Massey Energy Company announced the determination of the total consideration offered pursuant to its previously announced cash tender offer and consent solicitation for any and all of its 6.625% senior notes due 2010 (the “6.625% Notes”). Massey also announced today that holders of approximately $311.5 million aggregate principal amount of the outstanding $335 million aggregate [...]
TransCanada Corporation today announced its Bison Pipeline became operational on Friday, January 14. The 303-mile (487-kilometre), 30-inch-diameter interstate pipeline has an initial capacity of 407 million cubic feet a day, all of which is currently under long-term contract. With additional compression, the pipeline is expandable to 1 billion cubic feet a day.
Bison begins in northeastern [...]
NorthWestern issued a statement in reaction to initial votes to draft orders regarding dockets related to Colstrip Unit 4.
“We disagree and we’re disappointed with the decision related to the bankruptcy tipulation, but we will reserve further comment on the [...]
Park Avenue Windows®, an exclusive line of triple pane vinyl replacement windows and patio doors is sponsoring an Energy-Efficient Windows Sweepstakes in 2011.
Park Avenue Windows will draw one grand prize winner who will win up to $10,000 worth of ENERGY STAR® qualified Park Avenue® Windows. This exclusive window system features the E3-MAX® triple pane [...]
Blaming the massive BP oil spill on government and industry complacency, a White House panel on Tuesday called for a dramatic overhaul of the way the U.S. regulates offshore drilling.
The White House oil spill commission, in its final report of the BP drilling disaster, said the U.S. government needs to expand its drilling regulations, as [...]
Tethys Petroleum Limited announced the signature of a Memorandum of Intent on Cooperation with the Russian energy company “INTER RAO UES OJSC” concerning cooperation in Kazakhstan and other parts of Central Asia.
Specifically the MOI concerns Tethys and “INTER RAO UES OJSC” cooperating and negotiating in good faith as a matter of priority towards [...]
Pressures on water availability are reaching new heights, with nearly half the world’s population facing severe water stress. Business leaders are seeking new opportunities to both meet these requirements and generate defensible profits, spending more than $220 billion in the last ten years on water deals. To assist them, Lux Research today introduced the Lux [...]
ITC Holdings Corp. has sent emergency field crews from its Michigan and Iowa operations to Louisiana to assist with power restoration efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Gustav. The Gulf Coast storm, which hit Monday, has left more than 1.9 million residents in Louisiana without electricity. More than 90,000 households in neighboring Mississippi are also [...]
The Alias electric car from industry pioneer ZAP has been accepted to compete for the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE.
The Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE (PIAXP) is a technology-neutral competition open to teams from around the world that can design and build production-capable 100 MPGe (miles per gallon energy equivalent) vehicles that are affordable [...]
Universal Power Group, Inc. , today announced the launch of its new “Ecotricity” line of portable solar-powered products and unveiled the line’s initial product: the Ecotricity ECO1800 solar-powered generator.
The Ecotricity ECO1800 features an 1800W inverter with four 120V outlets and a 50-foot cord that is ideal for generating environmentally friendly home backup power, emergency power [...]