Electricity News 2007

January 2007 News Story Index

• • Austin Energy Leverages World Energy Exchange to Procure Three-Year On-Call Electricity Supply
• • Canadian Electricity Association welcomes energy efficiency measures
• • Put Ontario Hydro together again
• • Capacitor failure caused power dip, fire, but answers may take months
• • Coal cost for electricity increases 10 per cent
• • Dairying forcing up power demand; electricity growth
• • Offshore wind may power Delaware
• • ADB to facilitate export of electricity to Pakistan, Afghanistan
• • Dion talks emissions policy, future of nuclear energy
• • Man electrocuted by do-it-yourself mole-killer
• • Regulators open door for Ohio utilities to promote 'green' energy
• • Duke Energy CEO discourages coal-fired generation
• • Duke Energy sees nuclear, coal power growth
• • Duke argues for coal plants: Public can have its say on power plan
• • Hydro-Quebec awards ERCO Worldwide $2.5 million for energy efficiency projects
• • Entergy to be split at Louisiana-Texas line
• • Cow manure packs energy: Michigan farm turns it into gas and electricity
• • Green energy's poster child - compact fluorescent bulbs
• • Former legislator eyed for PUC
• • Residents near nuclear plants can get free anti-radiation pills in February
• • Germany may end anti-nuclear policy
• • Groups demand impact-study on possible terror target
• • Power prices may drop for 2007
• • Illegal hydro hook-up reveals grow-up house
• • Profit incentives cut from Ely plan
• • Indonesia to build 10 coal-fired power plants
• • Silicon Valley investor upbeat on new energy bets
• • Iran bars 38 IAEA nuclear inspectors
• • Japan to raise renewable-power goal
• • Jordan wants 'peaceful' nuclear program
• • Bill would halt new coal-fired plants
• • TXU, Reliant exploring rate ideas linked to daily peak, off hours
• • Three hours power cut in Nepal every day
• • Harnessing ocean power is no longer just a dream for New Zealand
• • Fill it up... with electricity please
• • Nuclear energy nearing revival
• • Dion dismisses nuclear power in oilsands extraction
• • PSEG selling Indiana plant at a loss
• • Proposed Fresno power plant would run at times of peak demand
• • Power line worries residents
• • Oregon mills will produce electricity from burning wood waste
• • Feds intent on prison for Wittig
• • Utility seeks approval for Madison area power lines: Some residents don't see need, but group says area is growing
• • Quebec plans massive hydroelectric project
• • Russia, India cement nuclear ties
• • Russia completes Iran nuclear plant's cooling system
• • Azeri power plants start using fuel oil as Russian gas imports suspended
• • Salary review before Hydro One gets CEO
• • PPL Electric president steps down
• • Solar-run power park planned on waterfront
• • Solar power eliminates utility bills in U.S. home
• • Plan for Milorganite processing calls for solar panels
• • Thousands without power in U.S. storms
• • Capacity of China's straw-fueled power plants reaches 1.2 million kilowatts
• • Maine leaders call for tougher mercury limits
• • Jefferson County group up in arms over choice of routes
• • Uganda highlights small-scale hydropower generation amid power shortage
• • Dominion Virginia Power's plan draws skepticism from some of Virginia's legislators
• • Southland site pick for wind farm
• • Aviary tracking raptors to find safe sites for wind turbines
• • Electricity study loses its spark

February 2007 News Story Index

• • Geothermal Energy Controversy In Central Oregon
• • Giving Oklahoma a say in coal plants sets bad precedent, group says
• • Liberals knew Kyoto a long shot
• • New 400 dollar grants may keep power on
• • Greenhouse gases up 90 per cent from coal stations
• • Hearings under way on coal-fired power plant
• • Traffic lights out after transformer fires
• • Acquisition of Ark Solar positions Homeworks as Victoria's leader in home energy efficiency and comfort
• • Hydro chief's 3 million dollar payout defended
• • India to establish 240MW power plant in Bangladesh
• • Iran vows to pursue atom project despite U.N. deadline
• • Study Shows Big Job Losses Expected From Electric Rate Hikes, CUB Urges Lawmakers to Roll Back ComEd, Ameren Increases
• • Malfunction causes shutdown of nuclear power reactor in South Korea
• • North Korea deal reached
• • Dounreay nuclear waste was dumped in the sea over a period of 20 years
• • Proposed Texas power plants could harm Oklahoma's air
• • Ontario claims coal-fired emissions below 1990 levels
• • Ontario considers banning old-style light bulbs
• • There's much riding on power plant
• • Cameco and Zircatec relicensing decisions forthcoming
• • Residents object to power station plans
• • More radiation meds are on way
• • Let the falls flow all year, federal agency told: Dam licensing hearing draws abut 100 people
• • SCE eyes power contracts
• • NYSEG plans to install 'smart' meters in area homes, firms
• • ComEd Offers Energy Saving Information for Renters and Customers with Electric Space Heat During Frigid Winter Season
• • States beat Washington to renewable energy
• • Changing winds: Idaho Power releases study on impact of small wind farms
• • Study Questions Prospects for Much Lower Emissions
• • Official touts atomic energy
• • Series of mishaps casts doubt on Swedish nuclear plants
• • 45 billion dollar utility sale an environmental watershed
• • TXU deal scraps plans for 8 plants
• • Thin-film cells fatten solar market
• • Virginia Power drops idea for calculating profit
• • Power bills: How much will they rise?
• • Cold weather puts demand on electricity
• • Bangladeshi government implements electricity rationing to cope with power crisis
• • Researchers say Michigan needs to develop clean energy
• • OPG estimates 1.5 billion dollars for coal scrubbers
• • Energy Electricity generator seeks nuclear allies
• • Chardan South China Acquisition Corp. acquires ChinaÂ’s leading power generation distribution company
• • Nuclear Safety Commission grants local plants 5-year licences
• • Canada's heavy-water reactors can run on spent fuel from most light-water reactors
• • Centrica customers 'coming back' Profits fall less than expected as utility lost a million customers last year
• • Hydropower firm eyes rival
• • Cleaner Coal Is Attracting Some Doubts
• • Coal power likely to be an issue in election
• • County refuses to pay light bill
• • Cow power coming to homes
• • Crane falls on west Michigan power plant
• • Kyoto program 'gutted' by Tories
• • Gore overuses hydro, critic says
• • Plan to put 19 wind turbines in an area of Highland County, Virginia has prompted debate
• • Demand for Uninterrupted Power Drives Southeast Asian Generator Sets Market
• • Approving power plants: Emission tax may be part of formula
• • Energy firms warming to emissions cut
• • The Push for Fusion Power Goes On
• • GTA sitting on `gold mine'
• • Gas-fuelled power plant on agenda

