| Content Category: Policy Watch |
| British Columbia Introduces Climate Action Legislation |
| on 29 Nov 2007 by NAW Staff |
| British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell and Environment Minister Barry Penner have announced the introduction of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Act. The act puts into [read more] |
| IPCC Releases Fourth Climate Change Report |
| on 21 Nov 2007 by NAW Staff |
| The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released the fourth report in its series of climate change reports. The IPCC has worked with scientists [read more] |
| Governors Sign Midwestern Regional Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord |
| on 16 Nov 2007 by NAW Staff |
| Nine governors and the Premier of Manitoba have signed the Midwestern Regional Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord at the Midwestern Governors Association (MGA) Energy Security and [read more] |
| 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] |
