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First Solar has started construction on the 22 MW first phase of its Barilla solar project in Pecos County, Texas.

Canadian Solar is providing modules for the 10 MW Silvercreek solar project in Elgin County, Ontario, that is slated to be operational in July.

Elementa Group has arranged a 20-year power agreement with the Ontario Power Authority for its 10 MW waste-to-energy project in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

The Quebec Office of Public Hearings on the Environment has determined that Invenergy does not need a public hearing over the C$69 million ($61.9 million), 21 MW des Moulins 2 wind project.

Brayton Point Energy, the owner of New England’s largest coal-fired facility will decide next week whether to delay its closing—slated for 2017—now that ISO New England has designated the plant as a “must run” facility.

Xcel Energy has closed the Monticello nuclear plant for several days as workers repair a leaking heat exchanger on the reactor’s coolant system.

The U.S. Army has scheduled two community meetings in Mililani and Wahiawa, Hawaii, next month to gather public comment on a proposed 50 MW biofuels project planned for Schofield Barracks on the island of Oahu.

A wind turbine at NextEra Energy Resources’ Mill Run Energy Center in Pennsylvania has fallen over.

Wind generation in Ontario more than doubled between 2009 and 2013 going from 2.3 TWh to 5.2 TWh, according to the Independent Electricity System Operator.

The city of Edmonton, Alberta, is switching from Capital Power to Enmax as its power supplier.

A Colorado Senate committee is proposing rollbacks to the state’s renewable energy mandate, citing concerns that the additional renewable generation is rapidly increasing power prices in the state.

Basin Electric Power CEO Andy Serri has resigned and Paul Sukut, cfo, has been named interim ceo.

PwC US has appointed Michael Casey Herman as its U.S. power and utilities leader, Timothy Schutt U.S. power and utilities advisory leader and Robin Miller U.S power and utilities tax leader.

The Maine Public Services Commission is holding a meeting Tuesday to hear an offshore wind proposal from the Maine Aqua Ventus, a consortium comprised of Emera, Cianbro and Maine Prime Technologies that aims to sell 12 MW at $0.23 per kWh.

Ameren Missouri is developing a 5.7 MW solar project on a site next to a substation in O’Fallon, Mo.

Alliant Energy is planning to spend about $17 million this year to reduce mercury emissions from its Burlington coal-fired facility in Burlington, Iowa.

Iowa Governor Terry Branstad will lead a group of senior state officials from Iowa and the Midwest to organize and host a public hearing allowing citizens outside of Washington, D.C., the opportunity to testify about the importance of renewable portfolio standards.

A proposed 78-mile, high-voltage transmission line that would run through Otsego and Delaware Counties, N.Y., is generating concern from some local officials.

Of the 365 solar applications filed with the U.S. federal government since 2009, just 20 projects are on track to be built, with industry analysts identifying difficulties in lining up financing as one of the prime reasons.

Fishermen's Energy, a developer based in Cape May, N.J., is awaiting word from state regulators about the future of New Jersey's first offshore wind farm.

Alliant Energy’s Wisconsin utility and its co-owner utility partners have received final regulatory approval to upgrade the coal pulverizers and steam turbines at the 1.1 GW Columbia Energy Center in Dekorra, Wis.

Developer IMG Midstream wants to use local gas to produce electricity that would be sold to the grid and local utilities by building small-scale gas-fired projects in Pennsylvania.

Northland Power has added Sean Durfy to its executive team as president and chief development officer.

The record for peak winter electricity use in the PJM Interconnection was broken twice on Tuesday as a result of the polar vortex.

Black Hills Power is clsoing down three coal-fired plants rather than add emission upgrades.

Imperial Irrigation District is evaluating Salton Sea’s geothermal and solar potential under the Salton Sea Restoration and Renewables Initiative.

Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton has appointed Dan Lipschultz, an attorney with Moss & Barnett, to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to release Dec. 8 new standards for carbon dioxide limits on coal- and gas-fired plants.

Ormat Technologies has completed the Don A. Campbell geothermal facility in Mineral County, Nev.

During Monday morning’s energy emergency alert 2 in ERCOT, the grid operator was forced to import just under 1 GW from other regions as capacity was stretched.

Leidos’ 37.5 MW Plainfield biomass facility in Plainfield, Conn., has commenced commercial operation.

Officials at the PJM Interconnection called for all electric generation to be available to meet rising demand Monday night and Tuesday as frigid temperatures grip the region.

ERCOT put an emergency alert of level 2 into effect this morning as power reserves fell below 1,750 MW as cold weather grips the state.

Allco Finance, a solar developer with plans to develop 80 MW solar projects in Connecticut, is suing the state’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection over power purchase agreements it signed with a 250 MW wind project in Maine and a 20 MW solar project in Connecticut.

First Solar’s 300 MW Topaz solar facility in San Luis Obispo County, Calif., is now online and the company expects the 550 MW Desert Sunlight project in Riverside County to hit 300 MW online within a month.

Hawaiian Electric Co. has signed a letter of intent with Zilkha Biomass Energy as the utility considers using biomass pellets in steam boilers in its Waiau and Kahe facilities.

Mitsui & Co. has bought into the 160 MW Santo Domingo wind project in Oaxaca, Mexico, owned by EDF EN Mexico.

The Idaho Public Utilities Commission is expected to rule in the coming weeks about whether Idaho Power Co. must buy power from three 20 MW solar projects totaling $180 million in southern Idaho.

A group of conservative leaders and activists in Michigan have formed an initiative, Michigan Conservative Energy Forum, to support increasing the state’s renewable power over the next 20 years.

TransCanada is buying the 10 MW Mississippi Mills solar facility in Ontario from Canadian Solar.

Northeast Utilities’ Northern Pass transmission line project, which is slated to bring hydro power from Canada into New England, has cleared one of its first major hurdles Tuesday.

Geronimo Energy’s proposed Aurora solar project with sites in Stearns and Benton counties, Minn., got a boost Tuesday when an administrative law judge recommended it to Xcel Energy.

Decreasing demand for electricity has forced the Tennessee Valley Authority to reorganize itself and is a key concern for the company as it updates its long-range energy resource strategy.

Arizona Public Service has completed its purchase of Southern California Edison’s ownership in Units 4 and 5 of the Four Corners Power Plant near Farmington, N.M.

PSEG Long Island is closely monitoring the track of the first snowstorm of 2014 and is making emergency preparations should the storm bring heavy snow and gusty winds to its service territory.

A committee appointed by the Bristol Board of Selectmen will determine whether the town in Maine has any say over a proposed offshore wind project 2.5 miles off the coast.

RGS Energy, the commercial and utility division of Real Goods Solar, has joined forces with Green Lantern Capital to co-develop seven solar projects totaling 4.5 MW in Vermont.

Officials at Longview Power, the 700 MW coal-fired facility in West Virginia, are seeking an extension of its sole right to file a bankruptcy exit plan as they continue to spar with contractors over who is responsible for the operational problems that have dogged the $2 billion facility.