March 2007 News Story Index

• • AMSC signs contract to develop higher power wind energy systems for Chinese market
• • Montana agency releases analysis of proposed Alberta-Montana power line
• • China close to deal on French reactors
• • Power shortage called unlikely
• • More Efficient Wind Turbine Blade Designed
• • Biomass Plant to Tap Bull Market for Clean Energy
• • British bill puts curbs on gas emissions
• • IEEE Sets System Requirements For Broadband-Over-Powerline Standard, Issues Call For Proposals
• • Library being planned around power substation
• • Bush administration wants to expand nuclear waste site
• • Power supply should meet summer demand
• • Canada invests in carbon capture
• • Canadian wind power capacity to grow tenfold by 2015
• • In a Test of Capturing Carbon Dioxide, Perhaps a Way to Temper Global Warming
• • Future of Clean Coal Power Tied to the Success of Carbon Capture and Storage
• • Xcel's plans for clean-coal plant may grow
• • State cuts Duke's expansion plans in half at Cliffside facility
• • DTE Energy Services Sells Generating Unit to Indianapolis Power & Light Company
• • Early daylight time backers tout energy savings, despite confusion
• • Ex-Hydro boss tops salary list
• • DTE's Fermi 2 plant retains Clean Corporate Citizen status
• • CEO's exit costs Hydro One 5 million dollars
• • GE funds power plant for India's booming cement industry
• • How green is nuclear power
• • City seeks first area to bury power lines
• • State regulators concerned about airplane safety over proposed west Hayward sites
• • Lake near power plant closed to anglers
• • Houston Companies Win Contract To Build Power Plant In Kuwait
• • WorldÂ’s largest-producing solar power plant inaugurated in southern Portugal
• • Hydro One announces 600 million dollar transmission line
• • IT outsourcing results in fewer computer hassles, energy savings
• • Incentives inspire more customers to harness energy, savings from sun
• • Industry fears Prime Minister's emissions plan
• • Industry weighs various greenhouse gas options
• • Iran will stick to atomic work
• • More power to Italy on waste
• • Itron Lands Largest-Ever International Meter Order
• • Man blames power plants for mercury emissions into river
• • North Mississippi sees surge in power plant construction
• • State ulilities buy more renewable power
• • Change your bulbs, Moscow tells residents
• • Iran goes nuclear on new banknote
• • DNR eyes rules to cut mercury emissions
• • North Korea committed to disarmament pact
• • Hydro One Hits Home Run with Successful Completion of Electricity Monitor Deployment in Northern Ontario
• • Toronto pitched for nuclear waste dump
• • Power facility proposal revealed
• • N.C. Utilities Commission approves only one generator at Duke plant
• • Open houses planned for wind farm project
• • MP provides basics on clean-energy retrofits via a how-to video on YouTube
• • Philips acquires TIR Systems
• • Pickering families try to cut energy use 10 per cent
• • Ameren pilot project explores converting hog manure gas to electricity
• • Facts scorched in tale of two utilities
• • Green utility plan grows: Madison Gas & Electric expanding popular program
• • U.S. renewables standard offers mixed bag
• • From wind power to biodiesel fuel, sites work to keep their attraction from melting
• • TXU abused power market, report says
• • Nanticoke station top polluter: Report
• • Energy savings programs create revenue shortfall
• • Unpaid dues lead Russia to pull help from nuke facility
• • Wind farm warrants tentative approval
• • We've only just begun planning energy future
• • Texas Energy says it won't push TXU debt on transmission side
• • Thousands in 5 French cities protest new nuclear reactors
• • United Kingdom adds more offshore wind
• • Utility chiefs wary of emission limits
• • 21-mile utility poll plan in Hartland Township goes to Public Service Commission
• • Long wait for power over
• • FuelCell to provide 1 MW for California wastewater treatment plant
• • Wind, coal proposal advocates square off
• • Electric Car Maker ZAP Helps California Fleets Go Green
• • Zoning law had held up Gore home's solar panels
• • Report: TXU Manipulated Power Market

