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Daylight Saving Time 2010 begins on March 14 and ends on November 7
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Earth Day is April 22, 2010

08 March 2010 Monday

• NYMEX-Crude up on economic optimism, weak dollar
• Exelon CEO Maintains Carbon Price Essential to Address U.S. Climate and Energy Needs
• Southern shuts Ga. Vogtle 2 reactor for refuel
• *Western Wind Energy Corp. - Steel Park and Mesa project update
• #Westar Energy Issues Updated 2010 Comprehensive Energy Plan
• Westar 2010 Comprehensive Energy Plan
• *Wyoming Supreme Court upholds power plant permit.  Construction of the Dry Fork Station plant is about 75 percent complete [Basin Electric]
• Short circuit closes 1 reactor at Ariz. nuke plant [Palo Verde]
• Palo Verde shutdown
• Closing coal plant a numbers game [Navajo Generating Station]
• CPS Energy is planning to sell bonds to finance coal plant construction [JK Spruce 2 unit, San Antonio municipal]

07 March 2010 Sunday

• AEP, FPL: U.S. Utilities Agree on Nukes, CCS and CO2
• La Salle Station operators safely complete refueling outage
• A municipal power co-op tied to area towns tackles a $2B hydroelectric project [American Municipal Power]

06 March 2010 Saturday

• *Iowa wind energy storage project moves ahead

05 March 2010 Friday

• NYMEX-Crude ends up with Wall Street on jobs data
• Oil hits seven-week high above $82 on jobs report
• Entergy reduces Vt Yankee reactor to adjust rods
• Exelon: Cordova work means 1,800 temporary jobs

04 March 2010 Thursday

• CEOs seek firm signal on US climate change policy
• SONGS Hit By Stern NRC Rebuke
• Low snowpack hurting Seattle City Light
• NY delays Entergy Enexus reactor decision again
• NY PSC staff still against Entergy Enexus plan
• Oil falls toward $80 on dollar, housing data
• NYMEX-Crude down on dollar's rise, mixed data
• Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. Provides Progress Report on Blue Mountain Resource and Faulkner 1 Debt Financing
• Suzlon Wind Energy Corp. Will Install More Than 700 MW of Clean Energy in 2010
• PUC approved key permits for Iron Range coal-gasification power plant
• Regulators OK APS solar expansion projects
• *Exelon postpones shutdown of Eddystone plant
• N.B. wants details on changes to AECL
• *EPA greenhouse gas regulations could get 2-year suspension
• Renewable energy program supporters "disappointed" in Canada
• *51 MW wind power project starts up in Texas [Windthorst-1 located near Windthorst TX, just outside Greater Dallas, ERCOT North Zone]
• Google opens energy management API
• Low snowpack hurting Seattle City Light
• NRG Energy Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire South Trent Wind Farm
• New power destined for Alberta: MLA
• SaskPower chooses SNC Lavalin-Cansolv for uncertain Boundary Dam CO2 capture project

03 March 2010 Wednesday

• Company plans 'green' energy plant [Columbia River Gorge]
• Westinghouse N-Vision Announces Science Video Contest
• NYMEX-Crude ends up, at 7-wk high, on economic data
• Exelon Launches Enhanced Corporate Web Site Featuring Fresh Content, Improved User Experience
• PECO Harnesses Solar Power
• SCE said generator welds extended nuclear outage
• Tenaska Ill. Taylorville plant to cost $3.5 bln
• Quebec-NYC power line proposed
• BP to Start Building Three U.S. Wind Farms This Year and Next
• Huge Revelstoke Unit 5 transformers arrive
• Washington state to intervene in Yucca Mountain dump case
• State to intervene in nuclear waste repository case
• Court awards Energy Northwest $57 million from DOE
• *Luminant to close Tradinghouse power plant
• ITC seeks power
• Sevier power plant may burn natural gas instead of coal

02 March 2010 Tuesday

• *OPG powers down generating station, new one being built [Ontario Power Generation's Wawaitin Generating Station on Monday]
• *Historic Wawaitin generating station in Timmins shuts down
• High-tech sonar proposed for new hydro station
• Carbon dioxide capture project wins DOE funding
• AES Calif. Alamitos 6 natgas unit shut - ISO
• SCE's San Onofre 2 reactor restart delayed - NRC
• NYMEX-Crude little changed after big API stock build
• UTC Power 400 kW Fuel Cell Certified to Stringent Emission Standards
• PGE Rolls out Another Rooftop Solar Project with ProLogis, Increasing Its Total Solar Energy Capacity to More Than 12 Megawatts
• Toronto company proposes 2000 MW power line between Quebec and New York
• Pacific Power seeks 20.1% rate hike

01 March 2010 Monday

• FPL Reports Strong Service Reliability in 2009; Outlines Plans for Infrastructure Improvements in 2010
• Scrubber problem shuts down Gillette power plant
• E.ON looking to sell U.S. utility [LG&E]
• NYMEX-Crude down on mixed economic data, dollar
• AEP'S Cook Nuclear Plant Unit 1 Refueling Outage Set to Begin
• State-of-the-Art Emissions Scrubbers at Constellation Energy's Brandon Shores Power Plant Commence Commercial Operation
• Davis-Besse shuts down to replace fuel assemblies
• Spiritwood Power Plant Crew to Grow
• Backpack Hydroelectric Plant Gives You 500 Watts on the Move
• Calvert Cliffs nuclear reactor back on after electrical issues
• Churchill Falls Corporation files motion over Upper Churchill hydropower contract
• Greenhouse gas carbon pricing could replace cap and trade
• NV Energy, Pattern Energy Sign PPA For Wind Project In Nevada
• PNM, First Solar Sign Contract For Solar Power Plants In New Mexico
• Entergy Mississippi Works to Restore Power in Aftermath of Snow Storm

28 February 2010 Sunday

• Wind tax bill breezes through third reading
• Power plant documents filed Friday [Highwood Generating Station]

27 February 2010 Saturday

26 February 2010 Friday

• Duke Energy to try Chinese firm’s technology to trim carbon
• Wild Horse wind farm gets $28.6M in stimulus funds
• PPL Corp. completes sale of Long Island facilities
• PPL Completes Sale of Long Island Generation Business to J-POWER USA
• TECO to build 30-mile transmission line

25 February 2010 Thursday

• Government of Canada Highlights Webequie First Nation Contract Awarding for the Construction of a New Diesel Generating Station
• NYMEX-Crude ends down over 2 pct on economic worry
• Deere to Review Strategic Options for Wind Energy Business
• Deere mulls possible sale of wind energy business
• NYISO Hosts Symposium on the Future of the Grid
• Boralex Announces its 2009 Results
• Construction on Local Power Plant Comes to a Halt [River Hill Project]
• APPA Calls for Greater Wholesale Market Transparency
  • related Feb 10: FERC Seeks Information on Broader Transparency in Electric Markets

24 February 2010 Wednesday

• S.Carolina to sue govt over nuclear waste decision
• CA Energy Commission Announces $90 Million Clean Energy Program
• Vermont Senate wants Entergy reactor shut in 2012
• Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. Faulkner 1 Power Plant Successfully Restarted
• NYMEX-Crude ends up on weaker dollar, gasoline
• NYMEX-Crude edges up awaiting EIA data, strike vote
• Sempra Pipelines & Storage Agrees to Acquire Mexican Pipeline Assets
• El Paso Corporation Announces Agreement to Sell Mexican Pipeline Assets
• TransAlta announces fourth quarter and full year 2009 earnings; files year end disclosure documents
  • Summerview 2 commissioned on budget and ahead of schedule
• Vulcan Power Company Recommences Drilling at Patua, Nev. Geothermal Property
• Cleco Power Acquires 580-Megawatt Acadia Unit From Acadia Power Partners [one of two units]
• Fuji Elec, GE to set up JV, eyeing smart grids
• Independent Investigation Report Commissioned by Entergy Turned Over to Vermont Attorney General
• MetLife and John Hancock Finance SunPower's 19-Megawatt Xcel Energy Solar Power Plant in Colorado

23 February 2010 Tuesday

• GDF SUEZ Increases Its Ownership Interest in Astoria Power Plant in New York City
• NYMEX-Crude retreats on consumer gloom, dollar
• Canadian Solar targeting U.S. utility market
• Panda Energy recieves state certification to operate power plant in Sherman []

22 February 2010 Monday

• Failsafe Canada Inc. Signs Agreements With the Global Carbon Exchange to Provide a Certified Carbon Footprint Analysis Course in Calgary Canada
• IIR: Ontario Power Generation to Refurbish Darlington Nuclear Power Station
• Entergy Corp. ramps up FitzPatrick reactor in New York
• N.S. Power signs wind deal
• Appalachian Power plans to replace SW Va. transmission line
• Apco to replace transmission line in SW Va [Appalachian Power]
• Idaho Power's new Langley Gulch plant prompts PUC review of bidding process for new plant construction
• Nova Scotia Power signs 20-year power deal with Watts Wind Energy
• How Quebec 'cornered' hydro power
• National Wind Project Gets US $2.5M from DOE, Company Signs New Land Leases
• Bloom Energy's Mini Power Plant: Revolution or Hot Air?
• Power plant expansion clears one hurdle [Grays Harbor Energy LLC]
• New Informational Web Site for SONGS
• Pickering Nuclear Unit 1 off line for maintenance outage

21 February 2010 Sunday

• U.S. announces plan to clean up Great Lakes

20 February 2010 Saturday

19 February 2010 Friday

• TVA enters contract to purchase wind power [115 MW purchase out of 198 MW, Pioneer Prairie I wind farm located in northeastern Iowa, Horizon Wind Energy LLC]
• Agreements signed in disputed Klamath River dam removal
• National Grid Takes Action to Address Impending Critical Shortage of Utility Engineers
• U.S. agency {FERC} says Google can be power marketer
• NYMEX-Crude gains on supply fears, equities' rise
• NYMEX-Crude slips, choppy on Fed, dollar, strike
• U.S. coal burn down 1 percent for week - Genscape
• *IIR: NextEra Completes $66 Million Windfarm Expansion in North Dakota
• Developer Proposes 30,000 Solar Dishes in Calif. Desert
• Exelon Says More Cuts Not Needed as Demand Returns
• America’s Wind Energy Potential Triples in New Estimate
• Duke shuts 1 Catawba reactor
• Entergy slows output at New York reactor
• No reactor restart at San Onofre; date uncertain
• Powering Columbia into the Future [Columbia Energy Center]

