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Wednesday 11/19/2008

• PSE Renewable Energy Center at Wild Horse Marks Successful First Season of Operation
• Entergy Helps Establish Carbon Registry Designed to Lower U.S. Emissions
• American Carbon Registry
• FERC Approves Transmission Rate Incentives Requested for Maine Power Connection
• FERC approves incentives for central Maine project
• ITC Midwest Reaffirms Commitment to Invest, Improve Performance of Transmission Grid
• EPCOR/TransAlta Alberta Genesee 3 coal unit back
• Progress works on S.C. Robinson 2 reactor turbine
• Nuke plant back online. Start up after 25-day refueling outage [Oyster Creek]
• DOE completes large-scale carbon sequestration project awards
• Second nuclear plant site pondered in Alberta. Bruce Power looks at alternative Alberta site for a proposed nuclear power plant
• EPA’s Deseret decision could widely impact coal plant construction

Tuesday 11/18/2008

• Texas lawmakers discuss Exelon-NRG Energy deal
• Google CEO Schmidt lays out U.S. energy ideas
• Alberta surplus squeezed by falling markets, oil
• Midland Cogeneration Venture and Dow Corning Corporation Announces Steam Purchase Agreement
• Tonbridge Power Receives Final DOE Permit to Construct MATL Transmission Line
• Hydro One crews return power to more than 150,000 customers
• Aluminium touches 3-year low before turning higher
• Entergy Miss. Grand Gulf reactor reduced due fire
• Southern California Edison Announces Record Performance Results for Plug-In Hybrid Battery
• APS Ariz. Palo Verde 1 reactor starts to exit refuel
• Progress N.C. Brunswick 2 reactor up to 94 pct power
• Progress S.C. Robinson 2 reactor starts to exit outage
• Constellation N.Y. Nine Mile 2 reactor back at full
• NPPD seeks new wind farm power purchase agreement
• Wind batteries get prairie test
• Consumers Energy advances on renewable energy plan, secures 28,000 acres for wind energy development in Mason and Tuscola Counties
• Reliant Calif. Ormond Beach 1 natgas unit shut

Monday 11/17/2008

• Crude ends sharply lower on economic worries
• Global Wind Industry Milestone: GE Energy Ships its 10,000th 1.5-Megawatt Wind Turbine
• enXco Closes Financing on Shiloh II Wind Project
• PG&E Calif. Helms 2 hydro unit back
• California seeks one third renewable power by 2020
• California American Water Begins Testing of Moss Landing Desalination Pilot Plant
• Southern shuts Ga. Vogtle 2 reactor for work
• Sempra Mexico Termoelectrica natgas unit back
• Sempra/Occidental Calif. Elk Hills natgas unit back
• FPL Wisconsin Pt Beach 1 reactor up to 98 pct power
• Dominion Va. North Anna 2 reactor up to full power
• Duke N.C. McGuire 1 reactor up to 98 pct power
• Progress N.C. Brunswick 2 reactor exits outage
• Constellation N.Y. Nine Mile 2 reactor exits outage
• PSEG N.J. Salem 1 reactor up to 96 pct power
• *Duke Energy Begins Commercial Operation of $120 Million Windfarm in Texas [58.8 MW Ocotillo windforam, Big Spring TX]
• Hydro One crews return power to more than 130,000 customers
• DOE Completes Large-Scale Carbon Sequestration Project Awards
• Company seeks to expand Oregon wind farm [FPLE, Stateline Wind Energy Center]

Sunday 11/16/2008

• California fires destroy 1,000 homes, winds ease

Saturday 11/15/2008

• LA ringed by wildfires-homes, acreage destroyed

Friday 11/14/2008

• NRG seeks to dismiss Exelon lawsuit over bid
• DWR and USGS Begin Salmon Tracking Study in Delta
• There’s nothing simple about wind energy agreements
• PacifiCorp Awards Construction Contract for Populus-to-Terminal Transmission Project
• Google, CPower, CSG and CSE Join Demand Response and Smart Grid Coalition
• Vermont electric cos issue RFP for power supplies
• Three Utilities Solicit New Energy Contracts
• Coal Will Remain the World's Main Source of Power Until 2030
• PPL Corporation to Delist Common Stock from Philadelphia Stock Exchange
• Reliant Energy to Sell Northeastern Electricity Marketing Assets to Hess Corporation
• Reliant sells electricity marketing assets to Hess
• Canada factory sales point to hardy Q3 growth
• Calpine Calif. Sutter natgas unit back in service
• Calpine Calif. Metcalf natgas unit shut
• Oil falls to $58 on stock markets, data
• Dominion Va. North Anna 2 reactor up to 74 pct power
• *First Wind Begins Construction on Milford Wind Corridor Project [Utah]
• Ameren Mo. Callaway reactor up to 91 pct power
• FPL Wisc. Pt Beach 1 reactor exits refuel
• Duke N.C. McGuire 1 reactor up to 54 pct power
• PSEG N.J. Salem 1 reactor exits refuel
• Plutonic Power Issues Progress Update and Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results
  • Plutonic Power's 196 megawatt, $660 million East Toba River-Montrose Creek run-of-river hydroelectric project, being built through a partnership with GE Energy Financial Services, is fully financed, on-budget and on-schedule to reach commercial operation by mid-2010. The electricity generated from this project is contracted to BC Hydro under a 35 year sales contract. Noted milestones during the third quarter include
• Columbia Generating Station Shutting Down For Five Days
• Alliant plans $150M upgrade at Sheboygan plant
• PacifiCorp Awards Construction Contract for Populus-to-Terminal Transmission Project
• Pennsylvania Commission Approves Allegheny Energy Transmission Line Project

