Electricity News 2011

January 2011 News Story Index

• • ABB acquires Obvient Strategies
• • ABB enters EV infrastructure market in U.S.
• • ABB software managing ERCOT wholesale market
• • AECL suppliers concerned about future
• • All 58 French reactors up and running
• • Amazon river power dam approved
• • Austerity pulling the plug on green subsidies
• • BC Hydro agrees to compensate St'át'imc
• • BC Hydro makes business case for digital power meters
• • BYD ready for U.S. market with e6 in 2012
• • Belarus and Russia to sign nuclear agreement
• • Biggest UK solar park gets thumbs up
• • Businesses invited to participate in EV trial
• • Brazilian utility uses 3M ACCR technology
• • CEZ loses carbon credits in cyber attack
• • Canada not invited to tour Iranian nuke sites
• • Canada watching U.S. emission efforts
• • Can wind energy survive without tax dollars?
• • Charlotte airport solar project receives go ahead
• • China has highest wind power capacity
• • China invests in ultra-high-voltage transmission
• • China^^s nuclear fuel reprocessing technology set for 2021
• • China readies 20 million EV spots for 2020
• • China reveals 2015 energy plans
• • Chinas power consumption increases in 2010
• • Chinese spending spree in U.S. could include power plants
• • Chinese company, First Solar partner on plant
• • Uranium market soars from Chinese demand
• • Chinese power sector booming
• • Clean Air violations cost utility $163 million
• • Coal goes toe-to-toe with renewables in Philadelphia
• • Coal loophole may block SEC revenue
• • Committee hears from Montana electricity companies
• • Condenser leaks reduce power at reactor
• • Conservation group sues over solar plant
• • Constellation Energy sells Texas NG plant
• • Consumers hoard light bulbs before ban
• • Italy may have referendum on nuclear
• • DC power gaining wider acceptance
• • Debate over financial risks for Georgia nuclear plant
• • “Dirty” energy giants embracing renewables
• • Downed power line kills three
• • Do you know the differences in bulbs?
• • Duke bids $13.7 billion for Progress
• • Duke-Progress eager to exploit nuclear power
• • EPA to delay biomass permit requirements
• • S-PRO tests well to control harmonic oscillations
• • EU to surpass 20 per cent renewable goal
• • Egypt to study windfarm performance
• • Elster, Tropos help with Naperville smart grid
• • Emails reveal DukeÂ’s rising worries
• • Enel building wind farm in Italy
• • Energy storage will play a vital role
• • Evergreen Solar to close plant cutting 800 jobs
• • FERC approves BostonGen sale
• • Florida customers question their high rates
• • Florida mayor touts renewable job projects
• • Fossil fuels outpace green energy
• • France invests billions in offshore wind
• • France plans underwater nuclear reactor
• • GE, Plutonic buy into Ontario solar projects
• • GE plugs into Ontario solar market
• • Advanced GE turbines destined for 3 French sites
• • GE unit invests in wind farm
• • GM invests in wireless charging startup
• • GM withdraws DOE loan application
• • Georgia Power president defends rate hike
• • Georgia Power raises rates
• • Green power growing at different rates
• • Green study denied on Heartland lines
• • Hydro rates hurting business, family budgets
• • Hydro key to cutting emissions
• • India spurs solar development
• • TVA admonished over high rates
• • Innocent ratepayers caught in grow-op war
• • Is a solar trade war about to flare?
• • Israel looking to clean technologies
• • Italy to reach 2020 solar target this year
• • Japan still buying Ukraine carbon permits
• • Japan scheme barely helps renewable power in 2010
• • KUB looks at peak power demand
• • City moves to bury utility lines
• • Knoxville tests new EV chargers
• • Kyocera to supply solar cells for Thai project
• • Lack of transmission lines restricts wind power
• • Lansing looks to issue bonds for new plant
• • Legal challenge may stall wind projects
• • Lower power bill for poor urged
• • Manitoba Hydro looks for rate hike
• • Manitoba wind farm begins making power
• • GermanyÂ’s massive windfarm on schedule
• • NB Power asks consumers to cut usage
• • Utility identifies likely buyers of EVs
• • NIPSCO settles with EPA
• • Customers to pay for power back-up centre