18 February 2010 Thursday

• Oil falls below $78 after Fed rate move lifts dollar
• More turbines operational
• Lake Country Wind Energy nears 25,000 acres for 340 MW wind project
• GE wind power technology to boost output of NextEra fleet of turbines
• Businesses increase assault on river plan [Portland OR]
• Peabody Energy and GreatPoint Energy Announce Agreement to Pursue Development of Coal-to-Gas and Coal-to-Hydrogen Facilities with Carbon Capture and Storage
• Black & Veatch Survey of U.S. Electric Utilities Reflects Impact of Weak Economy, Regulatory Uncertainty
• NYMEX-Crude bounces up on dollar slip, awaits EIA
• Ice halts northern N.B. wind farm [Caribou Wind Park near Bathurst, 33x WT generating since November]
• GE to Supply Technology to Boost the Output of NextEra Energy Resources' U.S. Fleet of Wind Turbines
• Duke Energy CEO says power industry could see merger wave
• Allegheny Power Restores Service to Record 477,000 Customers after Devastating Snowstorms
• Energy companies fight own emissions corner
• Wyoming House has approved a state excise tax on commercial wind energy generation and sent the measure to the Senate
• WMECO To Build Solar Plant In Pittsfield
• CPS Energy dumping more than 30% of nuclear power plant investment
• SONGS Unit 2 Startup Delayed

17 February 2010 Wednesday

• 2 new nuclear plants get big push
• NRG unit, San Antonio settle nuclear dispute
• CPS, NINA reach $1 billion settlement
• Nuclear Innovation North America (NINA) Moving Forward with South Texas Project (STP) Expansion
• NV Energy Seeks Proposals for Additional Renewable Energy Resources
• Nuclear Innovation North America (NINA) Moving Forward with South Texas Project (STP) Expansion
• NYMEX-Crude little changed on small API stock draw
• Avista Shifts Timing for Acquisition of Renewable Resources
• IIR: Obama Administration Commits $8 Billion in Loan Guarantees to Georgia Power's Vogtle Units 3 and 4

16 February 2010 Tuesday

• SaskPower and Hitachi Announce to Collaborate on Low-Carbon Energy Technologies Provider Including Steam Turbine for Carbon Capture and Sequestration Demonstration Project
• NV Energy and NextLight Renewable Power, LLC Announce 25-Year Power Purchase Agreement for Solar Project
• Oglethorpe Power Receives Offer of DOE Nuclear Loan Guarantees
• Obama steps up nuclear investment for climate fight
• Westinghouse Statement Regarding Issuance of Conditional Loan Guarantees for New Nuclear Construction
• Southern Company Receives DOE Support for Nation's First Nuclear Units in 30 Years
• US Crude Outlook - Up and down week expected
• *CPV Renewable Energy Company ('CPV REC') Closes Keenan II Wind Farm Financing
• NACEL Energy Signs Agreement With Southwest Power Pool for 20 MW Leila Lake Wind Project
• PGE Seeks Price Changes Beginning January 2011
• Vermont utilities announce new power purchases
• ITC Great Plains Announces Route Selection for its Hugo-to-Valliant High-Voltage Transmission Line in Oklahoma
• OPG to refurbish Darlington, extend life of Pickering

15 February 2010 Monday

• Two Constellation Energy Projects Named Best in New England by Association of Energy Engineers
• In first, U.S. airborne laser kills ballistic missile
• Repair work temporarily closes Hope Creek Generating Station
• Companies sign PPA for planned 80 MW wind farm [Laredo Ridge Wind Energy Project expected complete by end of 2010]

14 February 2010 Sunday

• Upper Houston Ship Channel reopens-Coast Guard
• GE Energy Finance Unit May Expand B.C. Wind Farm

13 February 2010 Saturday

• Final Push Continues; 3,000 customers remain without power as PECO focuses efforts on more than 190 remaining jobs
• Oncor Crews Restore Power to 50,000 Additional Homes

12 February 2010 Friday

• PECO Makes Headway on Larger Outages
• Obama to give nuclear loan guarantee to Southern Co
• NRC delays review of Entergy NY Indian Pt renewal
• Teck signs fixed-rate coal port deal with Westshore
• NYMEX-Crude stays down on EIA build, China moves
• *Shaw Achieves Substantial Completion of New 660-MW Power Plant in Louisiana
• *Cleco's Rodemacher Project in Commercial Operation
• NJ approves PSEG New Jersey-Pennsylvania power line
• *Power Purchase Agreement Signed by NPPD, Midwest Wind/Edison Mission Group for Laredo Ridge Wind Farm near Petersburg
• Oncor Responds to Record-Setting Snowfall in Dallas/Fort Worth

11 February 2010 Thursday

• Entergy nuclear spinoff hits roadblock at NY PSC
• NY regulators delay decision on Entergy spin-off
• Arizona nixes trade in western climate market
• Made in IBM Labs: IBM Sets World Record by Creating High-Efficiency Solar Cell Made from Earth-Abundant Materials
• NJ power auction results in minimal price changes
• FirstEnergy to Buy Allegheny in $4.7 Billion Merger
• PECO Crews Continue Making Strides in Battle with Mother Nature
• Spain's ACS, partners win $981 mln Mexico project
• NASA launches satellite to watch for solar storms
• Managing Both Weather and Climate Change Risk Key to Comprehensive Risk Management Strategy, Says Weather Risk Management Association
• U.S. Northeast starts snow clean-up; costs mount
• XcelPlus Global Holdings Sees Path to New Markets in Recent EPA Renewable Fuel Standards Rule
• FirstEnergy and Allegheny Energy to Combine in $8.5 Billion Stock-For-Stock Transaction
• TVA distributors get more time to buy Mississippi power plant

10 February 2010 Wednesday

• Siemens picked for CCS study at coal-fired plant [post-combustion CO2 capture , 695 MW Longview power plant, supercritical pulverized coal-fired plant in West Virginia]
• PECO Reports 90,000 Customers Without Service, More Outages and Prolonged Recovery Expected
• Blizzard Conditions Interrupt Pepco Power Restoration
• NYMEX-Crude ends up on EIA demand view, technicals
• *Faulkner 1 Power Outage - Power Cable System on the Mend
• Varnum Law - EPA'S Small Print Could Wallop Unwary Property Operators with Big Fines
• NV Energy to Purchase Power from Central Nevada Geothermal Plant [Clayton Valley Geothermal Project, 32 MW, 2014]
• New Study: Cape Wind Will Reduce Regional Electricity Prices by $4.6 Billion
• Canada trade gap persists but exports climbing
• Vestas Receives 99 MW Order for the USA [33x V90 3.0 MW WT to New Hampshire, USA, Granite Reliable Power Windpark, 99 MW, Noble Environmental Power; Kibby I, Kibby II]
• Snow, wind batter US East Coast in big 2nd storm
• Mudslide evacuees return home in California
• CO2 Reductions From Power Plants Possible Even With Continued Reliance On US Coal Sources: Obama Energy Policy Potential Success Increases With Reliance On Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) Power Plants

09 February 2010 Tuesday

• 615 MW coal-fired unit at Oak Creek comes online
• *North Brawley Power Plant Placed in Service; Currently Generating 17 MW; Additional Operations Update
• *NV Energy Signs Power Contract with Pattern Energy for First Utility-Scale Wind Project in Nevada [eastern Nevada, 150 MW Spring Valley Wind Project, Nevada’s first major wind project, expected to generate late 2011]
• FirstEnergy's Pennsylvania Power Company Files Plan To Purchase Electric Generation Supply To Serve Customers Beginning In 2011
• First Energy seeks to buy more electric supply
• Cleanfield Energy Collaboration Improves Wind Turbine Performance
• Ormat Technologies' unit to buy HSS II [Hot Sulphur Springs Geothermal Project, northern Independence Valley of northeast Nevada, Nevada Power will purchase up to 40 MW, developed in stages]
• Ormat Nevada Inc. Signs Purchase Agreement for an Advanced Stage Development Property
• City of Gresham Activates Largest Ground Mount Solar Power System in the Pacific Northwest

08 February 2010 Monday

• NYMEX-Crude ends up on cold, dollar, geopolitics
• Caterpillar Inc. Joins Industry and Government Partnership to Deliver State-of-the-Art Clean-Coal Technology
• Dominion Virginia Power Expects 98 Percent of Storm Restoration Will be Completed by Tonight
• Criminal Probe Is Launched In Conn. Plant Blast
• Damaged power plant brought jobs, controversy
• Northland to Build C$700 Million Saskatchewan Plant
• *Auburn tests new power generation center
• Areva to buy U.S. solar power company Ausra

07 February 2010 Sunday

• US federal agencies to close Monday after blizzard
• At least 5 dead in Connecticut power plant blast

06 February 2010 Saturday

• Con Edison Crews to Help With Mid-Atlantic Power Restoration
• Dominion Virginia Power Working to Restore Service to Customers Affected By Extreme Winter Storm
• Santa Clara power plant closed after Cal-OSHA inspection

05 February 2010 Friday

• NYMEX-Crude skids below $70 on dollar, job worries
• Darlington Nuclear Unit 4 off line for planned maintenance outage.

