Oklahoma Approves OG&E Smart Grid Plan

Deeming smart grid technology a prudent investment, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission preapproved up to $366.4 million in program costs for OG&E to build a smart grid system. READ MORE

Rogers to Reid: Carbon Cap Will Help Economy
by Michael T. Burr

In a letter dated July 21, Duke Energy CEO James Rogers urged Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to “include a carbon title in your base energy bill that allows this country to move forward.” Rogers argued that a business-as-usual approach to carbon regulation would stifle development of new nuclear and coal-fired power plants and make America dangerously dependent on volatile natural gas markets. READ MORE

Alstom 3-MW wind turbine; Siemens into EV charging; Duke funds green projects; S&C Electric …

Advanced Technology Center test facility wins grant; Idaho reactor moves forward; Allegheny goes mobile with Raytheon; Wartsila fuel cell powers ship; EnerNOC delivers 560 MW of demand response to TVA … plus news from Solyndra, Plug Power, EPRI, KEMA and more. READ MORE

Manager, Pipeline Services & Supply Planning

Nicor Gas is one of the nation's largest gas distribution companies. This position will supervise and manage two groups which are engaged in gas supply planning and securing and managing third party services for the delivery of gas supplies to the Company’s distribution system. READ MORE

Is Cap-and-Trade Kaput? - 7/10

With Majority Leader Harry Reid’s announcement on July 23, 2010 that a greenhouse gas (GHG) cap-andtrade program will not be included in energy legislation that he intends to bring to the floor before the August recess, most observers agree that cap-and-trade is all but dead in this Congress. Amore intriguing question is whether cap-and-trade as a means to reduce U.S. GHG emissions READ MORE

Market Monitor: 1, PJM: zero
by Bruce W. Radford

Does the reliability pricing model (RPM) reveal enough competitive data to allow manipulation and collusion? READ MORE

NERC Today and Tomorrow
by Zhen Zhang and Matthew S. Stern

Living in the new world of mandatory reliability standards READ MORE

XXIst World Energy Congress Montreal 2010

Montreal will play host to the 21st Congress of the World Energy Council from September 12 to 16, 2010. At the event more than 2500 delegates from over a hundred countries, representing all energy sectors, will meet to discuss the challenges the energy sector will face over the next 25 years. Some 200 exhibitors will gather at the Montreal Convention Centre to display their know-how and the results of recent technology research as well as educate the public about the challenges we must all face if we are to maintain our societies’ standard of living and development. READ MORE

Utility Finance Database

$120 billion in utility industry debt issues, equity issues, and M&A transactions, from November 2007 to the present. Search, sort and export details about deal value, interest rates, spreads, and credit ratings. READ MORE

Oklahoma Approves OG&E Smart Grid Plan
Michigan Nixes Wisconsin Renewable Energy Costs
Connecticut Light & Power Gets $100M in Rate Relief
California Offers New Smart Grid Guidelines
Central Hudson G&E Gets $40M Rate Increase
BG&E Smart Meter Plan 'Untenable'

Rogers to Reid: Carbon Cap Will Help Economy
Smart-Grid Smackdown
Lamar Alexander: 'Electrify Half Our Vehicles by 2030'
Cape Wind secures PPA with National Grid
ABB 'bolts on' Ventyx
Colin Powell, Ray Kurzweil and Other Tweets

Alstom 3-MW wind turbine; Siemens into EV charging; Duke funds green projects; S&C Electric …
ABB expands; Opower makes splash; WorleyParsons @ FirstEnergy; Siemens @ HECO ... (6/2010)
AREVA, Capgemini, S&C Electric, Structure Group ... (04/30/10)
Alstom, Boeing, Lockheed-Martin, groSolar ... (3/29/10)
Siemens, Itron, EnerNoc, Nissan LEAF ... (3/2010)

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FERC's Proposed Credit Reforms - 6/10
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Market Monitor: 1, PJM: zero
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More Power with Less Energy

XXIst World Energy Congress Montreal 2010

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