Electricity News 2001
February 2001 News Story Index
- Alberta Chamber Blames Deregulation For High Costs
- California Power Talks Continue
- California to Float Power Grid Purchase
- Hydropower to Fight Global Warming
- Enbridge, Ontario Power Generation And Atomic Energy of Canada Limited Help Launch Major Environmental Initiative in Toronto, Peterborough And Mississauga
- Epcor Buys Insurance PolicySecures Protection From "Open Market" Prices
- Manitoba Hydro Announces Energy Conservation Programs
- NB Power & AECL Reach Agreement on Point Lepreau
- New York Could Experience California-Type Energy Shortages Industry Expert Says Similar Policies Could Leave the State Short on Electricity
- Safety a Priority At Newfoundland Project
- Ontario Power Generation Posts Strong Results for 2000
- Transalta Announces Intention to Purchase Shares
- Transalta to Sell Power Plant to Syncrude
- Think Tanks Tackle California Energy Crisis
- TransAlta Announces Major Expansion
- Transalta Acquires Power Plant in New York State
- U.S. Feds to Expedite Calif Power Plants
- California's Power Crisis: A Warning For Corporate America
March 2001 News Story Index
- Allegheny Energy Supply Agrees to Provide Long-Term Power to California Energy Market
- Pro Deregulation States Consider California Disaster
- BC Hydro Selects development Partner For Port Alberni Generation Project
- Bush Won't Limit Power Plant Co2 Emissions
- Cal-ISO Says Suppliers Overcharged
- California Utility Must Reveal Blackouts
- Ruling Opens Door to California Rate Hikes
- California PUC Approves 46% Rate Increase
- State Again Faces Critical Energy Shortfall; Cal-ISO, SCE Urge Curtailment, Conservation
- Califorina Governor: Energy Deal May Take A Month
- Ferc Focuses on California Power Plants
- Canadian Government Invests in Fuel-Cell Technology
- Greenvolt Power to Unveil First Commercial Fuel Cell
- Ontario Premier To Impose Speedy Deregulation Of Electricity
- Hydro-Quebec Partners with Snc-Lavalin in Australia Project
- Ontario launches Tough Actions To Improce Air Quality
- Eight Midwest Utilities Seek MISO Membership
- Newfoundland Power Signs $50 Million Agreement to Buy Newtel Poles
- Nova Scotia Power Seeks Approval to Add Gas Generation
- Ontario Electric Power Deregulation Would Be Good for Market, Quebec
- Ontario Power Generation Launches Energy Technologies Venture Company
- California Outages a Preview of Summer?
- Toronto Hydro to Present Utility Bills Over Internet
- ONTARIO POWER GENERATION AND BRITISH ENERGY (CANADA) LTD DEVELOP WIND FARM
April 2001 News Story Index
- Analysts warn of power-rate shock --Summer prices will be 'nutsy high'
- Ballard Ships 250-Kilowatt Stationary Fuel Cell Power Generator
- BC Hydro Calls For Green Proposals
- B.C. Hydro Denies Gouging Charges
- BPA to Announce 'Painful' Conservation
- PG&E Bankruptcy Will Not Affect Calpine's Commitment
- Limited Price Controls Allowed For California Suppliers
- Canadian Hydro Developers Furthers B.C. Pingston Project
- Feinstein Presses Forward for Energy Price Caps
- The Power Hungry Get Powered Down
- Con Edison Enrolls 100,000 Customers in Electric Retail Choice Program
- Transalta Begins Construction on $210-Million US Power Plant in Pacific Northwest
- Electric CO-Ops Warn of Potential Boom-And-Bust Cycle
- Transalta Announces First Investment in Distributed Generation
- Epcor Earns $1.4B
- Power Supply Association Says California ISO Must Go
- Hydro One Boss Says Canadians Pay Too Little for Electricity
- Independent Producers To Develop Low-cost Electricity
- U.S. Company Told Manitoba Hydro Bad for Business
- Transalta Completes Purchase of Mega
- California's $4bn Energy Boost
- Newfoundland Power Inc: Fortis Inc - Improves Performance Despite Record Snowfalls
- California ISO Not Worried About PG&E
- U.S. UTILITIES TO ASK FOR NEW SITE LOCATION APPROVALS
- Ontario to Open Electricity Market by Next Spring
- ONTARIO POWER GENERATION NOTIFIES CUSTOMERS OF 2001 RATE CHANGE
- Ontario Political Opposition Grows To Power Deregulation
- Power deregulation cost consumers, analysts
- Calif. Utility Seeks Chap. 11 Bankruptcy
- The Power Hungry Get Powered Down
- Hydro-Quebec Ordered To Refund Vermont $20 Million (U.S.)