04 February 2010 Thursday

• Nuclear renaissance could stall, Canada group says
• Lepreau refurbishment misses another target
• Allegheny Energy Completes $1.3 Billion Environmental Improvement Work at Major Power Plants
• *Boralex: Commercial Start-up of 45 MW [four wind farms on the Thames River site in Ontario, 4.6 MW in France, started up the Cham Longe II site in the Massif Central]
• Ormat Technologies Provides Puna Power Plant Update [Hawaii]
• NaiKun Wind: Quarterly Shareholder Update [British Columbia]
• New Jersey power auction seen boosting bills
• NYMEX-Crude tumbles 5 pct on strong dollar
• Dominion Virginia Power is Prepared for Third Major Winter Storm of the Season
• Teck's sale of Waneta Dam stake approved [British Columbia]
• Calpine Obtains Permit to Build Nation's First Power Plant with Federal Limit on Greenhouse Gas Emissions [planned 600-megawatt Russell City Energy Center located in the City of Hayward in Alameda County, Calif]
• NRC Official Says SONGS Restart OK

03 February 2010 Wednesday

• Edison set to restart San Onofre reactor Feb. 18
• Integrys Energy Services Announces Definitive Agreement to Sell its Portfolio of Renewable Energy Certificates to EDF Trading North America, LLC
• Palo Verde Unit 1 Sets Production Record
• Entergy Arkansas 2 reactor holding at 70 pct
• Calif. turbines frozen in Minn. wind
• White House plan to scratch nuclear waste site plays to mixed reviews

02 February 2010 Tuesday

• Southern California Edison signs solar deal with Recurrent Energy
• #Progress Fla reactor shut until mid-year
• NYMEX-Crude up on demand expectations, dollar dip
• Boralex Receives Subsidies in the United States
• ICE Reports Record January Futures ADV, up 23%; Record ADV at ICE Futures Europe; Over $5 Trillion Cleared in CDS
• Emera purchases interest in Nova Scotia wind project
• Tiny Virginia Town Approves Giant Coal-Fired Power Plant
• Georgia Power remains committed to nukes, natural gas in 2010 resource plan

01 February 2010 Monday

• Obama budget drops revenue outlook for carbon trade
• NYMEX-Crude ends higher on manufacturing, dollar
• NYMEX-Crude up on manufacturing data, dollar slip
• Wind Energy America Inc. Announces Commercial Operation of Iowa Wind Turbine
• Colo. utilities defend efforts to build power line
• NB Power deal gets green light from advisory panel
• NB Power deal endorsed by Ganong panel
• B&W researchers removing CO2 from coal-fired plant
• Babcock and Wilcox captures carbon in coal fired pilot plant tests
• FERC Proposes Greater Certainty for Investment in Utilities
• Exelon to join FutureGen carbon capture group

31 January 2010 Sunday

• Mexico shuts two oil ports due to weather
• Poletti Power Plant Closes at 11:59 Tonight
• Boardman coal-burning power plant may have a future after all: biomass
• BC Hydro's industrial customers brace for ‘rate shock’

30 January 2010 Saturday

29 January 2010 Friday

• Texas judge warns CPS in Texas nuclear dispute
• Maine Public Service Company Explores Merchant Line
• Nevada Geothermal Power Announces Inspection of Faulkner 1 Electrical System Reveals Solution to Power Outage
• NYMEX-Crude dips on demand woes, equities, dollar
• Texas waterway to fully reopen to ships in a week
• Xcel Energy Retains Burns & McDonnell to Design and Support Construction for Biomass Gasification Power Plant in the Midwest
• NRG balks at new reactors without loan guarantees
• Dominion Virginia Power is Prepared for Winter Storm
• *IIR: Xcel Energy Prepares to Begin Operation of 750-Megawatt Coal- and Gas-Fired Unit
• Obama seeks to boost nuclear power in new budget
• Obama to Propose Tripling of Nuclear Loan Guarantees
• Heavy snow, ice bury southern Plains, cut power
• Progress: 1,500 repair crews ready for winter storm
• FPL Launches Online Manatee Cam, Invites Public to View Endangered Species Throughout Winter Florida Power & Light Co.
• Power plants, other infrastructure face hackers

28 January 2010 Thursday

• NYPA to officially shut NY Poletti oil/gas plant
• ACCIONA's Red Hills Becomes First Wind Farm in the United States to Be Validated on APX VCS Registry
• Energy Conversion Devices and Enfinity Corporation Announce Plans to Co-Develop 10 Megawatts of Rooftop Solar Projects in Ontario, Canada
• N.B. premier defends sale of Crown-owned utility

27 January 2010 Wednesday

• California ISO Wind Forecasting Improves by 20 Percent
• NRG Energy Inc. to Hold Conference Call on Friday, January 29 to Discuss STP 3&4 Nuclear Project Status in Light of CPS Litigation
• NYMEX-Crude ends down on technicals, product builds
• Canadian Solar and Fire Energy Announce 60MW Contract
• NRC inspection faults pump at Oyster Creek Generating Station; problem since fixed
• NB Power deal includes $450-M bonus for Hydro-Quebec - Tories
• NYPA seeks bids for massive solar project
• Spanish firm to build huge solar plant in NM
• APS seeking small-scale power providers

26 January 2010 Tuesday

• BC Hydro sees green power supply deals soon
• BC Transmission submits Columbia Valley powerline plan for approval
• FERC Distinguishes EnergyConnect in Granting Expanded Authority
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chair to Discuss Status of New-Build Regulatory Issues
• U.S. Wind Energy Industry Breaks All Records, Installs Nearly 10,000 MW in 2009

25 January 2010 Monday

• Duke Energy Acquires First Commercial Solar Power Project
• FERC Explores Efficient Integration of Renewables into the Grid

24 January 2010 Sunday

23 January 2010 Saturday

22 January 2010 Friday

• Californians mop up, return home after stormy week
• NYMEX-Crude ends at 4-week low as equities slide

21 January 2010 Thursday

• Storm-battered California hit with new deluge
• PPL Electric Utilities Completes Third Purchases of 2011 Electricity Supply
• Ameren Illinois Utilities Work to Restore Power For About 18,300 Northern Illinois Customers
• Winter storm pounds Southern California again
• Enbridge says Alberta Clipper line to open early
• Entergy Announces Purchase of 100,000 Tons of CO2 Emission Offsets
• Ameren Illinois Utilities Work to Restore Power For About 18,300 Northern Illinois Customers
• Exelon CEO Says Cap-and-Trade Legislation Is Most Economic Path to a Low-Carbon Future for Indiana
• NYMEX-Crude down on mogas build, shrugs crude draw
• Utility plans to sell transmission lines
• Samsung to supply $6 bln turbines to Canada's Ontario
• Ky. Senate approves end to nuclear power moratorium
• U.S. FERC issues several power market proposals
• Clover Bar plant delivers power in a flash
• Osceola Windpower project slated for March completion

20 January 2010 Wednesday

• SDG&E Gears Up Ahead of Next Wave of Southern California Storms
• Hydro-Quebec to pay C$3.2 bln for NB Power facilities
• Hydro-Quebec Scales Back New Brunswick Power Purchase
• NYMEX-Crude down as dollar spikes, equities tumble
• Canada inflation hits 10-month high on gasoline
• The Brattle Group Conducts Review of Capacity Market for the Midwest ISO: Identifies Successes and Recommends Refinements
• 2nd Vt. Yankee well tests positive for isotope
• Energy Northwest seeks to renew 20-year license for Northwest's only nuclear power plant
• FERC can't overturn states' transmission rejections
• PNM, First Solar contract for 22 MW of utility scale solar power

19 January 2010 Tuesday

• Xcel Energy Completes Major Transmission Projects to Deliver More Wind Energy
• REpower to Supply 20 Wind Turbines for Its First Project in Minnesota
• PG&E to cut Diablo Canyon nuclear output to 25 pct
• AESO contracts with vendor for Wind Power Forecasting Service in Alberta
• New Brunswick keeps control of power network

18 January 2010 Monday

• Xcel completes construction of transmission lines
• Frosty Floridians Sue Power Company
• Starwood Energy has completed agreements to finance and construct a 20 megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic project in the City of Sault Ste.. Marie, Ontario

17 January 2010 Sunday

16 January 2010 Saturday

• Repair work temporarily closes Hope Creek Generating Station

15 January 2010 Friday

• *Texas wind plans advance despite Pickens retreat
• Fitch: U.S. Coal Producers Will See Recovery in the Second Half of 2010
• NYMEX-Crude down 5th day as cold eases, dollar up
• *Int Power sees Ontario wind farm running by June
• Bruce Power Shuts Unit 4 at Nuclear-Power Reactor
• SONGS Unit 2 Back Online Soon
• Restart of San Onofre reactor delayed
• Wind turbines don't operate in cold [North Dakota]
• Northern States Power Company, LLC; Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Final Environmental Assessment
• *KCP&L’s new coal plant behind schedule [850 MW Iatan 2]
• NYISO Files Plan with FERC to Enhance Coordination Among Grid Operators

14 January 2010 Thursday

• PGE to Pursue Plan to Eliminate Coal at Boardman Plant
• PGE plan suggests shorter time frame to close Boardman coal-fired power plant
• NYMEX-Crude down on ample stocks, eyes on CFTC
• Hydro-Quebec and Mitsubishi to launch the largest electric vehicle trial in Canada - up to 50 Mitsubishi i MiEV electric vehicles to be tested in Boucherville
• PG&E shuts Calif. Helms 2 hydro unit
• FPL to halt $10 bln of capital spending in Florida
• Shaw Awarded Power Uprate Study for American Electric Power's Cook Nuclear Plant
• One up, one down at OPG Ontario Nanticoke coal plant
• Final materials submitted for Sunflower permits
• Sunflower Electric Reapplies for Coal-Fired Power Plant Expansion
• *Iberdrola signs biggest wind power deal yet [300 MW annually, TVA, wind farm under construction south of Chicago that is expected to be completed this spring]
• Brunswick nuke plant maintenance came amid record demand

