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• Countrywide Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) Summer Meeting
  ... meet 15 percent of forecasted electricity use by 2015. Utility companies are responding to these state efforts with ... provide technical assistance to at least 5 state public utility commissions that are considering aligning incentives with cost-effective ...
• Utility Sector Leaders Pursue Energy Efficiency as Solution to Rising Energy Costs
  ... . However, a number of factors are limiting greater utility investment in energy efficiency. Accordingly, the leadership group ... Association of Energy Service Companies, Countrywide Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, Countrywide Association of ...
• U.S. Declares Settlement of Landmark Clean Air Act Case Against Ohio Edison - Utility will spend $1.1 billion to reduce air pollution by 212,500 tons per year
  ... Clean Air Act case alleging that Ohio Edison Company, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., violated the New Source Review ... putting resources into the communities affected most directly by a utility company's actions," Gregory G. Lockhart, U.S. Attorney for ...
• U.S. Declares Major Clean Air Act Settlement with Wisconsin Electric Power Co. - Company Agrees to Reduce In excess of 105,000 Tons of Pollutants Annually
  ... drastic reductions in pollutants emitted from these facilities." It is estimated that the company will spend up to $600 million to reduce 72, ... its biggest CAA settlement with a utility in a case involving Virginia Electric and Power Company (VEPCO). Under ...
• E.P.A. Gives Public Picture of New York's Environmental Releases; Many New Industry Groups, Including Utilities, Report Toxic Delivers for 1st Time – Data Show Enhancements
  ... in large part to the inclusion for the 1st time of electrical utilities, metal mines and hazardous waste treatment ... certain facilities, and requires many industries and companies to file reports annually with the government about the toxic substances they ...
• E.P.A. and Utilities Launch Initiative to Reduce Ozone Depleting Substances and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  (10/27/06 -- LONG BEACH) E.P.A. and utility companies (Southern California Edison, Pacific Gas and ... make a difference by disposing of everyday household appliances properly." "The utilities being acknowledged here today are leaders in their industry with ...
• D.O.E. Chooses Plans to Reduce Mercury Emissions from Coal-Fired Power Plants
  ... . While the focus of the testing will be the catalyst's oxidation success, the company anticipates determining catalyst quantity requirements, catalyst ... , North Dakota Industrial Commission, Montana-Dakota Utilities Company, Detroit Edison, and SaskPower. ( ...
• U.S. Utilities Pursue Large-Scale Solar Power Facilities
  ... of PV power plants, California's Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) appears to be taking a leadership position, as the utility announced in late February that it projects to develop and own up to 250 MW of ...
• Utilities in Colorado and Hawaii Pursue Clean Energy
  ... Hawaii, the state reached an arrangement with Hawaiian Electric Company to pursue several actions that will increase the state's ... of the energy savings. In addition, the state and the utility will develop incentives to encourage the adoption of electric ...
• D.O.E. Declares 2 Utility Companies Join FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership
  ... and penetration of PHEVs. In each of these areas, utility companies will be critical in helping to develop the proper technologies ... Energy is one of the nation's biggest diversified energy companies. DTE Energy was significantly involved in the electric ...
• 2 Utilities Join the FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership
  D.O.E. announced on June 20 that 2 electric utility companies, Southern California Edison and DTE Energy (based ... introduction and acceptance of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). The 2 companies will examine the interface between PHEVs and the utility ...
• Kentucky Utilities Offer Green Power
  ... Gas and Electric Company (LG&E) and Kentucky Utilities Company (KU), both wholly owned subsidiaries of E.ON ... may also develop additional renewable energy sources in the future. The 2 utilities serve a combined total of 870,000 electric customers in ...
• 4 Wind Farm Agreements Approved by Idaho Public Utilities Commission
  ... Qualified Facility (QF) under the provisions of the federal Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA) passed by Congress ... projects, if approved, are scheduled to be operating by 2008. Idaho Power Company is a regulated utility owned by IDACORP. The ...
• EPA, Utilities Move to Put Older Appliances in Deep Freeze
  ... ozone layer and contribute to climate change. The E.P.A. and 9 utilities have launched the new, voluntary Responsible Appliance Disposal ... energy than newer units. The new partnership will help utility companies encourage the retirement and proper disposal ...