• • National GridÂ’s mantra: Regulation
• • New ESLs have long life, high sticker price
• • New PSC to tackle FPL issues
• • New light bulb standards now in effect
• • New material makes electricity from waste heat
• • REC upbeat on solar market
• • Nova Scotia power rates rise
• • Nuclear policy will boost uranium industry
• • NuclearÂ’s ambitions may go up in smoke
• • Nuclear station sluggish to restart after earthquake
• • OCEB rebate coming to Veridian customers
• • OLG Slots at Woodbine goes green
• • Obama energy plan a boon for clean power
• • Obama sets 2035 clean energy target
• • Ohio Edison closes coal-fired plant
• • Oil-soaked booms to be turned into Volts
• • Ontarians footing energy bill for export deals
• • Ontario clean energy benefit now in effect
• • Ontario opposition would scrap FIT
• • Ontario renewables fuelling job creation
• • OntarioÂ’s new dilemma: Too much power
• • Bell data centre will be “off grid”
• • Ottawa wants reactor commitment from Ontario
• • PEI gets $1.2 million in turbine compensation
• • PEI power surge causes damage
• • Cooper helps PSE&G with demand response
• • Palisades nuclear still fixing power problem
• • Pengze nuclear steam turbine contract awarded
• • Buy American solar panels, Pentagon urges
• • Regulators hold hearing on PATH line
• • Regulators wonÂ’t delay power line proceedings
• • Renewables could supply 99.5 of power by 2050
• • Rising hydro output may hurt wind farms
• • Romanian nuclear project hit by departures
• • Carbon capture project leaking, say neighbours
• • SSE projects unaffected by supplier collapse
• • Sailmaker looks to generate current
• • Samsung energy contract details remain secret
• • San Diego gets more solar power
• • Saudis look to nuclear for local power demand
• • Scotland approves 99 MW windfarm
• • No new U.S. coal plants started in 2010
• • Shear Wind eager to expand in the Maritimes
• • Siemens chooses UK site for turbine plant
• • Siemens steps in to save Clyde windfarm
• • Sierra Club sues over Calico solar plant
• • Sinovel to raise $1.4 billion in Shanghai IPOs
• • Solar plant scheduled to begin generating power
• • Solar packs a powerful punch
• • Solar pitting green versus green
• • Solar power payments slow to appear
• • Solar roads could end winter hazards
• • 2011 another tough year for solar stocks
• • South Korea pumps up renewable energy
• • Strike 3 for Texas versus the EPA
• • Swiss plan two new nuclear plants
• • TECO to work on transmission lines
• • TVA rates to drop 1.5 per cent
• • Texas again attempts to block EPA rules
• • Texas defies the EPA, approves plant
• • Texas wind expands to 7.8 per cent
• • Think small with the YikeBike
• • Trilliant set to implement BWPÂ’s smart network
• • Tunisia increases gas to meet power demand
• • Turbine flicker upsetting neighbours
• • Turbine to power Gloversville water plant
• • Turkey to build first nuclear power station with Russia
• • Turning waste coke oven gas into power
• • UKÂ’s first commercial solar farm approved
• • U.S. and Chinese companies deepen ties on energy policies
• • US gives four biofuel companies $650 million in loan aid
• • U.S. gives loan guarantee for largest solar plant
• • U.S. looks to OPG for helium 3 from tritium
• • 2011 uniform transmission rates announced: OEB
• • Utility confident of plant despite fire
• • Utility skeptical about wind powerÂ’s potential
• • Utility sues railroad claiming monopoly abuse
• • Veridian raises over $35,000 for United Way
• • Future of Vermont Yankee looks bleak
• • VermontÂ’s utilities ink 26-year deal
• • WMECo to develop 4.2 MW solar facility in Massachusetts
• • U.S., GM sign battery licensing agreement
• • Will Canada play energy card in a U.S.-China world?
• • Wind industry holds breath over case
• • Windsor turbine plant deal finalized
• • Wireless device promotes energy savings
• • Work on thermal plant expansion begins
• • Work starts on Asia's largest solar park
• • Electricity from hog waste
• • Gym burns calories into electricity
• • New electricity meters stir fears
• • Can new reactor improve sunlight fuel production efficiency?
• • Ontario's Energy Minister defends low-priced power exports
• • Solar-powered 'smart' roads could zap snow, ice

