Los Angeles DWP, IID may build up to 800 MW of geothermal resources
The Imperial Irrigation District and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power are together looking at developing as much as 800 MW in the next 10
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MISO's emergency demand response plan gets go-ahead, though FERC not unanimous
Federal regulators have approved a proposal by the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator for an emergency demand response program that will make it easier for the grid
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Massachusetts AG urges regulators to reject NStar litigation savings plan
The Massachusetts attorney general is urging state regulators to reject a plan by NStar that would give the utility $33.5 million of savings it says it has
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Michigan Senate expected to place own stamp on legislation that would rewrite 2000 choice law
Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm might not get a final energy bill on her desk by the Fourth of July after all, given the slower pace being pursued
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Minnesota eyes decoupling utility revenue from sales as part of efficiency push
Minnesota is the latest state to explore decoupling utility revenues from sales as the state prepares for a broad push to increase energy efficiency efforts.
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Nevada Power to buy 598-MW Bighorn from Reliant Energy for $500 million
Nevada Power last week agreed to buy the 598-MW Bighorn natural gas-fired plant near Primm, Nevada, from Reliant Energy for $500 million.
Publication Date: APR 2008
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New York regulators issue policy statement for cost recovery of 'backstop' resources
New York regulators last week set policy for how they will handle payment and cost recovery for new resources — both utility and merchant — that the
Publication Date: APR 2008
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NiSource unit sells 525-MW Whiting gas-fired plant to BP subsidiary
A NiSource subsidiary agreed to sell the company's star-crossed, 525-MW Whiting Clean Energy natural gas-fired cogeneration plant at Whiting, Indiana, last week for $210 million to BP
Publication Date: APR 2008
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No mega-mergers are in Exelon's foreseeable future, CEO Rowe says
Do not expect Exelon, the parent company of Commonwealth Edison and PECO Energy, to pull off a major merger or acquisition in the foreseeable future.
Publication Date: APR 2008
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NorthWestern net up 22.5% to Q1 record $23 mil as colder weather boosts regulated utility profits
NorthWestern's net income improved 22.5% to $23.4 million as colder weather helped boost regulated power and natural gas gross margins and profits, more than offsetting a slump
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Ohio passes legislation restructuring $14 bil electric industry; governor to sign this week
Far-reaching Ohio electricity legislation is expected to be signed into law by Governor Ted Strickland this week, nearly six months after the state Senate voted 32-0 to
Publication Date: APR 2008
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PacifiCorp proceeding with two large lines to improve reliability, relieve congestion
PacifiCorp is proceeding with plans for two transmission lines costing nearly $1 billion that it pledged to construct as a stipulation to its 2006 acquisition of MidAmerican
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Platts Podcast
Robert Flexon, NRG, discusses the outlook for generators
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Power Company 1st Quarter 2008 earnings schedule
Power Company 1st Quarter 2008 earnings schedule
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Power industry Q1 2008 financial results
Power industry Q1 2008 financial results
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Power pricing during reserve shortages leads list of disputed ideas for RTO reform
The idea of higher prices during power reserve shortages has proved to be the most contentious and intricate subject in the examination of competition in organized markets.
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Renewables interests see 'long chess match' as tax credit campaign offers no easy moves
Some members of Congress have rolled up their sleeves to try to advance a package of financial incentives for continuing the development of renewable energy resources, but
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Scana net gains 26.7% to Q1 record $109 million reflecting record retail power sales and rate hike
Scana's net income gained 26.7% to a first-quarter record $109 million — beating the $104 million mark dating back to 2000 — with higher profits at South
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Sierra Pacific Q1 net soars 54% to $68.5 mil reflecting higher 'AFUDC' on new plants
Sierra Pacific Resources' first-quarter net income soared 54.1% to $24.1 million, with higher profits at both utility units, reflecting higher sales and a rate hike at Nevada
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Southwest Power Pool to analyze costs, benefits of EGST becoming member
The Southwest Power Pool is in the early stages of an extensive analysis of the costs and benefits of Entergy Gulf States Texas joining the power pool
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Speakers see need for industry transformation to be made amidst domestic and global realities
The US electric industry is at a crossroads and in the crosshairs as it moves into the new century, according to speakers at the Edison Foundation conference
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Surveys show weak support, at best, for Duke's coal projects in N.C., Indiana
Duke Energy last week defended its plan to build coal plants in North Carolina and Indiana after coal critics unveiled polls that suggest public support for the
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Swepco answers questions posed by Texas about 600-MW coal project
Southwestern Electric Power last week answered a long list of questions that Texas regulators had asked about the utility's plan to co-develop a 600-MW ultrasupercritical pulverized coal
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Vermont OKs $400 mil precondition to Entergy spinoff of nuclear plant
Vermont lawmakers gave final approval last week to a bill that places a hefty price tag on Entergy's plans to spin off its nuclear plants.
