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New York should add at least 10,000 MW of new, more efficient and environmentally-friendly generation capacity within five years, the Business Council of New York State Inc. (BCNYS) recently told the state’s energy planning board. BCNYS believes that additional capacity should be the focus of New York’s revised energy plan, according to Council President Daniel Walsh. BCNYS is made up of thousands of member firms, including hundreds of chambers of commerce and professional and trade associations.

New York should add at least 10,000 MW of new, more efficient and environmentally-friendly generation capacity within five years, the Business Council of New York State Inc. (BCNYS) recently told the state’s energy planning board. BCNYS believes that additional capacity should be the focus of New York’s revised energy plan, according to Council President Daniel Walsh. BCNYS is made up of thousands of member firms, including hundreds of chambers of commerce and professional and trade associations.

AGL Resources Inc., parent of Atlanta Gas Light (AGL) posted anet loss of $1.2 million for the third quarter ended June 30,compared with a gain of $1.4 million for the year-earlier quarter.

In a move FERC said will “create a more integrated and efficientinterstate pipeline grid,” the Commission adopted standards thisweek that will expand from one to three the number of intra-daynomination opportunities for shippers on all interstate pipelines.The intra-day nomination schedule was proposed by the Gas IndustryStandard’s Board in March, by FERC in a notice of proposedrulemaking in April and this week was made part of the Commission’sregulations with required pipeline implementation by Nov. 2.