Utilities Newswire
PowerSecure Deepens Utility Relationships and Diversifies Revenue Base with New Business Awards
WAKE FOREST, N.C.-(Business Wire)-June 18, 2008 - PowerSecure International, Inc. (Nasdaq: POWR) today announced that it has been awarded approximately $10 million of new business, adding to its backlog and continuing the diversification of its revenue base. Approximately $5 million of this new...
Green the Capitol Initiative Hires ICF International to Develop Monitoring System to Track Initiative Efforts
FAIRFAX, Va.-(Business Wire)-June 18, 2008 - As part of the U.S. House of Representatives' Green the Capitol Initiative, ICF International (NASDAQ:ICFI) has been selected to provide services to develop a formal method to monitor and report efforts of the mission. The performance tracking system will...
Oncor Close to Completing Storm Restoration
DALLAS-(Business Wire)-June 18, 2008 - Oncor expects to restore power to the remaining 3,600 homes and businesses in Dallas County without service this evening, less than 48 hours after a violent storm that hit North and East Texas. High winds and rain knocked power out to approximately 150,000...
European Commission Welcomes Progress Toward Meeting EU's Kyoto Protocol Target
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-June 18, 2008 - The emissions inventory compiled by the European Environment Agency for 2006, the latest year for which complete data is available, shows that EU-15 emissions dropped by 0.8 percent from the previous year. The reduction takes emissions to 2.7 percent...
COADE and Genin & Garces to Participate at 19th World Petroleum Conference, June 29 - July 3 in Madrid
HOUSTON-(Business Wire)-June 18, 2008 - COADE announced today that it will be participating with dealer Genin & Garces at the 19th World Petroleum Congress in Madrid, Spain, on June 29 - July 3, where COADE products will be featured in exhibit booth #9101, including CADWorx, the company's...
``The Global Learning Series'' Provides Link to PolarTREC Live Arctic Web Seminars
BOCA RATON, Fla.-(Business Wire)-June 18, 2008 - "The Global Learning Series" announced today that the global education-focused television/webcast program distributed to public television and U.S. Government Voice of America Television, is featuring a link on its website homepage for PolarTREC's...
Fitch Rates $26.6MM Utah Water Finance Agency Series B Program Revs 'AA-/F1+'
NEW YORK-(Business Wire)-June 18, 2008 - Fitch Ratings assigns a rating of 'AA-/F1+' to the $26,600,000 Utah Water Finance Agency series B program revenue bonds (variable rate demand bonds) series B-4 (the Bonds) issued on behalf of the Central Utah Water Conservancy District (the District). The...
Alstom Signs Agreement with Exelon to Supply Nuclear Steam Turbine Retrofit Equipment
PARIS-(Business Wire)-June 18, 2008 - Alstom, a global leader in power generation, announced today that it has signed an agreement with Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC), one of the largest electric utilities in the U.S., to supply and install steam turbine retrofit equipment at three of Exelon's...
TXU Energy Unveils iThermostat(TM)
DALLAS-(Business Wire)-June 18, 2008 - Today, TXU Energy introduced its new energy conservation product - the TXU Energy iThermostat(TM). It replaces a customer's old thermostat with one designed to manage home energy use, save money and help the environment from any device connected to the...
Northeast Utilities CFO McHale to Present at Wachovia Nantucket Equity Conference
BERLIN, Conn., June 18 PRNewswire-FirstCall — David R. McHale, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Northeast Utilities (NYSE: NU), will make a presentation to members of the investment community on Monday, June 23, 2008, at the 18th Annual Wachovia Nantucket Equity...
Clean Coal Technologies, Inc. Signs Additional Memorandum of Understanding in Inner-Mongolia
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla.-(Business Wire)-June 18, 2008 - Doug Hague, President & Chief Operating Officer, today announced today that Clean Coal Technologies, Inc. (Pink Sheets:CCTC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Sino-Mongolia International Railroad Systems, Co. Limited of Inner...
Vision International, Inc. (VNNL) Announces the Signing of a Letter of Intent Regarding a Share Exchange Agreement with Exlites Co., Ltd.
SALT LAKE CITY-(Business Wire)-June 18, 2008 - Vision International, Inc. (Pink Sheets: VNNL) (a New Mexico corporation) and Exlites Co., Ltd. (a Japanese corporation) have signed a Letter of Intent with respect to the principal terms and conditions under which Vision International, Inc. will...
Prudential Capital Group Invests $160 Million in South Carolina Generating Company, Inc.
DALLAS-(Business Wire)-June 18, 2008 - Prudential Capital Group announced today that it has provided $160 million of senior secured notes to South Carolina Generating Company, Inc., in Berkeley County, S.C., a wholly owned subsidiary of SCANA Corporation (NYSE: SCG). SCANA is an energy-based holding...
Global Warming Solutions and Vega Energy Execute Letter of Intent
HOUSTON-(Business Wire)-June 18, 2008 - Global Warming Solutions, Inc. (Pink Sheets:GWSO) - a developer of technologies aimed at mitigating the effects of global warming - today announced that the company has signed a letter of intent with VEGA S.r.l an Italian alternative energy company for the...
The Snapshots Mexico Refined Products 2008 Report is Out Now
DUBLIN, Ireland-(Business Wire)-June 18, 2008 - Research and Markets Page 13 - Socio-Economic Data for Mexico Page 14 - Snapshots Sources for Further Research For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/335e8c/snapshots_mexico_r.
Public Service Enterprise Group Names Joe Hopf as President of PSEG Energy Resources & Trade
NEWARK, N.J., June 18 PRNewswire-FirstCall — Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) today announced the election of Clarence (Joe) Hopf Jr. as president of PSEG Energy Resources & Trade, effective June 30. Hopf has been president of PPL EnergyPlus in Allentown, PA since 2006...
PPL EnergyPlus Names New President
ALLENTOWN, Pa., June 18 PRNewswire-FirstCall — PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL) announced Wednesday (6/18) that Clarence (Joe) Hopf, president of the company's marketing and trading subsidiary, has resigned to take an executive position with Public Service Enterprise Group. He will be...
GE Presence in Romania Expands with New Petrom Power Project
BUCHAREST, Romania-(Business Wire)-June 18, 2008 - A combined-cycle power plant in Brazi, Romania to be built for oil and gas producer Petrom S.A. will be the first application of GE Energy's highly efficient Frame 9FB gas turbine in Romania, further expanding GE's growing presence in the country...
Day & Zimmermann Power Services Appoints Gary McKinney as President of DZNPS Division
PHILADELPHIA-(Business Wire)-June 18, 2008 - Day & Zimmermann Power Services, an industry-leading provider of plant maintenance, modification and specialty services to the power market, today announced it has named Gary McKinney as president of its Day & Zimmermann NPS (DZNPS) division. He...
Tax Revenues from Wind Farms More Than Offset Tax Incentive, GE Study Estimates
NEW YORK-(Business Wire)-June 18, 2008 - GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE (NYSE: GE), unveiled today a study estimating that a federal tax incentive set to expire Dec. 31 for wind energy projects more than pays for itself through tax revenues from the projects' income, vendors' profits and...
PA 1 Call and PUC Encourage Pennsylvanians to 'Know What's Below, Call Before You Dig' During Summer Projects
HARRISBURG, Pa., June 18 PRNewswire — To promote the importance of safe digging this summer, Pennsylvania One Call System, Inc. (PA 1 Call) and the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) remind Pennsylvanians planning a project that requires digging to "Know What's Below" by...
TVA Prices $500 Million of 30-Year Global Power Bonds
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., June 18 PRNewswire — TVA has priced $500 million of global power bonds with a coupon rate of 5.5 percent. The bonds mature on June 15, 2038. Barclays Capital and Morgan Stanley are joint book-running managers for the transaction. Banc of America Securities...
BPI Energy Expands Leasehold Interest in Illinois Basin
CLEVELAND-(Business Wire)-June 18, 2008 - BPI Energy Holdings, Inc. (AMEX: BPG), an independent energy company engaged in the exploration, production and commercial sale of coalbed methane (CBM) in the Illinois Basin, today announced it has entered into a lease agreement with Western Fuels of...
Waste-to-Energy Isn't Rubbish Says BioGold Fuels Corporation In AudioStocks.com Interview
LOS ANGELES and SAN DIEGO, June 18 PRNewswire-FirstCall — Never one to waste words, Steve Racoosin, CEO of BioGold Fuels Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: BIFC) has become the subject of the next AudioStocks.com interview (see BioGold Fuels Corporation). Renewable fuels expert, BioGold...