April 2007 News Story Index

• • AEP says it won't abandon coal plans
• • Wisconsin Power and Light dealt wind farm setback
• • Nuclear deal could cost ratepayers: Auditor
• • Hydro plans to keep up with demand
• • A few watts short of an idea
• • Future for coal becomes brighter
• • China rejects emission caps that hobble economy
• • Climate change adds twist to debate over dams
• • Concerns raised over mercury in light bulbs
• • Contractor accused of tampering with power grid's computer system
• • High court boosts bid to get coal burners to install pollution controls
• • Power Bills Soar As Electric Deregulation Fails to Live Up to Its Promises
• • EPA Accused of Flouting Supreme Court
• • VirginiaÂ’s electric power play
• • Electrocuted worker fell onto hydro wires
• • Employee suffers electric shock
• • Connecticut Clean Energy Fund Selects 68 Megawatts of Projects Incorporating FuelCell Energy's Ultra-Clean Power Plants
• • Building industry favours net-zero energy homes
• • Energy saving has huge impact: Report
• • GE Wind Turbines Deliver over 1 Gigawatt of Additional U.S. Capacity in 2006
• • Rebuit PSC begins hearings to probe electricity-rate rise
• • Hydro One sends crews to Vermont to assist in power restoration
• • Hydro rate dips, bills set to rise
• • Iran boosts nuclear processing program
• • Leaked Tory enviro plan promises dramatic cuts
• • Electrical plant catches fire
• • Assembly passes wind-power bill
• • NRC says new nuclear plants should be plane-proof
• • New Solar Design Traps More Light
• • Taiwan power outage looms, some fear
• • Brunswick prepares nuclear-fuel site
• • OSHA Leaves Worker Safety in Hands of Industry
• • Tory touts nuclear power
• • Storm cuts power, topples trees
• • Hydro rates a bargain; Orillia price among province's cheapest
• • Report backs Ohio wind power
• • EPA proposal adds air pollution, environmentalists say
• • EDF Energies Nouvelles Announces the Order Of 150MW of Turbines From REpower
• • Russia to commission first floating nuclear power plant by 2010
• • Ontario goes solar
• • Boxer will 'hound' Bush on emissions regulations
• • Society of Energy Professionals welcomes new Hydro One board members
• • REAs fight subsidized power
• • Iran's uranium enrichment claims questioned
• • Six Ontario utilities take 413 million kWhs off the grid since 2005
• • IBM hopes new utility coalition can boost grid computing
• • Wholesale Electricity Costs Down in 2006
• • Wind farm threatened by climate penalty

May 2007 News Story Index

• • California takes another step in fight against global warming
• • Guangdong Nuclear agrees to build Anhui plant
• • Advocates for cleaner energy face big obstacles in their quest to win Long Islanders' support
• • Huge write-offs zap TXU earnings
• • Colombia recovering from countrywide blackout
• • I.B.M. to announce an advance in making chips faster and more energy-efficient
• • Comverge reaches 126-MW demand reduction deal with Nevada Power
• • Con Edison Urges Customers to Sign Up for e*bill and Help Plant Trees
• • Six companies' allocations questioned
• • Copper stolen from utility poles
• • Couple sue state to limit air pollution
• • DTE leader repeats call for new nuclear reactor in Michigan
• • Utility employees give time off the clock: Community volunteers help animal shelter and other agencies
• • ENDESA to Invest 54 Million in Modernizing Iberian Coal-Fired Plants
• • Turning On the Juice in the Big Easy
• • European electricity prices could rise to record levels this summer
• • Windmill's excess energy will power others in North Carolina
• • Electric utility may give green option: Renewable energy plan carries fee at FirstEnergy
• • GE unit to invest millions in Canadian hydroelectric plant
• • Silence on geothermal deafening
• • Everything's coming up green
• • Emissions plan could mean higher electricity prices
• • LIPA riles critics by hiring an outside consultant
• • Hydro One partners with Crime Stoppers to reduce metal theft
• • Breakthrough hydropower technology doesn't require dam or reservoir
• • IAEA reports it is less able to monitor Tehran
• • Officials say criminals are posing as city workers to gain access to homes
• • Incentives make the turbines go round
• • India to buy wind technology
• • Indiana poised to adopt minimum federal mercury emissions goals
• • Ending India's energy drought
• • Shearon Harris gave answers to tests
• • Italy faces wind opposition
• • Energy Saving Tower Type Oil Pump Driven by Permanent Magnetic Linear Motor
• • NPPD studies more wind power
• • New CANDU 6 power plant achieves first sustained nuclear reaction
• • Westar's new president aims to keep the lights on, the public happy
• • Utility rethinks customer service after news report
• • Utilities develop new strategies: Power companies ready for hurricanes
• • Record-breaking HV submarine cable coming to Wolfe Island
• • An Old Steel Mill Retools to Produce Clean Energy
• • Ontario to push clean energy
• • Ordinance would darken businesses' overnight lights
• • Smart meters to cut fuelbills
• • Power giant keeps price cuts for profit
• • Power lines spark summer of discontent in area communities
• • Power outage hits Wesley Medical Center
• • Proposed transmission corridor brings more than 100 to meeting
• • Proposed power plant gets no static at meeting
• • Power line not needed, report says
• • Turbines spinning power, problems
• • 2006 Shutdown Spurs Call For Investigation of Nuclear Cybersecurity
• • Solar EnerTech Ships First Container of Solar Modules to Africa
• • Solar-powered boat completes Atlantic voyage
• • Solar energy helps pay bills at aviary
• • More rules needed for wind power, study concludes
• • Survey urges switch to renewable power sources
• • TVA plant signals start of nuclear renaissance
• • Hydro pay packages unplugged
• • South Korea to have world's top solar plant
• • 2015 set as gases deadline
• • Utilities spent big on lawmakers
• • Wal-Mart Goes Solar
• • Westar Energy CEO announces retirement
• • Woman dies after power cut to oxygen pump