- Calif Reaches Power Line Deal with SCE
- $2.5B Shell Scotford Project Hits Stride
- Silicon Valley Power Fight Continues
- Report: Pacific NW Power Prices Top California
- Bush Called On To Allow U.S.Navy Ships to Help Ease California's Power Crisis
- California Tries Again to Curb Power Prices
- Weyerhaeuser Finds Solution To Electricity Crunch
- Saskatchewan's First Large-Scale Wind Power Project
May 2001 News Story Index
- Alberta Rates Could Rise 50%
- Joint Cory Cogeneration Project Financed
- Composite Material May Aid Energy Woes
- Calif. Dodges Outages, But Not the Bill
- Canada lags U.S. in North American Progress in Electric Competition
- CEA Encouraged by US Energy Report
- U.S. Consumer Satisfaction Dips
- Manitoba Power Line on Hold While Cancer Claim Investigated
- Transalta Completes Purchase of Mega
- Transalta Buys Interest In Mercury Electric
- Analysis: Europe's Nuclear Games
- Ontario Deregulation Industry Reform Update
- OPG And Bruce Power Complete Bruce Lease Agreement
- Atco Ltd - Cory Cogeneration Station Construction Officially Underway
July 2001 News Story Index
- Arem Says Sweet Bailout Deal for Edison Eliminates Competitors, Rebuilds Monopoly And Keeps Consumers HostageEnergy Service Providers Vehemently Oppose Abx2 82
- U.S. Bank Makes Bid For Alberta Power
- BC Hydro Releases 2001 Annual Report
- Ontario Energy Board Approves The Sale of Brampton Hydro
- Urgency Behind Bush Energy Plan Wanes
- Centra Gas Seeks A 15.9% Rate Decrease For August 1, 2001
- Canadian Hydro's CG&E To Build 25 MW Power Plant
- Congress Struggles Over Energy Plan
- FERC Taps Former State Regulators For Power Grid Mediation
- International Energy Leaders Meeting in Newfoundland
- Emera Inc. And Canadian Imperial Venture Corp. to Pursue Joint Opportunities
- Canada Adopts U.S. Energy Star Program To Promote Energy Efficiency
- Enmax Offers Fixed Rate Contracts To Large Power Users
- Unstable Alberta Electricity Market Forces Sale of Enmax
- Epcor Files For Expansion
- Epcor Joins Rising Tide Of Electricity Exporters
- Ferc Moves to End Calif. Power Quarrel
- Greenvolt Power Readies a 200kw Fuel Cell Power Plant for Delivery in July 2001
- Vermont Utilities, Hydro-Quebec Reach Settlement on Ice Storm Case
- Ontario's Electricity Supply Secure For The Next Decade
- The Electricity Forum Joins Energy Jobs Network
- Transalta And Midamerican Form Strategic Alliance
- NEMA Applauds FERC Order To Regionalize National Electric Grid
- International Nuclear Forum -- Nuclear Power Good For Climate
- OPG Starts Process To Decontrol 1,015 MW Of Capacity
- Newfoundland Power Disappointed with Pub Ruling on Pole Deal
- Poll: Calif. Power Crisis Recriminations
- City of Port Colborne And Canadian Niagara Power Complete Lease Agreement for Port Colborne Hydro
- Recent Alberta Rate Break Might Not Last
- U.S. Congress Urged To Enact Measures To Ensure Viable Retail Energy Markets
- Power Bills A Shock To Small Alberta Firms
- Transalta Announces Buyer for Alberta Transmission Assets
- Less Than Half of U.S. Power Plants in Development Likely to Be Built, Analyst Says
August 2001 News Story Index
- US Nuclear Plants, Pwr Grid On Alert; Operating Normally
- Survey Shows Online Power Trading Growing
- Power Brokers Say New Ontario Power Market Date Not Firm Enough
- The City of Calgary Engages Investment Banks to Pursue Enmax Divestiture Options
- White House Spokesman Says Chretien Never Raised Energy with U.S President
- Epcor To Face Expansion Critics At EUB Hearing Near Genesee
- Emera Inc - Second Quarter Earnings of $15.6 Million
- Enmax Energy Chosen As Exclusive Electricity Supplier to Westerner Park
- Enron Canada Rethinking 140-MW Sarnia Power Plant Plan
- EPA Seeks Strict Limits on Producers of Power
- TransAlta sells Fort Nelson power plant to BC Hydro
- California Faces Costly Power Glut
- Ontario Power Agencies Confirm 2002 Power Market Opening
- Neptune to Launch Open Season Bidding for Privately-Owned Transmission Service in U.S.