Carteret County in North Carolina has two public meetings scheduled in early January that will advance discussions of regulations for locating wind turbines in the county.

EDF Renewable Energy and UBS International Infrastructure Fund are planning to finance the construction of a 161 MW wind project in Texas with equity and tax equity.

People’s Power and Gas, a retail company that services 5,700 customers in New Hampshire, has been denied access to the New England grid and, now, utility Public Service of New Hampshire is taking over the accounts.

The City of Urbana, Ohio, has decided not to challenge Everpower’s Buckeye wind project in Champaign County.

Dominion has brought online its 14.9 MW Dominion fuel cell facility in Bridgeport, Conn., and a roughly 5 MW Millstone solar facility in Somers, Conn.

EDP Renewables has signed a framework agreement with Gamesa Technology Corp. for up to 225 wind turbines through 2016.

EDF Renewable Energy has closed its purchase of the 5.8 MW Lancaster solar project near Billerica, Mass., from Urban Green Technologies.

Pacific Gas & Electric has launched a request for offers for 1,500 GWh of renewable capacity and renewable energy credits from projects that come online in 2020 or later.

Nodin Kitagan, a partnership between BluEarth Renewables and Batchewana First Nation, has received approval from the Ontario Ministry of the Environment for a 58 MW wind project in Algoma.

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. has received all approvals from federal and Massachusetts agencies to buy New England Gas for $74 million.

West Virginia’s Public Service Commission has approved American Electric Power's plan to transfer ownership of the John Amos coal-fired plant to Appalachian Power.

Consumers Energy has agreed to buy power from 31 solar projects bid into its Experimental Advanced Renewable Program.

Golden Valley Electric Association of Fairbanks has closed its purchase of the $300 million, 50 MW Healy clean coal-fired project from the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority.

Massachusetts’ North Shore could see controlled black-outs if FootPrint Power does not re-develop a shuttered coal-fired plant to gas-fired, according to the New England-ISO.

PJM has approved a $1.2 billion transmission investment designed to resolve short-circuit concerns in northern New Jersey.

Spanish developer Grupo T-Solar has brought online its El Centro photovoltaic solar facility in Imperial Valley, Calif.

The board of directors of UNS Energy Corp. has unanimously approved a definitive merger agreement with Fortis, Canada's largest investor-owned gas and electric distribution utility.

Duke Energy’s new 625 MW L.V. Sutton combined-cycle natural gas facility has begun delivering power to customers in North Carolina and South Carolina.

Mississippi regulators have rejected Entergy Corp.’s proposal to transfer its 15,000 miles of transmission assets to ITC Holdings Corp. under a two-year-old deal that has already faced scrutiny and setbacks.

Ontario Power Generation fired its cfo and two v.p.s following a report from the Ontario Auditor-General that contends the utility potentially compromised nuclear safety and drove up power prices throuh nepotism, high labor costs and a generous pension.

Kentucky Power is planning to convert the 278 MW Unit 1 at its Big Sandy coal-fired plant to a gas-fired facility in a project that is not to exceed $60 million.

Nicholas Akins, president and ceo of American Electric Power, has been elected chairman of the board by the company’s Board of Directors.

The Brownsville Public Utilities Board has selected Leidos to provide project management, design engineering and construction of a 345 kilovolt double-circuit transmission line.

After seven years with Duluth, Minn.-based Allete, Steve DeVinck will become chief financial officer in March.

Newfoundland and Labrador premier Kathy Dunderdale will announce financing details today for the Muskrat Falls hydro project.

First Wind has signed a 10-year power purchase agreement for 25% of the generation from its 54 MW Hancock Wind project near Ellsworth, Maine.

NRG Energy is planning to retire two coal-fired plants, Chalk Point and Dickerson that total 1.2 GW, in Maryland in May 2017.

First Wind has signed a 10-year power purchase agreement for 25% of its 54 MW Hancock wind project near Ellsworth, Maine, with Burlington Electric Department.

A 31 MW biomass project proposed in Anderson, Calif., by Sierra Pacific Industries will undergo a judge-ordered review by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

RES Canada will construct a pair of 10 MW solar projects, Newboro I and Newboro IV, in Ontario for SunEdison.

Georgia Power completed another major milestone in the construction of Plant Vogtle units 3 and 4 with the placement of the CA-04 module in the Unit 3 nuclear island.

SunEdison and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg unveiled a partnership to build what will be the city’s largest solar project.

The Tennessee Valley Authority plans to resume purchases of solar, wind and other renewable power through its Green Power Providers program in 2014.

During a lengthy public hearing, residents and the experts they retained have voiced opposition to a Strata Solar development near Lake Norman, N.C.

Dominion has shifted its executive suite with changes that will take effect Jan. 1.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utilities in Charlotte, N.C., has launched a request for proposals for up to 8 MW of solar projects at four of its water and sewage treatment plants.

B&H Wind, a wind developer comprised of 51 local developers, is about to start construction on a 41 MW wind project near Tripp, S.D.

Exelon Corp. is planning to retire the 74 MW Unit 4 of Riverside gas-fired facility in Baltimore County, Md., because its age has made the technology uneconomic.

Rockland Capital affiliate Patriot Power Holdings has issued a notice to MAXIM that terminates the agreement to purchase 100% of MAXIM’s ownership interest in Maxim Power.

Lenders to Constellation Energy Partners have set the company’s borrowing base at $55 million after completing a semi-annual review of the company’s borrowing base pursuant to the terms of its reserve-based credit facility.

A court has approved water for use at the proposed Blue Castle Holdings nuclear power project in Green River, Utah.

PPL Holtwood has completed a 125 MW powerhouse at its Holtwood hydro facility along the Susquehanna River in south-central Pennsylvania.

Imperial Irrigation District wants to spend up to $1.7 billion on a 2.2 GW transmission build out in Southern California to move renewably-generated power to the rest of the state and the greater Southwest.

Old Dominion Electric Cooperative is working on a development plans for a $675 million gas-fired project in Cecil County, Md., that costs more than four times Exelon Generation’s $122 million expansion to its nearby Perryman gas-fired facility.

Crown Hydro LLC is planning a hydro project at St. Anthony Falls in Minnesota that would sell power to Xcel Energy.

8Minutenergy has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with Pacific Gas & Electric for each of its 15 MW Woodmere project and the 90 MW Redwood project in Kern County, Calif.

Duke Energy Renewables has begun construction of three solar projects totaling 30 MW in North Carolina.

The flood of financing—including bank loans—into residential solar continues, with GTM Research predicting that the residential solar financing market in the U.S. will grow from $1.3 billion in 2012 to $5.7 billion in 2016.

Lincoln Renewable Energy has commenced the construction of the 300 MW Hereford 2 wind project in the Texas panhandle.

Western Farmers Electric Cooperative has signed a renewable energy purchase agreement, or REPA, with Apex Clean Energy for 100 MW of wind generation from Apex's Balko project in Oklahoma.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved a request from the Tennessee Valley Authority for a nine-month extension of its construction permit on unit 2 of the Watts Bar nuclear facility.

