Delmarva Bills to Give Customers More Detail More details will appear on Delmarva Power bills, after lawmaker complaints that there was too little information about state-mandated charges, including purchases of renewable power and the Bloom Energy surcharge. In meetings at the Public Service Commission, a two-step process was agreed on: First,...

Pepco Gets About Half Of Requested Rate Increase The Public Service Commission approved a $23.4 million distribution rate increase for Pepco, about half of the $44.8 million the utility had requested. The PSC also approved an overall 7.65% rate of return, which includes a 9.4% return on common equity, less than...

Bill Would Put Wind Farm Authority in State Hands John Sullivan State Sen. John Sullivan has introduced a bill to transfer responsibility for siting and regulating wind turbines from counties to states. Local governments would be able to conduct public hearings on proposed wind farms, but the state Department of Agriculture...

FERC upheld an earlier ruling that Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (ODEC) and North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation (NCEMC) shouldn’t have to help pay for $173.4 million in undergrounding for three projects in Virginia that Dominion Resources' Virginia Electric and Power Co. included in its 2010 Annual Transmission Revenue Requirement. Incremental ATRR...

University Hosts Initiative Promoting Offshore Wind The University of Delaware has launched a “Special Initiative” on offshore wind, which it hopes will serve as catalyst to “add momentum to a promising industry that is at a critical juncture.” Supported by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the initiative plans to draw together information...

RGGI Funds Set for Several Vehicle Charging Stations The state Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Controls and the University of Delaware plan to place electric vehicle charging stations at five or six locations in the state, with two chargers at each site. The program, with an $80,000 budget from proceeds...

Suzlon Could End Up With Big Sky Wind Farm Wind turbine manufacturer Suzlon Group could wind up owning the 240 MW Big Sky wind farm if negotiations between Midwest Generation and NRG Energy do not resolve a debt issue concerning the facility. Bankrupt Midwest Gen is selling assets, including Big Sky,...

ICC Demands ComEd Cut Consumption More Commonwealth Edison must do more for energy efficiency than it has proposed, the Illinois Commerce Commission ruled, requiring the utility to save 25,000 MWh a year more than it currently plans. Even so, ComEd would not come close to the 2% consumption cut that...

Chicago Building Efficiency Project OKd The Chicago City Council approved a $13 million, 62-building retrofit project, the first and only one stemming from Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s Chicago Infrastructure Trust initiative, which aims to make city buildings more energy efficient. The cost is only 11% of what was envisioned when the...