NorthWestern Energy Announces Proposed Mountain States Intertie 500kV Transmission Line Project
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D., June 5  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NorthWestern Corporation d/b/a NorthWestern Energy  today announced that it proposes to build and operate a 500 kilovolt (kV) electric transmission line between southwestern Montana and southeastern Idaho.
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By Cyndy Cole, The Arizona Daily Sun, Flagstaff  Feb. 7--Salt River Project announced it would not attempt to clean up and  restart power production at the coal-burning Mohave Generating Station in  Laughlin, Nev., because the venture would not be profitable.
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A Silver Spring company announced plans yesterday to build a $400 million natural gas-fired power plant in Charles County, which would become the first new power plant in the region in decades and deliver electricity to the overburdened mid-Atlantic grid.
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Parsons, joint-ventured with Vinci Construction Grands Projets and Frontier-Kemper Constructors, Inc., has received a $211 million contract from King County (Washington state) for its Central Tunnel Contract.
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Two environmental outfits, Western Resource Advocates and Environmental Defense, have issued a study called "Climate Alert: Cleaner Energy for the Southwest." Predictably, the groups oppose the construction of a planned new $3.8 billion, 1,500-megawatt coal-fired electric plant near Ely.
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The U.S. wind power industry will  see half a trillion dollars of investment by 2030 to take the  renewable source up to 20 percent of U.S. electricity  generation, an industry conference heard on Monday.
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By Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Jun. 19--Northwest ratepayers got a boost recently when Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., convinced the House Natural Resources Committee to agree that hydropower is a renewable energy resource.
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The owner of four power plants in the Washington region agreed to reduce air-polluting emissions substantially in the next six years and to pay a $500,000 fine, according to a settlement
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American Electric Power, a coal-burning utility company that is looking for ways to connect more wind power to its grid, plans to install huge banks of high-technology batteries.
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With population swelling across the West, supporters of a proposed coal-fired power plant on the Navajo Nation reservation say the thirst for electricity is becoming too much for existing plants.
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Australia&#39;s Babcock & Brown  Infrastructure Ltd.  made a revised takeover offer for  U.S. utility NorthWestern Energy Corp.  after a  regulator blocked its initial US$2.2 billion bid on concerns  the deal was not in the interests of customers.
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Thursday announced it has placed the biggest nuclear power plant in the United States, the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station in Arizona, under a tighter watch because of a safety violation.
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The Bureau of Land Management could go ahead with plans to allow drilling in a sensitive area near Teshekpuk Lake on the North Slope, an agency spokeswoman said.
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Verizon Communications Inc.   said on Monday it and five Asian partners will build a $500  million high-speed optical cable linking the United States and  China in a bid to benefit from burgeoning Internet activity in  China.
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By Mike Gorrell, The Salt Lake Tribune  Feb. 9--Utah Mining Association President David Litvin looked at displays  for a proposed surface coal mine southwest of Bryce Canyon National Park and  saw a solution to the country's increasing demand for electricity.
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By THE DENVER POST The Rocky Mountains' recent cold and snow has put a chill on natural gas production.
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The state's attempt to balance wind power generation with wildlife protection on a western Maryland mountaintop is under attack from both sides.