Thursday 11/13/2008

• NorthWestern Energy Provides Update on Montana Public Service Commission Proceedings Regarding Colstrip Unit 4
• Project Intends to Construct World's Largest, Most Efficient Synthetic Natural Gas Production Facility
• Cleaner Coal Technology Key to the World's Energy Future.  GE, University of Wyoming Developing Research Center to Push the Technology Forward
• *Kruger Energy celebrates the official opening of its first wind farm in Ontario
• Environmentalists Win Big EPA Ruling on Coal Emissions [coal-fired Bruce Mansfield Power Plant, Shippingport PA]
• Musselwhite mine looks for more power
• NRC Responds to VY Cracks
• Southern California stages biggest U.S. quake drill
• Crude stays down midday on EIA product build
• GE Oil & Gas to Supply Gas Turbines for Motiva Port Arthur Refinery Expansion, Largest Refinery in the Country
• Canada Sept trade surplus shrinks as U.S. slows
• AmerenUE, Saint Louis University Join Forces to Launch Pioneering Weather Monitoring, Forecasting, Response System
• Covanta Announces Amended Terms for its Acquisition of Two Biomass Energy Facilities in Maine
• AEP sees Texas Welsh 2 coal unit back soon
• Dominion Va. North Anna 2 reactor exits outage
• Dominion tries again to restart North Anna unit
• NYISO Forecasts Sufficient Electricity Supply for Winter 2008-2009
• Ameren Mo. Callaway reactor exits outage
• FPL Wisc. Pt Beach 1 reactor starts to exit refuel
• PSEG N.J. Salem 1 reactor starts to exit refuel
• Duke N.C. McGuire 1 reactor exits refuel
• Vertical windmill breaks ground.  Prototype to be operational by Spring [New York]
• Technology designed by Pemberton-based SyncWave Systems Inc. harnesses ocean energy
• Pennsylvania Commission Approves Allegheny Energy Transmission Line Project
• Pa. approves tiny part of big power line to Va.
• Constellation N.Y. Nine Mile 2 reactor shut

Wednesday 11/12/2008

• Sempra sees Mex. Termoelectrica gas unit back soon
• FALLBROOK: Power plant environmental report ready to review
• A Megawatt Headache in the Poconos
• *Trying to catch the wind [Construction on Solano's newest turbine farm, Shiloh II, began this summer]
• Xcel looks to harness wind energy for use even when there's no wind [battery to store wind energy]
• Palatka Coal Plant Plan Falls Through [Florida]
• SWEPCO gets final green light to build ultrasupercritical coal plant in Ark.
• Recommended 33% renewable standard could cost California $60 billion
• BP Alternative drops UK renewable projects to focus on U.S.
• NERC: Efforts to mitigate climate change could strain North American grids
• NERC: Current climate change initiatives may threaten reliability
• Alliant Energy plans change
• Crude down over 5 pct on economy, demand woes
• TSX dives as economic gloom chills investors
• Illinois coal a potential U.S. export star
• U.S. coal imports slowed but not stopped
• Innergex Renewable Energy 2008 Third Quarter Results
  • During the third quarter of 2008, the Corporation continued the construction of its 23.0 MW Umbata Falls hydroelectric project in Northern Ontario and its 109.5 MW Carleton wind farm in Eastern Quebec. These projects, presently under commissioning, already produced their first kilowatts of electricity and are expected to be fully operational by the end of November 2008.
  • The 7.5 MW Fitzsimmons Creek hydroelectric project, located in B.C., is the first project under construction in the Creek Power group of projects. During the third quarter of 2008, the Fitzsimmons Creek project also reached a significant milestone when BC Hydro determined that the project was eligible under the Standing Offer Program ("SOP").
• Ameren shuts Mo. Callaway reactor
• OPPD moves forward with $340M Cass Co. power plant project
• Slumping Carbon Allowance Prices May Stymie Market Growth
• EIA: Natural gas prices and electricity use forecast to decline

Tuesday 11/11/2008

• U.S. Energy Department takes Duke waste
• Exelon purchases power from county's Twin Groves Wind Farm
• Plant permits on track [400 MW, Pioneer Valley Energy Center]
• Black & Veatch Releases Results of 2008 U.S. Electric Utilities Survey
  • B&V Survey Results (pdf)
• Exelon bid for NRG turns hostile
• NRG Energy Confirms Receipt of Letters from Exelon Corporation
• Exelon says no plans to sweeten offer for NRG
• Proposed Wisconsin Power and Light Plant Rejected by State Regulators [expansion of existing Nelson Dewey Generating Station in Cassville, Wisconsin]
• Dynegy Calif. Moss Landing 2 natgas unit back
• Duke S.C. Oconee 3 reactor back at full power
• Puget Sound Energy is Preparing to Respond to Potential Power Outages and Natural Gas System Needs from Forecasted Storm
• Exelon purchases power from county's Twin Groves Wind Farm
• Montana power plant gets air permit [250 MW Highwood Generating Station]