- New England Power Supply OK But Needs Transmission Fix
- Nuclear Is Back: Deregulation Powers Nuclear Industry Renaissance
- Award-Winning Klamath Cogeneration Plant Officially Generating
- PanCanadian Produces Electricity From Its First Alberta Power Plant
- Eastern Senators Criticize Emissions From Midwest Power Plants
- SunBridge Project Connects First Renewable Energy To SaskPower Grid
- U.S. National Policy Think Tank Commends Texas Electricity Restructuring
September 2001 News Story Index
- Alberta Cutting $1 Billion from This Year's Budget as Energy Prices Slump
- Altek Power Corp - Management Confirm Positive Outlook on Fort Macleod Power - Project
- Boralex Inc - Adds to Its Presence in United States Completing The Acquisition - of Two Power Stations
- Calif. legislature fails to OK Edison rescue plan
- Major International Player Enters the Texas Retail Electric Market; Centrica Sees Texas As An Exceptional Opportunity to Serve Retail Customers
- More Utilities Eyeing Remote Meter Reading Technologies To Help With Load Management Programs, Chartwell Survey Finds
- ConEd says completes NYC electricity restoration
- Connecticut Regulators Reject Fuel Cell Power Proposal
- Duke Energy to Buy Westcoast Energy in Deal Worth $8.5 Billion US
- FERC Rejects Escalating Penalty Plan For NY Mkt Abusers
- Law Judge Rules Against Energy Refunds in Northwest
- Massachusetts Electric Seeks Approval to Cut Price of Default Service
- Manitoba Hydro To Build 230-Kv Line To North Dakota
- NYC Power Prices Fall Due To Continued Pwr Outages
- Nuclear Plants Keep Power Sources Secure Comed Parent Exelon Takes Precautions After Attack
- Pepco Restoring Power in Wake of Tornado; Utility Poles, Wires Down; Dry Ice Distribution Planned
- Power Plant Debate Pits Clean Air, Cheap Electricity
- Quebec set sights on C$1 billion hydro-power plant
- Senate Finance Looks at Energy Taxes Amid Dreary Spending Picture
- Siemens To Put $122M Fuel Cell Plant Near Pittsburgh
- Texas ISO Handles 20,000 Pwr Switch Requests Wed
- TransCanada brings on Alberta power plant
- USA's Power Grid Gets the Juice It Needed
- US FERC Announces Study Of Elec Transmission Bottlenecks
- US Nuclear Plants, Power Grid On Alert; Operating Normally
- U.S. Power Trading Ceases After Attacks
- US Senate GOP Want To Drop Elec Restructuring Until 2002
- Westcoast Energy Announces Completion Of Power Asset Sale
- Wild Antarctic Winds to be Harnessed for Power
- Wisconsin Public Service Joins State Utilities in Seeking Transmission Cost Recovery As A Separate Issue
- Subsidiary of Enmax Power Corporation Wins Contract to Build Transmission Substation
- FERC: Extraordinary Expenditures Necessary to Safeguard National Energy Supplies
- Transalta Sells Interest in Fort Saskatchewan Power Plant
October 2001 News Story Index
- ABB Wins US$ 360-Million Order for Chinese Power Link; Technology Group to Build High-Voltage Power System
- Altek Power Corporation - Province Grants Final Approvals on Fort Macleod Power Project
- City of Belleville, Ontario Invests in The Future of Its Hydro Consumers
- Bruce Nuclear Power Plant Upgrades Security a Month After Terrorist Attacks
- Bush Urges Congress to Pass Energy Bill
- Calif. regulators reject key electric rate plan
- ComEd Cuts Ill. Retail Customer Power Rates By $125 Mln
- South Crofty Holdings Ltd.: Major Development in Establishing Canada's First Geothermal Energy Company
- Electricity Distributors Association, Ontario Power Generation Launch $5-Million "LDC Tomorrow Fund" Fund to fuel energy innovation and opportunity in competitive marketplace
- US EPA proposes rules to encourage cogeneration
- Epcor Utilities Purchases Union Energy from Westcoast Energy-Epcor Customer Base Now 1.6 Million Across Canada
- Epcor Utilities Purchases Union Energy from Westcoast Energy-Epcor Customer Base Now 1.6 Million Across Canada
- US FERC Asks Northeast For More Info On NY-Conn. Pwr Line
- FTC: Consumer Benefits Of Retail Power Competition Lagging
- Florida Energy Commission Studies Possibilities for Electricity Generation
- GOP Demands Action on Energy Bill
- Hydro-Quebec to build natural gas power plant
- Midwest ISO OKs MAPP Merger; Moves Forward With SPP Deal
- Long Island, N.Y. plans 10 new power plants
- Massachusetts Officials Award $850,000 To Renewable Energy Program Applicants
- Mexico, Canada Discuss Energy Needs
- NJ PSC OKs Plan For Consumers To Generate Their Own Power
- Canada's Northwest Territories Sponsors New Green Energy Power Development, in An Advisory by Industrialinfo.COM
- ISO New England OKs Plan To Expand Transmission System
- Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro announces lower rate increases for customers
