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DOT issues pipeline safety NOPR
Gas utilities to identify threats to gas distribution systems and implement plans to mitigate the risks.

Duke Ohio issues renewables RFP
Seeks 355 GWh by 2012 to meet state's RPS requirements.

Fusion reactor project awards AE contract
6.5 million Euro preliminary design contract is largest award to date in 10 billion Euro project.

TVA promises 20% discount for charging plug-in vehicles
Sansom says agency can "easily" handle EV demand, and claims coal power will emit less carbon per mile than gasoline.

Brookings Convenes Plug-In Car Dream Team
Senators and Congressmen join Friedman, Woolsey, Darby and Agassi in symposium on electric vehicle markets and infrastructure.

California bill to ban mandatory DR
Committee considers legislation that would prevent utility control of thermostats.

Dominion, PJM settle RTO approval queue dispute
FERC approves deal to socialize upgrade costs among later filers in transmission queue.

Duke updates IGCC project status
Cost rises $350 million, to $2.35 billion, yielding 2 percent customer rate increase.

FERC blesses MISO ancillary services market
Conditionally approves market power mitigation measures

Florida PSC approves two new nuclear units
FPL scores determination of need for ~3,000 MW at Turkey Point.

NARUC Applauds Yucca Mountain Application
Regulators are "encouraged" that DOE's license application will move nuclear waste repository forward.

NYISO to centralize wind forecasting for grid operations
Wind generators to finance and feed data to AWS Truewind system

Ohio adopts major utility reforms
Bill calls for 25% "advanced" portfolio standard, authorizes revenue decoupling.

Progress Energy orders two nuclear reactors
Company signs letter of intent with Westinghouse and Shaw Group for long lead-time items.

Sen. Schumer (D-NY) calls PSC 'stone headed'
Lawmaker slams commission's tough stance on Iberdrola's proposed buyout of Energy East.

Spectra plans large-scale carbon storage project
BC government to study suitability of underground saline reservoirs near Ft. Nelson plant.

AEP's IGCC plant hits legal snag
Ohio Supreme Court sends R&D cost recovery decision back to Ohio PUC

Alliance, Questar hold open season for 1.2 bcf/d pipeline
Rockies pipeline to bring gas to Ventura, Chicago hubs

AWEA, NERC address ERCOT emergency
Reliability cop calls for grid investment, while AWEA denies emergency was caused by wind.

Boulder, Colo., to become 'smart grid city'
Xcel assembles vendor and government partnership to build $100 million automated grid.

Georgia Power signs nuclear EPC contract
Westinghouse and Shaw to build two 1,100 MW reactors at Vogtle site near Augusta.

Gore's Firm Closes $683M Climate Tech Fund
Generation Investment Management raises cash for primary R&D and deployment.

Interventions to continue in So. Texas nuke project
The NRC extended "indefinitely" the deadline for interventions in NRG's nuclear development

Portland General buys 141 wind turbines
Siemens to supply 2.3 MW turbines for two Oregon projects, adding 325 MW of wind capacity.

Survey: Americans prioritize energy over medicine
Nearly 40% of respondents favor research into energy efficiency and fuels.