June 2007 News Story Index

• • Alberta proposes splitting regulator into two separate agencies
• • Brisk sales of backup generators have towns awaiting permit filings
• • Turkey-manure power plant raises stink with environmentalists
• • Load Management Standards May Facilitate Effectiveness of Demand Response Programs
• • Utility-line accidents increasing: Workers are asked to call before digging
• • China rejects capping gas emissions
• • China now worst on carbon dioxide
• • By the Year of 2020, the Amount of Installed Generation Capacity of Hydropower All over China Will Reach 270 Million
• • Chinese power producer to cut spending
• • Chinese supplier of wind power equipment plans IPO
• • City's effort earns free solar energy
• • An ugly battle over clean power
• • Valley power play over coal continues
• • OEB issues code amendments for the Smart Metering Initiative transition period
• • East Toledo, Oregon coking plant project told to share generated steam power
• • Colorado Bend Energy Center starts generating electricity
• • CN Tower's new look
• • FPL Energy files to build in Texas
• • Public Utility Commission officer says electric competition is here to stay
• • Complete Energy selling power plant
• • Playing electrical Russian roulette
• • Costs cited for coal-to-gas plant
• • Electricity Credit Program Launched
• • Talks over proposed coal-fired power plant south of D-FW rile Dallas mayor
• • Energy expert urges efficiency over adding capacity
• • FERC's New Market-Based Rate Reforms Prevent Exercise Of Market Power
• • PSC nixes plan for coal-fired power plant
• • G8 leaders make non-binding green deal
• • Greenhouse gas emissions rise among G8 nations
• • Waste Management taps clean power from garbage
• • GreenVolts Signs Utility Deal
• • Active Power to Showcase Green Critical Power Solutions at China Eco Expo
• • Cleaner plant emissions could up demand for high sulfur coal
• • Oregon Regulators Approve Rate Hikes for Some Smaller Electricity Users
• • IESO appeals for reduced electricity consumption in the GTA
• • Developer says investors will loan 3.5 billion for proposed nuke plant in Southwest Idaho
• • Lakefront offers two ways to save electricity costs
• • House approves 50 million dollar fund to create international nuclear fuel bank
• • Iran: WeÂ’ll launch nuclear plant in October
• • Joining power grid no easy switch: 3 with own turbines face hassles as PUCO figures pay formula
• • Universal Powerline Association (UPA) and OPERA Announce Joint Agreement on Powerline Access Specification
• • Kentucky has already committed 2.4 million to coal plants
• • MWH Awarded Three Ohio Hydroelectric Projects
• • MacyÂ’s to Install Solar Power in 26 Stores While Significantly Reducing Energy Consumption
• • Detectives taped, followed man accused in 1.4 million dollar theft from Duke Energy
• • More challenges leveled at power line
• • 3,000 more families to get help in paying higher bills
• • Northwestern Ontario Hydro project approved for Crown land
• • Nuclear regulators side with Progress
• • National Grid CEO backs a bright idea: conservation
• • High Goals for Reducing Emissions in New Jersey
• • Much assumed in plan to close coal-fired plants
• • NYC power outage snarls traffic, trains
• • NorthWestern Announces Montana-Idaho Transmission Line
• • Ottawa approves plan to bury nuclear waste
• • Ontario offers tax break on Energy Star products
• • Ontario Liberals promise to close coal plants by 2014
• • Ontario to cut hydro salaries
• • Town fights plant
• • PJM electric gridÂ’s watchdog says he was muzzled
• • Public Utilities Commission headquarters set to go off grid and minimize carbon footprint
• • Pakistan building nuclear reactor: Watchdog
• • Electricity consumption is increasing
• • Energy magnate's wife to get 184 million in divorce
• • KansasÂ’ reliance on coal for power shows in emissions
• • Toronto schools to power up rooftops
• • Scientists call for more research on coal
• • Smart meters a ‘trapÂ’
• • Energy recycled by using sound to convert heat into electricity
• • High-wire squirrels torch man's home twice in 8 days
• • North Carolina: Senate Panel Gives First OK to Renewables, Efficiency Bill
• • 30,000 without power after storm
• • Advocates urging summer break for poor's utility bills
• • Underground alternative: Some say Dane County power line should be buried
• • Famed Texas ranches scrap over wind energy
• • Ayer mulls starting local utility
• • Two towns phasing out meter readers
• • Campaign aims to lower power use in peak times
• • Canadian Wal-Marts Dim Lighting to Conserve Energy
• • Malcolm Watson Named Chair of NAED'S 2008 Centennial Celebration Committee
• • Utility, wind farmer reach deal: No upgrade required for wind farm