Monday 11/10/2008

• *PSE Orders Turbines For Wild Horse Expansion
• Fulton power plant producing again
• Vesta Capital Corp. (TSXV: VES.P) Announces the Signing of a Letter of Intent for Its Proposed Qualifying Transaction
• Crude at new 19-month low on demand worries
• Luminant Texas Big Brown coal unit shut until Dec
• Southern California Edison Announces Major Advance in Efforts to Offset the Environmental Impact of Coastal Power Generation
• Duke S.C. Oconee 3 reactor output rising
• BlueView Launches 4000m Depth Rated Sonar System
• Calpine shuts Calif. Sutter natgas unit
• Dynegy Calif. Moss Landing 1 natgas unit shut
• Sempra Mexico Termoelectrica natgas unit shut
• Coal-Fired Utilities See Improved Efficiency With Green Plus
• PSEG N.J. Salem 1 reactor in hot shutdown mode
• PECO Begins Second Round of Bidding for Renewable Energy Credits
• Progress shuts N.C. Brunswick 2 reactor
• Duke S.C. Oconee 3 reactor output rising
• Ameren Mo. Callaway reactor up to 70 pct
• NU Reports Third Quarter Results, Provides 2009 Guidance, Updates Its Plans to Provide Solutions to Help Meet the Region's Energy Needs
• NRG says debt costs would rise under Exelon merger
• Duke Energy Signs Used Fuel Contract for Proposed Lee Nuclear Station
• NYPA's Kessel eyes wind farm, underwater cable
• Callaway Plant Returns to Service Following Refueling and Maintenance Outage
• *Raser Technologies Inaugurates Utah Geothermal Plant with Advanced Technology That Can Make Geothermal a Major Source of the U.S. Energy Supply

Sunday 11/09/2008

• NRG rejects $6.08 bln Exelon bid
• NRG Energy's Board of Directors Rejects Exelon Corporation's Unsolicited Proposal
• PSC tells utilities to find more power {Maryland}

Saturday 11/08/2008

Friday 11/07/2008

• DOE to ask Congress to expand nuclear waste repository
• California Elk Hills 525-MW plant out 1 more week
• Exelon fixing drywell at N.J. Oyster Creek reactor
• SCE Event Will Announce Completion of a 175-Acre Artificial Kelp Reef, the First Environmental Restoration Project of its Kind
• Reliant Energy swings to loss on derivatives impact
• Reliant Energy, Merrill Lynch Agree to Extension
• Fire Breaks Out At Central Texas Power Plant [Big Brown Steam Electric Station and Mine in Freestone County]
• California study examines renewable power costs
• Power grid operator seeks relief in Lehman case
• Ameren Mo. Callaway reactor starts to exit refuel
• ADEQ Approves Air Permit For New Coal-Fired Power Plant [AR]
• Idaho nuke plant hits snag

Thursday 11/06/2008

• FPL Energy's Gray County Wind Facility Earns OSHA VPP Star Status
• Regulators cut off generator money [CT]
• AEP Texas Welsh 2 coal unit shut for work
• California study shows high cost of renewable power
• Dynegy 1,478-MW California Moss Landing plant back
• Great Basin Transmission Announces Open Season for the Southwest Intertie Project
• EPCOR CCS Projects Moving Forward
• *Duke Energy Reaches Full Commercial Operation at Texas Wind Farm [59 MW Ocotillo Wind Farm, located in Howard County, Texas on Nov. 1]
• South Texas 2 reactor up to 77 pct power
• Progress SC Robinson 2 reactor starts to exit refuel
• GEI Consultants Completes Site Work at Proposed New Nuclear Plant for AREVA and UniStar Nuclear Energy
• PECO Completes New 69-kV Electric Transmission Line

Wednesday 11/05/2008

• Marseilles backs plan to restart power plant
• Mass Megawatts Wind Power, Inc. (MMGW) Announces Expansion Into Smaller Wind Power Plant Market
• South Texas 2 reactor exits refuel, up to 50 pct
• *AEP unit to begin coal plant in Arkansas [600-MW John W. Turk Jr. coal-fired plant]
• Bruce extends Ontario Bruce 3 and 4 reactor life
• Calif. Elk Hills natgas unit shut
• Ocean Power Technologies Wins New $3 Million Contract from US Navy
• California voters reject renewable power measure
• EDF Energies Nouvelles Signs Close to 1,000 MW of New Operations & Maintenance Contracts in the United States
• 10-Year Outlook For Electric Reliability Highlights Environmental Initiatives, Transmission Among Key Concerns
• IBERDROLA RENEWABLES releases first company-wide Avian and Bat Protection Plan calling for Wildlife and Habitat Protection
• FERC asserts jurisdiction over Outer Continental Shelf Hydroelectric Projects

