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Poland’s largest power group opts to back wind over nuclear

WARSAW - PGE, Poland’s biggest power group has decided to abandon a role in building the country’s first nuclear power…

EDP Plans to Reject $10.9 Billion-China Three Gorges Bid

BEIJING - EDP-Energias de Portugal SA is poised to reject a 9.1 billion euro ($10.9 billion) takeover offer from China…

New Power Grid “Report Card” Reveal Dangerous Vulnerabilities

WASHINGTON - The U.S. power grid just received its “grade card” from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and…

Military Is Ramping Up Preparation For Major U.S. Power Grid Hack

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Defense is growing increasingly concerned about hackers taking down our power grid and crippling…

Study: US Power Grid Has More Blackouts Than ENTIRE Developed World

WASHINGTON - The United States power grid has more blackouts than any other country in the developed world, according to…

LOC Renewables Delivers First MWS Services To China's Offshore Wind Market

BEIJING - LOC Renewables has announced it is to carry out marine warranty survey (MWS) services for the second phase…

Disruptions in the U.S. coal, nuclear power industries strain the economy and invite brownouts

WASHINGTON - Is anyone paying any attention to the crisis that is going on in our electric power markets?

Over the…

IEC reaches settlement on Palestinian electricity debt

TEL AVIV - The Palestinian Authority will pay Israel Electric NIS 915 million and take over management of its grid…

Will Israeli power supply competition bring cheaper electricity?

TEL AVIV - "See the pseudo-reform in the electricity sector: no lower prices, no opening the market to competition, and…

Hydro One’s takeover of U.S. utility sparks customer backlash: ‘This is an incredibly bad idea’

TORONTO - “Please don’t sell us to Canada.” That refrain, or versions of it, is on full display at the…

An NDP government would make hydro public again, end off-peak pricing, Horwath says in Sudbury

TORONTO - Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath says her party’s hydro plan will reduce families’ electricity bills and the NDP…

N.S. joins Western Climate Initiative for tech support for emissions plan

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia is yet to set targets for its new cap and trade regime to reduce greenhouse gases,…

Hundreds facing hydro disconnection as bills pile up during winter ban

TORONTO - The first of May has taken on new meaning this year in Ontario.

It's when the province's ban on…

Ottawa won't oppose halt to Site C work pending treaty rights challenge

VANCOUVER - The federal government is not going to argue against halting construction of the controversial Site C hydroelectric dam…

SaskPower eyes buying $300M worth of electricity from Flying Dust First Nation

REGINA - An agreement signed between SaskPower and Flying Dust First Nation is an important step toward a plan that could see the…

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