Electricity News 2004
374 news stories- WIRE Services commences new survey project
- Alberta companies reach agreement to establish a Network Security Assurance Center
- Aquila's Colorado electricity rates will rise 2.2 percent
- Australia Urges Iran to Cooperate on Nuclear Plan
- British Energy says safety slipped last year
- Calif. regulators clear controversial grid project
- Calif. regulators eye plans for electric utilities
- Calpine signs 10-year power sale deal in Wisconsin
- China predicts rosy prospect for renewable energy development
- Citigroup Sued Over Enron Securities
- Creditors hire banks to sell power plants-sources
- Direct Energy to Expand Service with Edmonton Acquisition
- Dutch Nuon to sell power supply contract to Eneco
- Economic Boom Brings Energy Shortages to China
- Fourth Of Businesses Unprepared For Disasters
- Free Tech Seminar in 31st Annual Western Protective Relay Conference
- Generating Electricity with Flowing Water
- Hydro Management continues to use safe equipment, union says
- Hydrogenics Unveils Toronto's First Hydrogen Refueling Station
- Intel to throttle power by enhancing silicon
- Iran missile test to boost defence, says Official
- Japan nuke accident raises doubts over aging plant
- Keeping the coal promise in Ontario
- Kentucky utility expands fiber optic communications
- Kerry Pledges $10 Bln to Clean Up Coal Power Plants
- Las Vegas-based utility proposes prepaid power cards program
- Lawmaker praises California governor for cutting power agency's funds
- New Quebec hydro dam project a target by environmentalists
- No new Japan nuke shutdowns needed after checks
- NRI Project in Maine confirmed by ISO-NE
- Nuclear watchdog switches sides
- Ontario energy plan: Conserve or pay
- Ontario faces electricity 'challenge'
- Ontario LDC Advocates Kick Off Committee Hearings on New Electricity Act
- Ontario power industry frets over authority
- Ontario power users say prices will rise over 50 percent
- Ontario to ease energy cost hikes
- Ontario utilities want compensation for conservation
- Ontario's energy minister plugs national power grid
- Ontario, TransAlta in talks to solve power woes
- Post-blackout progress highlighted in NERC report
- Report warns of 'second power crisis' for California
- Rust and Neglect Cited at Japan Atom Plant
- Scammers bilk utility customers
- Southern's plants feel economic spurt moderating
- Talisman develops fields, tests wind in North Sea
- Third exec at Enron pleads guilty
- Toronto zapped by bad meter
- U.S. Says Iran Must Cooperate on Nuclear Program
- U.S. Settles Nuclear Case Over Burial of Waste
- US energy trading market poised for growth-report
- Utilities Still Fumbling a Year After Blackout
- $900 million to start Pickering A reactor
- 2 of 4 transformers break down in White Plains
- 8 States Sue 5 Biggest Emitters of Carbon Dioxide
- Army tents plug into solar power
- AT&T plugs into power lines for high-speed Net
- Calif Gov tells state agencies to conserve energy
- CenterPoint to sell Texas Genco for $3.65 bln
- Columbia, Mo., officials says grid can't meet green energy goal
- Direct Energy Business Services awarded energy efficiency contract
- EUB Approves Interim Refund Riders for Fortis Alberta
- Fact or fiction -- Iran's quest for the atomic bomb
- Federal report cites need for energy from proposed wind farm
- FERC orders Enron to forfeit over $32 mln in profits
- Fuel Cell Manufacturer wins U.S. Military Contract
- GE hopes its solar will top $1 bln per year by 2010
- Great Plains to backs coal plant plan
- Hydrogen and Electricity compared for Transmission, Storage and Transportation
- Indiana utility's role in troubled land deal questioned
- Iran Defies Pressure, Resumes Tests of Nuke Plant
- Ireland ESB Upgrades network with Canadian software
- Judge approves Enron's plan to emerge from bankruptcy
- Natural gas crisis looms, study warns
- Nevada Waste Site Plan to Proceed Despite Ruling
- New Calif. Power Lines Stir Health Debate
- New Power Plant Opens in Windsor, Ontario
- New Trade Rules May Stifle Scotland Renewables
- NRG closes sale Okla. McClain power plant to OGE
- Ontario to address electricity supply
- Ontario Transmission Company Launches Pilot Programs
- Passamaquoddys air concerns over LNG terminal
- Plans move forward for study of ethanol plant
- PNM Buys Rival Electricity Producer
- Power line route raises concerns for health
- Quebec okays new gas-fired power plant
- Reid demands resignations of FERC commissioners
- Service disconnections up in Milwaukee as unpaid bills increase
- Texas electricity wholesale markets overhaul sparks debate
- User rate hikes seen if near-billion shifted
- Utility counsel for consumers may disappear in Texas
