Idaho Power Co., a Boise, Idaho-based electric utility, recently filed a petition to the Idaho Public Utilities Commission proposing that wind projects once again qualify [read more]
Hector Jacques, co-founder of Jacques Whitford, has been appointed to the Order of Canada - the country's highest honor for lifetime achievement. Jacques Whitford is [read more]
Bennett Jones LLP, a Toronto-based law firm that focuses on energy and natural resources, has appointed Hugh MacKinnon national managing partner.In addition to managing partner, [read more]
Gov. Tim Pawlenty, R-Minn., has signed a bill that requires Minnesota energy companies to provide 25% of their power from renewable sources to their customers [read more]
The University of Colorado at Boulder (CU-Boulder), the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Colorado State University (CSU) and the Colorado School of Mines have signed [read more]
Escondido, Calif.-based enXco Inc., a wind project developer and owner, recently hired David Kirkpatrick and Dave Luck.In his new role, Kirkpatrick will work with the [read more]
Chadbourne & Parke LLP, a Los Angeles-based law firm, has added Edward Zaelke and Adam Umanoff to its renewable energy practice as partners. Zaelke and [read more]
Energy Management Inc., the developer of the proposed Cape Wind offshore wind project in Nantucket Sound, has reached another permitting milestone by filing its Final [read more]
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has adopted a final rule reforming its decade-old open-access transmission regulatory framework - established in order numbers 888 and [read more]
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission has approved agreements between Idaho Power Co., an electric utility headquartered in Boise, Idaho, and two Elmore County wind projects [read more]
One of three bills introduced in January to the Minnesota legislature that seek to increase the state's renewable energy objective was passed by the House [read more]
The Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA) - acting on behalf of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) and the cities of [read more]
Gov. John Hoeven, R-N.D., North Dakota House Majority Leader Rick Berg and Senate Majority Leader Bob Stenehjem recently met to detail a comprehensive $43.5 million [read more]
Sponsored by the MIT Enterprise Forum Energy Special Interest Group, the third annual Ignite Clean Energy competition is accepting applications until March 5. It provides [read more]
Atlanta-based GE Energy has agreed to supply 300 of its 1.5 MW wind turbines to Noble Environmental Power, an Essex, Conn.-based wind project developer and [read more]