13 January 2010 Wednesday

• EnerNOC Signs Demand Response Contract Expansion With Ontario Power Authority
• *Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. announces completion of acquisition of 36.8 MW of hydroelectric generation assets
• *Integrys Energy Services Closes Sale of Power Generation Assets in New Brunswick and Maine
• PJM Schedules Auctions for Capacity Needed for ATSI Integration
• Entergy restarts Indian Point 2 reactor in New York

12 January 2010 Tuesday

• NYMEX-Crude falls further post-settle on API builds
• Nasdaq, Nord Pool launch new UK power market
• Megaprojects move ahead independent of stimulus spending [Canada]
• NV Energy and Great Basin Transmission to Pursue Jointly-Owned Transmission Line
• Progress Energy sets record for use in Carolinas

11 January 2010 Monday

• NRG, San Antonio in nuclear stand-off
• Progress Energy Customers Set New Winter Record for Peak Electricity Demand
• NYMEX-Crude ends down as weather forecasts moderate
• PHI Requests Procedural Delay for MAPP Project.  Work Continues on Design, Route and Environmental Studies
• TransAlta to expand Canada wind farm on contract
• Florida utilities see record power use amid cold
• Tampa Electric Customers Set New All-Time Records for Electricity Usage
• Sea creatures escape cold at power plant
• JEA Sets All-Time Electricity Record This Morning
• Southern Company Sets Winter Peak Demand Record Again; Third Record in Seven Days Tops Summer Peak Demand
• NYMEX-Crude choppy, dips as warmer forecast weighs
• Calpine gets LA utility contract for up to 270 MW power
• Calpine Corporation to Sell Wind-Based Firm Power Product
• Sherritt power venture plans third Cuba plant
• GFI Group Expands Carbon Business Into North America
• NaiKun Wind Releases Year-End Results, Marking Year of Major Milestones
• ITC Midwest Connects 716 Megawatts of Wind Generation in 2009
• TransAlta awarded 25-year power purchase agreement with New Brunswick Power; announces expansion of Kent Hills wind farm to 150 MW
• NV Energy and Great Basin Transmission to Pursue Jointly-Owned Transmission Line
• EDF EN Canada Announces Commercial Operation and Financing of the Arnprior Solar Project
• New Energy Unveils Patent-Pending Technology to 'Spray' Solar Cells onto See-Thru Windows to Generate Electricity

10 January 2010 Sunday

• New Mexico Begins Its Big Solar Ramp via Xcel Energy, PNM Resources
• N.B. premier threatens to sue Ottawa over nuclear power plant refurbishment

09 January 2010 Saturday

• FPL Prepares for Record Cold Weather and Record Demand for Electricity
• A day in the life of CWLP's Dallman 4 power plant

08 January 2010 Friday

• Exelon: Nuclear plant will close if cooling towers are mandated
• Obama awards $2.3 bln clean energy tax credits
• FPL Florida St Lucie 2 reactor cut to 40 pct
• Georgia Power to Delay Plant Mitchell Conversion to Biomass
• Google seeks to trade U.S. power to go green
• FPL Launches Online Manatee Cam, Invites Public to View Endangered Species Throughout Winter
• NextEra Energy Resources First Renewable Energy Company to Offer Verified Emission Reductions
• Power plant sale talks start next week
• PGE outlines plans for power improvements
• Steam Generator Installation at SONGS

07 January 2010 Thursday

• U.S. EPA plans to tighten Bush-era smog limits
• Calgon Carbon Awarded Contracts for Mercury Removal
• Entergy cuts output at its Vermont Yankee power plant
• TRC and LVI Environmental Services Commended by PG&E for Successful Completion of Humboldt Bay Generating Station RE PowerTM Project
• PGE Applies For Natural Gas Power Plant Permit
• TECO sets a new winter usage record
• Entergy cuts output at its Vermont Yankee power plant
• NYMEX-Crude ends 10-day rally on China woes, dollar
• Brr! Florida manatees warm up at power plant hot tub
• Nevada Geothermal Power Announces Successful Drilling to Date Will Increase Production at Blue Mountain Faulkner 1 Geothermal Power Plant
• Starwood Energy Announces Close of Financing for a 20 Megawatt Solar Power Generation Project in Sault Ste. Marie
• Beacon Power to Benefit from Changes in Midwest Frequency Regulation Market
• *Fluor Completes Construction on Luminant's Oak Grove Unit 1 in Texas
• Construction Underway on Methane-Powered Electric Plant (VIDEO)

06 January 2010 Wednesday

• Northeast Utilities to be Title Sponsor of New England's Largest Robotics Competition Through 2012
• Ameren Energy Resources Completes $1 Billion in Environmental Improvements at Its Illinois-Based Coal-Fired Power Plants
• Florida Gas again issues shipper alert due to cold
• Entergy units short of money to close nuke plants

05 January 2010 Tuesday

• Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant Sets Generation Record in 2009
• OASIS Members Form Committee to Define Standards for Exchanging Energy Market Price and Product Information
• Dominion Virginia Power Is Investing $4 Billion in Additional Service Reliability Improvements
• *Idaho Power Files 2009 Integrated Resource Plan
• Sierra Pacific Industries to re-start Loyalton biomass power plant

04 January 2010 Monday

• PG&E Calif. Gateway natgas unit back
• National Park Service Rules Nantucket Sound is Eligible for Listing on National Register
• Hydrogenics and Rosetti Marino to Jointly Commercialize Utility-Scale Hydrogen Power Plants
• PATH Announces New Developments Regarding Transmission Line Application in Virginia
• NYMEX-Crude up on cold, recovery/demand prospects
• *AES Wind Generation Announces Commercial Operation of Armenia Mountain Wind Farm, U.S.
• Va. cooperative to get power from Pa. wind farm [Armenia Mountain Wind Farm]
• Dominion says to go ahead with natural gas unit sale
• Nova Scotia Power boosts economy by going green
  • Nuttby Mountain wind farm: Construction of a 22-turbine wind farm (total capacity of 45 MW) approximately 20 kilometres north of Truro - total investment is $120 million. (Targeted completion: late 2010) - Electrical grid improvements: In addition to an annual $60 million
• SunEdison to fund 5 PV projects for Xcel [total 50 MW]
• Nevada PUC OKs power-purchase deals
• Duluth-based Minnesota Power has finalized the purchase of a 465-mile high-voltage transmission line between Center, N.D. and the Arrowhead substation
• Ice Slows Operation At N.J. Nuclear Power Plant
• *Solar PV power plant powers 17,000 CA homes [21 MW, NRG Energy to SCE, 20 yr PPA]
• Where on Earth will we store all that captured CO2? Try the East Coast\
• Nuclear power plant back on line [Fort Calhoun Station]
• TVA Says Units Remain Shut at Tennessee Plant, No Restart Set  [units 3 and 4 remain shut at the John Sevier power plant in Tennessee after a Dec. 30 fire]
• Winter System Drops Record Snow, Chills The South [Salem Unit 2 shut down 8 a.m. Sunday taking ice into its cooling mechanism]
• Minnesota Power Reaches Milestone in Renewable Energy Efforts with Purchase of Interstate Transmission Line
• Puget Sound Energy Completes New $3.8 Million Substation
• Minnkota, Minnesota Power ink deal

03 January 2010 Sunday

• Georgia Power works on expansion

02 January 2010 Saturday

• Two-State Power Line Is Put Off [275-mile, West Virginia to Maryland]
• AYE Withdraws From Virginia PATH
• *Power plant expected to be online by spring [Orange Grove power plant, peaker, 94 MW]

01 January 2010 Friday

31 December 2009 Thursday

• NYMEX-Crude ends higher, up 78 pct vs yr-end 2008
• No damage to US Southwest reactors from quake
• Ginna nuclear power plant shuts down with mechanical problem
• Power plant hearing scheduled [Pioneer Valley Energy Center]

30 December 2009 Wednesday

• NYMEX-Crude ends higher on inventory drops, cold
• enXco Announces Commercial Operation of 1.8 MW(dc) Belle Mead Solar Project
• Idaho Power plan to sell facilities gets hearing. State utility commission to consider Idaho Power sale to Raft River Electric
• PATH Announces New Developments Regarding Transmission Line Application in Virginia
• 5.8 Mexico quake felt in O.C., San Diego

29 December 2009 Tuesday

• Michigan issues air permit for new CMS coal plant
• Consumers Energy: Clean Coal Plant Project Reaches Major Milestone With Air Permit
• California's renewable pipeline hits nearly 70 GW
• *Iberdrola Renewables Completes Construction of Rugby, North Dakota Wind Plant
• Areva says seeks to build EPRs in California
• Areva eyes California’s Central Valley for nuclear reactors
• Areva, FNEG agree to pursue 1,600 MW nuclear power plant
• Climate Cool Zero Carbon Pellets Offered to US Retailers and Distributors by Green Energy Resources Through Exclusive Distributorships
• *Western Wind Energy Corp. - Windstar Power Purchase Agreement Amendment
• Kentucky Power asks for nearly 35 pct rate hike
• W.Va. regulators OK Allegheny Energy rate increase
• Utilities restore more power in western NC
• Duke Energy Corp reached settlement w US EPA and US Dept of Justice on lawsuit

28 December 2009 Monday

• Cleco's Rodemacher Project Generating Power
• Cleco sees La. Rodemacher 3 commercial in 2010
• Integrys to sell wholesale electric marketing business
• Macquarie Group to Acquire Wholesale Electric Marketing and Trading Portfolio from Integrys Energy Services
• NextEra NH Seabrook reactor back at full power
• FPL Group Reports That Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant Re-Enters Service after Extended Outage
• Rock Island County, Exelon agree on taxes [Quad Cities]

27 December 2009 Sunday

26 December 2009 Saturday

25 December 2009 Friday

24 December 2009 Thursday

• ComEd Crews Respond to Ice Storm
• PA high court backs ruling that threw out state regulation cutting mercury from power plants
• Plant Outage Weighs on FPL '09 EPS [Seabrook]
• PNM takes 1 power plant down [San Juan]
• NRG wants CPS decision on new South Texas reactors
• Gas Natural sells Mexico assets worth $1.2 bln
• NYMEX-Crude up as dollar slip supports pre-holiday
• *Mass Megawatts Wind Power, Inc. Starts Testing New York Project
• Duke settles air violations at southern Ind. plant
• NV Energy agrees to purchase Crescent Dunes solar power
• PNM: One unit at San Juan Generating Station offline, but service not disrupted.
• San Onofre's new generators installed
• Darlington Nuclear Generating Station water release update - testing shows normal levels of tritium.