February 2011 News Story Index

• • 40 clean energy jobs come to Satcon Power
• • ABB completes acquisition of Baldor
• • Abitibi hydro assets sold to unnamed buyer
• • Alberta's largest windfarm moves toward construction
• • A signal to conserve: rising rates
• • Wind farm to change ownership
• • California electricity surcharge program criticized
• • Keep renewable incentives: Canadian Solar
• • Carbon emissions improve in GTA
• • Celestica to create 300 solar panel jobs
• • China plans to spend big on nuclear power
• • ChinaÂ’s power investment almost $107 billion
• • Clean energy becomes goal to improve reliability
• • Clean energy still has a long way to go
• • Clean energy talks to possibly resume in U.S. senate
• • Clear air rules to create jobs: report
• • Climate, habits affect EV battery life
• • Companies see dollars in consumer electricity usage
• • Conergy records first net profit in 5 years
• • Bullfrog powering DadÂ’s Cookies
• • Doubts hit Ontario's green energy plan
• • EDF finds another flaw in reactors
• • EPA scales back emission rules
• • EU not increasing carbon cuts to 30
• • Electric heat moves peak power to January
• • European renewable firms see a green dawn
• • Families burdened by rising power costs
• • Finavera, GE to partner on wind farm
• • Fluor developing master plan for solar park
• • Food banks denied break on power bills
• • Forests opened for windfarm development
• • GE looks to taller tower technology
• • Greece plans world's largest solar power park
• • Green energy gets blame for high electricity bills
• • Is green power building ChinaÂ’s red power?
• • Green power storage size to triple by 2030
• • Gulf coast wind farms are blossoming
• • HV power lines delayed due to court ruling
• • Hawaii PUC approves 51 MW wind project
• • Higher costs coming, says ProgressÂ’ CEO
• • How one man stopped Toronto Hydro
• • How secure is the smart grid?
• • Huge air pollution fines for biomass plants
• • IEEE publishes final BPL standard
• • IEEE standard improves smart grid reliability
• • Japan plans new renewable tariffs
• • KEPCO investing over $7 billion in smart grid
• • Kenya to add a million power consumers by 2013
• • Lease debate heats up for Four Corners plant in Arizona
• • Maritimes ponders single operator for region
• • Maryland's reliability standards become law
• • Mexico supplies electricity to Texas
• • Minister elated by possible AECL deal
• • Misleading electric ads make case for reregulation
• • NAPC releases smart grid, DR case study
• • New thermal technologies come online
• • Niagara power project celebrates 50 years
• • Niagara Tunnel nearly complete
• • Nova Scotia Energuide rebates could end
• • Premier urges Ottawa to back hydro project
• • Nuclear receives key senate support
• • OEB ruling “a scam”: opposition parties
• • Ontario approves 40 renewable energy projects
• • Ontario approves 40 clean energy projects
• • Ontario lifts deferral on offshore wind projects
• • Ontario may revisit offshore turbines
• • Ontario paying the price for “rush to green”
• • Ontario to explain soaring energy costs
• • Opponents square off over coal plant
• • Opposition to energy projects hurting jobs
• • PEI power cable vital: minister
• • Peak OÂ’Clock tracks peak power usage
• • Pets threatened by hidden power hazards
• • Phantom power costs consumers hundreds
• • Regulators to review El Paso outages
• • Republicans bash EPA over GHG rules
• • Review of Nunavut utility urged
• • Billionaire looks to work with Hydro-Quebec
• • Schneider participates in Bahamian windfarms
• • Should tenants pay utilities separately?
• • Solar earnings show demand fears overblown
• • Solar farm opponents unhappy with forum
• • Solar plant opens for business at a university
• • Solar projects to reinforce Moroccan grid
• • CoalÂ’s hidden costs $345 billion: study
• • Texas senate to investigate outages
• • Texas to probe rolling blackouts
• • The rush for carbon-capture funding
• • Turkey wants 20 reactors by 2030
• • Turning sewage into renewable energy
• • U.S. to fast-track offshore wind
• • Utility bankrolls efficiencies
• • Washington announces offshore wind initiatives
• • Washington challenged on nuclear waste storage
• • Flip-flop on wind outrages industry
• • Woman accused of stealing electricity
• • Two Portuguese windfarms commissioned