- Utility Dominion to buy power plants in Virginia
- Wife of Enron's Ex-CFO Reports to Prison
- Wind Generation Technology maturing in North America
- Armenia looks for another energy source for nuke plant shutdown
- ASEAN adopts plan of action for energy cooperation
- Atlantic energy ministers promote wind power
- Bush Gov't announces testing of new clean coal project
- California officials approve new power plant
- Calpine may sell Canada, U.S. natgas reserves
- China faces up to power shortage
- China General Threatens War if Taiwan Targets Dam
- Court: Aquila Can't Spend Sale Proceeds
- Directors needed to fix Ontario electricity sector
- Electricity Fight Powers Up With Billions at Stake
- Enron rigged market: Records
- Enron traders joked about theft
- Europe Looks More Closely at Plan for Uranium Venture
- FERC Order Affirms AEP and PJM October Integration
- Firms abuzz over potential power windfall in Ontario
- Hydro-Québec's Call For Wind Power Bids Averages 10 cents/kWh
- IMO implores for Ontario nuclear investment
- Iran Rebuked in IAEA's Harsh Resolution
- Iran rejects UN criticism over nuclear program
- Large investors considering ecological risks: Study
- Little town Superstitions explain Electrical Shorts
- Ontario Considers Building a Nuclear Plant
- Ontario gets 90 proposals for renewable generation
- Ontario Government creates new power authority
- Pacific Rim Officials Worried About Energy
- PEI officials plan self-sufficiency using wind power
- Radioactive waste plan proposed for Ontario
- Reports: China hiking electricity rates
- Siberian republic, Russian energy giant reach compromise over power plant row
- Study Ranks Bush Plan to Cut Air Pollution as Weakest of 3
- TransCanada facing turbine delay penalties
- U.S. Says Iran Trying to Bully UN Nuclear Watchdog
- Wastewater Treatment Device Generates Electricity
- White House Panel Votes to Block New Nuclear Weapons
- Argentina creates state energy company
- Brascan eyes Ontario hydro firms
- Brazil denies differences with IAEA
- CUL: Times to stay tough for Alberta energy market
- Duke Energy Sells 8 Power Plants in $475 Million Deal
- Ex-head of California energy wholesaler sentenced for scam
- Federal Gov't and Enbridge Gas fund energy-efficiency rebate
- Former Enron workers to get pension settlement
- Frederickson Power facility sold
- Higher Electricity Prices Power TXU Gains
- In Big Blackout, Hindsight Is Not 20/20
- Indian Gov't to introduce National Electricity Policy
- Iran Must Come Clean on Atomic Plans - UN Nuke Chief
- Iranian, Syrian energy ministers discuss building power stations
- Louisiana homeowners reject new powerlines
- North American Power Officials want a Regulated Fix
- NS Power Responds to Report on Hurricane Juan
- Ontario breaks even on power
- Ontario Premier to fight Bush plans for coal stations
- Ontario Premier urges U.S. to cut smog
- Possible Ohio nuclear disaster could've been worst in U.S. history, paper reports
- Resources to be adequate says NERC 2004 Reliability Assessment
- Senate passes U.S. energy tax package
- Siemens is awarded Contract for Alberta Load Settlement Project
- Spain urged to extend nuclear power stations' lifespans
- Tata Power plans to raise up to $500 mln overseas
- TransAlta to hold off on power investments: CEO
- Two energy proposals boost Maine's power position
- Westminster, Vt. Calls for Nuclear Safety Study
- Workers protest to keep Bulgaria's nuke plants going
- World offshore wind power set for major investments
- 'Smart' meters to monitor home energy use
- Aging nuclear equipment `troubles' energy minister
- Alberta electricity industry irate over new review of deregulation
- Alstom awarded for work on U.S. St. Lawrence project
- Analysis: Laws drive energy expansion
- AREVA T&D awarded turnkey contract in Syria
- AREVA T&D wins 124-million euro turnkey contract in Dubai
- Argentina limits natgas exports to ease crisis
- Asia energy firms scramble to sell debt before rate hike
- Brazil to export electricity to Argentina, Uruguay
- Calif. accuses FERC of ignoring court on refunds
- Connecticut Seeks to Shut Off Cross-Sound Cable (Again)
- Court favours Duke; EPA Appeals Power Plant Case
- Cutting power use called key to savings in Ontario
- Duke executives, trader indicted on fraud
- Electricity Commission jeopardising generation plans - Orion
- Electricity cost may rise 20% in Ontario
- Enron India row nearing end after GE, Bechtel buy
- Entergy finds crack in Vermont nuke steam dryer
- Environment Canada Calls for Faster Reductions in Air Pollutants from U.S. Power Plants
- EPA Lawsuit against Duke Energy Falters
- Faults Still Plague North America's Electric System
- Faulty work blamed for Reactor shutdown
- Germany seen missing Kyoto due to lenient CO2 plan