- North Carolina Panel Puts Electricity Reform on Hold
- Nypa Chairman Seymour Urges 3-Part Power-Supply Strategy
- Ontario Electricity Market Inches Closer To Deregulation
- Oklahoma Oil, Gas Producers Say Energy Policy Need Is Urgent
- Ontario Faces New Air Conditioner Power Demands
- Ability Test Phase Nears Conclusion
- Quebec, Cree reach C$3.5 bln land-claim settlement
- Southwest U.S. firms create new transmission group
- San Francisco Vote Could Dump Electric Utility, Put Power in Public's Hands
- Saskatchewan Government: Ensuring Stable Energy Costs
- US Puts Power Grid Operators On Highest Security Alert
- US FERC tackles utilities' RTO plans at Wed meeting
- US NRC approves Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site
- US Supreme Court Hears Case With High Import For Power Markets
- Western Canada's Tallest Wind Turbine Officially Opened
- Xcel Energy's SPS Unit Starts 345KV Texas-To-Kansas Line
- Calif. to get fix for electric line bottleneck
- States hammer FERC over regional grid operators
November 2001 News Story Index
- Arkansas Regulators Eye Delay, Repeal Of Elec Dereg
- Profit drops at Canadian power supplier BC Hydro
- British Energy eyes more Canada investments
- BOralex AND Gaz Métropolitain join forces in the realm of cogeneration
- Federal Regulators Say California's Electricity Buyers Got Unfair Breaks
- New Breed of Electric Companies Has Its Eye on South Carolina
- Dynegy to buy once-mighty Enron
- New England Congressmen Seek Equal Representation On RTO
- Feds Intervene in Energy Dispute
- New Head of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Faces Daunting Task
- FERC gives US utilities more time to join RTOs
- FERC to revise power tariffs, set refund plan
- Energy Companies in Florida Combine
- Doe's Vision 21 Program Sets Goal of Zero Emission Power Plant of The Future, in An Advisory by Industrialinfo.COM
- The Ibew's New Union Hall in Silicon Valley Is the Largest Commercial Solar Power Installation West of the Mississippi
- IEEE Sets Next-generation 802.11 Standard
- Newfoundland Power Inc. has reported that its electrical rates to customers will decrease in 2002.
- Northeast US/Canada winter power adequate-NPCC
- NY Task Force To Assess Security At Nuclear Plants
- National Grid to manage US Midwest Alliance Transco
- Ontario eyes non-profit option for power firm
- Ontario's nuclear power plants top expectations
- Ontario's deregulation plans could be moved up
- Ontario in running for C$12 bln fusion center
- Allegheny Energy, Duquesne Light Ask Pennsylvania for Electric Rate Increase
- CNSC Announces Decision On Pickering Nuclear Generating Station ‘A' Restart
- Hydro-Quebec to raise domestic rates in 2004
- Hydro announces lower than anticipated rate increases for customers
- EPA says Senate utility emissions bill too costly
- Southwest Power Pool Reports Oklahoma Can Handle Present Electric Demand
- Power Providers Want Texas to Start Deregulation on Time
- Texas Regulators, Utilities Reduce Electric Rates 6%
- Txu Energy Signs Multi-Million Dollar Energy Provider Agreement with H-Gac
- US Sens To Propose Federalizing Nuclear Plant Guards
- Thirty New Power Plants Proposed for Virginia
- Consortium Formed To Commercialize Ocean Wave Power
December 2001 News Story Index
- Commission to Re-Examine Energy Deregulation
- Government of Canada Targets Key Sources of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- California Bracing for Big Losses On Surplus Power
- New Calls for 'Re-Regulation'
- Enron Canada seeks court order to stay afloat
- Judge denies Enron Canada's survival bid
- House panel may use subpoenas in Enron probe
- Enron May Scrap All 4 Power Projects in Japan
- Lesson of Enron: Electricity Deregulation Is A Disaster, Says Foundation for Taxpayer And Consumer Rights
- Enron Seeks Bankruptcy Protection, Sues Dynegy Over Failed Acquisition Deal
- TransCanada and AltaGas to buy Enron's Sundance
- ISO New England Can't Recall Reserve Pwr Sales To NY-FERC
- Ferc Urges Requirement of Power Rtos
- Agency Sets Strict Market Power Standard, Asserts Control Over LNG Plants
- Lake Erie Link Project Seeks FERC Approval
- Neptune on track to build NJ-NY power cable
- Newfoundland receives Alcoa hydro, smelter study
- Now Over, Power Crisis Continues to Have Impact on Northwest
- Government of Canada Targets Key Sources of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Ontario to launch IPO for Hydro One power company
- Harris Confirms Competitive Electricity Market Will Open On May 1, 2002
- Texas Power Providers Can't Set Rates Until Regulators Set `Price to Beat'
- Tennessee Valley Authority Chair Supports Electric Utility Deregulation Bill
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