March 2011 News Story Index

• • Court upholds current wind turbine setbacks
• • Customers wonÂ’t pay blackout costs
• • DRCC now ADS to reflect smart grid focus
• • Darken the skyline for Earth Hour
• • Darlington hearings will continue
• • Deal would provide N.Y. with N.J. power
• • Coal plant looks to biomass for greener future
• • EPA proposes new emission standards
• • EV charging station operational in Barrie
• • EVs donÂ’t make sense in Canada
• • Eagle Plains study to get $300,000
• • Election deals another blow to AECL
• • Emails may suggest improper contact: Duke CEO
• • Employee dies in coal plant explosion
• • Enel presses ahead with nuclear plans
• • Energy corridor pushing TVA projects
• • Energy debate comes down to jobs
• • Energy department selling surplus uranium
• • European solar market facing tough times
• • European solar power shines brightest
• • Europe mulls nuclear-free future
• • Evacuation ordered after grey smoke emitted
• • Evacuation plan dismissed by Indian Point
• • Evergreen posts loss after plant closure
• • Examining the dynamics of a partial meltdown
• • Experts deny RussiaÂ’s “safe” nuclear claims
• • FPL unveils hybrid solar energy center
• • First Nations powered by solar
• • France urges world review of nuclear
• • Fuel pool cooling in progress at Fukushima
• • Fuel pools ready for emergencies: NRC chair
• • Fuel rods fully exposed in Japanese reactor
• • Fuel rods likely melting in Japanese reactors
• • Fuel storage, safety had vexed stricken plant
• • GE to host EV experience tour
• • GE turns to Ontario for Smart Grid centre
• • Gadgets spike Yukon energy use
• • Germany looks to expand power grid
• • Germany shutting down pre-1980 reactors
• • Great Falls to leave co-op building plant
• • Green group wants everyone to “come clean”
• • Green industry says it can fill nuclear gaps
• • Greenpeace disrupts Darlington hearing
• • Grid capacity places delay on projects
• • Helicopters dumping seawater onto nuclear rods
• • How Canada generates power today
• • How GE learned to think small
• • Is Ontario ready for a meltdown?
• • Italy passes renewable energy legislation
• • JA Solar, MEMC to build photovoltaic plant
• • Japan restarting mothballed hydro
• • Kansas coal plant targeted by Earthjustice
• • Lawsuit challenges surcharge on ratepayers
• • Limit OEBÂ’s ability to tax, says OEA
• • Long-term green policies needed, say critics
• • Low demand delays nuclear plant 5 years
• • Lower Churchill Falls hearings to begin
• • Magma Energy to buy Plutonic Power
• • Major bioenergy projects slated for B.C.
• • Manila facing possible peak brownouts
• • Manitoba rate hike hearings continue
• • WorldÂ’s largest tidal array project approved
• • Meltdown threat forces re-examination of renewables
• • A milestone for Demand Response
• • Minor incident shuts down Slovene plant
• • NEMA commends FERC on DR ruling
• • N.L. hydro project help questioned
• • NRC seeks input on new nuclear design
• • NYISO, Québec to step up transactions
• • New Brunswick energy sector in flux
• • New cracks found in Crystal River plant
• • New mercury rules would ban button batteries
• • New world power is gas, not nuclear
• • North Carolina a top solar state for 2010
• • NorthWestern to have energy storage system
• • Nuclear crisis a boost for renewables
• • Nuclear industry sues DOE over waste fee
• • Nuclear lobby faces toughest test yet
• • Nuclear plant workers battle fire, radiation
• • Nuclear power taking hits in Canada
• • Nuclear safer than coal, says Chinese officials
• • Nuclear U-turn “not rational”, says German official
• • Nunavut power rates rising 19 percent
• • OPG reminds everyone to be safe around water
• • OPG workers receive pay bump
• • Oklahoma coal plants told to “clean up”
• • ItÂ’s lights out for old incandescents
• • Online tool shows how to save energy
• • Ontario closer to nuclear expansion
• • Outage blamed on attempted copper theft
• • PECO inspecting 39,000 poles
• • PPL to buy UK power grid
• • Pakistan to ramp up coal generation
• • Philippines may become a solar hub
• • For EV users, a way to share “juice”
• • Pollution rules will create jobs: study
• • Power outage schedule confusion reigns