General Electric will supply 147 wind turbines to a 249.9 MW wind project in El Paso County, Colo., being developed by Golden West Power Partners.

Robert Watson, the ceo of SaskPower, says Saskatchewan needs to upgrade its power grid and will need new generation, likely gas-fired, around 2020.

Williams Partners L.P. has received approval from the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on a $300 million expansion to the Transco natural gas pipeline to supply gas to a 1,358 gas-fired project planned by Dominion in Brunswick County, Va.

Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. President and CEO K. Frank Morehouse has appointed Jay Skabo as v.p. of electric supply and Nicole Kivisto as v.p. of operations for the company.

The ERCOT board has approved TAS Energy’s generation storage technology as an energy storage resource eligible for wholesale load treatment.

Geronimo Energy has proposed a 100 MW project that would cover about 700 acres over 18 counties in Minnesota.

The Kentucky Public Service Commission has denied a request by Attorney General Jack Conway for a new hearing on the future of Kentucky Power’s Big Sandy facility in Lawrence County, Ky.

Efficient Energy of Tennessee is proposing to install solar panels on up to 79 buildings owned by Knox County, Tenn.

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has delayed issuing a decision on First Wind’s 62-wind turbine Bingham wind project over concerns about bat health.

A blade of a GE 1.6-100 wind turbine fell off of a turbine in Invenergy’s Orangeville project in New York, following two blades from the same model falling off of two DTE Energy wind farms in Michigan.

Lawyers representing the town of Forest Hills, Wis., have asked the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin to reconsider its approval of the $250 million, 102.5 MW Highland wind project.

NextEra Energy plans to make an offering of 11,100,000 shares of its common stock in a registered underwritten public offering.

A proposed ballot issue asking Ohio residents to approve $13 billion of investment over 10 years for solar, wind and other green energy sources has been re-submitted to Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted.

Insurance company Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's London that paid a multi-million dollar claim to cover losses in a battery fire at First Wind’s 30 MW Kahuku wind facility is suing to recover damages from two manufacturers that made components for the battery system.

Baryonyx is developing the 41,000-acre Gulf Offshore wind project off the coast of South Padre Island, Texas.

The Tennessee Valley Authority’s decision to retire more than 3 GW of coal-fired plants could be an opportunity for Clean Line Energy Partners, which is developing a $2 billion transmission line between Oklahoma and Arkansas.

FootPrint Power’s proposed 800 MW gas-fired project on the waterfront in Salem, Mass., is drawing opposition from the Conservation Law Foundation.

Google has asked the Public Service Co. of Oklahoma to make a new customer class for large industrial and commercial users that want to buy additional renewable energy.

Xcel Energy has received the greenlight to sign power purchase agreements totaling 689 MW from three wind projects in New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas

First Solar has signed power purchase agreements with member cities of the Southern California Public Power Authority to sell generation from its 40 MW Kingbird photovoltaic solar facility in Kern County, Calif.

Arizona Public Service has spent more than $3.7 million to convince the public that homeowners using solar panels is costing other customers money, and it wants utility regulator Arizona Corporation Commission to approve a proposal it says would make the system more fair.

Long-stalled wind projects off Long Island's shores could get a second wind if the Long Island Power Authority backs a project proposed by Deepwater Wind, advocates said Wednesday.

Solar developer 8minutenergy Renewables and German company Saferay have sealed a generation interconnection agreement for a joint 90 MW solar project in Kern County, Calif.

FirstEnergy Corp. is planning to spend $2.8 billion over the next four years at four of its subsidiaries on transmission lines and upgrades.

Ingmar Wilhelm, Enel Green Power’s executive v.p. and head of business development, will join private equity shop Terra Firma in January as a financial managing director.

A group of 13 independent power producers, including Lockport Energy Associates, Indeck Energy Services and Lakeside Energy are opposed to plans by NRG Energy and Upstate New York Power Producers to convert the coal-fired Dunkirk and Lansing plants to gas-fired.

The U.S. Department of the Interior has approved the 1,500 MW, 900-mile Gateway West transmission line proposed in Idaho and Wyoming by Idaho Power and Rocky Mountain Power.

ecoPower Generation has signed a power purchase with Kentucky Power Company for all 58 MW of generation from ecoPower’s proposed biomass project in Perry County, Ky.

We Energies’ 50 MW biomass facility on the site of Domtar Corporation’s Rothschild, Wis., paper mill was placed into commercial operation on Nov. 8, after testing and commissioning activities were successfully completed.

Allete Clean Energy has signed an acquisition agreement to purchase wind farms in Minnesota, Iowa and Oregon from AES Corporation in early 2014 and has signed an option agreement to acquire a fourth in Pennsylvania in mid-2015.

MidAmerican Energy Co. has unveiled additional details about its plan to develop up to 1,050 MW of additional wind generation in Iowa by the end of 2015.

Torch Renewable Energy is developing a 40-turbine wind project near Wilmington, N.C.

Westar Energy has agreed to buy a power purchase agreement with a 200 MW wind project near Arkansas City, Kan., being developed by Apex Clean Energy

Southern Power and Turner Renewable Energy have agreed to buy the 20 MW Adobe solar project in Kern County, Calif., from SunEdison when construction is complete in the spring.

Champlin GEI Wind Holdings is developing a 45 MW wind project in Kahuku on the island of Oahu.

Westar Energy has signed a power purchase agreement with Apex Clean Energy for 200 MW of generation from a wind farm Apex will build near Arkansas City, Kan.

First Power and Light has signed a letter of intent to buy SolPower Renewables.

Power companies operating in competitive U.S. power markets are struggling to make money under rules and regulations that were not designed for the rapidly changing electricity landscape, says Stefaan Sercu, ceo at GDF Suez Energy Marketing.

Enel Green Power is looking to South America to fuel growth as it shifts its focus away from core European markets.

Applications for two proposed Optimum Renewables’ wind farms will go before Iowa’s Story County Board of Adjustments at its meeting next Wednesday.

A 3,600-mile system of transmission lines bringing wind generation from the west Texas to the state’s urban areas will be finished by year-end.

The latest market report from the American Wind Energy Association shows utilities signed deals this calendar year for 1,049 MW of generation from planned Oklahoma wind farms.

Avista Corp. has signed an agreement to acquire Juneau, Alaska-based Alaska Energy and Resources Company.

Energy storage developers are optimistic that Order 784 from the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will open the door for new projects after it takes effect in a few weeks.

Footprint Power has selected General Electric Co. to supply $200 million in equipment that is needed to redevelop the 587 MW coal- and oil-fired Salem Harbor plant in Massachusetts into a 674 MW combined cycle plant.

InterGen is developing two new GBP1 billion ($1.59 billion) gas-fired projects in the U.K. that adjoin to existing InterGen facilities.

Jim Burpee, ceo of the Canadian Electricity Association, says that Canada needs to modernize and update its power grid with about CAD$350 billion ($336 billion) of investments between 2010 and 2030.

