Horizon Wind Energy Announces Commercial Operation of Three Wind Farms

Horizon Wind Energy, owned by EDP Renovaveis, the fourth largest wind energy producer in the world, fully commissioned over 500 megawatts (MW) in December of 2008. The 201 MW Meridian Way Wind Farm, located in north central Kansas in Cloud County, the 102.9 megawatt (MW) Rattlesnake Road Wind Farm located near the city of Arlington in Gilliam County,... 

Progress Energy Carolinas Again Seeking Renewable Energy Projects

Progress Energy Carolinas is again seeking proposals for potential renewable energy projects and alternative energy providers, as part of the company’s balanced strategy for meeting the growing energy needs of 1.4 million households and businesses in the Carolinas. The company issued an open-ended request for renewable proposals in November 2007,... 

Apogee Interactive Addresses American Public Power Association’s 2008 Customer Connections Conference in Music City

Apogee Interactive Inc. technology consultants Dan Lockman and Jon Scott have been selected by the American Public Power Association to speak on Internet-based energy efficiency analysis tools at APPA’s 2008 Customer Connections Conference in Nashville, Tenn. today. Lockman, a founding employee of Atlanta-based Apogee, will demonstrate how to use... 

Con Edison Receives Award for Outstanding System-Wide Reliability

Con Edison has received PA Consulting Group’s 2008 Outstanding System-Wide Reliability Award and also the organization’s 2008 ReliabilityOne(TM) award for the Northeast Region. Both awards are given annually to utilities that have excelled in delivering reliable electric service to their customers. “Behind every light switch in Con... 

Allegheny Power Ranked First in Northeast Region by Industrial Customers

Large commercial and industrial customers have rated Allegheny Power, the electric delivery business of Allegheny Energy, Inc., as one of the leaders in customer satisfaction among electric utilities in the United States. Allegheny ranked number one in the Northeast Region in the 2008 TQS Research, Inc. Benchmark Survey of 60 large utilities. This marks... 

Detroit Edison Submits Application for Possible New Nuclear Plant

Detroit Edison officials submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission a Combined License Application for a possible new nuclear power plant at the site of the company’s existing nuclear plant near Newport, Mich. “It is satisfying to reach this significant milestone, which is necessary if we are to maintain the option of building a... 

Terasen Gas receives BCUC approval to lower natural gas commodity rates

Terasen Gas has received approval from the B.C. Utilities Commission (BCUC) to lower natural gas commodity rates for the majority of customers in B.C. The rate decreases will take effect October 1, 2008. “In response to changing market prices since our rate filings with the BCUC last week, we have updated our applications, requesting lower commodity... 

Progress Energy Sending Crews, Contractors to Assist in Ike Restoration

Progress Energy is sending more than 800 company and contract workers from the Carolinas and Florida to Texas to assist utilities there with expected damage and power outages from Hurricane Ike. The company’s deployment of 385 employees and 437 contract personnel is larger than deployments made in support of utilities in Louisiana and Texas after... 

New Jersey Resources Ranks in the Top 10 of the Fortnightly Best Energy Companies

New Jersey Resources (NJR) has been recognized as one of the top 10 best energy companies in the annual Fortnightly 40, published by Public Utilities Fortnightly magazine. The list, in its fourth year of publication, ranks the 40 best U.S. investor-owned utilities and other companies active in the electric power and natural gas industries based on their... 

Terasen Gas applies to lower natural gas rates

Terasen Gas has now filed applications to the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) to reduce its natural gas commodity rates for customers in most regions of B.C. If the applications are approved, commodity rate decreases will take effect October 1, 2008. “We are pleased market conditions have changed allowing us to apply for lower customer...