- Global energy demand to rise 54 percent by 2025 says US agency
- Hardin power sold to British Columbia
- IMO warns Ontario of power shortfall
- Iran Denies Nuclear Espionage Arrests
- Japan lends Vietnam $761 mln mostly for energy
- New Study Shows Quebec's Wind Energy Potential
- No receivership for Epic Energy's Aussie pipeline
- One size doesn't fit on North American energy policy
- Ontario Energy Minister unveils plans to handle energy crisis
- Ontario Premier says Smart Meters will save money
- Ontario Premier unveils province's conservation plan
- Ontario to create new power authority
- Pennsylvania electric grid in need of a tuneup
- Researchers cool chips with tiny storms
- Shutdown of Texas Utility Watchdog Will Hurt Consumers, Some Fear
- Two groups to seek new U.S. nuclear plant license
- U.S. Funds Wisconsin utility to cut Mercury Emissions
- U.S. has faith in Brazil despite nuclear dispute
- Uncertainty over California's energy future heats up
- Wind-power development set for Ontario
- Alberta Energy Minister defends Deregulation
- Biomass Group considers petition over power tarriff
- Cameco seeks stake in U.S. nuclear plants
- CEA Proposes a Bi-National Model for reliable electricity
- China official says nuclear might meet China's power demands
- China searches for answers to energy crunch
- Conservationists cheer power plant emissions bills
- Danielson Holding Corp. Acquires Covanta Energy Corp.
- Device Uses Sewage Bacteria to Produce Electricity
- Emissions plan to be presented at Whistler
- Enron's reorganization plan approved
- Environmental groups underwrite ads critical of power companies
- Ethernet Cables as electrical connections grow
- EU warned over solo greenhouse gases curb
- European firm dismisses staff over scams
- FERC approves New England power grid plan
- FERC approves settlement with Canadian utility in California Crisis
- Fire destroys seventy electricity poles
- Former Serbian ex-minister probed over energy firm deal
- German cartel office slams EU energy security plans
- German CO2 cut plan poses threat to economy-E.ON
- Halifax utility company thrives after diversification
- How Industry Won the Battle of Pollution Control at E.P.A.
- Hydro One commissions Report detailed with political foibles
- IEEE Cables and Cable Insulation event coming to Toronto
- India power regulators use electricity to gain votes
- Investor doubts deliver blow to renewable energy program
- Iran agrees to readmit nuclear inspectors
- Key House Leaders Support Renewable Energy Bill
- Let a Hundred Russian Kilowatts Bloom
- Meager Creek Geothermal project faces obstacle
- Michigan's large utilities want out of deregulation
- New York's Grid Not at Fault in Blackout
- New Zealand risks power shortage by 2008
- Next Phase for NY Home Energy Station Announced
- Ohio Nuclear Plant Can Reopen, Agency Says
- Ontario needs nuclear boost, Manley says
- Ontario price hikes about to kick in
- Ontario's hydro bill: $40B
- Ontario: Plant closure report alarms Nanticoke
- OPG's viability is at risk: Review
- Overcurrent Response Analyzer for Installed Circuit Breakers
- People willing to pay for clean power, Ontario Energy Minister says
- Power Shortage threatens Argentina's economy
- Raise hydro price at peak time, OEB says
- Report says World Solar Energy Market Grew 34% in 2003
- Rolls-Royce to invest in developing gas turbines
- Russia's former atomic energy minister offered top job at new nuclear agency
- Seven companies might announce new U.S. nuclear plant
- Slender and Elegant, It Fuels the Bomb
- Switch off 'grow-ops'
- Tory insider defends job with Hydro One
- Two-year-old Enron grand jury still on the job
- U.S. energy company shocked at Canada's power plant rejection
- Utilities shunning power markets with new plants
- Xcel to buy electricity from new Calpine plant in Mankato
- 1,000 MW East-West Interconnector announced for Ireland
- 3-way split urged for OPG
- BC Ballard Power chops loss 20% in 2003
- Blackout Feedback Posted, Seeks Further Comment
- Bulgaria Ready with Back-Up Electricity for the Olympics
- Bush will announce proposal for nuclear fuel ban
- Canadian Hydro to reapply for approval of Dunvegan
- CHA Calls for Incentives on Hydropower Capacity
- China still in dire need of electricity power in 2004
- Chip takes power out of semiconductors
- Con Edison Is Expected to Request Rate Increase
- Electric industry wants grid improvement
- Electricity Authority opposes Egyptian gas deal
- Enron's Former Chief Surrenders to Face Criminal Charges
- Environmentalists Head for the States
- Europe wind power set for renewed growth spurt
- Finning to build power plant for Barrick project
- Frist sees 'good chance' Senate to OK energy bill