23 December 2009 Wednesday

• SAN ONOFRE: First half of nuclear station's upgrade nearly complete
• Entergy offers Vermont cheap power upon nuke renewal
• AEP's Cook Nuclear Unit 1 Reaches Full Reactor Power
• NYMEX-Crude ends higher on inventory drop, dollar
• FPL NextEra NH Seabrook reactor back online
• SunEdison, Xcel announce solar project
• Duke Energy Will Spend $93 Million to Settle Clean Air Violations
• Nuclear plant spills tritium into lake [Darlington]
• Edison power line challenge in the wind
• Delay in Xcel Energy's new coal plant means lower hike in electric rates in Colorado
• WECC Awarded $14.5 Million in Recovery Act Funding for Transmission Planning

22 December 2009 Tuesday

• Utility PG&E, SolarReserve sign power contract
• Florida Public Service Commission Approves Energy 5.0's Contract to Provide Solar Photovoltaic Energy to Tampa Electric Company
• First Solar drops 150 MW project in Colorado
• PHOTOS Turned on: FGCU solar field switched on to provide power to part of campus
• BC Hydro’s $825-million deal with Teck Resources wins over industry
• Shaw Completes Retrofit Program for Fleet of Three Coal-Fired Power Plants

21 December 2009 Monday

• FPL Fleet Delivers Most Fuel-Efficient Year to Date in 2009
• NYMEX-Crude choppy, up on Iran, cold, Jan expiry
• US Crude Outlook - Weak on expiry, margins, taxes
• OPEC set to leave output limits unchanged
• Dominion's Conn. Millstone 3 reactor shut
• Covanta to Build and Operate a $302 Million Expansion at the H-POWER Energy-from-Waste Facility; City and County of Honolulu Extend Covanta's Operating Contract
• Mirant Completes $1.67B Air Quality Control Installation
• PATH Files New Application in Maryland; Requests Withdrawal in Virginia
• AEP Mich. Cook 1 reactor exits 15-month outage
• Colorado company building Westside solar power park
• *Big north-central North Dakota wind farm almost complete [PrairieWinds 1, 77 WT; Minot Wind 2, 3 WT, Basin Electric Power Cooperative, total 80 WT, 120 MW, six miles along both sides of U.S. Highway 83 south of Minot, online by year’s end]
• California Regulators Approve 600-MW Macquarie Power Plant
• IESO 2009 ONTARIO RELIABILITY OUTLOOK: Transmission, Integration and Customer Engagement Key in the Shift to a Cleaner, More Renewable Electricity Supply Mix
• LCRA triples wind power capacity
• *Sempra Generation to Begin Building 48-MW Solar Plant in Nevada
• BPA, Intalco reach deal on Ferndale smelter
• SCE&G nuclear power plant at full power [VC Summer]

20 December 2009 Sunday

• Texas Panhandle's Palo Duro Canyon at center of debate over wind-power transmission lines

19 December 2009 Saturday

• Con Edison Prepares for Winter Storm
• Delay of new power plant could squeeze Texas' electric supply by 2014

18 December 2009 Friday

• Sierra Geothermal Provides Tier One Projects Update
• NYMEX-Crude rises above $73 ahead of Jan expiry
• Dominion Virginia Power is Prepared for Winter Storm
• *ATSI Signs Agreement to Join PJM
• AEP Begins Testing Repaired Cook Nuclear Unit 1 Turbine Generator
• AEP Michigan Cook 1 reactor to exit 15-mth outage
• Progress reduces NC Brunswick 1 reactor
• Seminole pulls plug on 3rd unit
• Hydro-Qu bec to move ahead with 7.6-megawatt green energy project - Waste Management to produce electricity using waste from its Saint-Nic phore facilities
• Ottawa seeks bidders for Candu business
• BPA power caps force utilities to look elsewhere
• New Transmission Project to Facilitate Renewable Energy Development in Illinois and Indiana

17 December 2009 Thursday

• FirstEnergy agrees to sell Michigan power plant
• FirstEnergy Generation Corp. Reaches Agreement To Sell 340-Megawatt Sumpter Plant [Sumpter Plant in Sumpter, Michigan, to Wolverine Power Supply Cooperative, Inc]
• IIR: Final Bidders for U.K. Offshore Transmission Contracts Revealed
• Midwest ISO Announces Big Rivers Electric Corporation's Intent to Join Carmel-based Regional Transmission Organization
• *Regulators Approve Key Contract for New 48-Megawatt Sempra Generation Solar Power Plant
• California Labor Unions and Bechtel Construction Company Reach Agreement to Build Solar Thermal Facility
• Saskatchewan nixes nuclear power plan
• NYMEX-Crude falls below $72 on stronger dollar
• *GDF SUEZ Completes New Brunswick's Largest Wind Facility, Provides New Brunswick Power Electricity to Serve 2 Percent of Province
• Deutsche Bank Completes 250-KW Solar Project at Piscataway Facility
• EnerNOC Signs New Demand Response Contract With Puget Sound Energy
• Offshore testing of Catch the Wind's laser wind sensor successfully completed
• California OKs new transmission for renewables
• Southern California Edison's Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project Approved by California Public Utilities Commission
• Cap Rock Energy Corporation to be Acquired by Hunt, Sharyland Utilities
• Big Rivers Electric Corp intends to join MISO

16 December 2009 Wednesday

• PG&E and DTE Energy Sign Contract for 45-MW of Biomass Power
• Arkansas regulator to lead Entergy state panel
• DPL's unit says to construct 1.1MW solar array in Ohio
• NYMEX-Crude jumps above $72 on inventory drops
• NextEra Energy Resources Completes Purchase of Wind Projects from Babcock & Brown
• Neah Power Fuel Cell Surpasses 1500 Hours of Continuous Operation
• AEP sees Texas Pirkey coal unit back soon
• APS Ariz. Palo Verde 2 reactor back at full power
• Duke S.C. Catawba 1 reactor exits refuel
• LA utility drops plans for 55 megawatt project [solar]

15 December 2009 Tuesday

• Cooper Power Systems Introduces New Demand Response Device
• AEP Joins Effort to Build More Efficient CO2 Compression System
• AEP still sees Mich. Cook 1 reactor back by yr end
• AEP sees Texas Welsh 1 coal unit back soon
• CH Energy Group to Invest $50 Million in 20-MW Wind Power Project
• B&W Wins Contract for Condenser Replacement Project at Columbia Generating Station
• San Onofre reports problems with backup generator
• Nebraska Public Power District Energizes New Powerline

14 December 2009 Monday

• Bruce Power Responds to Alberta Nuclear Consultation Results
• Midwest ISO Study Results Consistent with ITC's Green Power Express
• NRG sees Texas WA Parish 6 coal unit back soon
• OPG/TransCanada Ontario Portlands natgas plant shut
• Dynegy Calif. Moss Landing 6 natgas unit back
• Calpine Calif. Metcalf natgas unit shut
• Entergy Arkansas 2 reactor back at full power
• Dominion Va. North Anna 2 reactor exits outage
• Calpine Calif. Metcalf natgas unit back
• APS Ariz. Palo Verde 2 reactor back
• AEP sees Texas Pirkey coal unit back soon
• U.S. Geothermal Signs Neal Hot Springs PPA With Idaho Power
• Tampa Electric Completes Five-Year Avian Protection Program to Retrofit Its Electrical Infrastructure
• SCANA SC Summer reactor up to 80 pct
• Southern Ga. Vogtle 1 reactor exits outage
• NB Power-Quebec deal could stall Belledune port expansion

13 December 2009 Sunday

12 December 2009 Saturday

11 December 2009 Friday

• *Plutonic, GE to resume work at Canada wind farm [Construction start by January 2010, 300 MW, in British Columbia, Dokie Wind farm, Vestas WT, 144 MW, expected  commercial operation by early 2011]
• *Alliant Energy's First Owned-and-Operated Wind Facility in Iowa Begins Operation
• V.C. Summer Nuclear Station Returns to Service
• AEP sees Texas Welsh 1 coal unit back soon
• Entergy Arkansas 2 reactor up to 70 pct power
• APS Ariz. Palo Verde 3 reactor back at full power
• Southern Ga. Vogtle 1 reactor starts to exit outage
• SCANA SC Summer reactor exits refuel
• *New Otay Mesa Energy Center Celebrates Start of Operations

10 December 2009 Thursday

• Deepwater Wind to build first U.S. ocean wind farm
• Canadian Solar Industries Association names First Light "Solar PV Project of the Year"
• Southern shuts Ga. Vogtle 1 reactor
• NYMEX-Crude drops near $70 on supply, demand woes
• Calera Corporation and Bechtel Power Corporation Announce Strategic Alliance
• Canada returns to trade surplus in October
• GE gets contract for world's largest wind farm [Shepherds Flat wind farm in Oregon]
• Dominion Va. North Anna 2 reactor shut
• Entergy Arkansas 2 reactor exits outage
• Bloomberg Acquires Clean Energy Data Leader New Energy Finance
• APS Ariz Palo Verde 2 reactor reduced, Unit 3 back
• SCANA SC Summer reactor starts to exit refuel
• Constellation Energy To Develop 15-MW Solar PV Project in Maryland
• Greensburg firm finds buyer for wind-generated power
• Jewett power plant given green light [Texas, coal]
• TCEQ approves air quality permit application for NRG Limestone coal-fired power plant
• Line ready to link Dry Fork plant to the power grid [Dry Fork power plant]
• Iberdrola Renewables Provides More Clean Wind Power to M-S-R Public Power Agency from Big Horn 2 Wind Power Project [50 MW, Bickleton WA]
• Expect New Mercury Rules by 2011
• EPA Signals Move to Toughen Ozone Standard [revisions to the ozone standards by December and issue a final decision by August 2010]

