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Companies Propose Multi-state Projects in New England Hydropower and wind power developers have submitted two proposals to supply electricity to three New England states to meet renewable energy goals. Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts jointly solicited projects for more than 5,000 GWh of clean energy. Anbaric Transmission and National Grid proposed...

Dominion Resources announced Monday that it is buying the Utah-based natural gas distributor Questar for $4.4 billion in cash in a deal aimed at expanding its gas business into the West. Dominion said it expects to complete the acquisition by the end of the year. The company also said it...

Below is a summary of the issues scheduled to be brought to a vote at the Markets and Reliability and Members committees Thursday, January 28, 2016. Each item is listed by agenda number, description and projected time of discussion, followed by a summary of the issue and links to prior...

EnSync Energy Systems of Menomonee Falls, Wis., has set up a Hawaii hydroponic and aquaponics company to detach from the grid entirely. Using an energy management system composed of solar generation and batteries, Mari’s Garden in Mililani, on Oahu, is operating the water pumps for its hydroponic and fish farming operation...

PSC Considering Entergy’s $133M Rate Increase The Public Service Commission is considering a proposed settlement that would increase Entergy Arkansas rates by more than 8%. The commissioners will vote in February on a settlement that would give Entergy an increase of $133.6 million, 20% less than the $167 million increase...

By Suzanne Herel FERC on Thursday called for an investigation into four interstate natural gas pipelines that it believes might be charging shippers in PJM, ISO-NE, NYISO and CAISO too much. The pipelines — Empire Pipeline (RP16-300-000), Iroquois Gas Transmission System (RP16-301-000), Columbia Gulf Transmission (RP16-302-000) and Tuscarora Gas Transmission...

OKLAHOMA CITY — SPP’s Strategic Planning Committee last week agreed to allow its Clean Power Plan Task Force to go dormant after endorsing its comments to EPA. The committee agreed with Chair Mike Wise’s recommendation during its Jan. 14 meeting that the task force, which developed one white paper comparing...

By Amanda Durish Cook CARMEL, Ind. — MISO will ask FERC for an April 1 effective date on its new ramp capability software, RTO officials said Friday. Chatterjee (© RTO Insider) Dhiman Chatterjee, MISO’s senior manager of market analysis, said he expected the commission to approve the request, which will...

By Michael Brooks RTOs and ISOs will take part in 15 research and development projects awarded almost $38 million in funding by the Energy Department last week. U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz last week announced $220 million in funding as part of the Energy Department’s Grid Modernization Initiative, an effort...

Thomas Klink has been named CFO of Pioneer Power Solutions, a Fort Lee, N.J., manufacturer of electric transmission, distribution and generation equipment. He takes the place of Andrew Minkow, who left to pursue other opportunities. Klink was formerly president of Jefferson Electric, a Pioneer Power subsidiary in Franklin, Wis., that...