Snapshots UK Electricity 2008 Report Available Now
DUBLIN, Ireland-(Business Wire)-June 18, 2008 - Research and Markets Page 10 - Socio-Economic Data for UK Page 11 - Snapshots Sources for Further Research For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/95aa1c/snapshots_uk_elect.
Oncor Continues Progress on Storm Restoration
DALLAS-(Business Wire)-June 18, 2008 - Less than 24 hours after heavy rains and high winds passed through Oncor's service area in North and East Texas, power has been restored to more than (90%) of customers affected. Outages in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area have been reduced to 14,000 down from the...
Research and Markets: Snapshots Spain Electricity 2008 out Now
DUBLIN, Ireland-(Business Wire)-June 18, 2008 - Research and Markets Page 12 - Socio-Economic Data for Spain Page 13 - Snapshots Sources for Further Research *T For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/92b02d/snapshots_spain_el
Alcatel-Lucent Introduces Turnkey Integrated Smart Metering Solution
PARIS, June 18 PRNewswire — Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced a new smart metering solution targeted at the utility market. This solution will make it possible for utilities to provide consumers with detailed, near real-time information about their...
CDI Engineering Solutions Announces Joint Venture to Create Kuwait-based EPCM Firm
PHILADELPHIA, June 18 PRNewswire-FirstCall — CDI Corp. (NYSE: CDI) announced today that its CDI Engineering Solutions division has signed an agreement to form a joint venture with Emtiaz Engineering & Energy Holding Company (Triple E), a subsidiary of Al-Imtiaz Investment Company...
COADE Announces Drivers of Success Competition for Plant Design Applications in Conjunction with the CADWorx User Conference to Be Held October 20-22 in Houston
HOUSTON-(Business Wire)-June 18, 2008 - COADE announced today its first-ever CADWorx User Conference: Drivers of Success competition, where the company's CADWorx Plant Design suite software users will be competing for 10 sets of prizes to be awarded in each region for the best success stories...
Landis+Gyr Secures USD 1 BLN Refinancing From Top Banks
NEW YORK, June 18 PRNewswire — Landis+Gyr, the global leader in energy management offering utilities next generation "smart grid" solutions, today announced the conclusion of a new USD 1.1 billion (euro 710 million) refinancing package, bolstering the company's future growth plans...
Severe Storm Hits Oncor's Service Area
DALLAS-(Business Wire)-June 17, 2008 - A major storm is moving through Oncor's service area today, leaving downed power lines and power outages in its wake. The storm hit Oncor's system fast and hard with extremely high winds and heavy rain causing the outages. Winds in excess of 70 mph have been...
Fitch Rates Arlington, Texas' $38MM Water & Sewer Revs 'AA+'; Outlook Stable
AUSTIN, Texas-(Business Wire)-June 17, 2008 - Fitch assigns an 'AA+' rating to the Arlington, Texas $38 million water and wastewater system revenue bonds, series 2008. The bonds are scheduled to be privately placed with the Texas Water Development Board within the next several weeks. The bonds are...
Portland General Electric to Webcast Analyst Presentation and Reaffirms 2008 Earnings Guidance
PORTLAND, Ore.-(Business Wire)-June 17, 2008 - Portland General Electric Company (NYSE:POR) announced today that it will webcast its presentation to the financial community at its Analyst Day presentation in New York June 24, 2008. The session will begin at 12:30 p.m. ET. The presentation will be...
Show Me Energy Cooperative Announces First Use of Biomass Pellets for Electrical Production in the United States
CENTERVIEW, Mo.-(Business Wire)-June 17, 2008 - Show Me Energy Cooperative (SMEC) of Centerview, Missouri has announced the completion of a 150-ton biomass pellet test burn at the Aquila generating facility at Sibley, Missouri. This is the first time for the use of biomass pellets for electrical...
South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Announces Debt Offering
COLUMBIA, S.C.-(Business Wire)-June 17, 2008 - South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G) announced today that it sold, in a negotiated offering, $110 million principal amount of its First Mortgage Bonds, 6.05 percent series due January 15, 2038, which are a part of a series of bonds having...
Urgent Water Conservation Requested in Los Angeles, Orange Counties Through July 2 for Major Regional Pipeline Repairs
LOS ANGELES-(Business Wire)-June 17, 2008 - An urgent request for heightened water conservation in Los Angeles and Orange counties over the next two weeks is being made by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California as it begins critical repairs to a major regional water pipeline that...
Onset Computer Corporation Partners with Mass-Based Home Developer to Track Eco-Friendly Home Heating Systems
BOURNE, Mass.-(Business Wire)-June 17, 2008 - A local technology company meets a forward-thinking home developer to help expand the green mission in Massachusetts. Cape Cod-based Onset Computer Corporation, a supplier of web-based energy monitoring systems, has recently partnered with...
CLARCOR Reports Record Second Quarter 2008 Results
FRANKLIN, Tenn.-(Business Wire)-June 17, 2008 - CLARCOR Inc. (NYSE: CLC): Unaudited Fiscal Second Quarter and Six Months 2008 Highlights (Amounts in thousands, except per share data and percentages) -0- *T Quarter Ended Six Months Ended 5/31/08 6/2/07 % Change 5/31/08 6/2/07 % Change...
Fitch U.S. Muni Surveillance: Deltona, Florida Utility System Revenue Bonds Affirmed At 'A-'
NEW YORK-(Business Wire)-June 17, 2008 - In the course of routine surveillance, Fitch Ratings has affirmed the 'A-' rating on the city of Deltona, Florida's approximate $79.8 million utility system revenue bonds. The Rating Outlook is Stable. Fitch's rating definitions and the terms of use of such...
Liberty Power Receives Supplier Diversity Award from JCPenney
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., June 17 PRNewswire — Liberty Power, one of the fastest growing, independent energy retailers in the United States, today announced the company has been honored with the "Bill Alcorn Supplier Diversity Award" from JCPenney. The award was presented at the...
Severe Midwest Weather Impacts Alliant Energy Operations
MADISON, Wis., June 17 PRNewswire-FirstCall — Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE: LNT) has begun the process of rebuilding, even as the effects of the extreme flooding, tornados and storms in Iowa and Wisconsin continue to be felt. Interstate Power and Light Company (IPL) and Wisconsin...
PECO Holds Spring Line School Graduation, Part of Plans to Hire 250 New Employees in 2008
PHILADELPHIA-(Business Wire)-June 17, 2008 - Fifteen new apprentice line mechanics join the PECO field forces today after graduation from the utility's challenging aerial line training school. The spring class is one of two such schools this year and 250 new hires PECO expects for this year...
Cascal N.V. Announces Fiscal 2008 Year End Results
LONDON, June 17 PRNewswire-FirstCall — Cascal N.V. (NYSE: HOO) (the "Company"), a leading provider of water and wastewater services in seven countries, today announced unaudited financial results for fiscal year ended March 31, 2008 and the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2008. Cascal...
Recently Retired CEO of Major International Construction Company Named to PPL Corporation Board
ALLENTOWN, Pa., June 17 PRNewswire-FirstCall — PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL) announced Tuesday (6/17) that the recently retired president and chief executive officer of one of the world's leading construction companies has been named to PPL's board of directors. Stuart E. Graham, who...
Addison Names Nickelson New Energy Search Leader
HOUSTON, June 17 PRNewswire — Executive search firm Addison Professional Search has appointed Ron L. Nickelson Jr. global leader of its natural resources and energy practice. Mr. Nickelson, based in Houston, will oversee the practice, focused on a broad spectrum within the energy sector...
American Electric Power CEO to Speak to the Detroit Economic Club on the U.S. Energy Challenge
DETROIT, June 17 PRNewswire — The Detroit Economic Club is pleased to host Michael Morris, chairman, president & CEO, American Electric Power Co. on Monday, June 23, 2008. The speech will begin at 12:30 p.m. and will be held at the Troy Marriott in Troy, MI. As if the current...
Bayard Group Launches New Global Leader in Energy Management; Unifies Operating Companies Under Powerful Landis+Gyr Name
NEW YORK, May 21 PRNewswire — Bayard Group Pty Ltd. today announced it is creating the new leader in energy management by uniting its family of green technology companies under one global brand, Landis+Gyr, a name synonymous with technological innovation in energy measurement for more...
ADDING MULTIMEDIA Governor Schwarzenegger and Environmental Defense Fund Recognize Business Leadership in Environmental Innovation
SAN FRANCISCO-(Business Wire)-May 20, 2008 - With the support of Governor Schwarzenegger and distinguished CEOs, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) today launched its inaugural report "Innovations Review 2008: Making Green the New Business as Usual." The report highlights the latest trends and best...