09 December 2009 Wednesday

• Start-up aims to move green power by connecting grids
• Long Island - New York City Offshore Wind Collaborative to Pursue Ocean Floor/Wildlife Surveys
• MA Company Plays Key Role in NYC Green Initiative
• NRG obtains air permit for new Texas coal unit
• NYMEX-Crude up on API data, dollar ahead of EIA
• IIR: Alberta Government to Invest $271 Million in $1 Billion Swan Hills Coal Gasification, Power and CCS Project
• Southern Ga. Vogtle 1 reactor starts to exit outage
• Constellation to Build Solar Project
• EPA Paves Way For Cap And Trade
• *IIR: Grassroot 769-Megawatt West Virginia Power Plant Almost 83% Complete
• AbitibiBowater closes sale of power plant
• We Energies to sell stake in Edgewater power plant
• Power plant, property owner not thrilled with Mission land annexation [Frontera Energy Center]
• OPG: no approval yet on $1.5B dam project [Mattagami project]
• Federal judge halts work on Greenbrier wind farm [Invenergy LLC, 119-turbine Beech Ridge Energy wind farm in Greenbrier County West Virginia, 40 turbines already complete]
• Dam shutdown comes down to human error [Grant County PUD, Priest Rapids, Nov 30]
• Tres Amigas Files with FERC for America's First Renewable Energy Transmission Hub
• EPA releases final greenhouse gas endangerment finding
• Maui wind farm developer plans 21 megawatt facility

08 December 2009 Tuesday

• U.S. EIA lowers 2010 global oil demand forecast
• Maryland picks NRG Bluewater to supply wind power
• Md. to buy wind and solar power from 4 projects
• Constellation Energy to Develop Maryland's Largest Solar Photovoltaic Power System
• Port of Corpus Christi OKs lease for Las Brisas power plant
• Split decision for power plant [TransCanada, 900 MW, Ontario]
• OMB ruling could pull plug on power plant [TransCanada, 900 MW, Ontario]
• Lepreau big part of deal, CEO says [Hydro Quebec/NB Power]

07 December 2009 Monday

• BPA Proposes Construction of 500-kV Transmission Line
• NYMEX-Crude falls below $75 on stronger dollar
• NYMEX-Crude falls toward $74 on weak fundamentals
• Exelon Ill. Dresden 2 reactor ramps up to 83 pct power
• FPL Fla. Turkey Point 4 reactor climbs to 92 pct power
• Mirant Wins International Award for Engineering Innovation
• Duke SC Oconee 1 reactor climbs to full power
• APS Palo Verde 3 reactor restarted
• Baker Hughes Announces November 2009 Rig Counts
• Seabrook nuclear plant shut down for repair
• How to build a wind farm
• PPL smart and lucky in recovering 'stranded costs'
• A Greener Way To Get Electricity From Natural Gas
• Wind farm critics challenge state law [Maine]
• Conn. power plant agrees to pay $300,000 fine [Bridgeport Energy LLC]
• EPRI, Tri-State and NV Energy To Demonstrate Solar Thermal Hybrid Power Plants
• Renewable energy company enXco orders Repower wind power turbines
• King Coal Gets $3.1B to Clean Up Its Act
• EPA ruling: Another setback for proposed coal plant? [SWEPCO/AEP, John W. Turk Jr. Power Plant]

06 December 2009 Sunday

• FPL to spend $2 billion on wind energy in 2010
• 'Major project' to mean jobs for Permian Basin [Bainbridge Island-based Summit Power Group, 400 MW power plant capturing 90% of its carbon dioxide, up and running in TX by 2014]
• Company Wins Federal Grant To Build Coal-Fired Power Plant In Texas [Summit Texas Clean Energy LLC of Bainbridge Island, WA]
• Energy Department supports Permian Basin for clean coal power plant
• Report favors smaller of 2 hydro projects [Alaska]
• Idaho Power schedules public meeting for Dec. 17 [500 KV transmission across Baker County]

05 December 2009 Saturday

• Plant closing will effect 84 locals [Exelon, Cromby #1, 144 MW coal & Cromby #2, 201 MW NG/FO6 generating station, closing May 31, 2011]
• BPU’s Oxycoal Funding Denied [USDOE will not fund Jamestown Board of Public Utilities oxy-coal demonstration project]

04 December 2009 Friday

• NYMEX-Crude ends lower, below $76, as dollar soars
• AEP Selected to Receive DOE Funds to Advance Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage to Commercial Scale
• AEP lands $334M for carbon-capture project
• TransAlta Alberta Sundance 5 coal unit back
• Ocean Power Technologies Selects Oregon Iron Works to Build Commercial Wave Energy Device
• Feds give clean coal projects $979 million
• Feds give W.Va. clean coal project $334M [AEP to build plant next to Mountaineer generating station in New Haven]
• Minneapolis-based National Wind announces 500-megawatt, four-county Montana project
• Utah Supreme Court rules against coal power plant [Sevier Power Co/Nevco Energy Co, nitrous oxide emissions]
• MIT's proposed green power plant [based on solid-oxide fuel cells that produce power from fuel without burning it]
• New power plant can provide electricity with zero CO2 emissions
• Pilot Projects Aim to Integrate Solar Into Fossil Plants
• EPA Set to Regulate Wastewater from Coal-Fired Power Plants
• Unease growing in U.S. over power pact [unease in New England about Hydro-Québec's dominance]
• Survey says state regulators like nuclear power
• Feds fund Sapphire Energy algae project [New Mexico]
• Pickering Unit 4 off line for maintenance outage.

03 December 2009 Thursday

• Canadian Solar plans 500-job plant in Ontario
• KCP&L seeks to add 300 megawatts of wind power
• Mays Landing energy company to build Las Vegas area power plant [LFG]
• Funds lined up for hydrogen power plant feasibility studies [Southern California Edison, Taft CA, decision late-2010/early-2011 to build, open 2014 at the soonest]
• Energy Recovery PX Devices Implemented in World's First Osmotic Power Plant
• Power plant project stalls.  Economic reasons, not opposition from environmentalists, behind decision [American Municipal Power Generating Station project in Meigs County, capital cost increase of 37%, 1,000 MW plant had been expected to go on line 2013, fuel mix that includes Ohio coal]
• Exelon cutting power to pair of units at Eddystone station
• Group urges city to get new energy supplier [Fort Collins, Platte River Power Authority]
• GE Invests $117 Million in EDP Renewables’ Oklahoma Wind Farm and Additional $111 Million in Established Wind Farm Portfolio
• PG&E Agrees to Purchase and Operate Major California Wind Energy Project
• *Enogex Selected to Serve New AECI Electric Generation Plant
• *Long-term Power Purchase Agreement Announced Between NV Energy and CC Landfill Energy for 11-Megawatt Power Project at Republic Services' Apex Landfill
• AEP to shut Texas Welsh 1 coal unit soon
• Entergy La. Waterford 3 reactor to exit refuel
• Dominion's Virginia Surry 2 reactor up to 96 pct
• California utility PG&E to buy first wind project
• Goldman sees 2010 oil price at $90, higher in 2011
• TransAlta Alberta Sundance 4 coal unit shut
• Alberta Genesee 3 coal unit shut
• FPL Fla. Turkey Pt 4 reactor starts to exit refuel
• Duke SC Oconee 1 reactor exits refuel
• *Northland Completes 127-MW Jardin d'Eole Wind Farm
• NYPA: Authority is looking for developers to build offshore wind power projects
• NV Energy ups rebates for wind-powered generators
• Canadian Solar to Build 200-Megawatt Ontario Factory
• California utilities push for solar, wind and carbon-capture projects
• Pentagon's 25M Acres Could Ease Renewables Siting Debate
• 100-square-mile wind farm? Would span L. Michigan between Silver Lake, pumped storage plant
• PG&E To Buy Wind Farm From Iberdrola Renovables
• A greener way to get electricity from natural gas
• KCP&L seeks to add 300 megawatts of wind power

02 December 2009 Wednesday

• Exelon closing two units in Eddystone; 280 layoffs coming
• Duke Energy brings 99-megawatt wind farm on line in Wyoming county
• Calpine Calif Sutter 525-MW plant shut
• Dynegy Calif. Moss Landing 1 back in service
• FERC okays Williams US Northwest gas line expansion
• NYMEX-Crude down sharply on big EIA stock rise
• *Exelon to close four power generating units [permanent closure of units 1 and 2 at Cromby Generating Station in Phoenixville and units 1 and 2 at Eddystone Generating Station]
• Exelon Power Seeks to Permanently Retire Four Units in Southeastern Pennsylvania
• Dominion Va Surry 2 reactor up to 70 pct
• Fluor sees U.S. power market boost with carbon law
• PPL reduces Pa. Susquehanna 2 reactor due flooding
• Susquehanna 3rd reactor in Pa to report incident
• WindTamer Turbines Break the Betz .593 Theoretical Limit for Wind Energy
• Exelon Ill. Dresden 2 reactor starts to exit refuel
• *Progess to Retire 11 Coal Plants
• Mississippi regulators OK nuclear plant upgrade
• FirstEnergy Solutions and NOPEC Enter Into Nine-Year Agreement
• Red Wing nuclear power plant returns to full power [Prairie Island]
• SaskPower Working on New Transmission Line Projects in Saskatchewan
• Megawatt Laser Power at Sea

01 December 2009 Tuesday

• Stimulus money hits state energy agency and stalls [California]
• Sempra prevails in contract dispute with Calif.
• Dynegy Announces Completion of Transaction With LS Power [13,000-megawatt power generation portfolio]
• Dominion Va. Surry 2 reactor exits refuel
• TransAlta Alberta Sundance 4 coal unit shut\
• Suntech signs 17 MW deal with Ontario installer
• Ameren Launches Major Solar Initiative In Illinois And Missouri
• KCP&L Announces Interest in Adding More Renewable Energy
• New White Paper Details Six Common Bad Assumptions About Hearing Protection
• *Duke Energy Brings Wyoming Wind Power Project On Line
• NYISO Marks 10-Year Anniversary
• Progress Energy Carolinas Plans to Retire Remaining Unscrubbed Coal Plants in N.C.