Tuesday 10/04/2008

• NRG again defers decision on Exelon bid
• Next Presidential Administration has Mandate for Use of Coal
• Exelon Ill. Quad Cities 1 reactor up to 83 pct power
• FERC approves Southern Indiana grid incentives
• Duke doubles cost estimate for nuclear plant

Monday 11/03/2008

• EPCOR Power L.P. and EPCOR Power Equity Ltd. announce closing of Morris Cogeneration LLC acquisition
• Crude drops on economic data, demand concern
• U.S. Development Group Receives First Ethanol Unit Trains to the Mid-Atlantic Region at Its Baltimore Ethanol Handling and Distribution Hub
• PSE Requests to Pass Through Adjusted Wind-Power Credit to Customers
• TransAlta Alberta Keephills coal plant shut
• Western Wind Energy Corp. announces a 72% increase in revenues for the third quarter ended September 30, 2008
• Ontario Brighton Beach natgas unit back
• Shaw Part of Team Selected to Manage the U.S. Department of Energy Yucca Mountain Project
• AEP to work on Texas Welsh 1 coal unit through Dec.
• Dominion Va. Surry 1 reactor back at full power
• MidAmerican and Constellation Energy Receive Early Termination of Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Waiting Period
• *EDF Energies Nouvelles Signs an Agreement to Deliver 351 MW in Wind Energy Capacity in the United States
• PHI's Mid-Atlantic Power Pathway Project Granted FERC Approval
• Duke hopes N.C. McGuire 1 reactor back this week
• *enXco Announces 351 megawatts of Wind Projects for Xcel Energy
• Exelon reduces Ill. Quad Cities 1 reactor for work
• Exelon shuts Ill. Dresden 3 reactor for refuel
• SCE boosts output at Calif. Big Creek hydro unit
• Xcel Minn. Prairie Island 2 reactor exits refuel
• NC board OKs Progress Energy transmission line
• Virginia regulators approve 80-mile transmission lines intended to serve south Hampton Roads
• Constellation, MidAmerican clear antitrust hurdle
• Costs increase for new AMP-Ohio power plant on Ohio River in Meigs County
• California Commission Judge Rejects SDG&E's Sunrise Powerlink
• PSC opens hearings on nuclear plant expansion

Sunday 11/02/2008

• EDF Unit Completes Eagle Energy Partners Acquisition

Saturday 11/01/2008

Friday 10/31/2008

• How Parked Cars Could Power the Future
• Constellation Energy Provides Update on Liquidity and Strategic Initiatives
• Bruce Power eyes new Ontario nuke plant
• Bruce Power mulls new Ontario nuclear station
• Canada's Nuclear Workers Support Nanticoke Option
• Bruce Power to Conduct Environmental Assessment for Nuclear Generating Station in Haldimand-Norfolk
• ADA-ES Reaffirms Activated Carbon Market Expectations
• PG&E Calif. Helms 2 hydro unit back
• Xcel, EDF to develop wind power in Minn. & N.D.
• Xcel Energy, enXco Join in Major Wind Farm Developments in Minnesota, North Dakota
• Xcel Energy signs on for $900M wind power project
• Xcel Minn Prairie Isl 2 reactor shut during startup
• Ontario Brighton Beach natgas unit shut
• *Canadian Hydro Announces Official Opening of Canada's Largest Wind Energy Installation

Thursday 10/30/2008

• Dynegy California units, total of 1,478 MW, out
• California Reliant Ormond Unit 1 production back
• Officials Celebrate NJ's First 'Green Energy Academy'
• enXco Service Corporation Signs O&M Agreement with PacifiCorp
• Crude down over $2 on weak U.S. economic data
• Sierra Geothermal Power Completes 100% Earn-In at Reese River
• IntercontinentalExchange, The Clearing Corporation and Nine Major Dealers Announce New Developments in Global CDS Clearing Solution
• AEP plans to shut Texas Welsh 1 coal unit for work
• Dominion Va. North Anna 2 reactor shut
• DWR Releases Initial State Water Project Allocation
• NRG net nearly triples; mulls Exelon merger offer
• Transmission Agency of Northern California moves on transmission project
• Entergy New Orleans pursues new agreement with subsidiaries
• Calgary's Regulated Default Electricity Rate for November 2008

Wednesday 10/29/2008

• California Reliant Ormond Unit 1 production cut
• Tenaska Capital raises $2.4 bln for power investments fund
• Exelon Generation Signs Deal to Purchase Wind Power Generated in Illinois
• Exelon Details the Value Creation Opportunities in an Exelon-NRG Combination
• California 407-MW Helms Pump 2 in planned outage
• GDF SUEZ Subsidiary Renews Contract with the City of Dallas for Its Total Energy Load
• Constellation N.Y. Nine Mile 1 reactor at full power
• Exelon Pa. Limerick 2 reactor up to full power
• FirstEnergy Pa. Beaver Valley 2 reactor up to 95 pct
• NERC: 10-Year Outlook for Reliability Highlights Environmental Initiatives, Transmission as Concerns