Publication Date: APR 2008
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West Virginia regulators delay decision on Trans-Allegheny line until August 2
West Virginia regulators said last week that they will not make a final decision on the proposed Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line until August 2.
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Wisconsin P&L to buy 400-MW wind project in southern Minnesota
Wisconsin Power and Light, an Alliant Energy subsidiary, has agreed to buy a 400-MW wind project in southern Minnesota from Wind Capital Group, a St. Louis-based wind
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Wisconsin Public Service to buy Iowa wind farm after Wisconsin regulator raises cost concerns
Wisconsin Public Service, an Integrys Energy Group subsidiary, last week agreed to buy a 99-MW wind farm that is under development in Iowa, but only after a
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Xcel Energy seeks rights to RECs in contracts where they are unassigned
Aiming to settle uncertainty over ownership of renewable energy credits, Xcel Energy is asking Minnesota regulators to grant the utility the RECs linked to contracts that were
Publication Date: APR 2008
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'Mother of all issues' has EEI ultra-mobilized in ways that have worked for industry before
It appeared last week that the Edison Electric Institute — among others, of course — had made some headway in its effort to get a climate change
Publication Date: APR 2008
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AEP subsidiary to petition Va. regulators to reconsider rejection of coal-fired plant
Appalachian Power plans to petition Virginia regulators to reconsider their decision last week to deny the company's request to build a 629-MW coal-fired plant in West Virginia
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Bush GHG ideas win no discernable support, but some welcome his entry to climate debate
President Bush last week set a national goal to halt the growth of US greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 by allowing emissions from the electric power sector
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Carbon concerns could provide a stimulus to power sector M&A activity, says banker
Mergers and acquisitions in the power industry could increase as companies adjust generation portfolios to address the uncertainty associated with carbon regulation, according to Lazard Freres Director
Publication Date: APR 2008
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CenterPoint stranded-costs 'true up' case winds on with new appeals court ruling
As it said it would, CenterPoint Energy plans to take the latest court order in the long-running stranded costs "true up" case to the Texas Supreme Court,
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Citizens Energy pulls out of Green Path; funding for transmission line now unclear
Citizens Energy has withdrawn from a joint development agreement among the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the Imperial Irrigation District and the Southern California Public
Publication Date: APR 2008
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East Kentucky Power Cooperative issues RFP for up to 300 MW of renewables
East Kentucky Power Cooperative hit the street last week with its first formal solicitation for renewable power — up to 300 MW, with deliveries to start as
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Even as GHG political action increases, latest EPA report shows 2006 decrease
As political action on greenhouse gas emissions increased last week, the latest Environmental Protection Agency report shows a decrease in 2006 — the first annual drop since
Publication Date: APR 2008
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FERC acts on some NERC standards, changes penalty-settlement review plan
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday proposed to adopt six modified reliability standards from the North American Electric Reliability Corp.
Publication Date: APR 2008
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FERC approves some incentive rates for two transmission lines, but not all that was sought
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved incentive-rate requests for two transmission line projects last week: a 1,000-mile line designed at least in part to bring renewable power
Publication Date: APR 2008
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FERC rejects Connecticut on jurisdiction over capacity, but the fight is far from over
Connecticut officials have again been rebuffed in their argument that federal approvals for installed capacity requirements in ISO New England intrude on a state's regulatory jurisdiction.