30 November 2009 Monday

• U.S. Sept oil demand estimate cut 2.7 pct
• Vega in Final Phase of Redesigned Green Valley Project
• AES Calif. Redondo 7 & 8 natgas units back
• Dynegy Calif. Moss Landing 1 shut
• EnCana closes transaction to split into two distinct and independent companies - Cenovus Energy and EnCana
• TransAlta Alberta Suncance 4 coal unit back
• Dominion stops restart of Va. Surry 2 reactor
• Entergy La. Waterford 3 reactor in cold shutdown
• *IIR: TransCanada Awards Supply Contract to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for Oakville Generation Station
• Constellation Energy Signs Agreement to Acquire Western Maryland Wind Project
• Southern Company Sponsors Operation Migration USA to Help Protect Endangered Whooping Crane
• Hoover Dam power plant modernization continuing

29 November 2009 Sunday

• Utilities planning to upgrade nuclear plants [Pennsylvania]

28 November 2009 Saturday

• Atlantic Power Corporation Completes Conversion to Traditional Common Share Structure
• 6th Annual Canadian Renewable Fuels Summit Vancouver, December 1-2, 2009
• Canada current account deficit balloons
• Canadian Renewable Fuels Significantly Reduce GHGs
• TVA Tenn. Sequoyah 2 reactor slips to 3 pct power-
• Xcel Minn. Prairie Island 1 reactor up to 91 pct power
• FirstEnergy Pa Beaver Valley reactor up to 20 pct
• Royal Dutch/Shell CEO sees quite difficult 2010
• PFI - BG starts power asset disposal, others to follow

27 November 2009 Friday

• PFI - BG starts power asset disposal, others to follow
• Oxy-fuel CCS test achieves close to 100 per cent carbon capture [Germany]
• TVA Tenn. Sequoyah 2 reactor slips to 3 pct power
• Xcel Minn. Prairie Island 1 reactor up to 91 pct power
• FirstEnergy Pa Beaver Valley reactor up to 20 pct

26 November 2009 Thursday

• Alberta lowers deficit forecast as revenue rises
• EDF EN Canada Announces Framework Agreement with REpower

25 November 2009 Wednesday

• Businesses in U.S. Brace for New Rules on Emissions
• Ind. coal-gasification plant cost reaches $2.5B
• Duke hikes tab on Indiana plant
• PPL Plant Granted License Approval
• Northern Resources Signs Wind Energy Joint Venture for Saskatchewan
• Mexico orders Pemex to reduce natgas flaring
• TVA Reports Fiscal Year 2009 Financial Results
• NYMEX-Crude ends up on weak dollar after EIA data
• Regulators in West Virginia and Virginia Make Decisions on Procedural Schedules to Review PATH Project
• Utilities withdraw from UK offshore tender
• Energy-storage Startup SustainX Receives $5.4M from DOE-
• OG&E's 'OU Spirit' Wind Farm Agreement Approved By OCC
• Bullfrog Power(TM) now Provides a 100 Per Cent Local Wind Power Choice in B.C.
• Wind Works Power Corp. Secures Investment to Fund Application Fees for Power Contracts for Its 9 Wind Energy Projects Under the New Feed-In Tariff Program in Ontario
• Xcel Minn. Prairie Island 1 reactor up to 64 pct
• NextEra Wisc. Pt Beach 1 reactor back at full power

24 November 2009 Tuesday

• W.Va. delays power line decision until Feb. 2011
• Duke Energy Indiana Files Cost Update for Clean Coal Gasification Power Plant
• Duke raises cost for Indiana coal gasification plant
• PG&E to seek Calif. Diablo Canyon license renewal
• PPL's Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant Granted License Renewal for Another 20 Years
• Duke Energy Receives $22 Million Federal Grant for Wind Power Storage
• DOE Selects NW for $178M Smart Grid Demo
• PGE Selected by DOE as Oregon Utility Partner in $178M NW Smart Grid Demo
• GE Applauds the Department of Energy's Announcement of Smart Grid Demonstration Projects across the Nation
• Beaver Valley Power Station To Resume Start-Up Activities
• GE Oil & Gas Powers World's First Offshore Gravity-Based LNG Terminal
• GDF SUEZ Subsidiary Sponsors "Caps Off" Program Hosted by WITF-TV
• The World's First Osmotic Power Prototype Opens Today
• Mexico's debt downgrade could hit major companies
• Kansas Wolf Creek reactor up to 95 pct
• Southern Ga. Hatch 2 reactor up to 94 pct
• Progress Florida reactor likely shut for months

23 November 2009 Monday

• First Solar sells California project to NRG
• Normal Outage Work at Three Mile Island Resumes
• Calpine Calif. Otay Mesa natgas plant back
• Dynegy Calif. Moss Landing 7 natgas unit back
• Calpine Calif. Pastoria natgas unit back
• NRG Energy Acquires Largest Photovoltaic Solar Power Plant in California
• AEP sees Texas Welsh 2 coal unit back soon
• Xcel Minn. Prairie 1 reactor starts to exit refuel
• NextEra Wisc. Pt Beach 1 reactor cut to 43 pct power
• Progress NC Harris reactor exits outage

22 November 2009 Sunday

21 November 2009 Saturday

20 November 2009 Friday

• PSEG to keep emissions low at New Haven plant
• SDG&E Kicks Off Bay Front Revival With Historic Removal of Transmission Towers
• PSEG Power Connecticut, City of New Haven, Environmental Groups Reach Accord on Environmental Plan for New Peaking Generation
• FERC ruling to end Entergy Arkansas subsidies
• Brookfield Renewable Power Announces Long-Term Power Sales Contract With Ontario Power Authority
• Southern California Edison's Devers Palo Verde2 Transmission Line Approved by California Public Utilities Commission
• South Texas 1 reactor up to 77 pct after refuev cl
• Dominion Conn. Millstone 2 reactor up to 96 pct

19 November 2009 Thursday

• SWEPCO to Purchase Valley Electric Membership Corporation Assets
• KEMA Sees Clear Roadmap for Nation's Massive Grid Transformation
• NRG Energy seeks patent on new gas-plant design
• AEHI Gets Favorable Decision for Its Nuclear Site From Elmore County P&Z
• Enbridge and RES Canada Team Up on 99 MW Talbot Wind Energy Project
• Grid watchdog group names Cauley as new president
• South Texas 1 reactor exits refuel
• Entergy Vermont Yankee reactor back at full power
• Dominion Conn. Millstone 2 reactor exits refuel
• US FERC OKs stimulus for Montana-Alberta power line
• Ameresco and City of Santa Clara Unveil New Landfill Gas-to-Energy Plant
• Enbridge teams with RES Canada on wind farm-
• Luminant Introduces Expanded, More Dynamic Web Site
• First Wind to Host Groundbreaking Ceremony for Stetson Wind Expansion Project
• AEP subsidiary to buy La. cooperative

18 November 2009 Wednesday

• NYMEX-Crude ends up on EIA data, economy woes curb gain
• NRG's permit for Texas coal-fired unit advances
• Innergex: five hydroelectric projects still under consideration by BC Hydro
• Plutonic Power Corporation Update: Progress on the 2008 BC Hydro Clean Power Call
• U.S. Coal Plant captures and stores carbon
• U.S. coal industry stakes survival on carbon capture
• NextEra reduces Wisc. Point Beach 1 reactor
• Iberdrola Renewables Provides More Clean Wind Power to Modesto Irrigation District from Star Point Project
• FPL Fla. St Lucie 1 reactor cut to 69 pct power
• Dominion Conn. Millstone 2 reactor to exit refuel

17 November 20 Tuesday

• California Public Utilities Commission Approves Two EnerNOC Contracts
• Schneider Power Secures Higher Rates For Select Ontario Wind Projects
• American Electric Power Awards Alstom Power Contracts Worth Over USD 100 Million (70 Million) to Add Power and Reliability to Its DC Cook 1 and Conesville 4 Power Plants in the US
• Calpine reduces Calif. Pastoria natgas plant
• Entergy Vermont Yankee reactor cut to 54 pct
• The U.S. Renewable Energy Group & A-Power Energy Generation Systems, Ltd. Announce Plans To Build a Wind Energy Turbine Production and Assembly Plant in the United States
• Suzlon Receives 20 MW US Order
• British Columbia narrows clean power bidders
• Largest East Coast "Community-Owned" Wind Facility Dedicated in Maine; GE Wind Turbines to Power Maine's Island Communities
• Bruce shuts Ontario Bruce 6 reactor due low demand

16 November 2009 Monday

• Juhl Wind, Inc. Begins Construction on $40 Million Grant County Wind Farm
• Dominion works to restart Conn. Millstone 2 reactor
• Dynegy Calif. Moss Landing 2 natgas unit back
• Canada Sept factory sales fueled by autos rebound
• PG&E Calif. Diablo Canyon 2 reactor back at full power
• NPPD Neb. Cooper reactor exits outage, up to 90 pct

15 November 2009 Sunday

14 November 2009 Saturday

13 November 2009 Friday

• Calif. staff endorses new NRG Carlsbad power plant
• California Energy Commission Staff Recommends Approval of NRG Energy's San Diego Region Repowering Project
• FortisAlberta Receives Decision on 2009 Generic Cost of Capital Proceeding