Tuesday 10/28/2008

• Oregon LNG Takes Another Step Forward in Approval Process
• Entergy Miss. Grand Gulf reactor to exit outage
• Dominion Va. Surry 1 reactor shut
• Google looking to invest in energy sector
• Pickens Plan Comes to RFD-TV
• Goodhue Wind LLC to Develop 78 MW of Community-Based Wind Energy in Goodhue County, Minnesota
• Constellation N.Y. Nine Mile 1 reactor up to 74 pct
• FirstEnergy Pa. Beaver Valley 2 reactor exits outage
• IIR: FPL Group Lowers Capital Expenditure Outlook and New Wind Capacity for 2009 After Posting 45% Jump in 3Q08 Profit

Monday 10/27/2008

• Alert ends at PPL's Pa. reactor, no danger
• 'Alert' Declared at PPL's Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant
• Westinghouse Expands Presence in Southeastern U.S.
• PG&E Calif Gas unit warns on high natgas flows Tues
• Goldman takes stake in carbon company Blue Source
• Calpine reduces Calif. Pastoria natgas plant
• PG&E Calif. Helms 1 hydro unit back
• AES Calif. Alamitos 5 natgas unit back
• Calpine/Mitsui Ontario Greenfield natgas plant back
• Entergy Miss. Grand Gulf reactor shut
• FPL Group to cut spending, wind power growth
• PG&E Calif. Diablo 2 reactor exits outage
• Dominion Va. North Anna 2 reactor to exit refuel
• GDF SUEZ Completes Acquisition of Econergy International, a Renewable Energy Company
• IBERDROLA RENEWABLES Sells Entire Output of Region's Largest Biomass Energy Project
• Western North Carolina to Get First Large-Scale Solar Farm
• Exelon shuts N.J. Oyster Creek reactor for refuel
• We Energies Submits Application for Columbia County Wind Project
• Exelon Ill. Byron 2 reactor exits refuel
• Southern Ga. Vogtle 2 reactor up to 90 pct power
• Duke S.C. Oconee 2 reactor shut
• Commerce Energy Sells Texas Retail Electric Business for $14.8 Million
• Constellation N.Y. Nine Mile 1 reactor exits outage

Sunday 10/26/2008

Saturday 10/25/2008

Friday 10/24/2008

• AEP to give Cook reactor return timeline in Nov
• FirstEnergy shut Pa. Beaver Valley 2 reactor for work
• Entergy Miss. Grand Gulf reactor at 1 pct power
• Oil falls $5 as OPEC cut fails to halt slide
• OPEC agrees sharp output cut
• PG&E Calif. Diablo Canyon reactors start back
• Canada inflation begins to ease in September
• Constellation shuts N.Y. Nine Mile 1 reactor
• Calpine/Mitsui Ontario Greenfield natgas plant shut

Thursday 10/23/2008

• Illinois Commerce Commission Approves ComEd Proposal for Phase III of Northwest Reliability Project
• PSE&G Lauded as America's Most Reliable Electric Utility
• AREVA, Northrop Grumman Join Forces to Create World-Class Facility in U.S. to Manufacture Heavy Components for American Nuclear Energy Industry
• AEP to restart Texas Welsh 2 coal unit Oct. 23-29

Wednesday 10/22/2008

• AES Alamitos 5 Calif. 498-MW power plant off-line
• PG&E Diablo 2 reactor remains shut due jellyfish
• New Jersey launches strategy to slash power use
• Wind Energy Industry Installs 1,400 MW in 3rd Quarter of What Will Be Another Record Year
• **AWEA 3rd Quarter 2008 Market Report, October 2008
• Entergy Miss. Grand Gulf reactor still in startup
• **NRG's First Wind Farm, Sherbino I, Achieves Commercial Operation
• **NRG/BP Texas Sherbino 1 wind farm enters service
• *Pristine Power and ENMAX Green Power Announce Start-Up of Second Energy Recovery Generation Facility
• NRC sends team to inspect PSEG N.J. Salem 1 reactor
• Exelon Pa. Peach Bottom 2 reactor up to 77 pct power

Tuesday 10/21/2008

• Sempra Mexico Termoelectrica natgas unit back
• Entergy Miss. Grand Gulf reactor to exit refuel