Dynegy CFO to Speak on May 29 at Deutsche Bank Energy and Utilities Conference
HOUSTON-(Business Wire)-May 20, 2008 - Holli C. Nichols, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Dynegy Inc. (NYSE:DYN), will speak at the Deutsche Bank Energy and Utilities Conference in Miami Beach, Florida. Nichols' presentation is scheduled for 9:10 a.m. ET/8:10 a.m. CT on...
Metropolitan's First-Ever Spring Green Fair to Feature Latest in Sustainable Products, Technology
-(Business Wire)-May 20, 2008 - Metropolitan Water District: -0- *T WHAT: Metropolitan Water District will host a first-of-its- kind Spring Green Fair highlighting latest innovations in green, sustainable technology and products for homes, gardens, businesses and industry. WHEN: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m...
MGE Has Highest Green Power Participation Rate
MADISON, Wis.-(Business Wire)-May 20, 2008 - MGE Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq: MGEE) announced today that its regulated subsidiary Madison Gas and Electric (MGE) has the highest green pricing participation rate of any investor-owned utility in the country. More than 10% of our residential customers are...
NCPA Boosts California's Geothermal Power with Major Agreement
ROSEVILLE, Calif.-(Business Wire)-May 20, 2008 - Northern California Power Agency (NCPA) today announced the signing of a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Western GeoPower, Inc. for the supply of approximately 265,000 MWh per year of clean, renewable, baseload electricity at a levelized price...
Dycom Industries, Inc. Appoints Patricia L. Higgins As Director
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla., May 20 PRNewswire-FirstCall — Dycom Industries, Inc. (NYSE: DY) announced today the appointment of Patricia L. Higgins as a director. Ms. Higgins was President, Chief Executive Officer, and a director of Switch & Data Facilities Company, Inc., a leading...
Dycom Industries, Inc. Announces Stock Repurchase Program
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla., May 20 PRNewswire-FirstCall — Dycom Industries, Inc. (NYSE: DY) announced today that its Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to $15 million of its common stock. The stock repurchases are authorized to be made over the next eighteen (18...
Office Depot First Company to Achieve Volume LEED Pre-Certification From USGBC For New Construction Store Prototype
DELRAY BEACH, Fla.-(Business Wire)-May 20, 2008 - Office Depot (NYSE:ODP), a leading global provider of office products and services, today announced that it has achieved volume pre-certification under the pilot Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Portfolio Program for its store...
Insurer FM Global Makes Its Premium Risk Prevention Data Available at No Cost for First Time in 170 Years
JOHNSTON, R.I.-(Business Wire)-May 20, 2008 - For the first time in its 170-year history, FM Global, one of the world's largest commercial and industrial property insurers, today announced its decision to release thousands of pages of its previously exclusive property loss prevention engineering...
Baker To Delay Reporting of First Quarter 2008 Financial Results
PITTSBURGH, May 20 PRNewswire-FirstCall — Michael Baker Corporation (Amex: BKR) (the "Company") announced today that it recently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Form 12b-25, advising that the Company would be delayed in reporting its financial results for the...
Branford High School First With New Model of UTC Power 'Green' On-Site Power System
BRANFORD, Conn., May 20 PRNewswire-FirstCall — In a state whose schools rank among the least energy-efficient in the country, Branford High School today celebrated its decision to become one of Connecticut's most energy-efficient and environmentally conscious places of learning. In a...
Latin American Environmental Industry Gains Momentum with Increasing Opportunities
PALO ALTO, Calif.-(Business Wire)-May 20, 2008 - The Economic Research and Analytics Division at Frost & Sullivan is pleased to announce its 2008 Quarterly Analyst Briefing Presentation on the Latin American environmental Industry to be held on Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 8:00 a.m. PDT. Foreign...
NorthWestern Corporation Celebrates Transfer to the NYSE from Nasdaq
NEW YORK-(Business Wire)-May 20, 2008 - NorthWestern Corporation (d/b/a NorthWestern Energy), a Sioux Falls, S.D.-based provider of electricity and natural gas in the Upper Midwest and Northwest, today celebrated the transfer of the listing of its stock to the NYSE from Nasdaq. The company's stock...
eMeter Announces Mark Camilleri Promotion to VP Sales and Marketing
SAN MATEO, Calif., May 20 PRNewswire — eMeter Corporation, a leading provider of meter data management (MDM) software to electric, gas, and water utilities, announced today that industry solutions veteran Mark Camilleri has been promoted to Vice President of Sales and Marketing...
ConocoPhillips to Present at UBS Global Oil & Gas Conference
HOUSTON-(Business Wire)-May 20, 2008 - ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) today announced that Ryan Lance, president, Exploration & Production - Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East, will speak to investors and securities analysts at the UBS Global Oil & Gas Conference on Thursday, May 22, at...
NSTAR Takes Home the Gold for Environmental Leadership
BOSTON-(Business Wire)-May 20, 2008 - NSTAR has earned a coveted Gold Certification for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for its corporate office building in Westwood. Known for its avid support of energy efficiency and renewable energy projects in the region, NSTAR is now one of only...
FirstEnergy Holds 2008 Annual Meeting
AKRON, Ohio, May 20 PRNewswire-FirstCall — FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) President and Chief Executive Officer Anthony J. Alexander told the audience at today's Annual Meeting of Shareholders in Akron, Ohio, that the company has become one of the electric utility industry's top...
NuStar to Present at the 2008 Master Limited Partnership Investor Conference
SAN ANTONIO-(Business Wire)-May 20, 2008 - NuStar Energy L.P. (NYSE: NS) and NuStar GP Holdings, LLC (NYSE: NSH) today announced that Steve Blank, Senior VP, CFO and Treasurer of NuStar Energy L.P. and NuStar GP Holdings, LLC, will make a presentation at the 2008 Master Limited Partnership...
Preparing Utilities for the Future, Ecologic Analytics Opens an Integration Testing Lab and Completes Integration for Two New AMI Technologies
MINNEAPOLIS-(Business Wire)-May 20, 2008 - Ecologic Analytics (formerly known as WACS), a leading provider of meter data management systems (MDMS) and solutions and decision management technologies for electric, natural gas and water utilities, announced today that it has opened the Ecologic...
BP Awards $750,000 in Grants and Scholarships to Chicagoland Teachers
WARRENVILLE, Ill., May 20 PRNewswire — BP, through its successful A+ for Energy(R) program, will award $750,000 in grants and scholarships to Chicagoland teachers for creative classroom, after-school, extra-curricular or summer activities involving energy education and conservation. In...
Latin American Environmental Industry Gains Momentum with Increasing Opportunities
PALO ALTO, Calif.-(Business Wire)-May 20, 2008 - The Economic Research and Analytics Division at Frost & Sullivan is pleased to announce its 2008 Quarterly Analyst Briefing Presentation on the Latin American environmental Industry to be held on Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 8:00 a.m. PDT. Foreign...
Atlas Energy Resources, LLC to Present at 2008 Master Limited Partnership Investor Conference
PITTSBURGH, Pa.-(Business Wire)-May 20, 2008 - Atlas Energy Resources, LLC (NYSE:ATN) ("Atlas Energy") announces today that Atlas Energy will be presenting at the 2008 Master Limited Partnership Investor Conference on Thursday, May 22nd in New York, NY. Rich Weber, President and Chief Operating...
Telkonet Wins Cornerstone Hotel Management Contract Under Wisconsin's Focus on Energy Program
GERMANTOWN, Md.-(Business Wire)-May 20, 2008 - Telkonet, Inc. (AMEX:TKO), the leading provider of innovative, centrally managed solutions for integrated energy management, networking, building automation and proactive support services, announces that it has won an energy management contract with...
Advanced Lighting Systems Completes Mississippi Bridge Led Lighting Project
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-(Business Wire)-May 20, 2008 - Nexxus Lighting, Inc. (NASDAQ:NEXS), a world leader in advanced lighting technology, including solid-state LED and fiber optic lighting systems and controls used in commercial, architectural, signage, swimming pool and retail lighting today announced...
Jet Propulsion Laboratory Launches into Cool Planet for Energy Efficiency Mission
LOS ANGELES, May 20 PRNewswire — The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a leading research center managed for NASA by the California Institute of Technology, has reduced its energy usage by installing energy efficiency projects that save more than four million kilowatt hours annually. This...
Groups Urge Congress to Address Water Resource Impacts of Climate Change
WASHINGTON, May 20 PRNewswire-USNewswire — As Congress prepares to begin consideration of climate change legislation, a coalition of eight national water organizations today called on senators and representatives to recognize the severe impacts that global climate change will likely...
Dave Goodin Named CEO of MDU Resources Group's Utility Businesses
BISMARCK, N.D.-(Business Wire)-May 20, 2008 - MDU Resources Group (NYSE: MDU) announced today that David L. Goodin has been named chief executive officer of the company's three utility businesses — Montana-Dakota Utilities Co., Great Plains Natural Gas Co. and Cascade Natural Gas Corp. &mdash...