• • Power rates to continue decreasing
• • Power sector is “hobbled”, says expert
• • Premier-designate to take on BC Hydro
• • Pressure to close Gentilly-2 plant applied
• • Provinces continue to back nuclear power
• • Radiation found in Tokyo tap water
• • Radioactivity levels fall after radiation leak
• • Reactor switches to backup after power blip
• • Renewable energy wave coming to N. Ireland
• • Republicans look to axe EPA emission rules
• • Residents fight to keep street unlit
• • Residents near nuclear plant evacuated
• • Rolling blackouts follow cable shutdown
• • Rosendin begins work on stadium retrofit
• • Run on iodide pills for residents near reactors
• • Senate plan allows rate raise for renewables
• • Government turns out the lights in Seoul
• • Shareholder sues Vestas in U.S.
• • Sierra Club suing DOE over coal plant
• • SolarWorld cashes in on nuclear fears
• • Solar projects hinge on DOE loan guarantees
• • Solar will make the grid harder to run
• • South Africa looks to nuclear, green power
• • Sri Lanka boosts generation by 11 per cent
• • Stalled energy projects hurting job growth
• • Stream Energy expands into Maryland market
• • Studies show reactor victims will benefit
• • Swiss suspend plans for new nuclear plants
• • TECO may be target for merger
• • TEPCO eyes $25 billion in emergency loans
• • 4 of 6 reactors are write-offs – TEPCO
• • TTC wiring at fault for electrocutions
• • TVA calls for more nuclear, less coal
• • TVA looks to renewable sources
• • TVA reactors modified to avoid explosions
• • TWACS deployments maintain momentum
• • Target power grid hackers, urges expert
• • Three Gorges Group expands installed capacity
• • Toronto Hydro to launch CDM programs
• • Toronto drops 115 MW at Earth Hour
• • TransAlta adds new wind in Gaspe
• • Transmission line will open up northwest
• • $69 million wind farm opens near Moosomin
• • Turning old tires into power
• • Two nuclear workers in hospital
• • UK solar incentive cap harming growth
• • U.S. nuclear locations under review
• • U.S. still committed to nuclear power
• • U.S. solar grows, but still lags Europe
• • U.S. utility future unclear with CO2 rules
• • UTC President Bill Moroney to retire
• • Vimpelcom owners tempted to reject Wind bid
• • Vote to strip EPA of GHG regulatory powers
• • Whistleblower sues California plant
• • Wind delivering benefits to B.C.
• • Wind farm receives DOE loan guarantee
• • Wind-powered egg farm draws attention
• • Work on Carter Lake plant to start in fall
• • Work on Fresno solar projects begins
• • Yukon encourages green energy generation
• • 16 electrocuted in carnival accident
• • ABB tapped for Nebraska smart grid
• • AEP to withdraw from PATH project
• • AMSC lands another wind deal in China
• • Activists urge a halt to new nuclear
• • Alberta power prices surging
• • Alcoa says contested dams generated profit
• • Alstom opens disconnect switch facility
• • Alstom wins nuclear equipment contracts in China
• • A new weapon to fight fires
• • Another explosion spikes radiation levels
• • Artificial leaf creates power from sun
• • AuditorÂ’s review sought for Toronto Hydro
• • BC Hydro rate hike suspended
• • Battery in a drum rolled out
• • Biomass plant to open in 2013
• • Biomass project cleanest cogen in Canada
• • Bridgeport coal plant denies “dirty” claims
• • Cameco offers help to TEPCO
• • Canadian Solar to build in Thunder Bay
• • Canadian nuclear girds for change
• • Canadian nuclear industry under scrutiny
• • Canadian reactors to review safety plans
• • Can geothermal help Japan in crisis?
• • Carbon capture projects up despite costs
• • Cause of transformer fire unknown
• • Charest mocks calls to mothball reactor
• • Charge for nuclear plants pondered
• • Charlottetown chooses Bullfrog Power
• • Chernobyl disaster persists today
• • China freezes nuclear approval process
• • China seen as next potential nuclear meltdown
• • China taps Honeywell to develop smart grid
• • Churchill hydro project touted for “greenness”
• • Cities want producers to dispose of bulbs
• • Clean energy plan may go before public
• • Coda aims to sell 50,000 EVs by 2015
• • Common EU plug standard necessary for EVs
• • Constellation donates to Red Cross Japan relief