Monday 10/20/2008

• Exelon offers to buy NRG for $6.2 billion in stock
• Exelon won't rule out hostile bid for NRG
• NRG option activity raises eyebrows before Exelon bid
• NRG Energy, Inc. Confirms Receipt of Unsolicited Proposal from Exelon Corporation
• Facts about Exelon, NRG Energy
• Exelon Lowballs Warren Buffett in NRG Bid
• NV Energy Purchase of Bighorn Generating Facility Completed
• Reliant Energy Completes Sale of Bighorn Generating Facility
• Dominion Va. North Anna 2 reactor in hot standby
• Entergy shuts Vermont Yankee reactor for refuel
• PSE Awarded New 50-Year License for Baker Hydropower Facility
• Wash. utility wins 50-year fed license for Baker River dams, will build new salmon hatchery
• Research and Markets: This Powerful QuickTradeX Desktop Edition Allows you to Analyze Data Directly from Your Desktop
• AEP to work on Texas Welsh 2 coal unit Oct. 18-27
• BlackLight Power Inc. Announces Independent Replication of New Energy Source
• IIR: Constellation Energy Resumes Construction of 774-Megawatt Hillabee Energy Center
• Progress Energy Natural Gas-Fueled Plant Gains N.C. Regulatory Approval
• Regulators approve $750 million power plant
• Bruce Power Ontario Bruce 7 reactor back in service
• Southern Ga. Vogtle 2 reactor to exit refueling
• Southern shuts Ala. Farley 2 reactor for refuel
• PSEG N.J. Salem 2 reactor back at full power
• Run of River Power Advances 16 New Hydroelectric Projects
• Offshore Wind May Power the Future
• *Reactors likely to cost $9 billion: Progress Energy doubles estimate
• FPL shuts Fla. St Lucie 1 reactor for refueling

Sunday 10/19/2008

• Loss of federal loan fails to derail four other coal-fired power plants
• Last rotor raised from bottom of Saint John harbour

Saturday 10/18/2008

Friday 10/17/2008

• Constellation Energy Files Preliminary Proxy Statement for Proposed Merger with MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co.
• Toronto stocks log biggest weekly gain in 6 years
• Wisconsin Power and Light Files 'Closing Arguments' in Cassville Power Plant Docket
• SolarWorld Opens North America's Largest Solar Cell Manufacturing Facility
• ISO New England Releases 10-Year Plan for the Region's Power System
• Crude ends up $2 on OPEC cut expectations
• *Calpine and Mitsui Announce Commercial Operation of Greenfield Energy Centre
• PJM Board Authorizes $1.8 Billion in Transmission Additions, Upgrades
• AEP to shut Texas Welsh 2 coal unit for work
• MidAmerican Outlines Benefits of Proposed Merger With Constellation Energy
• N.B. Power officials say power gain sank with rotors in Saint John Harbour
• FERC approves incentives for major transmission projects in the West, New England

Thursday 10/16/2008

• Evergreen Solar Signs Two New Sales Contracts Totaling More Than 160 Megawatts
• WeatherBug(R) to Address Attendees at the 2008 Electric & Gas User Group Conference on the Economic Impact of Severe Weather on Utility Operations
• *Workers break ground on coal-fired power plant [Southern Montana Electric Generation and Transmission, Great Falls MT]
• SUEZ LNG Subsidiary Completes Pipeline Construction for Neptune Offshore LNG Facility
• PECO Blitzing Chester County with Reclosers
• US solar field foresees cost parity with coal, gas
• Hurricane Omar weakens after surging into Atlantic
• Lakeland Electric Signs Historic Agreement to Deploy More Solar Per Customer Than Any Other U.S. Utility
• PSEG N.J. Salem 2 reactor cut to 65 pct power
• Hill International Wins CMAA Project Achievement Award for the U.S. Capitol Power Plant
• Epcor cancels Ontario wind-farm deal
• FERC OKs power line incentives in West, New England
• NACEL Energy Retains Wind Energy Projects
• Ocean Power Technologies Launches PowerBuoy for US Navy
• Rotors Destined For Nuclear Power Plant Slide Off Barge Into Saint John Harbour [New Brunswick, Point Lepreau nuclear generating station]
• EDF drops bid for Constellation Energy Group
• Garden State Offshore Energy wins bid for NJ Offshore Wind Farm
• *Santee Cooper Dedicates New Generating Units at Cross Station

Wednesday 10/15/2008

• U.S. regulator urges OTC derivatives reform
• PSEG shuts N.J. Salem 1 reactor for refueling
• PSEG N.J. Salem 1 reactor shut--NRC
• FPL Fla. Turkey Point 4 reactor back at full power
• IIR: PPL's Bell Bend Plant Could Boost Pennsylvania's Total Nuclear Generation Capacity to More Than 11,000 Megawatts
• OutBack Power Systems' New SMARTRE Renewable Energy Solution Delivers "Always-On" Grid-Tie Power Assurance
• South Dakota Wind Farm Begins Operations, Allowing First Two Midwest Universities to Be 100% Powered by Renewable Energy

Tuesday 10/14/2008

• MidAmerican and Constellation Energy File with FERC for Merger Approval
• *Constellation Energy and Alabama Officials Celebrate Construction Renewal at Hillabee Power Plant
• Panda Energy Receives Air Permit for Temple, Texas Power Plant
• AEP Texas Welsh 3 coal power unit to restart soon
• Sempra Energy and Valero Energy Announce Plans to Develop Texas Marine Terminal Project
• FPL's Fla. Turkey Point 4 reactor up to 2 pct power
• Homeland Energy Confirms 114 Million Ton Coal Resource and 45 Million Ton Reserve for Appolo Fuels Mines in Central Appalachian Region of United States
• Maine and New Hampshire Regulators Approve Unitil Purchase of Northern Utilities
• PGE Rolls out Largest Solar Project in Pacific Northwest
• SunPower: Completion of a 1.1-megawatt solar-electric power system [Silicon Valley]
• Air Permit Granted For New Central Texas Power Plant [1,000 MW, South Temple Industrial Park]
• IBERDROLA RENEWABLES Conducts Industry-First Bat Study at Pennsylvania Wind Power Project
• OPPD Begins Study of Wind Proposals