DTE Energy Warns Customers to Look Out for Con Artists Posing as Utility Workers
DETROIT, May 20 PRNewswire — DTE Energy and its Detroit Edison and MichCon subsidiaries are warning customers to look out for con artists posing as utility workers in order to gain access to homes and personal property. These impostors frequently strike in the spring as the weather...
Basin Water Reaches Agreement with Water & Earth Sciences for Treatment System at Canadian Mine Site
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif.-(Business Wire)-May 20, 2008 - Basin Water, Inc. (NASDAQ:BWTR) announced the execution of an agreement with Water & Earth Science Associates Ltd. (WESA) (Toronto) to provide process design and equipment for mining water treatment at a site in northeastern Ontario...
EnerNOC Named One of Boston's Best Places to Work
BOSTON-(Business Wire)-May 20, 2008 - EnerNOC, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENOC), a leading developer and provider of clean and intelligent energy solutions, today announced that it has been ranked among the region's "Best Places to Work" by the Boston Business Journal. The 60 honorees, which are comprised of...
Governor Schwarzenegger and Environmental Defense Fund Recognize Business Leadership in Environmental Innovation
SAN FRANCISCO-(Business Wire)-May 20, 2008 - With the support of Governor Schwarzenegger and distinguished CEOs, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) today launched its inaugural report "Innovations Review 2008: Making Green the New Business as Usual." The report highlights the latest trends and best...
National Water Organizations Ask Congress to Help Address Water Resource Impacts of Climate Change
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 20 PRNewswire-USNewswire — The Water Environment Federation (WEF) and a coalition of national water organizations called on Congress today to recognize the severe impacts that global climate change will likely have on water resources in the United States. The...
Fuel Tech Awarded $4.6 Million NOxOUT(R) Order in the People's Republic of China
BATAVIA, Ill.-(Business Wire)-May 20, 2008 - Fuel Tech, Inc. (Nasdaq: FTEK), a world leader in advanced engineering solutions for the optimization of combustion systems in utility and industrial applications, today announced receipt of a $4.6 million contract for the supply and installation of...
Industry to Promote New Open Systems Power Model at Second AUPS Conference on June 13 -- EPA Official Joins Representative from Steelcase, Cell Phone Charging Regulation Expert from China MII
SAN FRANCISCO-(Business Wire)-May 20, 2008 - How is power really distributed in the office? How did the world's largest country establish a workable cell phone charging standard? How does the Environmental Protection Agency view the proliferation of power supplies? These questions, among many...
AMSC Receives Four D-VAR(R) Orders for Wind Farms on Three Continents
DEVENS, Mass.-(Business Wire)-May 20, 2008 - American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC), a leading energy technologies company, today announced that it has received orders for its D-VAR(R) solution for grid interconnection of wind farms located in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom...
ACSI: Customer Satisfaction Halts Slide, Glimmer of Hope for the Economy?
ANN ARBOR, Mich.-(Business Wire)-May 20, 2008 - After a year of stalling and falling, the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) reverses course and registers its first gain in a year. The Index jumps 0.4% to 75.2 on ACSI's 100-point scale, according to the quarterly release today. The...
GE's Mega-Hybrid Technology Makes a Splash
NISKAYUNA, N.Y.-(Business Wire)-May 20, 2008 - Today GE announced is Imagination at Work — a diversified technology, media and financial services company focused on solving some of the world's toughest problems. With products and services ranging from aircraft engines, power generation, water...
BPZ Energy Announces Conversion of $15.5 Million Debt to Equity
HOUSTON-(Business Wire)-May 20, 2008 - BPZ Resources, Inc. (AMEX:BZP) announced today that the Company has elected to exercise its right to convert $15.5 million of debt with the International Finance Corporation ("IFC") into 1,491,819 common shares of BPZ Resources. The terms of the Convertible...
Obtain The Most up to Date Information Available on Exploration Licenses and Oil & Gas Fields with 'Hungary Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Industry: Investment Opportunities, Analysis and Forecasts to 2012'
DUBLIN, Ireland-(Business Wire)-May 20, 2008 - Research and Markets has announced the addition of "Hungary Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Industry: Investment Opportunities, Analysis and Forecasts to 2012" to their offering. Hungary Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Industry...
Poland Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Industry Report Presents Profiles of the Major Companies Operating in the Upstream Industry of Poland
DUBLIN, Ireland-(Business Wire)-May 20, 2008 - Research and Markets has announced the addition of "Poland Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Industry: Investment Opportunities, Analysis and Forecasts to 2012" to their offering. Summary This profile is the essential source for top-level industry...
Research and Markets: Now Available: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation - SWOT Framework Analysis
DUBLIN, Ireland-(Business Wire)-May 20, 2008 - Research and Markets has announced the addition of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation - SWOT Framework Analysis to their offering. SWOT Analysis is a strategic planning tool used to evaluate the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats involved...
Entergy Corporation CFO to Speak at Deutsche Bank 2008 Energy and Utilities Conference
NEW ORLEANS, May 20 PRNewswire-FirstCall — Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR) Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Leo Denault plans to provide a presentation Wednesday, May 28 during the Deutsche Bank 2008 Energy and Utilities Conference at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel in...
Ventyx Customer Suite Enhances Customer Service Efficiency with IVR Integration at City of Virginia Beach
ATLANTA, May 20 PRNewswire — Ventyx(TM), the world's largest private software provider to the utility industry, today announced the successful integration of an interactive voice response (IVR) system with its Customer Suite customer information system (CIS) at the City of Virginia...
Plastic Bottle Waste - Solution on the Horizon
DUBLIN, Ireland, May 20 PRNewswire — - With Photo Irish company, Aqua-Nu Filtration Systems Ltd., is set to unveil its powerful new drinking water micro-filter to the market - promising a permanent solution to the environmental problem of plastic bottle waste. The PURITYCAPSULE(TM...
Green Business Alliance Announces Offering with Constellation NewEnergy
BOCA RATON, Fla., May 20 PRNewswire — Green Business Alliance, an organization committed to the integration of environmental stewardship into daily business practices, today announced that it has entered into a relationship with Constellation NewEnergy, a leading competitive supplier of...
Met-Pro Corporation's Flex-Kleen Business Unit Receives Aftermarket Parts Order Totaling in Excess of $600,000
HARLEYSVILLE, Pa., May 20 PRNewswire-FirstCall — Raymond J. De Hont, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Met-Pro Corporation (NYSE: MPR), announced today the Company's Flex-Kleen business unit, in Glendale Heights, Illinois, has received an aftermarket parts order, valued at over...
Spectra Energy Partners President and Chief Executive Officer Greg Harper to Speak at 2008 Master Limited Partnership Investor Conference
HOUSTON, May 20 PRNewswire-FirstCall — Spectra Energy Partners, LP (NYSE: SEP) president and chief executive officer Greg Harper will present at the National Association of Publicly Traded Partnership's 2008 Master Limited Partnership Investor Conference on May 21, 2008 in New York, New...
Oracle Announces Oracle(R) Utilities Mobile Workforce Management 1.5
SAN ANTONIO, May 20 PRNewswire-FirstCall — CS WEEK — — Oracle today announced the availability of Oracle(R) Utilities Mobile Workforce Management 1.5, which includes significant enhancements that help utilities improve workforce productivity, more effectively plan...
Oracle Announces Oracle(R) Utilities Customer Care and Billing Release 2.2
SAN ANTONIO, May 20 PRNewswire-FirstCall — CS WEEK — — Today, Oracle announced the availability of Oracle(R) Utilities Customer Care and Billing 2.2, which includes significant enhancements that help utilities boost employee productivity, improve ability to manage...
Suntech to Host Analyst and Investor Event in Munich on June 13, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 20 Xinhua-PRNewswire — Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP), one of the world's leading manufacturers of photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules, today announced that it will host an Analyst and Investor Event in Munich, Germany from 7.30am to 10.30am CEST...
Water Company in a Box -- Bourne Energy Develops Sustainable Water Making System
LOS ANGELES-(Business Wire)-May 20, 2008 - Recently, the Financial Times of London reported that water will probably become the most critical natural resource issue facing most parts of the world. Already the World Bank claims that 80 countries now have water shortages that threaten health and...
China Sunergy Announces Financial Results for the First Quarter 2008
NANJING, China, May 20 Xinhua-PRNewswire — China Sunergy Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: CSUN), ("China Sunergy" or the "Company") a specialized solar cell manufacturer based in Nanjing, China, announced today its financial results for the first quarter of 2008. First Quarter Financial Results...