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Finance committee tax credit package gives renewables only a year, but industry will take it
The Senate Finance Committee's new package to extend corporate tax credits includes a one-year extension of incentives to stir development of renewable energy, a move that some
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Governor expected to sign Mississippi bill on collecting costs of building baseload
A bill that would allow Mississippi utilities to collect the costs of building baseload power plants from ratepayers as they are incurred was sent last week to
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Idaho Power seeks $87 mil, 12.76% rate hike to cover drought, heat wave impact
Drought that impacted Idaho Power's hydro plants and a heat wave last summer has triggered the utility's request for an $87 million, 12.76% average rate hike June
Publication Date: APR 2008
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In Entergy system-cost dispute, FERC ruling upheld in court, but refund question still open
A federal appeals court found last week that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has jurisdiction to reallocate production costs of five operating companies in Entergy's territory, and
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Interior challenges FERC on OCS wave projects; seeks rehearing in two Calif. cases
Asserting that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission does not have authority to issue leases for hydrokinetic projects on the Outer Continental Shelf, the Department of the Interior
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Kansas governor vetoes Sunflower plant bill; House override hangs on one vote
Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius last Thursday vetoed S.B. 148, a bill that would have revived Sunflower Electric Power's stalled 1,400-MW coal project in the western part of
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Kentucky legislation to promote clean coal dropped in Legislature's final hours
Bright hopes by some Kentucky lawmakers for a bill that would use sales tax incentives to promote clean coal electric generation faded along with the legislation in
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Maine governor signs bill to speed wind-farm review; Horizon seeks site
Maine Governor John Baldacci last week signed a bill that creates fast-track review of wind farms and sets a goal to develop 3,000 MW of wind energy
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Maryland governor sets back developers' plans to erect wind turbines on state land
Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley's decision to not allow wind farms to be built on state lands dealt a blow to US Wind Force's plans for one large
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Michigan House approves legislation that rewrites state's electric choice law
Months of rhetoric in the Michigan Legislature were transformed into tangible action late last week when the House of Representatives voted 78-30 to approve H.B. 5524, an
Publication Date: APR 2008
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New England, PJM respond to problems in demand response with program changes
Problems in the way regional transmission organizations calculate "customer baselines" — or an electricity user's average energy use — in their demand response programs are causing major
Publication Date: APR 2008
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New Illinois Power Agency hires chief for procurement, development of assets
Following a lengthy delay, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich last week finally appointed an executive director, Mark Pruitt, to head a fledgling new agency charged with buying power
Publication Date: APR 2008
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New Jersey governor releases blueprint to make state energy independent
New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine last week released a long-awaited draft Energy Master Plan that outlines a number of actions to make the state energy independent.
Publication Date: APR 2008
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New York ISO long-term rights plan approved, though not entirely to municipals' satisfaction
The New York Independent System Operator won conditional approval last week for its plan to provide long-term transmission rights to load servers, becoming the fourth US regional
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Northeast states' move to cut energy use gives rise to arguments over who pays
Disputes are erupting in Northeast states over demand-reduction programs — who will pay and who will profit — as the states refine strategies to achieve aggressive energy
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Ohio Republicans will try to forge energy bill consensus with resistant governor
After spending several days negotiating terms of Ohio's stalled energy legislation with Governor Ted Strickland and other key lawmakers, House Speaker Jon Husted entered the weekend with
Publication Date: APR 2008
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PJM pleased with its '07 market report; plans a change to improve quality of comparisons
The PJM Interconnection market monitor's "2007 State-of-the-Market Report" proves that the grid operator's markets were not influenced by the exercise of market power, PJM itself said last
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Platts Podcast
Robert Flexon, NRG, discusses the outlook for generators
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Platts Podcast
Theodore F. Craver, Jr. discusses effects of energy efficiency
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Platts Podcast
James H. Miller, PPL, discusses baseload gap
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Power Company 1st Quarter 2008 earnings schedule
Power Company 1st Quarter 2008 earnings schedule
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Puget Energy shareholders, FERC OK $7.4 bil takeover by consortium