Monday 10/13/2008

• Tampa Electric Revises Fuel Projections; Lower Cost Increases Expected
• Progress Energy Florida Lowers 2009 Fuel Projections, Proposes Reduced Rate Increase for Customers
• Goldman lowers winter US/UK natgas price forecasts
• ADA-ES to Host Groundbreaking Ceremony for North America's Largest Activated Carbon Production Facility on October 21st
• Dominion shuts Conn. Millstone 3 reactor for refuel
• SEC Calif. Mountainview 3 & 4 natgas units back
• AES Calif. Huntington 3 & 4 natgas units shut
• Michigan Generating Plant Acquisition Announced [Covert Generating Plant located near South Haven, Michigan]
• Calpine Ontario Greenfield 4 natgas unit back
• Alberta Genesse 3 coal unit shut
• Canada ready to act to protect financial system
• Text of statement by Canadian Finance Minister
• Bank of Canada to keep providing extra liquidity
• Dominion Conn. Millstone 3 reactor shut
• Entergy N.Y. FitzPatrick reactor up to 97 pct\
• *IIR: Calpine Set to Commence Full Commercial Operation of Greenfield Energy Centre in Canada
• Goldman faces limits in Platts oil window
• Ameren shuts Mo. Callaway reactor for refuel
• SCE Calif. San Onofre 3 reactor shut
• Intermountain has unplanned shutdown of 900-megawatt generator
• Tenaska acquires 1,100-megawatt Covert Generating power plant near South Haven, Michigan
• R.I. wind farm developer Deepwater wins N.J. project
• CPV refiles with Planning Board
• FPL shuts reactor at Turkey PointFPL shuts reactor at Turkey Point
• Vermont electric utility upgrading 80-year-old power station by replacing wooden pipe
• PGE to 'roll out' largest solar project in Northwest

Sunday 10/12/2008

Satirday 10/11/2008

• NRC posts filing for Fermi 3 online: Web site gives info on plant design

Friday 10/10/2008

• Calpine California Metcalf gas-fired plant back
• Calpine California Metcalf gas-fired plant off-line
• Alcoa Signs Power MOU with Bonneville Power Administration
• PPL applies for Pennsylvania nuclear power reactor
• Oregon LNG Completes Major Milestone toward Permit Approval
• EnCana says still planning corporate split up
• PJM Auction Awards First Long-Term Financial Transmission Rights
• AEP to work on Texas Pirkey coal unit Oct. 9-14
• Entergy N.Y. FitzPatrick reactor exits refuel
• Bruce Ontario Bruce 6 reactor back in service
• TransAlta announces close of sale on Mexican business
• Pa. approves PPL's landfill-to-energy project
• Utah Supreme Court to wade into coal-fired power plant fight
• Tetra Tech Awarded Three Wind Energy Projects Valued at More Than $69 Million [CA]

Thursday 10/09/2008

• LS Power withdraws TransAlta takeover proposal
• AEP Texas Welsh coal unit to return to service soon
• Exelon Ill. LaSalle 2 reactor slips to 82 pct power
• *IIR: FPL Energy Starts Up $170 Million Iowa Windfarm [first phase of the $170 million, 101-megawatt (MW) Crystal Lake windfarm in Hancock County near Britt, Iowa]
• *IIR: AES Begins Construction of $316 Million Windfarm Project in Pennsylvania [186-megawatt Armenia Mountain windfarm project near Armenia Mountain Township, Pennsylvania]
• Puget Sound Energy and Puget Holdings Await Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission Decision on Merger
• Darlington Unit 4 Off Line for Maintenance Outage

Wednesday 10/08/2008

• InterGen Completes Acquisition of Two Mexico Facilities [252 MW Campeche facility and the 259 MW Chihuahua facility, both in Mexico, from TransAlta Corporation]
• GenConn Energy Awarded an Additional 200 MW Peaking Project in Connecticut
• *IIR: Iberdrola Renewable Energies Completes Construction of Commercial Windfarm Project in New Hampshire
• National Wind Announces the Formation of NECO Wind, LLC, Colorado's Largest Community-Based Wind Development
• Delmarva Power Issues RFP for Wholesale Electric Power for Delaware Customers
• Delmarva Power Lands Wind Power for Delaware
• Pepco Issues RFP for Wholesale Electric Power for D.C. Customers
• IIR: Labor Disputes Ongoing at TransAlta Alberta Power Plants
• TVA to sell stake in 810 MW natural gas-fired plant [Southhaven]