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. has placed a purchase contract on property where it hopes to build a liquefied natural gas fuel terminal in Jacksonville, Fla.

Spot wholesale electricity prices increased in Boston, Washington and Dallas as demand topped the grid operators’ forecasts.

Greenbriar Capital Corp. has appointed Daniel Kunz as chairman of the board and Cliff Webb as president.

The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy alleges that former Tennessee Valley Authority chairman Dennis Bottorff and financier Franklin L. Haney are trying to make money at the expense of the TVA through their proposal to finish the Bellefonte nuclear plant using private funds and federal tax credits.

The Kemper County coal-gasification plant will take longer to build and the total cost is now $5 billion, Mississippi Power reported Tuesday in an 8-K report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Duke Energy Carolinas is has filed an application with the Public Service Commission of South Carolina to jointly develop a 750 MW combined cycle project with North Carolina Electric Membership Corp.

Plain View Orchard Wind LLC is planning to develop a 207 MW wind project near Plainview in Hale County, Texas.

The U.S. Department of Treasury has said the U.S. will not be involved with financings for coal-fired projects developed abroad unless there are no other viable alternatives to coal.

James Tarpey will resign from his post as a commissioner of the three-person Colorado Public Utilities Commission on Jan. 6.

The Midcontinent Independent System Operator has denied Wisconsin Energy Corp.'s request to shutter its 407 MW Presque Isle coal-fired facility in Michigan in February.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Woodbridge Mayor John McCormac attended the groundbreaking for the $845 million, 700 MW CPV Woodbridge Energy Center in the state.

Thirteen turbines at DTE Energy Co.’s Echo Wind Park in Michigan's rural Thumb area will begin commercial operation by the end of November.

NJR Clean Energy Ventures, the unregulated clean energy subsidiary of New Jersey Resources, has acquired its first onshore wind facility.

Generation owners in the U.S. have plans to take 38 GW offline, or convert to alternative fuels, over the next decade.

Dominion has bought a 5 MW solar project in Connecticut from Kyocera and CleanPath, a San Francisco-based company.

MISO has rejected an application from We Energies to shutdown the Presque Isle coal-fired facility in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula on reliability concerns.

Iberdrola Renewables may try to develop a portion of its 96 MW Horse Creek wind project in Clayton, N.Y., before the production tax credit expiry.

Peru's energy and mining ministry has signed power purchase agreements with the Generadora Eléctrica Molloco consortium for the 300 MW Molloco hyrdo project in Peru's Arequipa region.

EDF EN Canada, a subsidiary of EDF Energies Nouvelles, has received authorization from the Government of Quebec to build its 24.6 MW La Mitis Community wind facility in Bas-St-Laurent, Quebec.

A $100 million subsidy program that New York state launched last summer for large-scale solar facilities has spurred a growth in development.

Ratings agency Moody's Investors Service has found that planned capital expenditures will peak at about $70 billion a year this year and next, before declining to $65 billion in 2015, as many utilities wrap up large projects.

Long Island Power Authority has launched two requests for proposals as it looks to increase its renewables portfolio and replace peaking generation.

More combined cycle projects are expected to crop up in the next four years as the U.S. grid sees about 60 MW of coal-fired generation retired, according to a report from ICF International.

Pattern Energy has begun construction on its 218 MW Panhandle wind project in Carson County, Texas, which is scheduled to be online in 2014.

Officials in Cape Vincent, N.Y., opposed to a wind project being developed by BP Wind have asked state regulators at the Public Service Commission to step in.

Xcel Energy will submit a report to the City of Boulder, Colo., in late spring 2014 about alternatives to the city transitioning to a municipally-owned utility.

San Francisco officials are in the early stages of discussing whether new developments should be mandated to have solar installations.

A hearing regarding two 5 MW solar projects planned for Yadkin County, N.C., by Strata Solar has been scheduled for Nov. 19 after several complaints were lodged against the projects.

Construction is set to begin on a $104 million gas-fired project near Terrebonne Parish, La.

Oglethorpe Power Corporation’s board has appointed Michael L. Smith as its new president and ceo.

First Wind has ponied up $1.5 million to lock in a 15-year power purchase agreement with National Grid, despite the Maine Department of Environmental Protection denying the company’s application to build the Bowers Mountain wind project in Penobscot County.

Chile has doubled its renewable energy target, with utilities in the South American country needing to derive 20% of their power from renewable sources by 2025.

Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. may seek some project financing for its $10 billion liquefied natural gas export project in Canada from Japan Bank for International Cooperation, according to an official from the company.

Creditors of Energy Future Holdings Corp. will keep negotiating on a restructuring plan as at least one group aims to leave the confidential talks, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

California state energy officials are scrambling to fill a large hole in California electricity supplies left by the permanent closure of Southern California Edison’s San Onofre nuclear plant.

The Peruvian Ministry of Energy and Mines has granted rights of way essential for the construction of Odebrecht’s 406 MW Chaglla hydro facility.

The Ontario government is refusing to hear testimony from experts on noise and safety in an ongoing Environmental Review Tribunal, as citizens file complaints against a NextEra facility in Middlesex County.

American Electric Power-Public Service Co. of Oklahoma has agreed to 20-year power purchase agreements for 600 MW of wind power from Apex Clean Energy Holdings, NextEra Energy Resources and TradeWind Energy.

The province of Ontario has opted to refurbish its existing nuclear facilities, scrapping its plans to develop two nuclear projects.

Google has agreed to invest about $103 million in Silver Ridge Power’s 265 MW Mount Signal solar project in Imperial County, Calif.

People’s Electric Cooperative in south central Oklahoma has launched a request for proposals for 140 MW of power.

Abengoa’s 280 MW Solana parabolic trough solar facility has commenced commercial operation.

The Energy Facilities Siting Board of Massachusetts is expected to approve Footprint Power’s 630 MW gas-fired project in Salem, Mass., at a meeting today in Boston.

The Mower County Board in Minnesota approved a review and environmental assessment of Renewal Energy Systems Americas’ 200 MW Pleasant Valley wind project.

American Solar Direct, a rooftop and residential solar company, has appointed Kevin A. Bauer as its cfo.

The federal government shutdown forced the cancellation of the biennial emergency drill at Exelon’s Oyster Creek nuclear facility.

Louisville Gas & Electric is planning to develop a $700 million gas-fired project in Muhlenberg County, Ky., instead of buying power from Big Rivers Electric Corp.

The New York Power Authority has begun a 10-year, $460 million upgrade to the Niagara hydro facility.

The Kentucky Public Service Commission has approved Kentucky Power Co.’s plan to buy half of the 780 MW Mitchell coal-fired plant in West Virginia from Ohio Power Co.

Santee Cooper has signed a power purchase agreement with Liberty Sun Energy’s 3 MW solar project near Walterboro, S.C.

Unprecedented demand for renewable energy in southern New England and evolving technology that has lowered the cost of wind generation are driving wind project development in Maine.