Puget Energy shareholders last week approved the proposed $7.4 billion acquisition by an international consortium that would place control of the Northwest's largest utility with Canadian, Australian
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Republicans seek committee probe of international carbon offset market
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell, Democrat-Michigan, said he would review a request by senior Republicans for an investigation into the fast-growing international carbon offset
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Rifts between Southern California lawmakers, regulators could throw wrench into cap-and-trade
California Senator Alex Padilla said last week chances are "extremely high" that he will draft legislation aiming to allow the Los Angeles Department of Water Resources to
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Senate climate bill leaders developing provisions to broaden range of support
To increase support for controversial climate change legislation slated for Senate floor action in June, a core group of senators is crafting an amendment to contain compliance
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Solar power industry sees room for growth in both PV, concentrating thermal technologies
There are plenty of power industry officials projecting growth for solar power facilities as manufacturing costs come down and renewable portfolio standards take effect in different states,
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Southwestern public power utilities plan 620-MW Arizona gas-fired plant
With power supplies dwindling in the Southwest, a group of small public power entities are planning to build a natural gas-fired power plant as large as 620
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Supreme Court again refuses to consider challenge to market-based rate program
For the second time in 10 months, the Supreme Court has declined to hear a challenge to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's market-based rate program. In the
Publication Date: APR 2008
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US Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 1990-2006
US Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 1990-2006
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Wabash Valley and Hoosier Energy buy 627-MW gas-fired plant for $383 million
Two Indiana cooperatives that are diversifying resources to meet growth — Wabash Valley Power and Hoosier Energy — have acquired from the Tenaska Power Fund for $383
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Wellinghoff says hydro capacity can develop hugely; warns against renewables infighting
With proper collaboration among renewable energy developers, new hydropower can be developed at twice the amount than studies have suggested, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission member Jon Wellinghoff
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Westar is trying to win over Kansas munis to sign 20-year wholesale contracts
Westar Energy is winning some and losing some in its effort to convince more than two dozen municipal utilities in Kansas to sign new, 20-year wholesale power-supply
Publication Date: APR 2008
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With wholesale power prices on the way up, industry is bracing for plenty of challenges
One of the few certainties in the power generation sector is that costs are rising and will continue to do so in the coming years. That could
Publication Date: APR 2008
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After five years, IRS hands industry a win on 'tax normalization' involving sold plants
The Internal Revenue Service pleased a few companies last week with rules that prevent regulators from forcing utilities to cut rates by using income tax benefits tied
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Agencies tackle gap in nuclear cybersecurity; expert speaks of 'incredible' plant vulnerability
By excluding nuclear plants from eight reliability standards that it made final in January, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission inadvertently opened a gap in the cybersecurity of
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Aquila supports bill to save 315-MW Missouri plant from being dismantled
Aquila is supporting a bill that would allow Missouri regulators to retroactively grant a permit for the utility's 315-MW South Harper peaking plant.
Publication Date: APR 2008
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BPA reaches $900 million deal on power, fish needs with four Columbia River tribes
The Bonneville Power Administration and two federal agencies have reached an historic pact to pay four Columbia River Basin tribes $900 million over 10 years to improve
Publication Date: APR 2008
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BPA to launch open season tomorrow to thin out transmission requests
The Bonneville Power Administration is attempting to eliminate requests for transmission capacity from power projects that are not moving forward and, in an unprecedented move, it is
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Big Senate vote for tax credits means success is likely, but the road there is still being mapped
Investors in renewable energy projects were buoyed last week when the US Senate overwhelmingly voted to extend tax credits for wind and solar power and the Senate
Publication Date: APR 2008
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California PUC funds climate institute, despite criticisms about costs to ratepayers
The California Public Utilities Commission last week granted $600 million for the creation of the California Institute for Climate Solution after lawmakers and consumer advocates questioned why
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Co-ops establish group to buy renewables collectively, as answer to portfolio mandates
Relying on the time-honed benefits of acting collectively, a group of cooperatives has formed the National Renewables Cooperative Organization to help members meet legislated renewable portfolio standards
Publication Date: APR 2008
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