12 November 2009 Thursday

• Constellation's Ginna nuclear plant oversight rises
• Arch Coal and Great Northern Properties Enter into Montana Coal Lease on Otter Creek Reserves
• Time Magazine Names EnergyHub Dashboard a Best Invention of 2009
• 3RG, CPS Energy meet with Toshiba on nuclear cost
• NPPD sees Neb. Cooper reactor back soon
• NY OKs power line to NYC from planned NJ plant
• *RES Americas adds 44 MW to Washington wind farm
• Calpine/Mitsui Ontario Greenfield natgas units back
• Calpine/Mitsui Ontario Greenfield natgas units shut
• NYMEX-Crude slips awaiting data as dollar edges up
• Oil falls below $79; U.S. inventory in focus
• AES Wind Announces the First Installation of Its New 'AES WindJet 5(TM)' Wind Turbine in North America
• Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. Awarded US$57.9 Million Federal Grant for Blue Mountain 'Faulkner 1'
• California Energy Commission Staff Recommends Approval of NRG Energy's San Diego Region Repowering Project
• TransAlta Alberta Sundance 5 coal unit back
• GE and E.ON Sign Major O&M Deal for U.S. Wind Turbines
• DTE Mich. Fermi 2 reactor exits outage
• PSEG NJ Salem 2 reactor exits refuel
• NS Power and OpenHydro successfully deploy in-stream tidal turbine in the Bay of Fundy
• Hemlock breaks ground on $1.2B Clarksville plant
• Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant Unit 2 restarts after maintenance and refueling shutdown
• Avenal power plant receives recommendation by state regulator [California]
• Top power plant bidder selected
• AEP to form electric transmission company

11 November 2009 Wednesday

• Texas Power Supports Military and Makes Donation to Wounded Warrior Project
• Gulf of Mexico energy ops recovering from Ida
• Largest Wind Project in Missouri to Feature GE 1.5-Megawatt Technology
• PG&E Calif. Diablo Canyon 2 reactor exits refuel
• PSEG NJ Salem 2 reactor starts to exit outage
• *Milford Wind Corridor Project is Completed; Largest Wind Facility in Utah and One of the Largest in the West
• 300 MegaWatt wind project should be operational in 2011
• Beacon Power preps N.Y. energy plant construction
• SSVEC takes honors at Lineman's Rodeo
• Three Mile Island’s license renewed for 20 years
• Report Charts Path for U.S. Offshore Wind Power Development
• U.S. could develop 900,000 MW of offshore wind: Report
• Electric utilities plan to spend $1B on new power plants
• FERC approves revival of 125 MW Holtwood Expansion

10 November 2009 Tuesday

• Coal-fired power plant project is scrapped.  State official calls the withdrawal unfortunate [Big Stone II]
• San Onofre's generators being inserted into dome
• PG&E Returns Diablo Canyon 2 Reactor in California to Service
• *Southern Company Breaks Ground on Biomass Plant [100 MW Nacogdoches Generating]
• Gulf of Mexico energy ops recovering from Ida
• Oil falls on Ida recovery, stronger dollar
• NYMEX-Crude choppy, slips as Ida fades, dollar up
• AEP sees Texas Oklaunion coal plant back soon
• Dynegy Calif. Moss Landing 1 natgas unit back
• Aerojet, Solar Power, Inc. and SMUD Dedicate 3.6 Megawatt Solar System - Announce 2.4 Megawatt Addition at Aerojet Site
• GE 1.5-Megawatt Wind Turbine Commissioned for DOE Program Designed to Move US Wind Energy Technology Forward
• Miss. regulators, utility agree more power needed
• Calif. Regulator Proposes License For 600-MW Macquarie Plant
• Big Washington wind turbine project gets boost from federal grants
• Plutonic Power Issues Progress Update and Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results
• Integrys Energy Services Announces Sale of Power Generation Assets in New Brunswick and Maine
• Algonquin to buy hydro-power assets from Integrys
• Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. announces acquisition of hydroelectric generation assets
• EIA sees coal recovery, natural gas decline in 2010

09 November 2009 Monday

• Gulf of Mexico oil, natgas facilities shut by Ida
• Storm Ida shuts Gulf of Mexico energy operations
• Major Gulf gas hub shut due Ida - Enterprise
• *Pristine Power Inc. Announces Commercial Operations of East Windsor Cogeneration Centre
• MARS and PSEG Solar Source Celebrate Completion of New Solar Garden
• NPPD Neb. Cooper reactor starts to exit outage
• NRG Energy, Inc. Enters Offshore Wind Business with Acquisition of Bluewater Wind
• PG&E Calif. Helms hydro units back
• Pavilion Energy Resources Texas Aluminum Smelter Wind Energy JV
• NPPD Neb. Cooper reactor starts to exit outage
• *Ormat Technologies, Inc. Signs a New 20-Year PPA with Nevada Power Company for 30 MW of Geothermal Power
• Entergy NY Indian Point 2 reactor back at full power
• IIR: Texas-Sized IGCC Project With CCS to Be Built
• *PSE Wild Horse Wind Facility Expansion Enters Service
• El Paso's Southern Natural Gas unit sees supply cut
• Duke shuts SC Catawba 1 reactor for refuel
• Solar Energy Initiatives Announces Securing Land to Build a 100 Megawatt Solar Park in California
• Exelon Ill. Dresden 3 reactor exits outage
• Southern Ala. Farley 2 reactor starts to exit outage
• Minnesota firm lands wind farm maintenance deal
• Entergy increases output at Indian Point 2 reactor
• Suzlon Completes 40-MW Silver Sage Wind Project Ahead of Schedule

08 November 2009 Sunday

• Marathon shuts Ewing Bank platform ahead of storm
• Anadarko evacuating workers from Gulf of Mexico for Ida
• Hurricane Ida aims for Gulf of Mexico oil fields

07 November 2009 Saturday

• Mexico reopens oil port shuttered by bad weather
• A 40-year freeze begins to thaw

06 November 2009 Friday

• Crude ends nearly 3 pct off on jobless gloom
• Entergy NY Indian Point 2 reactor up to 52 pct
• SMUD Approves Renewable Energy Contract with Buena Vista Biomass Power
• *First Wind to Host Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony to Celebrate Commercial Operations at the Milford Wind Corridor Project
• ERCOT: Total interconnection requests continue to fall

05 November 2009 Thursday

• FirstEnergy's Beaver Valley Power Station Receives License Renewal from Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• Dominion Reaches Comprehensive Proposed Settlement Agreement in Pending Virginia Rate Proceedings
• *Horizon Wind Energy Dedicates Blue Canyon V Wind Farm
• Oil falls below $80; demand outlook uncertain
• ESRI's Electric and Gas User Group Members Share GIS Best Practices
• EDF days from closing Constellation deal
• *Suzlon Completes Silver Sage Windpower Project Two Months Ahead of Schedule
• Entergy NY Indian Pt 2 reactor starts to exit outage
• EPCOR Power L.P. and EPCOR Power Equity Ltd. announce name changes
• Industry big winner in NB Power sale
• Waneta project stalled
• Senate committee passes climate change bill

04 November 2009 Wednesday

• First Solar buys 117 MW project from solar startup
• PATH Agrees to Extend Procedural Schedule for Power Line in West Virginia
• North Carolina backs Duke on coal-fired plant [Cliffside]
• Entergy CEO says grid upgrades to cost $500 million
• PECO: Gas Supply Favorable for '09 Winter
• Fire damages Con Ed transformer in Dunwoodie, NY
• Sea 2 Sky Receives Historic North American Council Resolution Adopting a Plan for Wood Fiber Supply And Biomass Plant Development
• PG&E installing 13,000 smart meters per day
• Ontario Bruce 1 & 2 reactor restarts delayed
• First Wind to Host Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony to Celebrate Commercial Operations at the Milford Wind Corridor Project
• EPRI Unveils Initiative to Improve Transmission System Efficiency
• FirstEnergy Ohio Perry reactor up to 73 pct power
• Hydropower upgrade projects get $30.6bn boost

03 November 2009 Tuesday

• The Empire District Electric Company Files for New Kansas Electric Rates
• U.S. Geothermal Inc.: Key Construction Permit Approved for U.S. Geothermal's Neal Hot Springs Project
• Exelon to stage output additions at nuclear units
• NaiKun Wind Issues Project Update
• Entergy sees NY Indian Pt 2 reactor back soon
• Enxco, Suntech tie up in 115 MW sales deal
• enXco Enters Agreement with Suntech to Supply Up to 115 Megawatts of Solar Panels in 2010
• Alaska officials say gas line on track for 2018
• TransAlta acquires over 93 per cent of Canadian Hydro Developers and expects to complete transaction by November 4, 2009
• US utilities expect uneven demand recovery in 2010
• Entergy CEO says chance for new nuclear plant dim
• PPL Receives FERC Approval to Expand Holtwood Hydroelectric Plant
• Puget Sound Energy Selects Comverge for Smart Grid-Enabled Demand Response Pilot Program
• Illinois reactor shut for maintenance, refueling [Dresden]

02 November 2009 Monday

• PPL Completes Sale of Hydroelectric Assets in Maine
• Participating Utilities Announce Wind-Down of Big Stone II Project
• U.S. power CEOs seek policy answers from Congress
• NYMEX-Crude ends above $78 as economic data lifts
• NYMEX-Crude bounces on U.S., China economic data
• DTE Energy Launches Twitter Site
• Allegheny Power Invests Over $150 Million in West Virginia for Reliability Improvement Projects
• American Electric power to invest in new grid company
• Dynegy Calif. Moss Landing 6 & 7 natgas units back
• AES Calif. Alamitos 6 natgas unit shut
• Dominion Va. Surry 2 reactor shut
• US climate law seen raising gasoline 13 cts a gln
• *enXco Announces Start of Construction on Linden Wind Project
• Dominion shuts Va. Surry 2 reactor for refuel
• AEP hopes to return Michigan Cook 1 reactor in Nov
• AEP to work on Texas Oklaunion coal plant
• FirstEnergy Ohio Perry reactor starts to exit outage
• Exelon Ill. Braidwood 2 reactor exits refuel

01 November 2009 Sunday