Month: October 2014

Dominion (NYSE:D) will soon be bringing online a new combined-cycle natural gas plant in northwest Virginia while it moves ahead with other new gas-fueled generation and gas pipeline projects, the company CEO told financial analysts during an earnings call Oct. 31. […]

The Kentucky State Board on Electric Generation and Transmission Siting has received an application requesting a construction certificate for a power plant, which would be fed by waste heat from a planned coking plant, and associated electric transmission line in northern Greenup County. […]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans in the Nov. 4 Federal Register to publish a supplement to the Clean Power Plan that covers CO2 emissions sources in Indian country, including the coal-fired Four Corners and Bonanza power plants. […]

NextEra Energy said Oct. 31 that during the third quarter, its Florida Power & Light subsidiary made progress on the Port Everglades Clean Energy Center, which is the third of three combined-cycle natural gas generation modernization projects. […]

Kansas City Power & Light, a subsidiary of Great Plains Energy, on Oct. 30 filed a request with the Missouri Public Service Commission to increase base rates for electric service. […]

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) reported Oct. 24 that 367 MW of new wind energy generation was commissioned during the month of September. […]

TECO Energy said Oct. 31 that its “discontinued” TECO Coal subsidiary, which is in the process of being sold, caused a $64.8m after-tax impairment charge, including a $3.1m valuation allowance for Kentucky tax benefits, to be taken in the third quarter of 2014. […]

The City of Medicine Hat applied Oct. 30 at the Alberta Utilities Commission for a permit to construct and operate a General Electric LM6000 simple cycle natural gas generator and a skid-mounted diesel black start unit at the city’s Cousins West site. […]

The British Columbia Environmental Assessment Office plans local open houses in November to talk about plans by LNG Canada Development to construct and operate a natural gas liquefaction facility and marine terminal for the export of liquefied natural gas. […]