Exelon CEO to Urge Congress to Develop a Marshall Plan for Energy

In testimony before the U.S. Senate Energy Committee on Sept. 12, Exelon Chairman, President and CEO John Rowe will call on Congress to develop a 21st century Marshall Plan for energy, as part of a three-part plan to address the nation’s energy challenges. “I believe nothing less than a comprehensive national effort for energy will put us on the... 

PECO Partners With ENERGY STAR (R) To Provide Customers With More Energy Saving Tools

PECO has formed a partnership with ENERGY STAR to provide its customers with more money saving resources through the company’s website at www.peco.com/save. A new web-based, interactive home is now available to take visitors on a tour from attic to garage that is full of energy saving tips and green information. PECO said it’s working to help its... 

PSEG Named One of the ‘Best Places to Launch a Career’

Public Service Enterprise Group was named one of the country’s “Best Places to Launch a Career” in BusinessWeek’s third annual list, released today on its website. The Best Places to Launch a Career ranking is based on three separate surveys: a BusinessWeek poll of career-services directors at U.S. colleges; a survey of 40,000... 

Suncor Energy to begin planned maintenance activities at Sarnia refinery

Suncor Energy Products Inc. announced that planned maintenance activities on parts of the company’s Sarnia refinery are scheduled to begin September 2. This maintenance work is expected to take approximately six weeks and will involve approximately 600 contractors. Suncor expects to meet all customer supply agreements during the outage. Suncor... 

PECO to Lower Gas Rate by 5%, Effective Sept. 1

PECO will lower its natural gas rate, effective Sept. 1, due to a projected decrease in gas supply costs in the wholesale market. The bills for the typical residential customer will drop by 5.1 percent, or about $7 a month. PECO can adjust the “purchased gas cost” portion of its gas rate each quarter, if necessary, to reflect changes in the commodity... 

Seventeen Energy Companies Purchase Licenses under the Katz Portfolio of Patents Which Cover Customer Service Operations

It was announced that seventeen of the nation’s energy and utility companies have purchased licenses under the patent portfolio held by Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. and licensed through A2D, L.P. These separate licenses cover services offered by each of the companies in the “Energy and Utility Services” field of use. These services,... 

PennFuture Launches Campaign to Give Pennsylvania’s Families and Businesses Powerful Tools to Save on Electricity Bills

Today, Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture), joined by business leaders, people of faith, elected officials and representatives of the more than 50 organizations in Pennsylvania supporting strong energy savings legislation, launched a new statewide campaign, “How do you spell relief? HB 2200,” challenging all members of the Pennsylvania... 

Foster Wheeler Awarded Conceptual & Basic Design of New Alcon Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plant in Singapore

Foster Wheeler Ltd. announced today that its U.S. subsidiary, Biokinetics, Inc., along with Foster Wheeler’s Singapore office, both part of its Global Engineering and Construction Group, has been awarded a contract by Alcon Laboratories Inc. to provide engineering and architectural services for the conceptual and basic design of its new 250,000 square... 

Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP Files Class Action Suit against SemGroup Energy Partners, L.P.

Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP (“Coughlin Stoia”) (http://www.csgrr.com/cases/semgroup/) today announced that a class action has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of purchasers of SemGroup Energy Partners, L.P. (“SGLP”) (NASDAQ:SGLP) common units during the period... 

China’s Growing Acceptance of Water-based Acrylic Coatings Energized by Rohm and Haas Innovation and Support

As China achieves greater world prominence and visibility from the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, businesses throughout the country are making their own gains by embracing global standards of quality, safety and sustainability. Specialty materials company Rohm and Haas, the world’s leader in acrylic technology for nearly a century, is helping many Chinese...