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Riverbank Power and enXco, an EDF Energies Nouvelles Company, enter Joint Venture to develop Pumped Storage Facilities
TORONTO AND SAN DIEGO, Feb. 15, 2012 /CNW/ - Riverbank Power, a developer of pumped storage and run-of-river hydroelectric assets, announced today that it has entered into a joint venture agreement with enXco, an EDF Energies Nouvelles Company, to develop pumped storage facilities in North America. More...
Global Renewable Energy Company Selects OSI's Generation Management System for their Entire USA Wind Fleet
Open Systems International, Inc. (OSI) - Open Systems International, Inc. (OSI) has been selected by a prominent global renewable energy company to supply a comprehensive new Generation Management System (GMS) that will be used to control and monitor their entire fleet of Wind Generation sites in various energy markets, including 11 sites currently in ERCOT, one site in PJM, one site in NYISO and one site under construction in MISO, along with provision for future wind plants in RTO and non-RTO markets. more...
ScottMadden: Helps Client with Outage Cost Control Reporting
ScottMadden, Inc. - ScottMadden, Inc., a leading general management consulting firm, recently assisted a nuclear generator in developing and implementing leading practice cost controls for their upcoming power uprate outage, using Earned Value Management techniques. more...
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LOGICA ANNOUNCES ASSET & RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SOLUTION FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED DISTRIBUTION UTILITIES - ARM EXPRESS
Logica - At the 2012 DistribuTECH conference and exhibition, Logica, a leading business and technology service company, will launch ARM Express, its new Asset & Resource Management (ARM) solution. more...
ScottMadden Insight: Five Strategic Priorities for Generation and Transmission Cooperatives
ScottMadden, Inc. - ScottMadden, Inc., one of North America's leading energy consulting firms, recently published "Five Strategic Priorities for Generation and Transmission Cooperatives." more...

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Tidal Power Pilot Granted First-Ever U.S. License

Blogger Photo By Salvatore Salamone - The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued the first-ever commercial license for tidal power in the United States. The more...

FERC's Order 1000 as a Potential Example of Over-Regulated America

Blogger Photo By Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio - As a short, simple (but not simplistic), and highly important complement to the blog post Is Power Industry Regulation Helping more...

Utility Industry Predictions 2012: Keeping the lights on during uncertain times

Blogger Photo By Chris Lewis -   By Warren Causey The old Chinese curse, “May you live in interesting times”, seems to be working overtime as the more...

Is Power Industry Regulation Helping Crush the Life Out of America’s Economy?

Blogger Photo By Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio - Is the power industry one important instance of the Over-regulated America: the home of laissez-faire is being suffocated by excessive more...

Are You REALLY Prepared for Your Outage?

Blogger Photo By Peter Hessler - How many of you think that you’ll “just know” if you’ll be ready or not when the unit comes off more...

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Grid ComForum West 2012

Wednesday Mar 7, 2012 - Friday Mar 9, 2012 - San Diego, CA

Hosted by San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), GCF West will provide a unique conference for electric power utilities, vendors, and suppliers involved in Smart Grid technology deployment. Participating utilities include American Electric Power, APS, BC Hydro, Central Vermont Power, more...

EnergyBiz Leadership Forum

Monday Mar 19, 2012 - Wednesday Mar 21, 2012 - Pentagon City, District of Columbia - USA

Join us at the 2012 EnergyBiz Leadership Forum to collaborate with your peers and get the insights you need to make the best decisions for your organization. more...

KEMA's 23rd Retail Executive Forum

Tuesday Apr 3, 2012 - Wednesday Apr 4, 2012 - San Antonio, TX - USA

Retail energy providers are rapidly responding to market conditions and new opportunities, which is creating unprecedented growth in the competitive power markets. In order to sustain their momentum, energy providers are expanding into new markets, developing technological innovations, implementing creative more...

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