Don Pedro Reservoir Scheduled For Major Refurbishment in 2017 The Don Pedro Reservoir hydrofacility is scheduled for three major refurbishment projects in its Power Tunnel in 2017, costing an estimated $7 million. | Google The work will be completed in two phases, each taking about 45 days. The first phase,...

Democrats, Republican Call for Full Disclosure of APS Election Spending Two Democrats on November’s ballot for seats on the state’s Corporation Commission have aligned themselves with a Republican incumbent in calling for full disclosure by Arizona Public Service as to whether it spent money on the 2014 elections. Democrats Bill...

California and Massachusetts tied for first place in the 2016 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard published by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. This is the sixth consecutive year that Massachusetts led the nation. Missouri, Maine and Michigan were the most-improved states, according to the study. The study identified Louisiana,...

ACC to Hire Outside Counsel to Represent Commissioner Burns The Corporation Commission voted to hire an outside attorney to represent Commissioner Robert Burns, who is being sued by Arizona Public Service over his effort to investigate the utility’s political spending. Burns issued subpoenas to APS and its parent company, Pinnacle...

Riverside County Looks to Create Power Supplier Riverside County officials are advancing a plan to create an alternative retail electricity supplier that would supplant Southern California Edison in unincorporated areas of the county. The officials say that the community choice aggregator, which would purchase power directly from producers, would allow...

Report Cites Emissions Drop in Nine-State RGGI A new report by the Acadia Center says that carbon emissions in the nine-state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative compact have dropped 37% since the program began in 2008. Part I of group’s “RGGI Status Report” found that emissions have decreased in each of...

Del Mar Releases Climate Action Plan Del Mar became the second city in San Diego County — after San Diego — to announce an objective of moving to 100% renewable energy by 2035. That goal is part of a larger climate action plan to reduce the city’s greenhouse gas emissions. The...

CO2 Allowance Sale Raises $68.3 Million The nine Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states that participated in the 32nd Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative auction of carbon dioxide allowances on Wednesday sold more than 15 million at a clearing price of $4.53. Bids for an allowance, which allows for the emission of one...

By Tom Kleckner Omaha Public Power District is recommending that its Fort Calhoun Nuclear Generating Station end operations by the end of 2016 and begin the decommissioning process. Fort Calhoun Nuclear Generating Station Omaha PPD CEO Tim Burke told OPPD’s Board of Directors on May 12 that an economic analysis...

Constellation, Bloom Energy Begin Microgrid Construction The City of Hartford, Constellation and Bloom Energy have started construction of an 800-kW fuel cell microgrid that will provide 100% of the electricity for a school, a library, a senior center and a health clinic during nonemergencies. It will also provide emergency power to...