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Xcel Looking to Add 645 MW of Gas-Fired Generation

In a move that involves replacing some existing coal-fired electric generation units, Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy said Monday it proposes to add up to 645 MW of natural gas-fired peaking generation in Minnesota and North Dakota by 2019.

April 17, 2013

California Carbon Capture Oilfield Project Revived

An ambitious multi-dimensional, $4 billion project that involves what would be California’s first commercial carbon capture and storage (CCS) has been revived in the state’s oil patch in the southern end of the central valley west of Bakersfield. State energy officials have scheduled a workshop Feb. 20 for the Hydrogen Energy California (HECA) project.

February 12, 2013

Wisconsin Utility Tussles with ANR as it Readies for Guardian Expansion

Wisconsin Public Service Corp. (WPSC) has called on FERC to settle a contract dispute that involves reducing service on ANR Pipeline in order to accommodate deliveries from a competing pipeline’s proposed expansion.

November 12, 2007

Wisconsin Utility Tussles with ANR as it Readies for Guardian Expansion

Wisconsin Public Service Corp. (WPSC) has called on FERC to settle a contract dispute that involves reducing service on ANR Pipeline in order to accommodate deliveries from a competing pipeline’s proposed expansion.

November 9, 2007

Battle Over Colorado’s Gas-Rich Roan Plateau Heats Up

One of the current hotspots in the drive to bring on new gas supplies from the Rocky Mountains involves the Roan Plateau, which rises 3,000 feet northwest of the town of Rifle, CO, in the mineral-rich Uinta-Piceance Basin.

April 25, 2005

Battle Over Colorado’s Gas-Rich Roan Plateau Heats Up

One of the current hotspots in the drive to bring on new gas supplies from the Rocky Mountains involves the Roan Plateau, which rises 3,000 feet northwest of the town of Rifle, CO, in the mineral-rich Uinta-Piceance Basin.

April 19, 2005

ScottishPower U.S. Subsidiary Eyeing Natural Gas Storage Projects

Although its higher profile energy scouting work these days involves potential wind generation sites, PPM Energy, the Portland, OR-based merchant energy operator in the United States for UK-based ScottishPower, is actively looking to buy or develop natural gas storage facilities. And the company is not confining its interest to the Pacific Northwest, according to company officials.

December 1, 2003

ScottishPower U.S. Subsidiary Eyeing Natural Gas Storage Projects

Although its higher profile energy scouting work these days involves potential wind generation sites, PPM Energy, the Portland, OR-based merchant energy operator in the United States for UK-based ScottishPower, is actively looking to buy or develop natural gas storage facilities. And the company is not confining its interest to the Pacific Northwest, according to company officials.

December 1, 2003

Virginia SCC Rejects VEPCO Affiliate Sale, FERC Jurisdiction

In a proceeding that involves questions of federal and state regulatory jurisdiction, the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) recently rejected a proposal by Virginia Electric & Power Co. (VEPCO) to make wholesale sales of power at cost-based rates to affiliate Dominion Retail Inc.

July 7, 2003

EnronOnline Allies with HoustonStreet, TrueQuote

EnronOnline embarked on a new e-commerce strategy last week thatinvolves alliances with independent energy trading platforms. Enronsigned memorandums of understanding with HoustonStreet.com andTrueQuote.com and anticipates signing deals with other platforms inthe near futures. The deals allow Enron to post its prices on theother platforms and to carry out North American natural gas andelectricity transactions through those other sites.

July 17, 2000