Electric Power Distribution

CORRECTING and REPLACING PHIs MAPP Transmission Line Continues to Add Benefits (Business Wire)

Thursday December 4, 3:01 pm ET WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First graph, first sentence of release should read: ...by increasing the line’s reliability to carry electricity to the Delmarva Peninsula (sted ...by increasing the...

Will solar power ever be as cheap as coal?

“Solar power is the energy of the future – and always will be.” That tired joke, which has dogged solar-generated electricity for decades due to its high cost, could be retired far sooner than many think. While solar...

Give The Gift of Warmth This Holiday Season (Business Wire)

Thursday December 4, 2:07 pm ET PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Help those less fortunate stay warm this winter by making a donation to PECO’s Matching Energy Assistance Fund (MEAF). “MEAF, especially around the holidays, is one...

U.S. polluters to pay record $11.8 billion in 2008: EPA

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency enforcement actions during the 2008 budget year resulted in a record $11.8 billion in pollution controls and projects to clean up the environment, the agency said on...

(CSRwire) Green-e Energy Certifies Wisconsin Public Power Inc.'s Green Power Programs

WPPI's Business and Residential Customers Can Now Sign Up for a Certified Renewable Energy Option (CSRwire) SAN FRANCISCO, CA. - The Center for Resource Solutions announced today that Wisconsin Public Power Inc.'s (WPPI's)...

Wisconsin Energy Announces Plan to Raise Quarterly Dividend, Approves New Dividend Policy and...

The board of directors of Wisconsin Energy Corporation announced a new dividend policy today that would provide for a quarterly dividend of 33.75 cents a share on the company's common stock in the first quarter of 2009.

FERC Approves Prairie Wind Transmission Request for Key Rate Components in New Ultra-High...

Prairie Wind Transmission LLC today announced that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has unanimously approved its request for key rate components in its proposal to build a 230-mile, 765-kilovolt transmission line...

LIPA considers late fees for residential customers

Even as it sought to justify a 4.8 percent bill increase at sometimes testy morning and night meetings with ratepayers Thursday, the Long Island Power Authority separately acknowledged that a rise in late-paying customers has...

Utility Execs Scratching Heads as Demand Drops

Posted Thursday, December 4, 2008 ; 06:00 AM Electric utilities have a range of explanations for third-quarter decreases in electricity demand. XCel Energy Inc. saw home energy use drop 3 percent in August and September in its...

Applied Materials Sees More Customers Using Thin Film in 2009 (at Seeking Alpha)

by: Greentech Media December 04, 2008 | about stocks: AMAT / OERLF.PK ) expects to cut only a handful of employees from its solar division and see its customers spending less on buying its thin-film equipment over the next...

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