Homeland Energy Group Ltd. report the receipt of initial results of a mineral resource study relating to Homeland’s recently announced acquisition of Appolo Fuels, Inc. (Appolo) (see Homeland Energy press release August 27, 2008). The resource estimation is being performed by Norwest Corporation’s (Norwest) Charleston, West Virginia office in compliance with Canada’s National Instrument 43-101, [...]
No injuries were reported due to a gas leak at a Texas City, Texas, refinery that forced the evacuation of nearby homes on Saturday, a city official said.
Production at Marathon Petroleum Corp’s 76,000 barrel per day (bpd) refinery, located about 50 miles south of Houston, was unaffected by the leak, said Marathon spokesman Robert Calmus.
Residents [...]
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 [...]
Green Star Alternative Energy, Inc. announces a joint venture with Notos d.o.o. – Serbian wind energy and power trading company – and Sirius Regulus d.o.o., Serbian real estate holding company. Many months of due diligence and negotiations have culminated in a strategic partnership that will give Green Star 51% ownership of all energy assets [...]
WPCS International Incorporated, a leader in design-build engineering services for specialty communication systems and wireless infrastructure, has announced that, through its Max Engineering www.maxengr.com subsidiary, it has completed a renewable wind energy project that encompasses the construction and installation of a wind turbine for Sherrard Community Unit School District located in Rock Island County, Illinois.
The [...]
The Oregon Public Utility Commission (OPUC) today announced its decision regarding Portland General Electric Company’s 2011 general rate case, ending a public review process that began in February 2010. The commission approved an overall price increase of approximately 3.9 percent, which will be allocated across all PGE customer classes.
Together with other pending adjustments reflecting various [...]
Service to 93 percent of FirstEnergy’s utility operating company customers has been restored following Sunday’s massive wind storm. As of 10:00 a.m. Thursday, approximately 70,400 customers of Ohio Edison, Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, Pennsylvania Electric and Pennsylvania Power remain without service.
Approximately 3,000 line, forestry and service workers — including those from FirstEnergy operating companies and [...]
Atmos Energy has more than 350,000 customers in Louisiana and crews are out in force to determine the extent of damage to facilities and make repairs.
Although most natural gas facilities are underground, some have been damaged by trees that were uprooted from the strong winds. Even if a tree hasn’t been toppled—but was moved by [...]
TransAlta Corporation announced it has been named to the North American Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) for a third consecutive year. TransAlta is one of 22 Canadian companies on the index, and one of only two Canadian companies in the utility sector represented. This year, 125 companies were recognized on the North American DJSI.
Inclusion in [...]
The Board of Directors of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE:FE – News) today declared an unchanged quarterly dividend of 55 cents per share of outstanding common stock and provided contingent dividend payment scenarios to reflect possible timing of the completion of FirstEnergy’s pending merger with Allegheny Energy, Inc. “Depending on the timing of the merger and other [...]