Samsung Renewable Energy and Pattern Energy have contracted Siemens Canada to provide the wind turbines for the 150 MW Grand Renewable Wind Project in Haldimand County, Ontario.

Some utilities say that they have not been impacted by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency standards for new power plants.

Charles Harrington, chairman and ceo of Parsons Corporation, has been appointed to the board of directors of AES Corp.

Atco Power is proposing a 400 MW gas-fired project in Strathcona County, Alberta, that could be online by 2017.

American Transmission Co. will need to invest $3-3.6 billion in transmission upgrades and additions over the next decade.

FirstEnergy Corp. is pushing forward with plans to close two coal-fired facilities, the 370 MW Mitchell facility in Union, Pa., and the 1,710 MW Hatfield's Ferry plant near Carmichaels, despite concern from state officials about the loss of jobs.

The Pasadena City Council has approved a proposal for the city to issue $85 million in electric revenue bonds to fund a portion of a $132 million, five-year upgrade to the gas- and steam-fired Glenarm facility.

The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio unanimously approved some, but not all, of the electricity subsidy increase that Ormet Corp. has said it needs to stay in business.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has put PPL's Susquehanna nuclear plant on notice for a string of recent safety violations.

FirstEnergy Corp. has issued a request for proposals to purchase 13,500 solar photovoltaic alternative energy certificates annually over a 10-year period on behalf of its Pennsylvania utilities Metropolitan Edison Company, Pennsylvania Electric Company and Pennsylvania Power Company.

The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin voted 2-1 Thursday to approve a permit for Emerging Energies of Wisconsin’s 102.5 MW Highland wind Farm in Forest, Wis.

The California Public Utilities Commission is considering proposals that would not allow Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric to recover costs associated with power purchase agreements since the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station has been offline.

Canadian Solar has sold a pair of solar assets in Ontario, Canada, totaling 16 MW to TransCanada, the first two in a nine-asset, C$470 million ($454 million) agreement the companies made in June.

Capstone Infrastructure Corp. has closed the acquisition of Renewable Energy Developers, formerly Sprott Power Corp.

A U.S. District Court judge in Maryland has over turned a state subsidy for Competitive Power Ventures’ 660 MW gas-fired project, siding with utilities, including PPL Corp., that argued they would lose money if the state began to subsidize new projects.

Chapel Hill, N.C.-based solar developer Strata Solar could be adding to its solar cache with a new array in Durham County, N.C.

Chapel Hill, N.C.-based solar developer Strata Solar could be adding to its solar cache with a new array in Durham County, N.C.

AES Corp. is now operating more than 100 MW of grid-scale storage resources with the commercial operation of its 40 MW facility in Ohio.

AES Sparrows Point LNG and Mid-Atlantic Express have canceled plans to build a pipeline to deliver natural gas to southeast Pennsylvania from a proposed LNG import terminal at Sparrows Point in Baltimore.

Capital Power Corporation has completed the second payment of approximately $325 million to ENMAX Corporation for a 25% ownership interest in the 800 MW natural gas-fired Shepard Energy Centre near Calgary, Alberta.

NRG Energy has partnered with Digicel will look for developers to submit projects in a request for proposals as the duo looks to acquire, construct and own renewable projects in the Caribbean as part of a new joint venture.

Congress seems unlikely to extend tax credits for renewable projects by the year-end expiry.

Ormat Technologies has inked a contract with eBay Inc., to develop a 5 MW recovered energy generation project in Utah.

Abengoa is preparing to start construction in early 2014 on a $165 million, 70 MW wind farm in Palomas, Uruguay.

Duke Energy Renewables is aiming build, own and operate the Los Vientos III and IV wind facilities in Starr County, Texas.

NV Energy shareholders have voted in favor of the company’s acquisition by MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company.

Power plant valuations have declined significantly over the last five years as pressures on competitive power markets have continued unabated, according to a Fitch Ratings report.

Tri Global Energy, via subsidiary Hale Community Energy, is planning to build up to 1,100 MW of wind facilities in Hale County, Texas.

PJM has given FirstEnergy Corp. the go-ahead to retire two coal-fired plants totaling 2 GW.

Consumers Energy has received approval from MISO and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality to retire seven coal-fired units totaling 950 MW by year-end.

Deepwater Wind is planning to ask Rhode Island’s State Properties Committee to allow the company to buy an undersea transmission cable under Scarborough State Beach that runs to its five turbine offshore wind project near Block Island.

NSTAR, National Grid, Unitil and Western Massachusetts Electric Co. have agreed to power purchases totaling 565 MW with six wind farms being developed in Maine and New Hampshire by First Wind, Iberdrola Renewables and Exergy Development Group.

New Jersey’s four electric utilities will provide state regulators with never-before-available data about how their delivery systems operate and what parts of their power grids perform poorly.

Generation has resumed at Alterra Power Corp.’s Montrose hydro facility, which is part of the company’s 235 MW Toba Montrose hydro cluster, co-owned with Fiera Axium Western Energy.

Sempra U.S. Gas & Power and Consolidated Edison Development have become equal partners in two of Sempra's solar facilities, the 150 MW Copper Mountain Solar 2 plant near Las Vegas and the 150 MW Mesquite Solar 1 plant near Phoenix.

Abengoa has been selected to construct and operate a 70 MW wind farm in Palomas, in the Salto region of Uruguay.

Energy Capital Group is planning the $600 million, 300 MW ECG Utah Solar 1 project in Utah.

Utilities in the west are considering measures that would charge customers with rooftop solar panels more for the power they buy when the panels are not generating.

Connecticut Light & Power and United Illuminating have signed 15-year power purchase agreements with a 20 MW Fusion solar project in Sprague, Conn., that is being developed by HelioSage Energy and the 250 MW Number Nine wind project in Aroostook County, Maine, being developed by the U.S. subsidiary of EDP Renováveis.

ERCOT is evaluating wind projects totaling 11 GW planned for the Texas Panhandle even though the nearly complete $1.6 billion transmission upgrade won’t be able to handle the queue.

A consortium consisting of Clean Energy Fuels Corp., Ferus Natural Gas Fuels, GE Ventures and GE Energy Financial Services will work together in the liquefied natural gas space in the U.S.

St. Louis-based mining company Foresight Energy is siding with environmental groups, urging Illinois regulators to deny Houston-based Dynegy Inc. a key pollution-control waiver over Ameren Corp.’s Illinois coal-fired fleet.

Entergy’s Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station is up to nearly full power after a spate of mechanical and electrical problems that stunted energy production at the plant for the last three weeks.

Georgia Power has named Norrie McKenzie to the newly created position of v.p. of renewable development.

EmberClear has received a $2 million secured bridge loan that matures in May 2014 as it continues to try to sell its Good Spring combined cycle project in Pennsylvania.

Google has signed a power purchase agreement with the 240 MW Happy Hereford wind project near Amarillo, Texas, that is being developed by Chermac Energy Corp.

