [Albert County, New Brunswick]
• GE-Hitachi won't bid for reactor [Ontario Canada]

Tuesday 04/08/2008

• Power Plant Getting Upgrade [Great River Energy`s Coal Creek Station]
• EIA outlook sees slower power sector growth
• Mexico's oil industry
• Mexico gov't hands energy plan to Congress
• PG&E California Helms 1 hydro unit off-line planned
• Shaw, Westinghouse may build Georgia nuclear units
• Georgia Power Signs Contract for Nuclear Units
• VYCON Signs Agreement With PACECO to Promote REGEN Flywheel Energy System
• FirstEnergy Joins EPRI-Led Effort to Boost Energy Efficiency in Electric Delivery Systems
• FPL Petitions Florida Public Service Commission for Approval of Additional Generation at West County Energy Center
• FP&L asks for third natural gas unit
• PSE&G Receives Green Light to Launch Solar Investment Program
• DJ Power Partners Announces Wyoming Power Plant Projects
• *First U.S. Trades Reveal Details of Emerging Carbon Market [RGGI]
• TransAlta Alberta Sundance 4 coal unit shut
• Entergy Mass. Pilgrim reactor up to 98 pct power
• Entergy N.Y. FitzPatrick reactor up to 50 pct
• Ohio Expands National Leadership Position in the Fuel Cell Industry
• IIR: Canadian Joint Venture Searching for LNG Supply
• Platts/Capgemini Study Reveals Critical Industry Issues That Keep North American Energy Executives Up at Night
• Babcock Power to Supply Emission Controls for South Carolina Coal Plants
• Constellation Energy paying $187 mln in Md.settlement [Calvert Cliffs decommissioning costs]
• 2 cities' uranium waste could prove $7.6B treasure House bill would recycle depleted stores in Ohio, Ky.
• Regulators looking at future cost of greenhouse emissions [Colorado]
• PSE&G to help customers swing solar panels

Monday 04/07/2008

• Fortis syndicates financing for Sherbino-I wind farm
• U.S., Europe LNG demand to surpass Asia by 2015-Exxon
• Progress Energy Florida Announces Authorization To Purchase Long-Lead Materials for Levy County Nuclear Plant
• US Wind Power Market to Experience Unprecedented Growth Over the Next Decade
• Entergy Mass. Pilgrim reactor powers up to 20 pct
• Dominion shuts Conn. Millstone 2 reactor for refuel
• *Further Information to Wartsila's Gas Power Plant Order to California: Final Permits are Expected in the Third Quarter Of 2008
• Entergy Mass. Pilgrim reactor cut to 20 pct power
• Entergy N.Y. FitzPatrick reactor off line
• IIR: New York Power Plant in Final Stages of Bringing Unit Back to Service
• Baker Hughes Announces March 2008 Rig Counts
• Progress Energy Florida Announces Authorization To Purchase Long-Lead Materials for Levy County Nuclear Plant
• Proposed nuclear reactor moves [Idaho]
• Austin power plant likely to be shut down
• SMUD opens hydrogen vehicle fueling station powered by the sun
• NYISO Wind Forecasts to Help Green the Grid

Sunday 04/06/2008

• Sempra Termoelectrica plant in Mexico off-line planned

Saturday 04/05/2008

Friday 04/04/2008

• South Heart Gasification Project Embraces New Coal Beneficiation Technology
• TVA offers $466M of Mississippi power plant
• Baker Hughes-US rig use up 22, Canada down 45
• AEP Texas Oklaunion coal unit shut
• *Fortis, BP and NRG Successfully Close $280 Million Syndication for Sherbino I Wind Farm
• TransAlta Alberta Sundance 4 coal unit back