Progress Energy Florida Selects Preferred Area for Power Lines
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., May 20 PRNewswire-FirstCall — Progress Energy Florida has selected a "preferred corridor" for potential transmission lines that predominantly follows the path of existing lines across nine Central Florida counties, minimizing the impact on the community and the...
Liberty Natural Gas to Provide Northeast With New Supply of Clean Burning Energy
JERSEY CITY, N.J., May 20 PRNewswire — Excalibur Energy (USA) Inc., a 50/50 joint venture company between Canadian Superior Energy Inc. ("Canadian Superior") (TSX: SNG) (Amex: SNG) and Global LNG Inc., a New York based privately held company, announced today the launch of its $550...
Water Experts from across United States Converge in Atlanta for a First-of-Its-Kind Water Summit - May 21 and 22 -
ATLANTA-(Business Wire)-May 19, 2008 - The state of Georgia is not alone in dealing with water issues. As more communities across the country are experiencing record drought, 2008 will bring a renewed discussion of the importance of water conservation and how communities can plan now to avoid...
American Water Added to Dow Jones Wilshire Indexes
VOORHEES, N.J.-(Business Wire)-May 19, 2008 - American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE:AWK), the largest investor-owned U.S. water and wastewater utility company, today announced that its common shares have been added to multiple Dow Jones Wilshire Indexes. Shares of American Water, which listed...
PennFuture's Annual Green Energy Conference Set for Thursday, May 29, 2008, 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM
-(Business Wire)-May 19, 2008 - Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future (PennFuture): -0- *T Cabinet Members Kathleen McGinty (DEP) Dennis Yablonsky (DCED), Mike DiBerardinis (DCNR), PUC Vice Chair James Cawley, and Energy CEOs John Rowe (Exelon), James Miller (PPL), and Julius Steiner (Gamesa) to...
Tractebel Energia S.A. Announces a Conference Call to Discuss the Jirau Hydro Power Plant Auction Result
FLORIANOPOLIS, Brazil, May 19 PRNewswire-FirstCall — Mauricio Bahr, Chief Executive Officer of SUEZ Energy Brasil, is pleased to invite you to a conference call to discuss the Jirau hydro power plant auction result. Date: May 20, 2008 Time: 4:00 p.m. (ET) / 5:00 p.m. (Brasilia time...
EPA Recognizes AMD with the 2008 Climate Protection Award for Excellence in Environmental Stewardship
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-(Business Wire)-May 19, 2008 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that AMD (NYSE: AMD) has won the EPA Climate Protection Award in recognition of its continued commitment to protecting the global climate through energy-efficient product innovation...
Metropolitan Chairman Recognized for Leadership in Sustainability, Environmental Stewardship
LOS ANGELES-(Business Wire)-May 19, 2008 - Acknowledging his leadership of sustainability and environmental stewardship in the Southland, the Los Angeles chapter of the Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors of California presented Metropolitan board Chairman Timothy F. Brick with its 15th annual...
Reliant Energy Begins Offering Service to Mid-Sized Businesses in Maryland
BALTIMORE-(Business Wire)-May 19, 2008 - Reliant Energy, one of the country's leading competitive power providers, is now offering service to medium-sized businesses in Maryland. Reliant has served large business and institutional clients in Maryland since 2003. Now, its industry-leading...
PSE's New Baker River $50 Million Fish Passage System Generating Success in First Few Weeks of Operation
BELLEVUE, Wash.-(Business Wire)-May 19, 2008 - Juvenile sockeye salmon in northwest Washington's Baker River only recently began their springtime trek to the sea, but early fish counts suggest that Puget Sound Energy's new "floating surface collector" may be inducing the river's largest...
Texas Eastern Transmission Finalizes Its TIME III Project to Bring Rocky Mountain Natural Gas Supply to the Northeast
HOUSTON, May 19 PRNewswire-FirstCall — Texas Eastern Transmission, LP, a subsidiary of Houston-based Spectra Energy (NYSE: SE), has finalized the design of its TIME III pipeline expansion project that will connect the Northeast United States with new Rocky Mountain natural gas...
Inergy to Present at the 2008 Master Limited Partnership Investor Conference
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-(Business Wire)-May 19, 2008 - Inergy, L.P. (Nasdaq:NRGY) and Inergy Holdings, L.P. (Nasdaq:NRGP) announced today that John Sherman, President and CEO, will present at the 2008 Master Limited Partnership Investor Conference at approximately 3:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, May 21, 2008...
Invenergy Commences Commercial Operation at 350 MW Natural Gas-Fueled Power Project in Minnesota
CHICAGO, May 19 PRNewswire — Invenergy announced that its 350 MW Cannon Falls Energy Center has commenced commercial operation. The Cannon Falls Energy Center is located in Cannon Falls, Minnesota. The facility is owned and operated by Invenergy with all power sold to Xcel Energy...
Comverge Awarded ZigBee Alliance Certification for its AMI Enabled SuperStat Smart Programmable Thermostat and DCU Products
EAST HANOVER, N.J., May 19 PRNewswire-FirstCall — Comverge, Inc. (Nasdaq: COMV), a leading clean capacity provider through demand response and energy efficiency, announced today that it has received official certification using the ZigBee(R) Smart Energy public profile. Both the...
Beacon Power Wins Environmental Approval to Build 20 MW Flywheel Plant in Stephentown, New York
TYNGSBORO, Mass.-(Business Wire)-May 19, 2008 - Beacon Power Corporation (NASDAQ: BCON), a company that designs and develops advanced products and services to support more stable, reliable and efficient electricity grid operation, announced today that it has gained the necessary environmental...
Integrys Energy Group, Inc. Subsidiary Files Natural Gas Rate Case in Michigan
CHICAGO, May 19 PRNewswire-FirstCall — Integrys Energy Group, Inc. (NYSE: TEG) announced today that its subsidiary, Michigan Gas Utilities Corporation, has filed a rate case with the Michigan Public Service Commission, the first delivery rate increase request since 2003. Michigan Gas...
Aqua Wastewater Management and Smithfield Beef Group Partner on Grease Services
BRYN MAWR, Pa.-(Business Wire)-May 19, 2008 - Aqua Wastewater Management, Inc. announced today that it has signed an agreement with Mopac of Souderton, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, a division of Smithfield Beef Group, that will allow both companies to provide specific grease-removal services...
Photon Consulting Launches the First-Ever Index for Benchmarking Global High-Purity Silicon Prices
BOSTON-(Business Wire)-May 19, 2008 - PHOTON Consulting LLC, the pre-eminent global Solar Energy research firm and consultancy announced this morning that the Company has launched The PHOTON Consulting Silicon Price Index (PCSPI), the first non-tradable, U.S. Dollar denominated market index designed...
We Energies Wind Project Begins Commercial Operation
MILWAUKEE, May 19 PRNewswire-FirstCall — We Energies' Blue Sky Green Field wind project was placed into commercial service today. The 88 turbines have a demonstrated capacity of 145 megawatts and are expected to generate more than 328 million emission-free kilowatt hours annually...
Flex Fuel Conversions for the U.S. Air Force
HARTFIELD, Va., May 19 PRNewswire-FirstCall — Xcelplus International Inc. (Pink Sheets: XLPI) announces the pending appointment of MAG International Inc. . The U.S. Air Force recently accepted MAG's bid to provide a new fleet of off road vehicles designed to reduce exhaust emissions...
National Grid Invites You to Meet ''Floe'' A Virtual Polar Bear Who Can Analyze Your Impact on the Environment
WALTHAM, Mass.-(Business Wire)-May 19, 2008 - A new and unusual team member has joined the National Grid (LSE: NG. NYSE: NGG) "Power of action." brand strategy. Floe, a virtual polar bear on National Grid's Web site, can help National Grid customers analyze and measure the environmental effects of...
A-Power Energy to Present at the Brean Murray, Carret & Co. All-Cap All-China Conference on Tuesday, May 20
SHENYANG, China-(Business Wire)-May 19, 2008 - A-Power Energy Generation Systems, Ltd. (NASDAQ: APWR) ("A-Power"), today announced that Edward Meng, A-Power's CFO, will present at the Brean Murray, Carret & Co. All-Cap All-China Conference on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 2:45 pm EDT. The...
U.S. Geothermal Announces Stock Option Grant
BOISE, Idaho, May 19 PRNewswire-FirstCall — U.S. Geothermal Inc. (Amex: HTM, TSX: GTH), a renewable energy development company focused on the production of electricity from geothermal energy, announced today that it has granted options pursuant to its Stock Option Plan to directors...
OG&E Files Renewable Program With OCC
OKLAHOMA CITY, May 19 PRNewswire-FirstCall — Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co. today filed a renewable energy program with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission detailing its commitment to quadruple its wind energy capacity in the state to 770 megawatts (MW). The company described as an...
