Michael Morris, Chairman and CEO of American Electric Power, believes that the U.S. electrical grid is capable of supporting up to 60 million plug-in hybrid vehicles right now.
AEP's ETA Transmission Venture Forms JV With OGE To Build...
Electric Transmission America , a joint venture of American Electric Power and MidAmerican Energy Holdings, has formed a joint venture company with OGE Energy Corp.
OGE goes deeper into wind energy [11 mins ago]
OGE Energy Corp. and a subsidiary of American Electric Power are joining forces to build high voltage power lines to serve the ongoing development of wind-generated energy in western Oklahoma, company officials ...
Don't Put Utility Workers at Risk
Last week we published a story about American Electric Power workers being trained on how to use new types of safety belts.
US Senate climate bill to take center stage late Monday
Washington (Platts) -- 2Jun2008 -- Landmark legislation to reduce US greenhouse gas emissions 71% by
mid-century with a multi-trillion-dollar carbon trading market is scheduled to
come up for a crucial vote later Monday, the first time...
Great Plains closes $300-mil sale of Strategic Energy
Washington (Platts) -- 2Jun2008 -- Great Plains Energy has completed the $300-million sale of its Strategic
Energy retail gas and electricity marketer to Direct Energy Services, a
subsidiary of the UK's Centrica, it said Monday.
The...
Massachusetts energy bill hung on alternative portfolio standard
Charlottesville, Virginia (Platts) -- 2Jun2008 -- Massachusetts' first major energy bill in a decade has hit a snag over a
provision that would require utilities to secure part of their power from
gasified coal-fired plants, groups on both sides of the...
EU ministers to focus on GOs trade in renewables debate June 6
Brussels (Platts) -- 3Jun2008 -- EU energy ministers are expected to focus on rules for trading renewable
energy guarantees of origin--electronic green data tags--when they discuss the
draft revised EU renewables law in Luxembourg on...
Renewable energy measure qualifies for California November ballot
San Francisco (Platts) -- 3Jun2008 -- A proposed renewable energy initiative calling for all electric utilities
in California to derive 50% of their electricity from renewable resources by
2025 qualified late Monday for the November statewide...
US Senate carbon bill supporters lack votes to end debate: Boxer
Washington (Platts) -- 3Jun2008 -- US Senator Barbara Boxer, chief sponsor of landmark climate change
legislation, said Tuesday she hopes to close debate on the bill in the US
Senate early Wednesday and proceed with amendments, but she...
