Biofuels Power Agrees to Purchase Decommissioned H.O. Clarke Electric Generating Station in Central Houston

Biofuels Power Corporation announced that it has agreed to purchase the site, infrastructure and equipment of the decommissioned H.O. Clarke Electric Generating Station in central Houston. The purchase includes 79 acres of land at the intersection of Main St. and Hiram Clarke Road, together with all infrastructure, equipment, buildings and other improvements.... 

Biofuels Power Announces Pilot Biomass Power Generation and Carbon Sequestration Project to Help with Hurricane Ike Cleanup

November 1, 2008 Category: Biodiesel, Biofuel Energy, Electricity

Biofuels Power Corporation announced that it will manage a project to use wood chips and other refuse from Hurricane Ike cleanup activities in the metro Houston area to fuel a pilot scale power generation and carbon sequestration project that will be connected to the ERCOT grid and provide up to 4 MW of low cost green electricity for Houston. The other... 

Entergy Provides Preliminary Third Quarter Earnings Guidance Reflecting Effects of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike

October 16, 2008 Category: Electric Energy, Electricity, Energy Companies

Entergy Corporation indicated that it expects third quarter 2008 as-reported earnings of approximately $2.40 per share and operational earnings of $2.49 per share compared to as-reported and operational results of $2.30 per share in third quarter 2007. As-reported results are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and are... 

Entergy Only U.S. Utility Selected to World Index for Third Consecutive Year

September 25, 2008 Category: Energy Management, Sustainable Energy

The Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes again named Entergy Corporation to its exclusive Dow Jones Sustainability World Index and Dow Jones Sustainability North American Index for 2008-2009. For the third year in a row, Entergy was the only U.S. utility selected to the world index. The Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes follow a best-in-class approach and... 

Shaw Adds Palisades Plant to its Entergy Nuclear Maintenance Contract

September 16, 2008 Category: Nuclear Energy

The Shaw Group Inc. announced today that the Maintenance Division of its Power Group has expanded its existing contract with Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., a subsidiary of Entergy Corporation, to provide nuclear maintenance services at the 798-megawatt Entergy Palisades nuclear power plant near South Haven, Mich. With the addition of the Entergy... 

Entergy’s Louisiana Utilities to Hit 70 Percent Restoration Mark Sunday Night

September 8, 2008 Category: Energy Companies

Entergy Corporation’s Louisiana utilities expect to have power restored to 70 percent of Louisiana customers affected by Hurricane Gustav by Sunday night. Entergy New Orleans, Inc. had restored power to 96 percent of its customers by 11:30 a.m. Sunday. Entergy Gulf Utilities Louisiana, L.L.C. estimated more than 60 percent of Baton Rouge metro... 

Entergy’s Pace of Gustav Restoration Hits Record Level

September 6, 2008 Category: Electricity, Energy Companies, Energy Suppliers

Entergy Corporation utilities are restoring power to customers affected by Hurricane Gustav at the fastest rate in the company’s history. “We have restored power to more customers in four days than we ever have before. Our restoration rate surpasses that accomplished following either hurricanes Katrina or Rita,” said Randy Helmick,... 

Entergy Warns of Precarious Power Island Situation in Southeastern Louisiana

September 3, 2008 Category: Electricity, Energy Companies, Energy Suppliers

Entergy’s transmission system has sustained extremely severe damage from Hurricane Gustav, damage that could make power restoration a difficult and slow process, especially in southeastern Louisiana. In terms of power outages, Hurricane Gustav was the second worst in Entergy’s 95-year history, peaking at about 850,000 early Tuesday —...