Commentary

Keep grid modernization a national priority

By Peggy Welsh, Energetics Inc.

News

05/07/2008

Montana PSC threatens court action to halt Colstrip 4 sale

AEP utility seeks long-term purchases worth 200 MW of renewable power

Avalanche dumps Juneau into power crisis

Shell to withdraw from world’s largest wind farm project

DOE to invest $7.3 million for “Deep-Burn” gas-reactor technology R&D

04/30/2008

China seeks to build major emissions-free plant by 2015

E.ON to build UK nuclear plants with Areva, Siemens

Iberdrola threatens to walk away from $4.5 billion merger

DOE to issue up to $50 million for grid modernization projects

PG&E’s Colusa station in California gets green light

SES and CONSOL complete feasibility study for U.S. gasification project

Largest U.S. biomass power project of last decade announced

Con Edison joins registry for voluntary reporting of emissions

04/23/2008

Investors consider construction of world’s most powerful hydroelectric dam

U.S. Supreme Court to hear case on power plant cooling technologies

Economic incentives key to reducing power sector emissions, Bush says

DOE seeks to invest up to $15 million in nuclear fuel cycle technology R&D

IBM and Country Energy to deploy a smart grid in Australia

Agreement significantly affects development of Allegheny’s proposed West Virginia

New plants anticipated for Wales, Russia, Australia, New Jersey, and Indonesia

EPRI analysis shows energy efficiency can curb need for new generation

04/16/2008

Centrica, Vattenfall consider bidding for British Energy

Senate passes renewable energy tax credit extension

DOE loan guarantee solicitations coming soon

Loose weld caused Xcel plant explosion, fire

SCE Edison launches first commercial-scale clean coal study

Study reveals critical issues that keep energy executives up at night