PG&E Names Stephen Cairns Vice President and Controller
SAN FRANCISCO, May 19 PRNewswire-FirstCall — PG&E Corporation and Pacific Gas and Electric Company today announced that the companies' Boards of Directors have elected Stephen Cairns as vice president and controller of both companies, effective June 1. In his new role, Cairns will...
Baker Energy and Huber Receive First-of-its-Kind Award from Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality
SHERIDAN, Wyo., May 19 PRNewswire-FirstCall — Baker Energy, a unit of Michael Baker Corporation (Amex: BKR), announced today that the Wyoming State Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has recognized Baker and its client, J.M. Huber Corporation (Huber), with a first-of-its-kind...
AEP's ETA Transmission Venture Joins With Westar Energy To Build 765-kV Transmission in Kansas
COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 19 PRNewswire-FirstCall — Electric Transmission America (ETA), a joint venture of subsidiaries of American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) and MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co., has formed a joint venture company with Westar Energy Inc. (NYSE: WR) to build and own new...
Cognera Redefines Partner Role in Utilities BPO at CS Week 2008
SAN ANTONIO-(Business Wire)-May 19, 2008 - Cognera, a leading provider of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Solutions for North American Utilities, announced today that it will bring a fresh perspective on Meter-to-Cash Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) solutions to the CS Week conference taking...
Risk Mitigation Systems Launches with FIRSTResponder
ATLANTA-(Business Wire)-May 19, 2008 - Risk Mitigation Systems, a technology and services company that helps businesses, universities and other organizations optimally plan for and respond to emergencies, today announced the launch of the company. Their flagship product FIRSTResponder, an incident...
Biologists Attempt Rescue of Baby Peregrine Falcons From Western Span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
SAN FRANCISCO, May 19 PRNewswire — Biologists with the University of California Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group (SCPBRG) today will attempt a daring rescue of peregrine falcon eyases from underneath the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. Because bridges are lethal locations...
Oncor Suggests Ways to Turn Sales Tax Holiday Into Summer Energy Savings
DALLAS-(Business Wire)-May 19, 2008 - Oncor encourages consumers to save a few dollars now and conserve later by taking advantage of the state's ENERGY STAR(R) sales tax holiday on Memorial Day Weekend, May 24-26. Here are a few simple ways to turn those tax savings into energy savings this...
Lawson Software Launches Contract Management to Help Customers Simplify Contract Creation and Tracking
ST. PAUL, Minn.-(Business Wire)-May 19, 2008 - Lawson Software (Nasdaq: LWSN) today announced the general availability of Lawson Contract Management, which is designed to help organizations, including those in healthcare and the public sector, simplify contract creation and management. The new...
MXenergy Announces Earnings Conference Call Scheduled for 8:30 a.m. EDT May 20, 2008
STAMFORD, Conn.-(Business Wire)-May 19, 2008 - MXenergy Holdings Inc. ("MXenergy") announced today that it will host its third quarter fiscal year 2008 earnings conference call at 8:30 a.m. EDT, Tuesday May 20, 2008. Conference Call The dial-in information for the earnings call is as follows: in...
VIASPACE CEO Reports on Sharp Corporation Progress on Direct Methanol Fuel Cells
PASADENA, Calif., May 19 PRNewswire-FirstCall — VIASPACE Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VSPC) CEO, Dr. Carl Kukkonen, reports that Sharp Corporation claims to have achieved the world's highest power density for a direct methanol fuel cell for mobile equipment. The press release on the Sharp...
Sapient Expands Its Interactive Practice with Strategic Group Hire
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-(Business Wire)-May 19, 2008 - Sapient (NASDAQ: SAPE) announced today it has expanded its award-winning Interactive business with a strategic group hire that brings cutting-edge marketing, development and design talent to its team. The company's decision was driven by the rapidly...
Tendril Electrical Outlet Certified ZigBee Smart
BOULDER, Colo.-(Business Wire)-May 19, 2008 - Tendril, a leading provider of Residential Energy Management System (REMS) for the utilities industry and their consumers, today announced that ZigBee has certified the Tendril Outlet, making it an official ZigBee(R) Smart Energy device and the world's...
Hawaiian Public Utilities Commission Ruling Opens Hawaiian Islands to BluePoint Energy and Distributed Generation Energy Market
EL DORADO HILLS, Calif.-(Business Wire)-May 19, 2008 - Chapeau, Inc. d/b/a BluePoint Energy (OTCBB:CPEU) today announced a complete victory for Hawaiian consumers with the favorable ruling in a critical case before the Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii. The ruling and resulting...
Newest Greentech Product by Industrial Nanotech, Inc. Amazes Attendees at International Textile Show
NAPLES, Fla.-(Business Wire)-May 19, 2008 - Industrial Nanotech, Inc. (Pink Sheets:INTK), an emerging global leader in nanotechnology, announced today that the Company's newest patented energy efficient product, Nansulate EPX, was successfully demonstrated by the Company's Turkish distributor...
Echelon Reports Full First Quarter 2008 Results
SAN JOSE, Calif.-(Business Wire)-May 19, 2008 - Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ:ELON) today reported its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2008, adding to the revenue, cash and cash equivalent, and short-term investment balance results reported on April 30, 2008. In addition, the company...
Kentucky USA Energy, Inc. Announces Letter of Intent
LONDON, Ky.-(Business Wire)-May 19, 2008 - Kentucky USA Energy, Inc. (OTCBB: KYUS), a natural gas exploration and production company announced today the signing of a letter of intent (LOI) with one of the largest natural gas distributors in the United States. The distributor is to purchase the...
Ember Smart Energy Suite Accelerates ZigBee Certification of Home Area Network Devices
BOSTON, May 19 PRNewswire — Ember today introduced its Smart Energy Suite (SES), a collection of embedded software, tools, and silicon that dramatically simplifies the delivery of devices certified to the ZigBee Alliance's Smart Energy (SE) Profile. The SE Profile defines the standard...
CMS Energy Announces Amy Sandgren Plaster Named Executive Director of Federal Affairs
JACKSON, Mich., May 19 PRNewswire-FirstCall — Amy Sandgren Plaster, a 20-year Washington veteran with extensive congressional and government relations experience, has been named executive director of federal affairs for CMS Energy and its principal subsidiary, Consumers Energy...
Research and Markets: Get the New Centrica - SWOT Framework Analysis
DUBLIN, Ireland-(Business Wire)-May 19, 2008 - Research and Markets has announced the addition of "Centrica - SWOT Framework Analysis" to their offering. SWOT Analysis, is a strategic planning tool used to evaluate the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats involved in a project or in...
Arcadian Networks Announces New VP of Sales
NEW YORK, May 19 PRNewswire — Arcadian Networks, a wireless communications carrier serving energy companies with dispersed assets (electric, gas and water utilities, and oil and gas companies), announced today that Mike Beasley, age 49, has joined the Company as Vice President of Sales...
Tenaska Power Fund and Caledonia Energy Partners Sell Gas Storage Facility to ENSTOR, Inc., an IBERDROLA RENEWABLES Company
OMAHA, Neb., May 19 PRNewswire — Tenaska Capital Management, LLC (Tenaska Capital), manager of the Tenaska Power Fund, L.P. (TPF), announced today that TPF and the other owners have agreed to sell Caledonia Energy Partners, L.L.C. (CEP), owner of the Caledonia Gas Storage Field, a high...
Cellnet+Hunt Successfully Certifies ZigBee Smart Energy Metering Interface
ATLANTA, May 19 PRNewswire — Cellnet+Hunt, a Promoter member of the ZigBee(R) Alliance, recently demonstrated interoperability of its FOCUS AX ZigBee smart metering interface and is among the first companies to earn ZigBee Certified Product status for products based on the ZigBee...
CME Group Lists Weather Contracts on Seven New Cities
CHICAGO, May 19 PRNewswire-FirstCall — CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, announced that it is expanding its suite of temperature-based products and is offering weather contracts on six U.S. cities and one European city. Cooling Degree Day contracts...
WorldWater & Solar Technologies Announces Two New Solar Contracts
EWING, N.J.-(Business Wire)-May 19, 2008 - WorldWater & Solar Technologies Corp. (OTC BB: WWAT.OB), developer and marketer of proprietary high-power solar systems, today announced the Company has been awarded two new solar contracts in California, which include a 783 kilowatt system for the Town...
Siemens PTI Adds New Consulting Focus
RALEIGH, N.C., May 19 PRNewswire — Siemens Power Transmission & Distribution, Inc., Power Technologies International (Siemens PTI) is pleased to announce its new Energy Market Business Solutions (EMBS) consulting practice. Siemens PTI has aggregated its on-going offerings of...