Abengoa’s 280 MW Solana concentrating solar project has begun generating power on a test basis and is expected to be online later this year

American Electric Power subsidiary Indiana Michigan Power is planning to close its Tanners Creek coal-fired plant in Lawrenceburg, Ind., by the middle of 2015.

The onset of fall has pushed spot wholesale electricity prices down. Power consumption on the PJM grid, which serves more than 60 million people from Washington to Chicago, peaked at 93,767 MW, down 4.9% from late last week.

Baker County Commissioners are considering whether to overturn an advisory panel's decision to reject conditional use permits for construction of wind farms near Lime and Huntington, Ore.

PPL Corp.'s Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Luzerne County, Pa., declared an “unusual event” Sunday after radioactive water was discovered leaking inside a room in the plant's Unit 2 reactor building.

GDF Suez Gas has revealed details of the advanceLNG Project, which will provide LNG to customers in the northeastern U.S. using natural gas production from the Marcellus and Utica shales.

The undersea 200 MW transmission line proposed to link the Hawaii islands Maui and Oahu is slated to cost $702 million.

Ohio state officials and labor leaders want FirstEnergy Corp. to sell a pair of coal-fired plants—including the 1,1710 MW Hatfield’s Ferry—rather than close them.

EDF Renewable Energy has tapped Vestas for 80 MW of turbines for wind projects in the U.S.

Desert Solar has relocated two solar projects totaling $70 million out of San Bernardino County, Calif., after local opposition to solar prompted the county to put a temporary moratorium on projects.

Bill Bennett, the Energy Minister of British Columbia, says that he will consider the use of natural gas to produce cheaper power in response to prospective BC Hydro rate increases.

The PJM Interconnection set a new record for September peak power use yesterday by meeting the demand for 144,370 MW, due to the unseasonably hot weather.

The Mexican Environment Ministry is in the third round of talks with an unnamed company to sign a 25-year power purchase agreement for a $91.2 million, 30 MW solar facility in the state of Tabasco.

There is renewed interest in the U.S. to convert dams to power producing hydro facilities.

SolarCity and Direct Energy have created a dedicated investment fund capable of financing up to $124 million in solar projects for Direct Energy's commercial and industrial customers.

An explosion at CPS Energy's 420 MW J.T. Deely coal-fired facility in Texas forced a shut down yesterday, with one person injured.

DNV KEMA Energy & Sustainability has launched a customized energy storage valuation service to aid utilities' growing need to assess storage applications on their system.

The Michigan Public Service Commission has approved DTE Energy’s 20-year power purchase agreement with a subsidiary of Heritage Sustainable Energy to buy 20 MWs of energy from the Big Turtle Wind Farm in the state.

Xcel Energy has proposed to the Colorado Public Utilities Commission a plan to add 170 MW of solar, 450 MW of wind and 317 MW of gas-fired facilities from existing gas-fired plants in Colorado to its portfolio.

Duke Energy Renewables has started construction on the 5 MW Washington White Post II solar project that is adjacent to its 12.5 MW first phase.

juwi Wind has hired Michael Hammond as cfo.

Siemens PTI, Pace Global and Booze Allen Hamilton have been hired by Parker Ranch, a 130,000 acre Cattle ranch on Hawaii island, to determine if the ranch can support renewable projects to meet its power demand and sell power to Hawaii Electric Light Co.

Tenaska is planning a $500 million, 900 MW gas-fired project in Morristown, Ind., called Blue River.

DTE Energy is planning to expand a pilot landfill gas-to-energy project in Canton, Mich.

The 55 MW Endicott coal-fired plant in Hillsdale, Mich., owned by Michigan South Central Power Agency, is offline until the middle of October for repairs to the turbine and boiler.

First Wind has signed a letter of intent with SunZia Transmission to reserve up to 1,500 MW of capacity on SunZia’s proposed $1.2 billion transmission project through parts of Arizona and New Mexico.

Spot power prices at PJM’s Western hub, which includes deliveries to Washington, dropped $9.26 yesterday, or 19%, to average $40.86/MWh, as demand decreased across the region due to milder weather.

Cheap natural gas from the shale boom is contributing to the closures of U.S. nuclear facilities.

The 900 MW Sherco unit 3 coal-fired generator in Becker, Minn., is expected to be back in service after a few weeks of testing, Xcel Energy says in a regulatory filing.

A representative of Clean Line Energy Partners has spoken with local legislators from Halls Levee, Mo., about the company’s proposed transmission line.

PNM Resources is proposing a plan to shut down two units at the San Juan coal-fired plant near Farmington, N.M.

Hawaiian Electric Co. is planning to deactivate a 113 MW Honolulu oil-fired plant in January as the utility’s portfolio of renewable has expanded.

A consortium of renewable investors is planning to start construction on nine solar projects totaling 18 MW in California to have them online next year.

Electric Reliability Council of Texas predicts that the state’s grid has enough capacity to meet winter demand unlike last year when grid operators were concerned about long-term capacity.

The $268 million We Energies biomass plant at Domtar Corp.’s paper mill in Wisconsin is set to open this fall.

Duke Energy will retire four coal-fired units at its Wabash River Station in West Terre Haute, Ind., that generate a combined 350 MW by June 1, 2018.

Dominion Virginia Power updated its long-range energy plan last week and will offer natural gas generation as its baseload source and include renewable options in anticipation of U.S. regulations to reduce greenhouse gases.

Bipartisan U.S. legislation to allow renewable energy companies to use master limited partnerships to access cheap capital has been stalled by debate over the production tax credit.

New transmission lines in Texas are bringing subsidized wind power to Dallas and Austin that is shrinking profits at some coal-fired plants, including those of Energy Future Holdings.

New Mexico and Navajo Nation officials oppose a proposal in Arizona to bring competition into the retail power market because of impacts to the Four Corners coal-fired plant.

Utilities are among the infrastructure providers that could be targets of cyber attacks such as recent hacks by the Syrian Electronic Army into the New York Times and Twitter websites, according to network security officials.

New Hampshire legislators are unsure whether they should require Public Service of New Hampshire to sell its generation assets, given uncertainty around impacts of environmental regulations and the price of natural gas.

Entergy Corp. will shutter its 620 MW Vermont Yankee nuclear facility, due to low power prices and a preference for natural gas among utilities.

American Renewables’ 100 MW Gainesville biomass project has started generating electricity.

First Wind and Emera’s decision to postpone the refinancing of $385 million in debt has some industry watchers asking whether the market is souring on the renewable energy sector.

ITC Great Plains and Mid-Kansas Electric Company received siting approval from the Kansas Corporation Commission for their portion of the Elm Creek-to-Summit high-voltage transmission line in north central Kansas.

Wholesale power prices jumped in California this week, with spot power for Northern California’s NP15 hub, which includes deliveries to San Francisco, rising $11.56, or 36%, to average $43.64/MWh.

The U.S. must balance its commitment to reducing carbon emissions with the “ground truth” that the world's largest economy still relies heavily on fossil fuels, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said during a speech in New York on Monday.