Tuesday 10/07/2008

• DOE Invests in Ormat Enhanced Geothermal System Research
• Dominion Virginia Power Welcomes Approval of Northern Virginia Transmission Line
• Virginia Commission Approves Allegheny Energy Transmission Line Project
• Calif. Sunrise natgas unit shut
• Ontario Greenfield 4 natgas unit shut
• Energy Improvement and Extension Act Provides New Federal Tax Incentives for Installation of Geothermal Systems
• Bruce Power shuts Ontario Bruce 6 reactor for work
• *AAER Signs Reservation Agreement with Mont Louis Wind L.P. for 61 A-1650 Wind Turbines
• Shaw receives EPC contract from NV Energy for 500MW Las Vegas power plant
• Shaw Group gets $400 million deal from Sierra's NV Energy to build natural gas-fired plant
• Launch of new European fusion power project
• Army plans 500-megawatt solar thermal farm [CA]

Monday 10/06/2008

• TransAlta says Mexican asset sale still on track
• NRC nixes petition seeking halt to reactor renewals
• SCE shuts Calif. Mountainview 3 & 4 natgas units
• PECO Signs Agreement For Wind Energy Credit Purchase
• Seattle Steam Co. to Break Ground for Renewable Energy Facility
• FPL shuts Wisc. Point Beach 1 reactor for refuel
• Exelon shuts Ill. Byron 2 reactor for refueling
• *First gas turbine rigged at Watson station
• Cooperative Says CSX Coal Shipping Rates Too High
• Byron Unit 2 Begins Planned Outage
• FortisBC’s Okanagan Transmission Reinforcement project approved

Sunday 10/05/2008

• Ormat Technologies has Completed the Upgrade of the Steamboat 2/3 Projects

Saturday 10/04/2008

Friday 10/03/2008

• EDF could still trump Buffett on Constellation
• SunPower and Agilent Technologies Dedicate 1-Megawatt Solar System in Santa Rosa
• MidAmerican and Constellation Energy Make Regulatory Filings Related to MidAmerican's Merger with Constellation Energy
• AEP to shut Texas Welsh 3 coal unit for work
• Ruling favoring new plant welcome news [Peabody, 1500 MW, Thoroughbred electric plant]
• NJ designates firm to build offshore wind farm
• N.J. Awards Grant for First Offshore Wind Project
• *Wind farm more than half done in northeast Nebraska
• Suit Over Bird Deaths at Altamont Pass Dismissed
• Renewable energy industry firms relieved at passage of tax credits
• SRP to move ahead with power plants
• *Westar Energy, Horizon Wind Energy and The Empire District Electric Company Dedicate Meridian Way Wind Farm
• *Gusts have power potential
• NV Energy approved to build electric plant outside Las Vegas

Thursday 10/02/2008

• PSB Approves CVPS Alternative Regulation Plan
• TransCanada Alaska project on despite natgas price
• Crude ends lower on demand worry, dollar
• Sempra Utilities Implement FAR; SoCal Citygate Index Debuts
• *Italy's Enel opens biggest wind farm in U.S.
• State of Vermont Partners with EnerNOC for Demand Response
• Ocean Power Technologies Wins New $2M Award from US Department of Energy
• Google search for cleaner energy unveiled by CEO
• MidAmerican Merger with Constellation Energy Advances with Conclusion of 14-Day Due Diligence
• APS Ariz. Palo Verde 3 reactor up to 76 pct power
• Exelon Ill. LaSalle 1 reactor starts to exit outage
• Alcoa to sell Sandow 4 power after smelting ends
• Xcel Energy Plans New Electric Transmission Infrastructure in Minneapolis
• *Horizon Wind Energy Inaugurates its 13th Wind Farm in the U.S.
• UniStar asks NRC for Nine Mile Point nuclear reactor
• Siemens successfully completes testing of the world's first 800kV converter transformer
• Mohawk Council of Akwesasne Finalizes Settlement Agreement with Ontario Power Generation
• *Santee Cooper’s Cross Unit 4 Enters Commercial Operation
• Canadian Solar finishes first phase of wafer plant
• NM appeals of planned coal plant's air permit [1,500 MW Desert Rock plant near Farmington]

Wednesday 10/01/2008

• US Senate OKs energy tax breaks in bailout bill
• TransAlta Alberta Sundance 6 coal unit off-line
• Nevada okays NV Energy's plans on two power plants
• NV Energy Receives PUCN Approval for Construction of Harry Allen Generating Plant and Acquisition of Bighorn Power Facility
• Atlantic Power Agrees to Acquire 155MW Cogeneration Facility in Florida And Hedges Lake Project's 2009 Natural Gas Prices
• Progress Energy Carolinas Offers New Carbon-Offset Program to Its Customers
• APS Ariz. Palo Verde 3 reactor exits outage
• PPL completes sale of 2 units to UGI
• Atlantic Power paying US$134.5M for 155-megawatt Florida plant
• PGE to pay customers after closure of nuclear power plant
• *Santee Cooper finishes work on Cross station

Tuesday 09/30/2008

• Some 114,000 Texans still out 17 days after Ike
• PGE Responds to OPUC Order on Trojan Costs
• Avista Disappointed in BPA Decision That Will Increase Customer Bills
• Alberta Electric System Operator Earns High Marks in Reliability Evaluation
• US coal stocks up as winter build-up accelerates
• Duke Energy Corporation Draws $1 Billion Under Its Master Credit Agreement
• Reliant Energy extends selloff after raising capital
• Crude up