First Certified ZigBee Smart Energy Products Announced
SAN RAMON, Calif., May 19 PRNewswire — The ZigBee Alliance, a global ecosystem of companies creating wireless solutions for use in energy management, commercial and consumer applications, today announced the official certification of 19 products using the ZigBee(R) Smart Energy public...
Rocky Mountain Tool's Pelican(TM) 9450 Remote Area Lighting System Sheds Light on Hard-to-Reach Places
HYRUM, Utah, May 19 PRNewswire — With the Pelican(TM) 9450 Remote Area Lighting System (RALS, http://pelicanproducts.us/p.Pelican.Remote.Area.Lighting.9450.html), darkness and low-light conditions are no longer stumbling blocks for fire and safety professionals, military personnel...
SunPower VP, Julie Blunden, to Speak at Two Upcoming Investor Events
SAN JOSE, Calif., May 19 PRNewswire-FirstCall — SunPower Corporation (Nasdaq: SPWR), a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels, and solar systems, today announced that Julie Blunden, vice president of public policy and corporate communications...
DCP Midstream Partners to Present at 2008 Master Limited Partnership Investor Conference
DENVER, May 19 PRNewswire-FirstCall — DCP Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: DPM), or the Partnership, today announced that Mark A. Borer, president and chief executive officer, will present at the 2008 Master Limited Partnership Investor Conference at approximately 1:45 p.m. EDT on...
SunPower Announces Third Solar-Cell Fab
SAN JOSE, Calif., May 19 PRNewswire-FirstCall — SunPower Corporation (Nasdaq: SPWR), a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, today announced plans to build its next solar cell fabrication plant in Malaysia. When fully...
EnerSys Announces Proposed Concurrent Public Offerings of Senior Convertible Notes and Common Stock
NEW YORK, May 19 PRNewswire-FirstCall — EnerSys (NYSE: ENS) announced today its intention to offer to sell, subject to market and other conditions, approximately $150 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2038 pursuant to an effective shelf registration...
Amerex Brokers LLC Named to the CFTC's Newly Formed Energy Markets Advisory Committee
HOUSTON, May 16 PRNewswire — Mike Prokop, Executive Vice President of Amerex Brokers LLC, has been named to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's ("CFTC") newly formed Energy Markets Advisory Committee ("EMAC"). Amerex was the only inter-dealer broker selected by the CFTC to join...
Industry Cross-Section Develops Action Plans at PJM Demand Response Symposium
VALLEY FORGE, Pa., May 16 PRNewswire — More than 150 state and federal regulators, consumer advocates, electric utilities, curtailment service providers, technology companies and others developed action plans to increase demand response at PJM Interconnection's Demand Response Symposium...
CMS Energy Shareholders Re-Elect 11 Members to Company's Board of Directors
JACKSON, Mich., May 16 PRNewswire-FirstCall — The 11 incumbents on CMS Energy's Board of Directors were re-elected today by shareholders at the company's annual meeting. The board members re-elected were Kenneth Whipple, chairman of CMS Energy and its principal subsidiary, Consumers...
CMS Energy's Utility Unit, Consumers Energy, Declares Quarterly Dividends on Preferred Stock
JACKSON, Mich., May 16 PRNewswire-FirstCall — The Board of Directors of Consumers Energy, the principal subsidiary of CMS Energy, has declared regular quarterly dividends on both series of the utility's preferred stock. The following dividends are payable July 1, 2008 to shareholders of...
Michigan Gas Utilities Seeks Natural Gas Delivery Rate Increase
MONROE, Mich., May 16 PRNewswire — Citing inflationary increases to costs, Michigan Gas Utilities Corporation (MGUC), a subsidiary of Integrys Energy Group (NYSE: TEG), today applied for an overall increase of 5.8 percent in its natural gas rates. The increase, if approved, would...
Webcast Alert: PG&E Corporation Announces Investor Conference on May 22
SAN FRANCISCO, May 16 PRNewswire-FirstCall — PG&E Corporation (NYSE: PCG) will host a meeting for members of the financial community on Thursday, May 22, to provide an update on the outlook for 2008 and beyond. Chairman, CEO and President Peter Darbee and other members of senior...
Interstate Power and Light Company to Invest in New Emission Reduction Controls at Lansing Generating Station
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, May 16 PRNewswire-FirstCall — Interstate Power and Light Company (IPL), a subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE: LNT), highlighted plans today to invest approximately $85 million in emissions reduction technologies at the Lansing Generating Station. The...
NASCAR Sponsorship Drives Electrical Recruitment
BETHESDA, Md., May 16 PRNewswire — The electrical construction industry's NECA-IBEW team broke new ground in union recruitment when they became the first to sponsor a NASCAR driver with the aim of promoting a website. Alli Owens, the sponsored driver and among the youngest women ever to...
Duke Energy Announces Academic Scholars for 2008
CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 16 PRNewswire — Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) announced today that 20 children of Duke Energy employees have been selected to receive 2008 Duke Energy scholarships made possible by The Duke Energy Foundation. Fifteen recipients will receive up to $5,000 per year for up to...
Constellation Energy Declares Quarterly Dividend
BALTIMORE, May 16 PRNewswire-FirstCall — Constellation Energy (NYSE: CEG) today announced that its board of directors has declared a quarterly dividend of 47.75 cents per share on the company's common stock, equivalent to $1.91 per share annually. The dividend is payable July 1, 2008...
China Solar & Clean Energy, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2008 Financial Results
BEIJING, China, May 16 Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall — China Solar & Clean Energy, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CSOL) (''CSOL''), a premier manufacturer and distributor of solar water heaters, renewable energy solutions, and space heating devices in the People's Republic of China (the...
Mirant Reports Completion of Accelerated Share Repurchase Program
ATLANTA, May 16 PRNewswire-FirstCall — Mirant Corporation (NYSE: MIR) today announced the completion of the accelerated share repurchase ("ASR") program with JP Morgan that it announced on November 9, 2007. The ASR program is a component of Mirant's plan to return $4.6 billion of...
Cybrinth and RiskWatch Join Forces to Develop New FERC Assessment Software
ANNAPOLIS, Md., May 16 PRNewswire — Stephen Spoonamore, CEO of Cybrinth, Inc., announced today that RiskWatch and Cybrinth have signed an agreement to co-develop a web-based assessment software program to measure compliance with the FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) new 2008...
Perma-Fix Announces Agreement to Sell Tulsa Industrial Waste Facility for $1.5 Million
ATLANTA, May 16 PRNewswire-FirstCall — Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: PESI) today announced a definitive agreement to sell substantially all of the assets of Perma-Fix Treatment Services, Inc., one of the Company's Industrial Segment facilities located in Tulsa...
China Sunergy Announces Changes to the Board of Directors
NANJING, China, May 16 Xinhua-PRNewswire — China Sunergy Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: CSUN), a specialized solar cell manufacturer based in Nanjing, China, announced today the appointment of three new independent directors. Steve Morgan, 57, Wang Wenze, 66, and Jian Li, 55, have been appointed as...
SABESP'S Net Revenue Grows 5.2% in 1Q08
SAO PAULO, Brazil, May 16 PRNewswire-FirstCall — Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo - SABESP (Bovespa: SBSP3; NYSE: SBS), one of the largest water and sewage service providers in the world based on the number of customers, announces today its results for 1Q08. In...
New Jersey Board of Public Utilities Recognizes Millville ShopRite
MILLVILLE, N.J., May 15 PRNewswire — New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) Commissioner Nicholas Asselta today attended a special ceremony in Millville to recognize Wakefern Foods and the Bottino Family of Supermarkets for incorporating energy efficiency measures into their...
Chevron Busts Family Budgets in Struggling California Town of Casmalia
State PUC Grants Oil Giant's Water Company 89.7 Percent Rate Increase; Chevron Wanted 138 Percent SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 15 PRNewswire-USNewswire — A decision today by the California Public Utilities Commission to grant a whopping 89.7 percent water rate increase to a tiny water...
General Steel Holdings Announces First Quarter 2008 Financial Results
BEIJING, May 15 Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall — General Steel Holdings, Inc. ("General Steel") ("Company") (NYSE Arca: GSI), one of China's leading non-state owned steel products producer; today announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2008. First Quarter 2008 Results Q1...
Spectra Energy to Host Analyst/Investor Meetings in New York and Boston on May 19
HOUSTON, May 15 PRNewswire-FirstCall — Spectra Energy Corp will host an analyst/investor breakfast meeting at the St. Regis Hotel in New York and a lunch meeting at the Langham Hotel in Boston on Monday, May 19. Fred Fowler, president and chief executive officer, Spectra Energy Corp...