July 2007 News Story Index

• • AREVA to power ALCANÂ’s new plant in Canada
• • Beleaguered Alberta energy regulator faces three probes over spying
• • Direct Energy Forms Alliance to Make Canadian Buildings Energy Efficient
• • Ameren buries hopes for buried power lines, puts efforts into tree trimming
• • Automatic standby generators selling briskly this year
• • Massive blackout hits Spain
• • California power grid now sees adequate generation
• • Power for California Launches Clean Nuclear Power Ballot Measure with the Attorney GeneralÂ’s Office
• • Pacific Power to Convert Coal Mine to Wind
• • Coal-fired electricity exports criticized
• • Energy bill hits snag in House: Critics foresee more power plants
• • Businesses weigh power co-op plan
• • Alcoa bid for power called boggling
• • Dominion Seeks Approval for Power Station in Southwest Virginia
• • Drought hits TVA power production
• • Surging Power Demand Boosts Steam and Gas Turbines Market in Central and Eastern Europe
• • Campaign offers tips on choosing energy supplier
• • U.S. FERC member Moeller is a bit "impatient" with demand response
• • Lack of incentives means absence of solar arrays
• • Utility outline show bids would work
• • Energetic progress on energy in Florida
• • Former Westar executive seeks to have utility held in contempt
• • Customers left in the dark more often than others in California
• • GE Energy Wins Contracts for New Power Plants in Middle East
• • Fire at nuclear plant in Germany reignites debate about exit from nuclear power
• • Research Breakthrough Spurs Octillion to Accelerate Development of Glass Windows Able to Generate Power
• • Global warming gives nukes new energy
• • Clean coal misleading, says Greenpeace
• • Japan to allow IAEA inspection of quake-damaged nuclear plant
• • IBM Establishes Global Center for Excellence for Nuclear Power
• • India sets year-end deadline for blueprint on tackling global warming
• • Iran okays UN nuclear inspections
• • Nuclear leak worse than initially thought
• • Kansas seeks to rely on both coal and wind to generate power
• • Democrats say bill on energy plant incentives now more likely to pass
• • Utilities prepare for major projects: Landholders told of infrastructure plans
• • Landowners worry about bulldozed rights as Hydro One plans 180 km power line
• • iPods plus lightning equals injury
• • America's dirtiest power plants
• • Tacoma utilities boss to take job in D.C.
• • Mohawk Fine Papers Now Largest Purchaser of Windpower in U.S. Paper Industry
• • Mojave mirrors to provide solar power
• • Power plant idea counts on big break
• • New York electric costs increase at nearly double the national average
• • Mayor says National Grid failed to communicate properly with Troy officials
• • New York power prices jump 12 per cent
• • New Toronto plant will deliver power to the people
• • Nuclear inspectors say North Korea cooperating
• • OPG rapped for reactor breach
• • OPG is the real test for pay-cut call
• • Court considers objections to power plant
• • Ontario seeks comment on law to close coal plants
• • Ontario must wean itself off energy imports: Tories
• • Pickering woes fuel debate
• • High Voltage Solar Power Controversy
• • Protest planned against proposed uranium mine
• • Deadly Japan quake causes nuclear leak
• • Major holes found in renewable energy bill
• • CIBC Report suggests prices will double with coal plant closures
• • Climate change options range from nuclear energy to retiring coal power plants, planting trees
• • Officials await Senate OK to fund unique power plant
• • Smart Meters Could Revolutionize Summer Living
• • Increased Use of Solar Power Could Add 123,000 New Jobs by 2030
• • Solar power wins enthusiasts but not money
• • Spain Approves Installation Of Offshore Wind Farms
• • Brief power outage affects 5,500
• • Taiwan opts for coal-fired power plants
• • Power grid talks sought
• • HP's Thermal Zone Mapping helps keep datacenters cool, energy-efficient
• • Vibrations good for harvesting power
• • UN confirms North Korea shut nuclear plants
• • PSC seeks utilities' records
• • Legislature wants Virginians to cut their electricity usage by 10 per cent over 15 years
• • Wood creates golden opportunity: creating power, fertilizer, roads
• • Water levels peak at China's Three Gorges Dam
• • Plant earns high-powered honor: Coal group lauds safety, efficiency
• • Turbine shortage to leave some Scottish communities in the dark
• • AREVA Applauds Constellation Energy and EDF Joint Venture

August 2007 News Story Index

• • Board enacts controls on wind farms
• • Atikokan co-gen plant signs power purchase agreement
• • Bruce A Restart and Refurbishment project expanded
• • Team CANDU New Brunswick to Conduct Feasibility Study for Second Nuclear Power Plant at Point Lepreau
• • AECL Awarded Preventative Maintenance Contract For Qinshan Power
• • California plan would pay utilities more if energy use falls
• • California unplugs Utah power boost
• • Claims of structural problems at Cameco refuted
• • Where will our power come from?
• • With coal production, cleaner skies could mean more landfills
• • Coal plant foes lose court ruling
• • Ontario Power Authority's Conservation Fund supports innovative pilot projects
• • Duke says conservation working
• • OEB Invites Input on Stray Voltage
• • Hydro-Québec, Manitoba Hydro and Newfoundland Power Rank Highest in Customer Satisfaction
• • Small surcharge can make big difference
• • Sparks fly over national electrical grid
• • Debate about to begin on deregulation
• • Power rival of BGE falters
• • N.W.T. opens negotiations on hydro project with diamond miners
• • 50 Dirtiest U.S. Power Plants
• • Power plants to replace police guards with OPG armed security force
• • Energy Bill Aids Expansion of Atomic Power
• • Energy-wise legislation passed by House
• • Zero-emission nuclear still radioactive rhetoric to environmentalists
• • FPL adds more wind generation to portfolio
• • Faulty readers cause billing errors
• • 'Dead-end' Austrian town blossoms with green energy
• • Greens vow to helps schools produce own clean energy
• • Greenpeace boards coal ship in Lake Erie
• • Groups pitch greener energy plan for Ontario
• • Toronto to bake under heat, power suppliers worried
• • Heat pushing up electricity bills
• • Texas power grid braces for record electric use
• • Let's see why grid watchdog barked
• • Brutal temperatures bring grid brownout, higher death risk
• • Elsinore water to gin up hydroelectric power
• • Hydro plan generates controversy
• • A towering problem
• • Utility plans to double wind power in Iowa
• • Environmentalist differed on LIPA wind plan
• • Loblaws powers down its stores
• • Public praises city for coal about-face
• • A megawatt saved is a 'negawatt' earned
• • New York Street Lights Carry High Stray Voltage
• • The curious carbon offset market
• • OPA Officially Files Proposed 20-Year Plan
• • The OPA's nuclear vision
• • U.S. coal plants major health threat, Ontario says
• • Ontario seeks to double 'green' power supply
• • PJM Ends Mid-Atlantic Voltage Reduction
• • PPL to sell propane, distribution businesses
• • Planned power line upsets Rockvale residents
• • Power plant officials say ‘dirtiestÂ’ list data outdated
• • Past in play for power plant
• • Praxair to unveil new coal-burning process
• • San Carlos program aims to increase solar power use
• • Public can weigh in on proposed Botetourt power line routes
• • Utility's six Illinois sites release too much soot, U.S. says
• • Edison testing 'smart' meter that can communicate with customers' computers
• • New transmission lines: Worth the high cost?
• • Tidal-power research under way
• • U.S. Talks Green but backs Fossil Fuel
• • Reviving Uranium City's nuclear past
• • Utility will pay you for power
• • Ocean Waves Can Be Effectively Harnessed Through New Wave-Pump Technology