NextEra Energy Resources has begun construction on a $138 million, 75 MW wind facility in Gage and Jefferson Counties, Neb.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has demanded better communication and transparency from utilities in response to recent severe storms.

American Electric Power has said there are no current plans to sell its 9 GW of generation in Ohio after an industry report flagged them as on the market.

The European Investment Bank has committed $230 million in a joint initiative with the Central American Bank of Economic Integration to finance renewable projects in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.

Star Distributed Energy has garnered a 20-year power purchase agreement from Minnesota Municipal Power Agency for its 19.5 MW wind project in Sibley County, Minn.

Allco Finance, Con Edison Development, NRG Energy and Nautilus Solar are among the 45 companies that submitted proposals to develop generation projects in Connecticut under a program run by the state’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.

The Siemens Wind plant in Hutchinson, Kan., will supply nacelles, hubs and turbines to Portland General Electric Company’s wind farm in Columbia County, Wash.

The Illinois Commerce Commission has granted an order that paves the way for Ameren’s 400-mile, $1.1 billion transmission build-out in the state.

California regulators must weigh whether a $2.25 billion penalty for safety lapses is worth potentially pushing PG&E Corp. into bankruptcy for the second time in 12 years.

The European Investment Bank has agreed to lend $230 million to support investment in renewable energy across Central America.

The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved Tuesday Dominion’s $650 million sale of three power plants to Energy Capital Partners after reviewing complaints from the Conservation Law Foundation, an environmental protection group in New England.

California Public Utilities Commission is expected to decide byyear-end on whether to impose a $2.25 billion safety penalty on Pacific Gas & Electric, which could put the utility on track toward its second bankruptcy in a dozen years.

First Solar as nabbed a $24 million, 10-year power purchase agreement for its 32 MW Lost Hills solar project in Kern County, Calif., with the City of Roseville, Calif.

The city council of Richfield, N.Y., has rejected a proposal that would have stalled Ridgeline Energy’s Monticello wind project.

Panda Power Funds intends to build, own and operate the 859 MW Panda Mattawoman combined-cycle facility near Brandywine, Md.

Developer juwi Wind has been denied its request to eliminate a property value guarantee for the $300 million, 150 MW Prairie Breeze wind farm in northwestern Tipton County, Ind.

In a move aimed at expanding the market for Alaska's hydro resources, Alaska Power & Telephone Company subsidiary Soule Hydro has applied for a Presidential permit via the U.S. Department of Energy to construct and operate a transmission line crossing the U.S. border to deliver renewables into Canada.

Renewable Energy Developers, a developer, owner and operator of renewable energy projects and an affiliate of Capstone Infrastructure Corp., has purchased four contracted Ontario wind projects totaling 50 MW from Wind Works Power Corp.

New York may look to replace a portion of the 2 GW Indian Point nuclear plant, which is opposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, with hydropower from Quebec since the Champlain-Hudson Power Express transmission line was approved by the state’s Public Service Commission.

Construction is set to begin on a $75 million, 50 MW wind project near Rollag, Minn. The project has a power purchase agreement with Great Lakes Utilities.

First Wind is looking at five prospective sites for wind projects in Maine that could total 410 MW and sell power to Connecticut utilities.

Lake Erie Energy Development Corp. is moving ahead on Icebreaker, its 18 MW offshore wind project planned for the waters of Lake Erie off the coast of Cleveland.

San Mateo, Calif.-based SolarCity Corp. has a definitive agreement to acquire Paramount Solar in a transaction valued at about $120 million.

Spot wholesale electricity prices from Boston to Washington dropped, as unusually mild weather reduced the need to run air conditioners.

The Sierra Club says a proposed takeover of NV Energy by MidAmerican Energy Holdings threatens progress toward a cleaner environment.

The Sierra Club says a proposed takeover of NV Energy by MidAmerican Energy Holdings threatens progress toward a cleaner environment.

Mexico President Enrique Peña Nieto is proposing an independent government agency to distribute and sell power, allowing competition to the government-run Federal Electricity Commission.

FirstEnergy Corp.’s plans to shut down its Hatfield’s Ferry and Mitchell coal-fired plants, which total 2 GW, by Oct. 9, may be delayed due to a PJM report saying that transmission upgrades to replace the power may not be ready in time.

Competitive Power Ventures is planning a 762 MW gas-fired project in Atkins, Va.

Calpine Corp.’s Russell City and Los Esteros gas-fired plants totaling 900 MW in the San Francisco Bay area are now online.

Detroit Renewable Energy has completed $55 million in long-term financing to support the company's expanding investment in the environmental, renewable energy and economic development infrastructure of Detroit.

Chile, owner of the proposed 740 MW Punta Alcalde coal-fired plant in the country, announced this week that it would look to the Chilean Supreme Court to reverse a recent decision by the Santiago Appeals Court to uphold injunctions against the project’s approval.

A Starwood Energy Group Global subsidiary has purchased the 377 MW Stephens Ranch wind project from Mesa Power Group.

Southern California Edison officials say its customers should pay a portion of the shut-down costs for the San Onofre nuclear plant.

The San Bernardino County Planning Commission is considering an application from an Ohio-based group called Sycamore Physicians Partners—a group of doctors investing in solar projects—that is planning a 2.7 MW solar project in Oak Hills, Calif.

Ontario Power Generation has received an operating license until 2018 for its Pickering nuclear facility from the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission.

The planning board of Richfield, N.Y. will hold a meeting tonight to consider a permit for Ridge Energy’s Monticello Hills wind project.

The San Bernardino County Planning Commission is considering an application from an Ohio-based group called Sycamore Physicians Partners—a group of doctors investing in solar projects—that is planning a 2.7 MW solar project in Oak Hills, Calif.

NRG Energy has submitted a proposal to the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to redevelop the Montville coal-fired plant in Montville, Conn., into a tri-powered facility for upwards of $100 million that includes biomass, fuel cell and solar generation.

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection rejected, for the second time, an application for First Wind to develop the Champlain wind project on Bowers Mountain in Penobscot County.

Edison International has bought commercial and industrial solar developer SoCore Energy, for a purchase price less than $10 million.

First Solar has bought General Electric Co.’s solar technology unit in exchange for 1.75 million of its share that is worth about $81.8 million.

Steve Young, v.p., controller and chief accounting officer at Duke Energy, will replace new CEO Lynn Good as executive v.p. and cfo.

After more than $650 million in upgrades to Florida Power & Light’s Turkey Point Nuclear facility, the utility still cannot commit to a finishing date for the project.

Edison International has completed the acquisition of SoCore Energy.

Edison International has completed the acquisition of SoCore Energy.

NRG Energy's bid for a $100 million biomass conversion at the gas-fired Montville facility is before Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.

Spot wholesale electricity prices from Boston to Chicago and Washington slid as milder weather reduced the need to run air conditioners.

Renovalia subsidiary Desarrollos Eólicos Mexicanos de Oaxaca is developing a 138 MW wind project on Mexico's Isthmus of Tehuantepec, the narrow strip of land between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean.