RINO International Announces First Quarter 2008 Financial Results
DALIAN, China, May 15 Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall — RINO International Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: RINO), through its direct and indirect subsidiaries, including Innomind Group Limited and Dalian Innomind Environment Engineering Co., Ltd. (''Innomind'') and a contractually controlled...
ESCO Technologies Will Participate in the J. P. Morgan Technology Conference
ST. LOUIS, May 15 PRNewswire-FirstCall — ESCO Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ESE) announced today that Victor L. Richey, Chairman and CEO, will participate in the J. P. Morgan Technology Conference on Tuesday, May 20, at 2 p.m. Central Time. Mr. Richey will discuss the Company's operations. A...
Lennox International Announces Annual Meeting Voting Results
DALLAS, May 15 PRNewswire-FirstCall — At its annual meeting today, Lennox International Inc. (NYSE: LII) announced results of the 2008 proxy voting. Proposal 1: Current directors James J. Byrne, John W. Norris, III, and Paul W. Schmidt were re-elected to three-year terms. Directors...
PG&E Seeks Approval for Cornerstone Improvement Program and Expanded Support for Low Income Customers
SAN FRANCISCO, May 15 PRNewswire-FirstCall — Pacific Gas and Electric Company today asked the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to approve a six-year initiative — the Cornerstone Improvement Program — to significantly improve the reliability of PG&E's...
Adler Planetarium and ComEd Award 8th Grader Top Prize in Shoot for the Moon Essay Contest
CHICAGO, May 15 PRNewswire — ComEd and the Adler Planetarium today announced eighth grader Matthew Rasmussen as the grand-prize winner in the second annual Shoot for the Moon essay contest. Rasmussen's winning essay was selected from more than 450 entries, and received a perfect score...
Northeast Utilities Announces Leon J. Olivier Appointed Chief Operating Officer
BERLIN, Conn., May 15 PRNewswire-FirstCall — Northeast Utilities (NYSE: NU) today announced that Leon J. Olivier was appointed executive vice president - chief operating officer (COO) by the Board of Trustees. The title of COO recognizes Olivier's role in leading the gas and electric...
Greentech Media Adds to Intersolar North America Conference
SAN FRANCISCO, May 15 PRNewswire — Solar Promotion International GmbH and Greentech Media are pleased to announce their partnership with the presentation of two full-day seminars during Intersolar North America, July 15-17, 2008. The seminars, Concentrating Solar Technologies and...
PJM Capacity Auction Results: Power Supplies Up, Prices Down
VALLEY FORGE, Pa., May 15 PRNewswire — PJM Interconnection's recently completed Reliability Pricing Model (RPM) auction produced a large increase in generation and demand resources and a lower price than the last auction. Results of the auction for the planning year, June 2011 through...
Constellation Energy Announces Pending Sale of Consulting Subsidiary Fellon-McCord & Associates
BALTIMORE, May 15 PRNewswire-FirstCall — Constellation Energy (NYSE: CEG) today announced the pending sale of its Fellon-McCord & Associates (Fellon-McCord) energy consulting and management subsidiary to the company's co-founder, Andrew R. "Drew" Fellon. As part of the agreement...
Alliant Energy Corporation Utility Subsidiaries Declare Preferred Stock Dividends
MADISON, Wis., May 15 PRNewswire-FirstCall — Quarterly dividends on preferred stock have been declared by the Board of Directors of Alliant Energy Corporation's (NYSE: LNT) utility subsidiaries. Wisconsin Power and Light Company Preferred Stock Dividends The Board of Directors of...
Weyers Tells Integrys Energy Group Shareholders of Completed Milestones That Capture Value and Lower Risk Profile
CHICAGO, May 15 PRNewswire-FirstCall — Integrys Energy Group, Inc. (NYSE: TEG) President and Chief Executive Officer Larry L. Weyers was upbeat in his remarks to shareholders at the company's annual meeting held at the Chase Auditorium in Chicago. Listing several examples, Weyers told...
China Wind Systems, Inc Announces Conference Call to Discuss First Quarter 2008 Results
WUXI, Jiangsu Province, China, May 15 Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall — China Wind Systems, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CWSI) ("China Wind Systems" or the "Company"), which through its wholly-owned subsidiaries and variable interest entities, manufactures and sells industrial machines for use...
'ConnectivityWeek 2008' to 'Network' Energy and IT Experts for Nation's IT-Powered, Sustainable-Energy Smart Grid Initiative
SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 15 PRNewswire — More than 150 industry, government and academic energy experts will gather together to debate how to best harness sustainable energy and information technology to solve the country's energy needs during ConnectivityWeek 2008 at the Santa Clara...
Companhia Paranaense de Energia Announces Results for First Quarter 2008
CURITIBA, Brazil, May 15 PRNewswire-FirstCall — Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (NYSE: ELP / LATIBEX: XCOP / BOVESPA: CPLE3, CPLE5, CPLE6), a company that generates, transmits and distributes power to the State of Parana, announces its first quarter 2008 results. All figures...
Badger Income Fund May cash distribution
CALGARY, May 15 PRNewswire-FirstCall - Badger Income Fund ("Badger") today announced that the trustees of Badger declared a cash distribution for the month of May of $0.105 per fund unit, representing $1.26 per fund unit on an annualized basis. Payment will be made on or about June 16, 2008...
Progress Energy Invests More Than $1 Million in K-12 Education
RALEIGH, N.C., May 15 PRNewswire-FirstCall — As a reflection of its commitment to the communities it serves, Progress Energy (NYSE: PGN), through its Foundation, will invest more than $1 million in K-12 education across its service territory. Since 2001, Progress Energy has committed...
Sunovia Completes LED Light Fixture Renovation that Saves More Than 80% in Electrical Costs and Reduces Carbon Emissions by 81.6%
SARASOTA, Fla., May 15 PRNewswire-FirstCall — Sunovia Energy Technologies, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SUNV) is pleased to announce that it has completed the lighting renovation at the Oaks Country Club tennis facility in Sarasota, Fla. The renovation required that Sunovia replace the...
DTE Energy Establishes Entrepreneurship Prize for Clean Energy Technologies
DETROIT, May 15 PRNewswire — To help move clean energy technologies from the laboratory to commercial production, DTE Energy has joined with the University of Michigan to conduct an annual entrepreneurship competition that challenges teams from Michigan colleges and universities to...
State, Federal Initiatives Top Priority for DTE Energy
DETROIT, May 15 PRNewswire-FirstCall — DTE Energy officials told the company's shareholders today that energy policy initiatives, including Michigan's energy reform legislation, will shape the state's and the nation's energy and environmental agenda for decades to come. A growing demand...
Southern Company, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Award New Conservation Grants
ATLANTA, May 15 PRNewswire-FirstCall — Southern Company and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation today announced that seven additional grants have been awarded to conservation and natural resource agencies through the Power of Flight and Longleaf Legacy partnership programs. "The...
SandRidge Energy, Inc. Announces Pricing of $750 Million Offering of Senior Notes
OKLAHOMA CITY, May 15 PRNewswire-FirstCall — SandRidge Energy, Inc. (NYSE: SD) announced today the pricing of its private placement offering of $750 million of 8.00% Senior Notes due June 1, 2018. Proceeds of the offering, which is expected to settle and close on May 20, 2008...
China Industrial Waste Management Announces 2008 First Quarter Results
DALIAN, China, May 15 Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall — China Industrial Waste Management, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CIWT) today announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2008. Highlights for the First Quarter 2008 — Total revenues for the first quarter of 2008...
Trina Solar Signs Long-Term Polysilicon Supply Agreement with DTK Industries (Qingdao) Co., Ltd.
CHANGZHOU, China, May 15 Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall — Trina Solar Limited (NYSE: TSL; '"Trina Solar" or the "Company"), a leading integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic products from the production of ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of PV modules, founded in 1997, today...
Webcast Alert: Tractebel Energia S.A. Announces 1st Quarter 2008 Results Conference Call Webcast
FLORIANOPOLIS, Brazil, May 15 PRNewswire-FirstCall — Tractebel Energia S.A. (OTC: TBLEY, TBLGY) (BOVESPA: TBLE3) (TRACTEBEL) announces the following webcast: What: Tractebel Energia S.A. 1st Quarter 2008 Results Conference Call When: Thursday, May 15, 2008 @ 11:00 AM ET Where...
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Selects Oracle(R) Utilities Software for Advanced Metering Infrastructure Pilot
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., May 15 PRNewswire-FirstCall — — Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE), a subsidiary of Constellation Energy (NYSE: CEG), has selected Oracle(R) Utilities Meter Data Management to leverage state-of-the-art, enterprise-level software as part of the...
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