April 2011 News Story Index

• • Italy considering solar capacity cap
• • Italy extends solar incentives into August
• • Japan crisis on par with Chernobyl
• • Japanese firms examine power-saving plans
• • KEPCO sees nuclear setback after crisis
• • KUB looks for cause of outage
• • Know how to plug in your EV
• • Lack of data heightens nuclear crisis
• • Law not followed for coal plant: judge
• • “Make the Switch” on Earth Day
• • Liberals would help pay Point Lepreau overruns
• • Long outages pose risk to U.S. reactors
• • Low-level radiation to be released into ocean
• • Lumberton coal plant to be retired early
• • Maintenance on Ex turbine begins
• • Medvedev looking for new nuclear rules
• • NLB calls for an end to artificial lighting
• • N.L. to cut home heating costs
• • NRC a policeman or salesman?
• • NS Power prepares for rate hike
• • NYISO identifies future energy challenges
• • National Grid asked to review storm costs
• • New York power bills rise 12 per cent
• • New energy crisis, new investments
• • New hysteria surrounds nuclear power
• • No-go zone declared near nuclear plant
• • Noranda fighting rate increases
• • Nova Scotia aims for 40 renewable
• • Nuclear industry faces trillion-dollar question
• • Nuclear lobby blasts renewable power
• • OMERS walks away from AECL talks
• • Offshore wind to boom in next 6 years
• • Ontarians paying others to use their power
• • Doctors and nurses back wind, solar power
• • Ontario power prices go below zero
• • Ontario rates to begin rising in May
• • Opposition to smart grid short sighted
• • OttawaÂ’s double standard on energy
• • Outside experts help with reactor crisis
• • Peak coal may be coming
• • Power Grid bidding on Nigerian, Kenyan contracts
• • Power authority slips away on Navajo Nation
• • Power bill scam promises “help”
• • Power plant built at John Wayne Airport
• • Power plants see a shift to natural gas
• • Power surge blows meters off homes
• • Quebec champions EVs
• • Radiation cleanup questions raised
• • Regulators urge dismissal of PATH line
• • Regulatory clarity for utilities elusive
• • Renewable energy a long-term effort: Google
• • Restart problems in Leaf EV reported
• • Rhode Island power bills drop 16.5 per cent
• • Saskatchewan approves carbon capture
• • Seco Tools adds solar to save
• • Senate rejects measure to curb EPA
• • Shed costs to develop wind: SeaEnergy
• • Should Florida utilities monopolize solar?
• • Smart grids proliferate worldwide
• • Solar companies take a shine to Windsor
• • Solar job market offers bright future
• • Solar panels described as “eyesores”
• • Solar plane prepares for international flight
• • Solution to stricken reactors still coming
• • SpainÂ’s watchdog halts solar subsidies
• • Spring break for power consumers
• • Storm affects 175,000 Hydro One customers
• • Substation death not workplace-related
• • Economy minister against new nuclear
• • TEPCO hopeful for quick cold shutdown
• • TVA board looks to move away from coal
• • TVA invests billions to settle EPA claims
• • Taking solar storage to an industrial level
• • TalkingPlug takes connection to a new level
• • Tax plan could shut nuclear plant: lawmakers
• • Ted Craver Jr. named new EPRI board chair
• • Texas shows the way for wind power
• • The culmination of the "Boone Pickens Bill"
• • The “push” to legalize solar cars in Ontario
• • Third cable critical for PEI: candidate
• • Toronto Hydro project studies EV potential
• • Total looks for majority stake in SunPower
• • Turbine not spinning during high winds
• • U.S. falls behind China in wind power
• • U.S. on track for one million EVs: DOE
• • University looks for TVA discount
• • Utilities overpower the little guy
• • Utility workers killed at power plant
• • Vermont Yankee contract rejected by co-op
• • Vestas in talks over Belgian wind park
• • Vogtle nuclear project on track: Southern
• • Electricians help Habitat for Humanity
• • Officials doubt nuclear safety plans: watchdog
• • Ways to save on your power bill
• • Who gains if Indian Point closes down?
• • Wind plans generate disagreement
• • Winter outages show system working: NRG
• • Work on Pinnacle Wind Farm begins
• • AECL stands by Candu safety record
• • ABB breaks ground on new HV cable factory
• • A dumb way to introduce smart metering
• • Alstom signs coal power deal in China
• • A million without power following aftershock
• • Offer for wind power called “too low”
• • A new spin on energy storage
• • Annual fee for EVs mulled
• • Automation & Power World attendance breaks record
• • BC Hydro off-book millions questioned
• • B.C. Liberals rule out rate hike
• • B.C. energy minister to rein in hydro rates
• • BPA wants to pull plug on turbines
• • Beacon Power moves ahead on second plant
• • Big wind gets support from environmental group
• • BrightSource receives $1.6 billion guarantee
• • Bulgaria cools renewable project development
• • Bulgaria, Areva to cooperate on nuclear
• • California/Canadian carbon market to start small
• • California tosses out solar lawsuit
• • California utilities get green mandate
• • Cape Wind project to start this fall
• • Carbon emissions to peak in China by 2030
• • China encouraging high-tech reactors
• • China expects rapid rise in energy demand
• • China looks to slow wind power rush
• • Clean-air pact cost to TVA debated
• • Coal plant closer to 2025 shutdown target
• • Renewable standards called unconstitutional
• • Commission urges ban of baseboard heaters
• • Con EdÂ’s vision of a nuclear future – circa 1962
• • Cruise ships to “plug in” at port
• • Darlington nuclear looks ahead
• • Delays sought for new U.S. nuclear builds
• • Desertec looks for stability in North Africa
• • Dominion studying offshore wind power line
• • Dominion to switch 3 plants to biomass
• • Duke, American Transmission create DATC
• • Duke deploys storage technology for wind farm
• • EIA report says coal to remain dominant fuel
• • EPRI publishes EV consumer guide
• • EVs likely to spark new “smart grid”
• • 8 arrested at anti-nuclear protests
• • Elevated radiation levels in Ontario
• • Elster to spearhead AMI in Mexico City
• • Elster to take lead on KCBPU smart grid
• • Emergency Preparedness Week starts May 1
• • FPL recognized for customer service
• • Far North mulls nuclear power option
• • Fate of old coal plants hinge on clean tech
• • First ultra-supercritical unit goes online
• • Florida rejects renewable energy plan again
• • The Fukushima effect on Canadian nuclear
• • GEÂ’s Immelt defends nuclear safety record
• • GE looks to build massive solar plant
• • GE profit surges 80 per cent
• • German emissions rise with nuclear u-turn
• • Germany debates dumping nuclear power
• • Google to buy more wind from NextEra
• • Green energy complex to cost $7 billion
• • Grid is smarter – but is it tougher?
• • Harper pledges $6.2 billion for Lower Churchill
• • HelioVolt in acquisition talks
• • Hitachi, Mitsubishi Heavy looks for closer ties
• • House votes to bar EPA from GHG regulation
• • How to “oil-proof” CanadaÂ’s mass transit
• • Hydro-Québec honoured for wind integration
• • IEEE, SAE to collaborate on EV standards
• • Illegal grow-ops use 1 per cent of total power
• • Infrastructure needs $15 billion annually: study
• • Innergex buys solar project in Ontario
• • Iraqi power plant to be doubled in size
• • Italian solar incentives coming

