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PUC probing Electricity Maine for possible false ads

May 23 - Portland Press Herald (ME) - Maine's Public Utilities Commission is trying to determine whether the state's largest competitive electricity provider has used false or misleading advertising to attract and keep customers. more...
Filed under: Policy, Regulatory & Legal

LePage needs stiffer wind requirements before he supports energy compromise

May 23 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Matthew Stone Bangor Daily News, Maine - Gov. Paul LePage is withholding support for a compromise bill being worked out by the Legislature's Energy Committee that's aimed at expanding Maine's natural gas infrastructure, boosting funding for energy efficiency, directly lowering businesses' electricity costs and making it more affordable for residents to abandon oil heat. more...
Filed under: Policy, Regulatory & Legal

TECO seeking 10% rate hike

May 23 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Richard Mullins Tampa Tribune, Fla. - Anyone with strong opinions on Tampa Electric Co. raising power rates should mark their calendar for Wednesday. more...
Filed under: Business & Corporate

AES Announces Expiration and Final Results of Its Tender Offer for Its Outstanding 7.75% Senior Notes due 2014

ARLINGTON, Va., May 23, 2013 -- BUSINESS WIRE - On April 25, 2013, The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES) commenced tender offers to purchase (each offer a "Tender Offer" and collectively, the "Tender Offers") for cash, subject to certain terms and conditions set forth in the Offers to Purchase for Cash, as amended on May 14, 2013, and related Letter of Transmittal (collectively, the "Tender Offer Materials"), certain series of its outstanding senior notes, including its 7.75% Senior Notes due 2014 (the "2014 Notes"). more...
Filed under: Business & Corporate

Consultant: No room for error in Boulder utility analysis

May 23 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Erica Meltzer Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo. - Boulder's analysis of the viability of a city-run electric utility depends on a best-case scenario and is unlikely to achieve greenhouse gas reductions at rates significantly better than Xcel, energy consultant Bob Bellemare told a group of business owners and community leaders Wednesday. more...
Filed under: Business & Corporate

Renewable energy bill gets attention in advertising, court

May 23 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Megan Schrader The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.) - Legislation at the center of a radio and newspaper campaign urging the governor's veto also eliminates an incentive for using renewable energy generated in Colorado. more...
Filed under: Policy, Regulatory & Legal

Articles

A Carbon Tax Would Destroy America

By Alan Caruba
On: May 24, 2013

If you want to know what a carbon tax on emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) would do to America you need only look at the more...
Filed under: Policy, Regulatory & Legal

The Greener Side of Online Bill Payment

By Eric Leiserson
On: May 17, 2013

Going green has become a topic of ongoing importance, with consumers increasingly seeking out businesses that employ environmentally responsible practices. Many environmental initiatives, including the more...
Filed under: Billing & Customer Care

Competing Views on the Permissible Scope of In-House Expert Witness Discovery at FERC: Without Guidance, FERC Litigants Face Risk and Uncertainty.

By Jason Gray
On: May 16, 2013

Attorneys' work product, mental impressions, legal theories, and conclusions generally fall within a zone of privacy and, therefore, are protected from disclosure. In addition, attorneys more...
Filed under: Policy, Regulatory & Legal

The Race to the Patent Office

By John Haran
On: May 6, 2013

It has always been advantageous for inventors in the cleantech or renewable energy industry (hydropower, biofuels, wind power, solar power, etc.) to file a patent more...
Filed under: Policy, Regulatory & Legal

5 Emerging Recruiting Trends in the Energy Management Industry

By Matthew Cohen
On: April 29, 2013

Now more than ever, consumers, businesses, and utilities are taking control of the energy production and consumption. We realize that our natural resources are not more...
Filed under: Human Resourcess

ENERGY BLOGS

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By Holbert Janson - A decade ago the idea of exporting natural gas from the U.S. would have been unthinkable. Now energy companies are more...

The Impact of Environmental Litigation

By Tony Nocito - Let's explore the history of toxic substances in our environment from the time we knew that the toxic substances more...

Energy Market Analysis - 22-05-2013

By Dan Birkett - Today's energy price report has been published looking at the latest gas, power and oil prices and the different more...

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The Promise of Smart Grid - Improving Operations Today for a More Profitable Future

Wednesday Jun 19, 2013 - 1:00 PM Eastern - Virtual Event

This webcast features perspectives from operational technology (OT), information technology (IT) as well as the general industry outlook, to provide attendees insight into the challenges utilities are facing today as well as a holistic view into smart grid strategies to more...

Filed under: Information Technology

Securing the Grid

Thursday Jun 20, 2013 - 12:00 PM Eastern - Virtual Event

Grid threats increase daily - from foreign foes, terrorists, criminals and hackers. Utilities are tasked with guarding against a rising tide of potentially disruptive intrusions into their power grid and electronic networks. What will it take to keep the power more...

Filed under: Risk & Operations

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