GreenMan Technologies, Inc. Subsidiary and Great Plains ADA Center Form Partnership to Develop Education and Technology Solutions

GreenMan Technologies and The Great Plains ADA Center of Columbia, Missouri are pleased to announce they have entered into a sixty month agreement for the advancement and development of solutions, particularly those related to recreational and playground areas, to promote compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The partnership will be facilitated by National Safe Surfacing Initiative, LLC (NSSI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Greenman’s... Read more..

Energy West, Incorporated Announces Agreement to Acquire Three Natural Gas Distribution Companies

Energy West, Incorporated announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Orwell Natural Gas Company, Northeast Ohio Natural Gas Corp. (NEO) and Brainard Natural Gas Corp., three natural gas distribution companies headquartered in Mentor, Ohio, that serve customers in Northeast Ohio and Western Pennsylvania. The acquisitions will add approximately 21,000 new customers to Energy West’s growing service areas. When completed,... Read more..

Fuel Efficient Couple En Route To Break Guinness World Record for Lowest Fuel Consumption

Two of the world’s most fuel efficient drivers, John and Helen Taylor, are a third of the way through their attempt to break the current world record for lowest fuel consumption across the 48 contiguous United States. Today they will be driving into their ninth day, passing through the northern states of the Great Plains, including South Dakota, North Dakota and Montana. To help them along the way, they are driving the all-new, 50-state-compliant... Read more..

ITC Sends Crews to Assist With Power Restoration in Hurricane-Ravaged Gulf Coast Communities

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 without power. ITC subsidiaries ITCTransmission, Michigan Electric Transmission Company (METC)... Read more..

The Camelina Company Makes Camelina Biodiesel a Reality

There’s a new player fueling the alternative energy market and it’s picking up speed as fossil fuels continue to fall short. Camelina, an oilseed crop in the same family as mustard, is currently being grown throughout the United States and Canada and crushed to produce biodiesel by Great Plains – The Camelina Company. With several crushing partners in North America, Great Plains has produced over 10 million road miles of camelina biodiesel to... Read more..

Kansas Utilities to Cooperate on Major High-Voltage Transmission Project

Mid-Kansas Electric Company (Mid-Kansas) and Sunflower Electric Power Corporation (Sunflower) have reached an agreement with ITC Great Plains LLC (ITC Great Plains) designating ITC Great Plains to build two of the three sections that will comprise the proposed Kansas V-Plan transmission project. ITC Great Plains will build two sections of the Kansas V-Plan. The first section is a transmission line from Spearville, Kan., to Comanche County, Kan., and... Read more..

Advanced Control Systems Responds to Severe Midwest Floods With Record Breaking Delivery Time for ITC Midwest

Advanced Control Systems, Inc. (ACS), a leading provider of smart grid automation and system solutions to global utilities, recently completed an expedited delivery of two ACS substation automation systems to ITC Midwest LLC, a subsidiary of ITC Holdings Corp. (NYSE:ITC), in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In response to the widespread flooding that overtook Eastern Iowa in early June, ACS accelerated the design, configuration and delivery of replacement systems... Read more..