Enel Green Power has wrapped a five-year, $100 million loan from Banco de Credito e Inversiones to finance a portion of its projects in Chile.

New England-ISO is in the early stages of being able to forecast day-ahead wind generated output.

The Maine Board of Environmental Protection has approved a 14-turbine wind project being developed on Passadumkeag Mountain that had been opposed by state officials.

The $2.2 billion Ivanpah concentrated solar facility in the Mojave Desert is 95% complete and is expected to be operational by the end of the year.

The Ohio Power Siting Board has agreed to allow more time to review parts of its decision regarding the second phase of the 100-turbine Buckeye wind project, after Champaign County and local officials raised concerns about the proposal.

The North Dakota Public Service Commission will consider a motion to hear new information concerning Geronimo Energy’s proposed Courtenay wind farm at its next meeting.

Spot wholesale electricity on the main Texas grid increased as parts of the state have seen the highest temperatures in three weeks.

Northeast Utilities has nearly tripled its profit in the second quarter after shaking most of the charges associated with its merger with NStar.

Entergy Corp. is weighing options for its wholesale nuclear unit as part of a reorganization plan aimed to cut costs.

EDF plans to exit its Constellation Energy Nuclear Group joint venture and the plants will be fully integrated into Exelon’s fleet.

National Grid is considering an underwater, high voltage transmission line in Salem Harbor in Massachusetts that costs about $110 million, or roughly twice that of a proposed land route.

President Barack Obama and the U.S. Department of Energy are committed to a role for coal in a national energy strategy and they've backed up their commitment with research spending, says Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz.

NextEra Energy Capital Holdings will conduct a remarketing on Aug. 6 of its Series D Debentures due Sept. 1, 2015, which are outstanding in the aggregate amount of $402.5 million.

The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission staff has found “eight manipulative bidding strategies” used by a JPMorgan Chase & Co. affiliate in 2010 and 2011 in California and the Midwest to boost profits.

First Wind has received final approval from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection to erect 18 more turbines in Hancock County, Maine, near the company’s 19-turbine Bull Hill wind facility.

The Ameren Missouri Callaway nuclear facility in Callaway County, Mo., has been shut down since last Friday, when a small fire broke out in the turbine building, authorities say.

Telemark Development Group, a company out of Nevada, is planning a $250 million, 171 MW gas-fired project in San Benito, Texas.

Xcel Energy will move its headquarters out of Minneapolis, Minn., if city voters elect to take over the city’s distribution service in November.

Summit Power Group is aiming to break ground this fall on its roughly $2.5 billion, 400 MW coal gasification project in Penwell, Texas.

Covanta Energy is planning a $30 million expansion to a waste-to-energy plant in Niagara Falls, N.Y., that would allow it to receive 300,000 tons of waste from New York City by train.

Nearly 112,800 acres off the coast of Virginia are set to be auctioned in September for wind energy development.

Operators at PPL’s 2,600 MW Susquehanna Steam nuclear facility in Salem Township, Pa., disconnected the Unit 1 reactor from the regional power grid Sunday to repair one its four main valves.

Plans to build a 25 MW wind farm off Atlantic City are now on hold after New Jersey's Board of Public Utilities declined to approve the latest proposal.

Construction on the largest solar photovoltaic facility in Latin America is getting underway in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Renewable energy will provide more of the world’s electricity than gas-fired power plants by 2016, according to an International Energy Agency report, as sources such as hydro, wind and solar power grow rapidly in emerging economies, such as those in Latin America.

Enel Green Power inked two power purchase agreements for a pair of wind projects in Mexico with automotive supplier Delphi Automotive and Mexican bank Banamex.

Samsung Renewable Energy, Pattern Energy and Capital Power have received a renewable energy approval for the 270 MW K2 wind project near Lake Huron from Ontario officials.

Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. has signed a power purchase agreement for the 150 MW Origin wind project in Murray and Carter Counties, Okla., that is being developed by RES Americas.

Apex Clean Energy has a pair of preliminary power purchase agreements with PacifiCorp for two 80 MW wind projects in Utah totaling $230 million.

Tucson Electric Power has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with Houston-based Torch Renewable Energy for the planned Red Horse Wind 2 wind farm near Willcox, Ariz.

Cirque Energy, formerly Green Energy Renewable Solutions, has retained Tigress Financial Partners, a New York-based investment bank and broker-dealer, as its advisor to assist in the raising of growth and acquisition capital.

Residents of Douglas and Piatt counties, Ill., are up in arms over a proposal to reroute Ameren's proposed high-voltage transmission line through their counties.

The U.S. Department of Environmental Protection is seeking public comment on First Wind’s proposal to build a $398 million, 62-turbine wind farm near Moscow, Maine.

Caithness Energy’s Shepherd’s Flat wind farm in Oregon received final approval from the Oregon Department of Energy last month for a further $30 million in tax credits, which has again raised the ire of some Oregonians, claiming that the $2 billion wind facility was over-subsidized.

An Arizona judge has ruled that a power project fueled by burning trash proposed by the Reclamation Power Group should not have been considered a renewable energy facility by the Arizona Corporation Commission.

A solar project planned in Odessa, Texas, is being slow to start, according to local officials, who will use the land if Duke Energy and partner West Texas Angelos Holding do not make progress.

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities preliminarily rejected Fishermen’s Energy 25 MW offshore wind project of the coast of Atlantic City, citing high costs.

NV Energy is considering an internal reorganization, separate from its merger with MidAmerican Energy Holdings.

Conservatives fighting against renewable energy mandates are losing ground even in some Republican-controlled states, where legislatures are standing behind policies that force electric utilities to buy renewables.

Hot and humid weather on the East Coast has pushed up power prices in New York for a third day, topping $2,000 per MWh in afternoon trading.

Hot and humid weather on the East Coast has pushed up power prices in New York for a third day, topping $2,000 per MWh in afternoon trading.

William C. Grantham, v.p. of commercial operations and services at Southern Company, will become cfo and treasurer of subsidiary Southern Power.

William C. Grantham, v.p. of commercial operations and services at Southern Company, will become cfo and treasurer of subsidiary Southern Power.

Power REIT has closed the acquisition of approximately 100 acres of land that will support over 20 MW of utility scale solar projects near Fresno, Calif.

Florida Power & Light has razed the Port Everglades oil-fired facility in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to make way for a natural gas-fired plant.

Dominion Virginia Power’s Altavista coal-fired station has been converted to a biomass facility.

Environmentalists have teamed with the Business Council of New York State to resist a $506 million plan from NRG Energy Inc. to convert its coal-fired Dunkirk facility to natural gas.

PJM utility Public Service Electric and Gas expects electric demand to reach 9,833 MW, short of the all-time peak demand record of 11,108 MW set on Aug. 2, 2006.

Investment in clean energy rose 22% in the second quarter from the prior three months on the back of increased spending in the U.S. and China.

FirstEnergy will shutter the coal-fired Hatfield's Ferry in Masontown, W.Va., and Mitchell in Union Township, W.Va.