May 2011 News Story Index

• • ABB wins $20 million HVDC refurbishment order
• • AEP civil suits draw closer to trial date
• • A new spin on turbine technology
• • Another reactor, another problem
• • Anti-turbine group ponders future role
• • Australia ponders a nuclear future
• • B.C. undeterred by rising dam costs
• • Beware “free energy audit” pitches
• • Big Becky to break through Friday 13
• • Billions needed for infrastructure
• • Brazil angered by continued dam protest
• • Cape Wind attempt for loan on hold
• • China doubles 2020 solar target
• • Chinese companies lose on thermal power
• • Clean energy initiative for poor proposed
• • Coalition looks to electrify GO Transit
• • Turning off streetlights to save money
• • Company accused of offering fake audits
• • Constellation Energy to work with Belectric
• • Contractor counters Atlas suit
• • Customers cash in on ConEd incentives
• • Destroying sewage while producing power
• • Disaster plan problems found at U.S. plants
• • Dominion pushed to take lead in offshore wind
• • EDF remains committed to nuclear
• • EU energy chief sees deal in days
• • EVs face ban from NCC pathways
• • Early closures could mean power shortages
• • FERC, NERC combine on outage inquiry
• • First Solar faces new challenges
• • First Solar plants near U.S. loan decision
• • Former regulator to lead think tank
• • France goes with EV garbage trucks
• • Fusion receives major financial backing
• • GM boosts Volt production
• • Gamesa gets $2 billion order from Caparo
• • Germany cuts red tape for offshore wind
• • Google-backed power line clears hurdle
• • Government delays turning off incandescents
• • Green energy can wean off subsidies gradually
• • Green energy sector fears Hudak win
• • Green energy sector not cheering Tory win
• • Green tech bubble concerns grow
• • How Toronto Hydro has powered a city
• • HudakÂ’s Samsung promise could be costly
• • Hudak to reveal plan for hydro bill relief
• • Hudak vows to reduce HST from power bills
• • IAEA to investigate Fukushima facility
• • GEÂ’s Immelt regrets pumping green talk
• • Italian solar capacity to reach 7,000 MW
• • ItronÂ’s future tied to smart grid success
• • Japan closes Hamaoka nuclear plant
• • JapanÂ’s “myth of safety” with nuclear power
• • Japan halts 3 reactors after quake threat
• • Japan vows to stabilize stricken plant
• • Judge denies restraining order in SME case
• • KCP&L granted almost 21 rate hike
• • Lameque wind farm up and running
• • Major offshore wind contract on horizon
• • Governor to sign waste-to-energy bill
• • Mild winter drops TVA power demand
• • Minister defends green energy plan
• • Missouri fails to reach deal on nuclear plant
• • Neighbourhood fights underground transformers
• • Network of nuclear waste sites proposed
• • New Darlington units needed: Ministry
• • New Jersey welcomes offshore wind projects
• • North Carolina approves Iberdrola wind farm
• • Northern premiers look for green funds
• • Nova Scotia looks for rate stabilization
• • Nuclear rods likely melted: TEPCO
• • Nuclear waste storage a top issue for NRC
• • Ohio to build first offshore wind farm
• • Ontario Tories will scrap green deals
• • Ontario offshore wind stuck in neutral
• • PG&E to replace faulty smart meters
• • PaperPhone would use less power
• • Pilgrim power station failure probed
• • Plan to ship generators placed on hold
• • Plant shutdown costs $62 million
• • Point Lepreau undergoes safety upgrades
• • Protesters arrested at power plant
• • RWE clinches nuclear plant settlement
• • Reactor failings offer a lesson for U.S.
• • Renewable energies to leap, costs fall
• • Renewable winds blow in New Brunswick
• • Repower to supply 40 turbines to EDF Energies
• • SEC selects GE for plant upgrades
• • SMA Solar defies market gloom
• • SRP chooses Elster for meter data management
• • SWEPCO pulls coal plant lawsuit
• • Samsung deal vital to economy: Premier
• • Senate to act on energy legislation now
• • Siemens to open wind operations center
• • Solar lights up rural Bangladesh
• • Spain suspends solar plant subsidies
• • Storms are costly, but burying cable costlier
• • TEPCO establishes compensation plan
• • TEPCO faces $25 billion in liabilities
• • TVA reactor suffers cooling system shutdown
• • Talks to begin on developing IPSP
• • Teething problems plague Indian solar
• • Testing tomorrowÂ’s grid today
• • Texas regulators talk incentives
• • The wind versus nuclear debate
• • Too soon for EVs, says analyst
• • Top court stops Enel coal conversion
• • Tornadoes put nuclear plant out of service
• • Toronto school roofs to go solar
• • Toshiba looking more to renewables
• • Toshiba to buy Landis+Gyr
• • Transformer fire shuts down highway
• • Transmission line costs worry business leaders
• • UK watchdog gives nuclear green light
• • U.S. reactors closer to construction
• • Virginia regulators okay coal testing
• • Washington wants rebate on EVs
• • WikiLeaks reveal Alberta power plans
• • WikiLeaks' revelations on PEI utility
• • Windfarms designed to withstand tornadoes
• • Wind turbines and bats donÂ’t mix
• • Wisconsin debates Canadian renewable energy
• • Wood biomass the next hot commodity
• • YukonÂ’s energy plan gets mixed reviews

June 2011 News Story Index

• • AEP Says Regulations Could Shut Down 5 plants, Cost 600 jobs
• • Boralex and Temiscouata RCM Sign Wind Power Electricity Supply Agreement
• • Canada's UN Climate Inventory Data Clashes with New Environment Canada Report
• • Coal Companies Say Railroad Monopoly Is Driving Up Electric Bills Nationwide
• • Some Coal Power Plants Produce More Than Fair Share of Mercury Emissions
• • Heat-related demand on electricity causes Detroit power outages
• • Electricity Prices Surge With Heat Wave
• • Electricity prices: Emera-NSPI Monopoly is the Problem
• • Horizon Utilities named Sustainability Company of the Year by the Canadian Electricity Association
• • Singapore Signals Readiness to Sell More Electricity to Malaysia
• • Manitoba Hydro Power Sales Trigger Development of New Hydro
• • Mexico Prices Fall Most in Four Decades as Electricity, Food Lead Declines
• • U.S. Nuclear Groups Set Post-Japan Study
• • Electricity Exports Help Keep OntarioÂ’s Supply Strong
• • PPL Plans New Data and Operations Center in Upper Macungie
• • Russia Halves Electricity Supply to Belarus
• • This Week's Solar Flare Illuminates the Grid's Vulnerability
• • Tepco Shares Plunge 26 Before Rebounding
• • Bulgaria Plans to Start Exporting Electricity to Turkey in July
• • U.S. to Fund Geothermal Energy

July 2011 News Story Index

• • Bangor Hydro Seek FERC Approval on Proposed Transmission Line
• • Industry urges national framework for energy policy
• • Canadian Electricity Association Releases Guidelines For Smart Grid Standards
• • Climate Change Putting Electricity Generation At Risk
• • Time is Running Out for Canada to Sell Hydro to U.S., Connecticut Governor Says
• • Electricity Bills To Rocket By a Third Because of EU
• • Gaz Métro Increases Footprint in Vermont
• • OEB Announces Electricity Distribution Rates For Kenora Hydro
• • Federal Coal Regulations Risk Being Tarnished
• • Nuclear Safety Review: How US Plants Could Handle a Fukushima-type Event
• • Ontario Says Green Plan Spurs $20 Billion in Investment
• • Peco to Raise Electricity Supply Charge
• • UK Electricity Bills Highest in Europe Because of Nuclear Focus
• • Shumlin: Region Can Work With Canada on Renewable Energy
• • Wind Power: Half Of EU Electricity By 2050?