September 2007 News Story Index

• • AECL Signs Memorandum of Understanding with China and Argentina for CANDU Projects
• • Sustainable Development Technology Canada Announces Latest Call for Clean Technology Funding Applications
• • Mitsubishi Heavy and Areva to develop nuclear plant
• • Region faces energy quandary
• • Southern Saskatchewan hit by massive blackout
• • Boy Survives 8,000 Volts After Grabbing Power Line
• • California utility pressing for Arizona link
• • Canada Joins ‘Anti-KyotoÂ’ Club
• • AMSC Receives for Follow-up Order for Chinese Wind Turbines
• • Coalition Opposes Power Station
• • Supreme Court to Hear Case from Energy Crisis
• • Duncan Ratepayers Receive a Shock
• • Price rise blowing in the wind: Demand for green energy causes shortage
• • Duke going after improper pumpers
• • OPA program will help businesses in Elora and Fergus
• • Gretzky plugs electric hockey skates
• • FERC relieves BPA of reactive power compensation obligations
• • FLIR Technology Solutions Will Help Refineries and Utilities Reduce Risk of Explosions, Fines, Global Warming
• • Wind turbine doubles as tribute to family
• • Farmer protests power plant
• • Force utilities to cooperate, MEA requests
• • Deal signed for Chernobyl shelter
• • Nuclear plant testing gets OK
• • GEUS shows steady growth in electric, cable and Internet usage
• • Tories mum on nuclear waste proposal
• • Government faces lawsuit over Kyoto targets
• • Daniels urged to oppose coal plant
• • Green energy project will help city reduce greenhouse gases
• • Solar group backs DayStar relocation
• • Green Party calls for halt to uranium mining
• • Killer heat wave bakes California
• • Hydro One's Smart Meter Project wins North American award
• • ING Will Use Wind Energy Credits
• • ISO Thanks Californians for Conservation
• • NRC Eyes Penalties for NY Nuclear Plant
• • Interest in nuclear plants on the rise
• • Iran's nuclear program closed issue: Ahmadinejad
• • Utility Service, Meters In Legislative Spotlight
• • Liberals Slammed on Energy, Hydro rates
• • Coal plant draws applause
• • FPL unveils plans for a solar plant
• • Rising global coal demand seen lifting U.S. mining companies
• • Dutch adding more wind turbines
• • NASA Moon Base would run on Solar Panels
• • Utilities test new routing system
• • Nonprofit companyÂ’s energy vision lights Nicaraguan villages' future
• • Indian PM says nuclear deal with US vital to India's economic future
• • Nuclear Plant Guards Filmed Asleep on the Job
• • Nuclear Reactor Applications Expected
• • Dion criticizes Tories over nuclear waste program
• • Early Coal Plant Phase-out Can be Achieved
• • OEB posts September's Regulated Price Plan Variance Settlement Factor
• • Guidelines Proposed for Smart Meter Pilots
• • Office Depot to Build LEED-Certified Store
• • FERC creates Office of Electric Reliability
• • Ohio can be leader with 'power play'
• • Missed energy opportunities
• • A bright energy future without coal or nuclear
• • Tory unveils plan to clean Nanticoke smoke
• • Utility helps Habitat for Humanity go solar
• • California Utility to Become Biggest in Solar
• • Power Workers' Union launches new Better Energy Plan Website
• • Statewide energy efficiency plan urged
• • Power plant decides to burn natural gas instead of coal
• • Plant would turn waste to energy
• • Solar Program to Assist Homeowners
• • Metro-North stands by century-old system as it replaces its power lines
• • Megawatt Penalty for Rocket Attack
• • Private Electricity Producers Receive State Backing
• • Schneider helps Virginia Tech with Advanced Research
• • Long Island may get Smaller Piece of Savings Pie
• • Three Schools Launch Project to Build Solar Home
• • Squirrel behind power outage?
• • Struggling with Coal Mining Safety
• • Dirty energy threatens health of 2 billion: study
• • Syria denies nuclear goal
• • TVA may build two nuclear reactors
• • PUC staff recalculates penalty in alleged market manipulation
• • Utility Bills May Drop Next Year
• • Texas PUC talks wind power
• • Nuclear plant plans draw out proponents, opponents
• • Wind Tower Proposal Considered Near
• • Turbine Spat to be Heard in State Court
• • Two utilities pull out of Big Stone II power plant
• • U.S. Pressed to Act on Climate Change
• • Used nuclear energy could be on its way here
• • Coal plant may hurl Utah into climate fight
• • Utilities team up to sell 'green power' in South Carolina
• • Utility spends 780,000 dollars to lobby feds
• • Video Shows Hacker Hit on Power Grid
• • Canada wind industry grows amid opposition storm
• • Yemen Signs Deal to Build Nuclear Power Plants

