Power Prices to Tumble for NSTAR Electric’s Largest Customers

Fourth quarter electricity costs will soon be falling by more than 21 percent for some of the state’s largest businesses after NSTAR secured contracts that are significantly lower than current rates. Under Massachusetts law, NSTAR buys electricity through a competitive bidding process on behalf of customers who receive their supply through the company’s... 

AMSOIL Guarantees Fuel Economy Improvement with P.i. Performance Improver Gasoline Additive

AMSOIL INC. of Superior, WI is now offering a money-back guarantee on its top selling gasoline additive AMSOIL P.i. Performance Improver if the product fails to improve a vehicle’s mileage. Field tests show that AMSOIL P.i. provides an average fuel economy improvement of 2.3 percent and up to 5.7 percent. If a customer does not see a measurable fuel... 

Giant-Carlisle to Manage Fuel Pricing with KSS Software

Giant-Carlisle, a subsidiary of Ahold USA, has selected KSS Inc.’s PriceNet, PriceNet Mobile and Visualizer solutions to manage fuel pricing for 61 Giant Food Store fuel locations across Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. “In today’s fuel environment, it’s vital to have accurate and reliable information at our fingertips to... 

Nexterra Biomass Gasification Ready to Displace Fossil Fuels in Lime Kilns and Boilers

After two years of biomass gasification testing at the company’s Product Development Centre in Kamloops, BC, Nexterra Energy Corp. has confirmed that renewable synthesis gas, or “syngas”, produced by its gasifier has the ability to displace at least 60 per cent of fossil fuels used in lime kilns. Depending on the biomass feedstock... 

Ventyx(R) Releases Electric Power Horizons Study

Ventyx®, the world’s largest private software and services provider to the energy and utility industry, today released Electric Power Horizons, a scenario-based analysis of plausible energy futures to the year 2032. The detailed study investigates renewable generation, third-generation nuclear energy, natural gas supply and greenhouse gas (GHG)... 

Wall Street ends higher, buoyed by drop in oil

Wall Street rebounded Thursday, rising sharply as oil prices fell and investors took advantage of bargains in financial stocks after two straight days of heavy declines. The Dow Jones industrial index rose 82.97, or 0.72 percent, to close at 11,615.93. A pullback in crude prices helped reassure stock traders who are concerned that rising oil and gas... 

Oil down as weak demand outweighs Georgia conflict

Oil prices fell about a dollar Thursday, pulling back from the previous day’s rally as waning U.S. demand for energy overshadowed supply threats from the conflict in Georgia. Crude fell as low as $112.59 a barrel before settling at $115.01 as traders continued to ponder Wednesday’s U.S. Energy Department report on weekly fuel inventories. The... 

Bosch Calls for Accelerating Development of Alternative Energy Sources

As consumers seek solutions to energy challenges, many of the vehicle technologies with the potential to lead us from a world of energy scarcity to a world of energy abundance are known and their development should be accelerated, said Peter Marks, chairman, president and CEO of Robert Bosch LLC, while speaking at the Management Briefing Seminars today. “Turbulence... 

Catalyst Energy and BluTrend(R) Sign Exclusive Multi-State Agreement to Offer CSASecure(R) to Multi-Family Industry

Catalyst Energy Group, the premier energy retailer to the multi-family industry and BluTrend, a leading provider of utility theft solutions for multi-family owners, today announced an exclusive multi-state agreement to offer BluTrend’s flagship CSASecure® product to multi-family customers served by Catalyst Energy Group subsidiaries nationwide. CSASecure®... 

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...