August 2011 News Story Index

• • Alberta Chips Turning Wood Waste Into Green Energy
• • BC Hydro to add four new biomass facilities
• • Canadian Power Brokers Look to Transmit Electricity Points South
• • Ontario Electricity Distributor Addresses Copper Theft
• • Dozens Of Coal Factories Forced To Shut Down In Response To Strict EPA Regulation
• • Federal ruling boosts wind energy interests
• • No Electricity Means Extra Money For Albertans
• • GVK to commence hydro electric project in J&k this year
• • International Power Canada Nears Construction of Vancouver Island Wind Farm
• • Red-faced Iraq says it signed dodgy power deals
• • Kansai Electric to restart 5 thermal power units next summer
• • NDP Vows to Wean Ontario Off Nuclear Power
• • NY system operator launches $74m smart-grid initiative
• • Ontario gives electric cars an $80M plug
• • Smart Grid Privacy And Security Risks Loom For Agencies
• • Taylor Printing Group Signs Up For Green Natural Gas
• • TEPCO to begin building cover over Fukushima reactor
• • Vestas secures 190 MW wind energy contract for Canada
• • Walmart Canada Invests $2 million in Renewable Energy

September 2011 News Story Index

• • CEA Supports New ecoENERGY Efficiency Initiatives
• • Dividend Ramp Up In Canadian Utilities
• • U.S. DOE Electric Power Report for July 2011
• • Egypt Selects GE Technology for $300 Million in Electricity Contracts
• • On electricity, itÂ’s not all about HST in Ontario
• • Electricity use to increase 53 percent, renewables to grow globally by 2035
• • Electricity makes soil around grow ops dangerous ground
• • Hot Rocks: Canada Sits Atop Massive Geothermal Resource
• • Will Canada's Hydropower Boom Help Cool the Climate?
• • Ontario Parties keep quiet on nuclear future
• • Tepco WonÂ’t Increase Electricity 15 Per cent
• • Proposed Vale plant could cut electricity costs in half
• • Vermont Energy Plan Review: Hurry Up, Renewables!
• • Virgina House Leader Calls for Electricity Rate Freeze
• • Wind farm paid £1.2 million to produce no electricity

October 2011 News Story Index

• • BC Hydro Welcomes Joint Review Panel Process for Site C
• • British Gas and SSE end doorstep sales permanently
• • California's Electric Policy is Not a Model for the United States
• • ClarkÂ’s jobs plan needs huge power hike, BC Hydro says
• • Direct Energy Enters Ameren Residential Electricity Market
• • Distributed Energy Systems and Canada's Energy Future
• • WorldÂ’s First Solar Plant To Generate Electricity Even At Night
• • New Electricity Minister vows to elevate Iraq Electricity
• • Ontario faces uncertain electricity future in election's wake
• • Saint John Energy saves the day
• • Smart grids Could Give South Africa Reliable Electricity
• • 25 states urge court to make EPA delay power plant rule
• • Are transmission lines holding America back?
• • Ukraine ups electric power output 3.7 in Jan-Sept
• • US power plants vulnerable to cyberattack

November 2011 News Story Index

• • ATCO Releases 2010 Sustainability Report
• • Electricity Demands Stressing Catawba River
• • Electricity thefts surge in bad times
• • The EPA would risk reliable electric power
• • Nalcor resolute about Lower Churchill power plan
• • Newfoundland island tests replacing diesel with renewable energy
• • Obama admin circulated plan to revamp Energy Dept.
• • October Snowstorm Could Lead to Higher Electricity Rates
• • Consumers to face higher power prices
• • Ottawa funds dam modernization project
• • Turkey says Syria on "knife-edge," may cut power
• • Anti-nuclear mood melts TepcoÂ’s hopes of normality
• • NS: Tidal project forges ahead with new infrastructure
• • Electrical safety ignorance 'puts millions at risk'
• • Electric bills to increase across the US

December 2011 News Story Index

• • America and Germany Getting Their Clean Energy Just Desserts
• • Anger over electricity prices puts producers on edge
• • Long-term National Infrastructure Plan Must Include Electricity and Address Regulatory Challenges
• • Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Could Cost $257 Billion
• • 'Hundreds of thousands of jobs', clean power from fuel cells – Anglo
• • Lepreau hearings focus on seismic safety
• • Dalton McGuinty defends green energy pledge
• • MIT Study: US Can Meet Power Grid Challenges of Future
• • Nuclear plant work facing delays
• • OBAMA ANNOUNCES NEARLY $4 BILLION INVESTMENT IN ENERGY UPGRADES
• • Plans change for third power cable to mainland
• • Power grid growing more vulnerable to cyber attacks, report finds
• • Smart Grid: Dynamic Pricing and AMI For All by 2030?
• • Toyota Hybrids Go From Strength to Strength as World No. 1: Cars
• • TransAlta Corp. extends Genesee 3 power plant outage