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PUC Files Petition For Rehearing With DOE

on 14 Nov 2007 by NAW Staff

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) filed for rehearing with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) over its National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor (NIETC) for [read more]

Agencies Publish Draft Environmental Impact Statement

on 14 Nov 2007 by NAW Staff

The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Departments of Energy, Agriculture, Commerce and Defense have released a draft programmatic [read more]

Transmission Bill Would Help Connect Clean Energy To Power Grid

on 06 Nov 2007 by NAW Staff

U.S. Reps. Jay Inslee, D-Wash., and Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., members of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, have introduced legislation in the [read more]

Commission Accepts PacifiCorp's IRP

on 23 Oct 2007 by NAW Staff

PacifiCorp, a six-state electric utility that operates as Rocky Mountain Power in eastern Idaho, has announced it's adding about 2,000 MW of renewable power, mostly [read more]

Senators Introduce Expanded Climate Change Legislation

on 19 Oct 2007 by NAW Staff

Sens. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., and John Warner R-Va., have introduced climate change legislation proposing mandatory greenhouse gas reductions. The latest refinements to the Lieberman-Warner bill [read more]

Groups Ask CPUC To Enforce Renewable Energy Targets

on 18 Oct 2007 by NAW Staff

Two conservation groups have asked state regulators to enforce California requirements that utilities obtain 20% of their energy from renewable sources by 2010, as mandated [read more]

California ISO Board Of Governors Approves Changes

on 18 Oct 2007 by NAW Staff

The California Independent System Operator Corp. (ISO) Board of Governors has approved making changes to its federal tariff that spell out how a new financing [read more]

Commission Approves Wind Interconnection Agreements

on 17 Oct 2007 by NAW Staff

State regulators have approved two interconnection agreements between Idaho Power Co. and two wind projects in Elmore County, Idaho. The agreements divide the costs for [read more]

Climate Change Council And Governor Release Report

on 15 Oct 2007 by NAW Staff

Gov. Jon Huntsman, R-Utah, and the Blue Ribbon Advisory Council on Climate Change (BRAC) released the Council's Report on recommended measures to reduce greenhouse gas [read more]

Imperial Irrigation District To Aid RE Transmission

on 12 Oct 2007 by NAW Staff

The board of directors of Imperial Irrigation District (IID) Energy, an Imperial, Calif.-headquartered utility, has unanimously adopted a resolution titled "Incentives to Interconnect and [read more]

Midwest Governors Plan Energy Summit

on 09 Oct 2007 by NAW Staff

According to the office of Gov. Jim Doyle, D-Wis., chairman of the Midwestern Governors Association (MGA), Milwaukee will host the Midwestern Governors Association Energy Security [read more]

Wind Turbine Bird Safety Guidelines Approved in CA

on 08 Oct 2007 by NAW Staff

The California Energy Commission has voted 3-0 to approve voluntary guidelines designed to reduce the number of bird and bat deaths from wind turbines. Titled [read more]

Texas PUC Issues CREZ Interim Final Order

on 05 Oct 2007 by NAW Staff

The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) has issued an interim final order designating five competitive renewable energy zones (CREZs) in West Texas and the [read more]

DOE Designates National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors

on 05 Oct 2007 by NAW Staff

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has named two National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors (NIETCs): the Mid-Atlantic Area NIETC and the Southwest Area NIETC. The DOE [read more]

Manitoba Proposes Changes To Wind Farm Land Registration

on 05 Oct 2007 by NAW Staff

Jim Rondeau, Manitoba's Science, Technology, Energy and Mines Minister, has re-introduced proposed legislative changes that would reduce the complexities around landowners' leasing land for the [read more]