• Electricity Reduction Measures at Federal Facilities
  ... reductions; (4) interruptible power curtailments; and (5) requests from utilities for companies to operate emergency generators. However, ... have negotiated financial incentives from their local utility for operating generators). Ensure that generators have ...
• FEMP's Utility Plan Workshop Coming to Philadelphia and Chicago
  ... energy and water efficiency improvement services that may be offered by utilities that serve your facility? If so, then make ... the contracting options and services accessible from local utility companies that offer engineering, financing, and installation of ...
• Camp Lejeune Creates Utilities Conservation and Appraisal Board
  ... goals and educate the population of both bases with the formation of the Utilities Conservation and Appraisal Board. Marine Corps Base ... pricing, which is established each day and is based on the utility company's calculation of system-wide demand and ...
• Report: In excess of 300 Utilities Now Offer Green Power
  ... have been installed or are planned as a result of these programs. The utility-sponsored programs, referred to as "green pricing" programs, ... 's top 10 list, but it hopes to be eventually: the company is requesting proposals for 50 megawatts of wind power, ...
• Wisconsin Paper Company Embraces Yellow Grease
  ... fuel was developed by the Amanax Group, a Wisconsin-based team of companies and a partner in the state's Focus on Energy. Focus ... -private partnership offering information and services to energy utility companies throughout Wisconsin and subcontracted by the ...
• Utility Efficiency Plans Top $1.1 Billion
  ... Federal agencies authority and encouragement to partner with utility companies, the level of investment for energy efficiency ... coupled with $400 million of Congressional appropriations leveraged by utility-financed investment, the total is now in excess ...
• Natural Gas LDCs: Options for Utility Financing
  ... facilities. FEMP is working to expand agency options to include utility companies that have not traditionally participated in these ... into UESC plans with Federal agency customers within the utility's franchise territory. FEMP continues to follow-up with ...
• Mark Your Calendar for FEMP's Utility Plan Workshops
  ... and renewable plans through Federal agency and utility partnerships. The workshops provide attendees with an overview of the contracting options and services accessible from local utility companies that offer engineering, financing, and installation of ...
• More Fuel Cells Installed in July as Companies See Ups and Downs
  ... University-Billings for evaluation by the university and Montana-Dakota Utilities Company. And Plug Power Incorporated installed ... Connecticut, early in July. The new facilities will allow the company to expand from its current workforce of 150 to as many as ...
• D.O.E. to Host Free Utility Workshops in Washington, D.C.
  ... about options for purchasing renewable power. The 2nd workshop, "Utility Energy Services Contracting," on July 24-25, ... contracting options and services accessible from those local utility companies who offer engineering, financing, and installation of ...
• Edwards Air Force Base Goes Green and Saves Big
  ... Base (AFB) decided to continue buying power from the local utility company, Southern California Edison (SCE), at its ... the contract could be successfully assigned to another energy company in the event Enron desires to withdraw.) The contract requires 25 ...
• Gulf Power Company to Host Free Utility Workshop in Florida
  ... Company will host a workshop in Pensacola, Florida, for Federal customers on utility energy services contracting. Sponsored by FEMP, GSA, ... contracting options and services accessible from their local utility companies to engineer, finance, and install cost ...
• Federal Investment in GHPs Tops $200 Million
  ... depended heavily on its partners in the energy industry-ESCOs, utility companies, and subcontractors who design and install ... humid or extreme climates. In Seoul, Korea, the Trane Company installed GHPs in the Ambassador's residence in the U.S. Embassy and ...
• Utility Giant to Pay Millions for Eagle Protection
  ... bird electrocutions. Both actively encourage utility companies to develop and implement voluntary ... . "This Project is the yardstick by which the efforts of other companies will be judged." The mission of the U.S.F.W.S. is working with others to conserve ...
• Northern Indiana Utilities Offer Outline Project to Conserve Rare Butterfly; U.S.F.W.S. Looks for Comments
  ... on lands owned and managed by 2 northern Indiana utility companies is accessible for review and comment, ... number of butterflies to be affected by maintenance activities, as long as the companies continue to implement conservation actions contained in the ...
• ELECTRIC UTILITY INDUSTRY, SERVICE TEAM TO PROTECT BIRDS
  ... APLIC and the industry, and encourage electric power companies to take advantage of the new guidelines." "A voluntary approach ... , APLIC chair and a representative of PacifiCorp. "Customers expect utilities to provide a reliable source of energy, and the ...