October 2007 News Story Index

• • Alstom takes the initiative on CO2 capture
• • AEP-PSO submits bill for storm damage
• • 3MÂ’s ACCR Helps Boost Capacity for Shanghai
• • AltaLink Calls for New Transmission Planning Strategy
• • Canadian Hydro announces new COO
• • How much can wind power the grid
• • ChinaÂ’s green energy gap
• • Turning black coal green
• • Rail line into Montana coal country approved
• • Pondering ComEdÂ’s future
• • OEB seeks comment
• • Concerns about coal's future
• • Plan to cut power to Gaza short-circuited
• • Enbridge deal with Hydro puts studio back on track
• • DIA going solar with high-tech system
• • New downtown HQ dims lights overnight
• • Tougher water limits predicted
• • Duke customers argue they are owed more
• • Dynergy CFO to settle fraud charges
• • Enersource saga over for now
• • Time to ditch Kyoto, experts urge
• • Federal regulators can overrule on transmission routes
• • Unreliable power means diesel for HP data center
• • Almost half of UK reactors shut down
• • Proposed coal plants caught in CO2 debate
• • Kempton appointed to Idaho PUC
• • USEC, Korea sign new fuel supply contract
• • Leak forces Palo Verde to shut one reactor
• • Power lines needed to prevent blackouts
• • Peak performance in San Francisco
• • Sensicast to manage solar power for first Net Zero Electric building
• • OEB approves Brampton transmission facilities
• • OEB Announces Reduction in Prices
• • OaklandÂ’s solar power efforts recognized
• • Ontario using less power
• • Advancing Clean Coal Technology
• • Decision on power plant creates concerns
• • Planet's tallest building gets power transfer
• • Progress Energy CEO McGehee dies
• • EERC tells of renewables' promises, challenges
• • Governor, ranchers welcome the wind
• • Going green without the sting
• • Romanian CANDU Project at full power
• • IranÂ’s nuclear program must be transparent
• • Great Plains Energy shareholders approve Aquila purchase
• • Ripped solar wing adds to shuttle mission woes
• • OEB Consulting Farmers on Stray Voltage
• • Substation Transformer Standard Approved
• • DC Tie between Texas and Mexico commissioned
• • Cyberthreats said to be increasing against grid
• • Radioactive byproduct in groundwater at nuke plant
• • UI, N.J. utility to generate power
• • UNÂ’s Ban worried about IranÂ’s nuclear progress
• • SCE races to repair wildfires' damage
• • Activists oppose wood-burning power plant
• • Electrical workers say no to DTE pact

November 2007 News Story Index

• • Kentucky PSC looking for more reliability data
• • Rising fear of UK energy crisis this winter
• • New York needs power plants
• • Nuclear watchdog group names new director
• • Coal denial bad news for wind energy
• • Plan for nuclear storage Is slow to form
• • Idaho nuke planners buy renewable firm
• • Chief Energy Conservation Officer issues Annual Report
• • OPG firing range gets shot down
• • Ohio senate approves electric rate plan
• • Ontarians urged to embrace energy conservation
• • Government caught in rate battle
• • PPL eyes jump-start power
• • PSE steps up efforts against copper thieves
• • House committee inquires about nuclear energy
• • Power line may trigger surge in rates
• • Bradley wants zero-emission cars
• • Port Hope residents release nuclear report
• • Resin Systems a part of Circuit of the Future
• • Hybrid power plant on schedule
• • Russia poised to ship nuclear fuel to Iran
• • Say humbug to an energy-wasting holiday season
• • Smart meters coming into Port Hope
• • Solar-driven macro base station deployed in Indonesia
• • Big solar power planned for California coast
• • South Africa pushes solar traffic lights
• • Utilities send specialists to conduct audits
• • Eastern states reject transmission corridor
• • Storm causes west coast outages
• • Power out as Noel strikes the Maritimes
• • 4,000 jobs possible in renewable energy: study
• • Sweden turns to the wind
• • TVA intends to meet the energy demand
• • Going tankless to save energy
• • The environmental cost of Three Gorges
• • Debating the merits of energy from air
• • Beloit gearing up for wind farm
• • Website tracks worst polluting power plants
• • Avista to trade carbon credits for cash
• • Turkish parliament OKs nuclear construction
• • Fibrowatt turns chicken waste into power
• • Inniskillin turns wine leftovers into energy
• • Deeply green city confronts energy needs
• • Tiny utility grew into a power giant
• • Swedish nuclear group to boost safety
• • Winter power will be reliable: NERC
• • The woman behind Areva
• • AMI and GIS generate big savings for Unitil
• • AREVA and China strengthen links
• • Activists, utilities duel over powerlines again
• • Alameda helps rental owner go solar
• • Appeal to lower bills loses
• • Putting a pricetag on emissions
• • Coal-fired plants still possible
• • Power bills could drop if utilities merge
• • Biomass gasification plant set for Massachusetts
• • Atlantic City ElectricÂ’s Blueprint for the Future
• • Bomb spotted at Arizona nuclear plant
• • SoCal halts plans for buildings under power lines
• • French nuclear agency to sell Areva stake
• • CURB: Did Sebelius exert influence?
• • California ISO allocates 10-year transmission rights
• • Report calls for moratorium on new coal plants
• • Cameco closer to UF6 plant restart
• • OPAÂ’s Jan Carr wins OPE Award
• • Questions surround China dam project
• • China to surpass U.S. in CO2 utility emissions
• • Energy Quest to build clean coal plants in India
• • Coal dependency hits environment
• • Power plant concerns analysts
• • PUC cools to idea of clean coal plant
• • PUC commissioners visit Comanche plant
• • Con Edison ordered to pay for poor services
• • Nuclear plant raises concerns
• • Thefts of copper becoming common
• • Copper wire thieves risking electrocution
• • Councillors quit hydro board
• • NYC pulls plug on DC service
• • Dairies convert waste into biogas
• • Three Gorges Dam not cause of landslides
• • Darlington expansion years away
• • Supervisors to discuss power line
• • Mike Deering to join LIPA
• • Little to be done about emissions
• • Program discounts solar for the poor
• • Three dead in Dominion power plant accident
• • Dominion beats goal of 150,000 bulbs
• • Duke Energy fights rising pollution bill
• • Commission panel to review Eastshore plant
• • Egypt plans nuclear power plants
• • Europe pays to ship U.S. coal as price sinks
• • European Commission plans for deregulation
• • Harnessing the power of ocean waves for energy
• • Conference on Farm Stray Voltage
• • Power transmission complex, costly
• • Fire traps workers beneath Colorado power plant
• • UBS raises its price forecasts for coal
• • Hydro One names Formusa President and CEO
• • Coal facility would showcase new technology
• • Stirring GE's Ecomagination
• • GE Business Unit grows in India
• • GM to launch Volt by 2010
• • Orlando utility shelves coal-gasification plant
• • Giant power line planned
• • GoogleÂ’s next frontier: Renewable Energy
• • Pulling Duke into the green
• • Greenpeace to fight new Brazilian nuclear plant
• • Won't repeat Kyoto error: PM
• • FPL gives homeowners an energy makeover
• • Hydro One partners with four Ontario colleges
• • Ontario hydro hike sought
• • Iran and IAEA not seeing eye to eye
• • Relay and Underground cable power standards approved
• • IEA forecasts for energy demand in India, China
• • Nuclear power to explode in India
• • Internet 'brownouts' feared
• • Deregulation – is competiton the answer?
• • NYISO, PJM Joint Operating Agreement approved
• • Eskom resorts to land expropriation
• • Power plant crippled by lightning
• • Flider touts law allowing greater public input
• • Customers looking to rentable solar panels
• • Make your meters accessible
• • How the media fell for Port Hope nuke tests
• • State consider seven coal plants
• • Norway to build first miniature seawater power station
• • Minnesota wind farm, transmission line dedicated
• • Solar trend catches fire
• • More residents embrace wind power

