Month: February 2014

The Alberta Energy Regulator said Feb. 27 that it has granted conditional approval for Coalspur Mines (Operations) Ltd. to proceed with its Vista coal mine project. […]

Eastern Shore Solar I LLC has proposed a 4.16 MWC (0 MWE) capacity only upgrade to prior PJM Interconnection queue project W1-003, said a PJM study of the project dated February 2014. […]

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission at its March 6 meeting will look at whether to make a preliminary determination whether a site permit should be issued or denied for a 200-MW project of Odell Wind Farms LLC. […]

Canada-based Capital Power said Feb. 28 that it made several moves in 2013, including the sale of gas-fired generating capacity in New England, as it positions itself for the future. […]

FirstEnergy, with last fall’s deactivations of the big Hatfield’s Ferry and Mitchell coal plants prominent among them, is in the final stages of a series of shutdowns of coal plants due to clean-air needs. […]

Because Edison Mission Energy and NRG Energy hope to close on April 1 on a sale of Edison Mission Energy to NRG, they urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to act on a related approval by March 27. […]

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission on Feb. 27 accepted a Life Cycle Management Study filed by Xcel Energy for the coal-fired Sherco Units 1 and 2, but ordered more information to be filed by July 1 about the remaining life of these units. […]

NRG Energy and various subsidiaries told the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Feb. 27 that ISO New England is proposing the wrong changes to meet a looming power reliability “crisis.” […]