- Home-Grown Energy Offers Consumers Incentive to Conserve
- Improvements made in Broadband Over Powerline Technology
- Iran Acknowledges Buying Nuclear Components
- Iraq might have new supply by end of 2004
- Ireland has 40% open market for electricity
- Israel may stop IPP tenders in private sector
- Massive Blackout Prompts Changes at MISO
- Methane heating enters 84,000 Chinese homes
- Mideast Electricity Expo gets good response
- Muraleedharan gets Electricity portfolio
- NERC Gives Blackout Update
- New Merger To Create 3rd Largest LDC in Ontario
- New Zealand utility demands price hike
- No coal might increase natural gas usage in Ontario
- Ontario Energy Board regulates security deposits
- Ontario power rates to vary, minister says
- Ontario Premiere looking for energy shoppers
- Ontario wants Federal help for coal plant shutdown
- OPG probes ex-chair's missing expense receipts
- Ottawa defrays cost of curbing energy waste
- Pet Projects Weigh Down Energy Bill
- Reduction in Ghana electricity tariffs being considered
- Romania to invest in Indonesian power plant
- San Francisco eyes electricity purchase plan
- Sask. Gov't accused of changing utility promise
- Sask. Opposition assails gov't on utility promise
- Scientists and politicians form colliding fronts on climate change
- Sempra named in price-spike investigation
- Senators Try to Pass Slimmer Energy Bill
- Six-Nation North Korea Nuclear Talks Open
- Software bug contributed to blackout
- Solar electricity complex to be largest tower in the world
- South Korea sees 2004 energy demand growing faster
- Texas utilities battle over electricity pricing
- U.S. power industry sees few grid deals this year
- UGI Utilities Selects KEMA for FLAME Project Implementation
- UK IPE mulls weather, emissions, power contracts
- US citizens worry energy boom could ruin outdoors economy
- Utilities in U.S., Canada take new look at coal
- Wisconsin residents to get say about electric transmission projects
- 3 deregulation bills compete
- Addition to Nuclear Plants' Capacity Questioned
- Alcoa halts $1B refinery upgrade in Quebec
- Alcoa scraps plan to build smelter in Brazil
- AREVA signs agreement for ALSTOM's T&D activities
- Bruce Power profit more than doubles
- Calgary says Direct Energy is 'bad for consumers'
- Calif. city asks rehearing of PG&E bankruptcy vote
- California Regulators fear blackouts
- Carbon Dioxide Emission limits might raise UK energy prices
- Cascades to power paper plant with garbage
- China, US sign protocol on clean energy for 2008 Olympics
- Coal power to go by 2007 despite supply shortfall
- CONSOL Energy to Sell Interest in Australian Mine
- Customers may pay price for utility's violations
- Czech cabinet postpones vote on nuclear power plan
- DOE to Aid Businesses Developing Microturbines
- Duke Energy to sell Southeast U.S. power plants
- Energy conservation key as the cold hikes demand
- Environmental board approves billion-dollar Hydro-Quebec project
- EPA may file new coal plant lawsuits
- Extreme Quebec weather recalls ice storm
- Feds Want Utilities to Meet Standards
- FERC won't rule out mandatory price reporting
- Former Enron officer negotiating plea bargain
- German energy regulator to study power grid fees
- German wind power plant producers look abroad
- Help Wanted! Liberals Seek Energy Suppliers
- How Toronto kept the water flowing during blackout
- Hydro-Quebec: Energy demand hits historical peak
- Iran and Germany sign agreement on energy cooperation
- Japanese, Iranian foreign ministers discuss energy cooperation
- Kampala MPs Want Electricity Act Amended
- Kitimat takes Alcan to court
- Lithuania considers options for nuclear waste disposal
- Marina Energy Wins Bid To Operate Cogen Facility
- Montreal company to build plant in Ireland
- Nanshan Power in talks to buy gas-fired plant-source
- New wind farm might be future of power generation
- NYC task force offers 2008 Energy Plan
- Offical says new Kosovo-Albania transmission could end power crisis
- Ontario Energy board calls for central agency
- Ontario Energy Minister investigates Hydro One executives
- Ontario hydro project halted
- Ormat buys U.S. power plants, to raise $150 mln
- Pass US Energy Bill, Renewable Energy Groups Say
- Pension woes, mild weather to hit U.S. utilities
- Russia sends first fuel to Chinese power station
- SaskPower seeks green power
- The Feds might give cash to clean up uranium mines
- Toronto Hydro supports the government's Ontario power report
- Transformer explodes at Exelon's Pa. Limerick nuke
- UK's Intl Power to discuss debt issue, eyes UK deal
- US utilities want FERC to take secondary audit role
- Waitaki group widens hydro battle
- World's largest solar power station to open in Germany