December 2007 News Story Index

• • Power Up Your Career targets young adults
• • Power outages continue to hamper Kansas communities
• • Progress Energy looks at improving efficiency
• • The reactor with the retro feel
• • Reactor snag delays cancer care
• • Chalk River reactor returns to service
• • Health Minister touts reactorÂ’s safety
• • Report cautions against radical change
• • Energy Bill hits road bump in senate
• • Homespun power from wind
• • Santa and Friends call for action
• • Sault Ste. Marie to become a solar city
• • Scientists turn up heat on world leaders
• • No recouping for utility
• • SkyPower to build wind power project in Fermeuse
• • Solar firm building plant in Las Vegas
• • Mitsubishi Electric solar panels to power food bank
• • Reid calls for solar plant at site of closed station
• • Solar energy to power pumping station
• • Utility shut-offs blocked by state
• • TVA may fix up HQ to cut costs
• • Generating capacity adequate next year
• • AECL served a purpose, now it's time to sell it
• • Ottawa too partisan on emissions
• • TTC rockets toward green
• • TradeUp for Success goes national
• • Owners bristle as Progress chops trees
• • Turn off and tune out on Earth Day
• • All UK homes could be wind powered by 2020
• • Bids for nuclear power soar
• • Man starts power company to undersell major utilities
• • Utility examines possible nuclear site in Idaho
• • Utility wants public to pay for smart meters
• • Wave park to provide power
• • State sues U.S. over pole transformers
• • Web site shows effects of mining
• • Will your wind turbine work?
• • More farmers seeing wind as cash crop
• • Residents cheer wind farm cancellation
• • Illinois picked for zero-carbon coal plant
• • Isotope shortage blamed on AECL
• • Atomic Energy chair steps down
• • AECL committed to returning NRU reactor to service
• • AREVA opens North American Center of Excellence
• • ATCO to build transmission line in Alberta
• • Amnesty program promotes energy efficient LEDs
• • Keep clean coal plants for state's power needs
• • Huge solar plant in the works
• • Bill could affect state's permit process for coal plants
• • Biomass energy gets a boost
• • Bruce Power looks to Alberta nuclear plant
• • CEAÂ’s PresidentÂ’s Award of Excellence
• • Chretien points finger at Martin over Kyoto
• • Edison too slow to respond, cities say
• • UN climate forum opens in Bali
• • Coalition says abandon smart metering
• • Reregulating power
• • Activists want cooling towers in Oak Creek
• • Neighbours confident of Deep River reactor
• • Microfield Group to provide demand response for PJM
• • EPCOR Tower at Station Lands new HQ
• • During the holiday period, the Electrium welcomes you
• • Emissions target will have to wait
• • Employee accused of wire theft
• • Failed experimental energy plant costs millions
• • Hospitals seek isotope as Ottawa pushes to restart reactor
• • Energy efficiency kits go to First Nations
• • Coal ash more radioactive than nuclear waste
• • Food Banks go green
• • Gear problems shut down wind turbines
• • Idaho Power buys geothermal energy
• • Smart grid pioneer an award winner
• • United Way, Ontario utilities help those in need
• • How you can get help with power repairs
• • High stakes at Bruce Power
• • Toronto cuts holiday lighting by almost 2 megawatts
• • China, India urged to curb energy use
• • Indian left issues new threat over nuclear deal
• • IranÂ’s nuclear plant may not start before 2009
• • Israelis dispute IranÂ’s nuclear program
• • GE gas turbines to power Kuwaiti power
• • Dump Kyoto, save lives
• • Orillia should watch LED experiment
• • Manufacturers skip Boise due to lack of power
• • Light-water and heavy-water reactors can coexist
• • B.C. looks to tree debris for power
• • Sweden proposes fourfold increase in wind
• • NERC to gather Transmission Availability Data in 2008
• • Lights out for oil-rich Nigeria
• • Congress expands nuclear-loan guarantee program
• • 1978 law at center of profit debate
• • Ottawa to force reactor restart
• • 105 dead in China mine explosion
• • PM hints heads could roll on reactor shutdown
• • Utility to boost peak power by 2010
• • Convenience trumped nuke safety
• • Top polluters oppose caps in Bali