| 1. EIA Revises Projection for Gas Demand by Power Sector This Year |
|
from Power Market Today Mar 10, 2010
The high demand for natural gas by the electric power sector in the first quarter has all but wiped out the Energy Information Administration's (EIA) prior projection that the sector would likely see a 1.3% year-over-year decline in gas demand. ( more )
|
| 2. Study: Windier Nebraska Energy Mix to Come at a Price |
|
from Power Market Today Mar 8, 2010
In addition to the necessary physical infrastructure, operating costs for turbines and equipment and associated transmission facilities, integrating enough new wind generation to increase to 10% the amount of wind-generated electricity in Nebraska's mix would cost an additional $5.41/MWh (10%), according to a study published Friday by the Nebraska Power Association's (NPA) board of directors.( more )
|
| 3. Northwest Weighs 'Direct Use' Versus Gas-Fired Generation |
|
from Power Market Today Mar 8, 2010
The Northwest Power and Conservation Council's (NPCC) sixth power plan adds new emphasis to the alternative of more direct use of natural gas for space and water heating as opposed to added gas-fired electric generation. An added consideration for the gas conversion option is climate change, the NPCC's latest report said.( more )
|
| 4. CEC Opens Cash-for-Recycled Appliances Program Website
|
|
from Power Market Today Mar 9, 2010
The California Energy Commission (CEC) on Tuesday will launch a website to support a new state-supported program paying for recycled appliances. The program kicks off on Earth Day (April 22) as part of a $35.2 million national effort by the federal government under stimulus funding efforts.
( more )
|
| 5. NRG Clean Coal Project to Receive $154M in Federal Funding |
|
from Power Market Today Mar 10, 2010
A post-combustion carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) project at NRG Energy's W.A. Parish plant in Thompsons, TX, has been selected to receive up to $154 million, including funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, to help demonstrate advances in clean coal efforts, Energy Secretary Steven Chu said Tuesday.( more )
|
| 6. Wind Industry to Congress: Wake Up to Need for Renewable Energy Standard |
|
from Power Market Today Mar 10, 2010
Facing skeptics questioning their political wherewithal, wind industry leaders gathered in Washington, DC, Tuesday to reiterate that Congress should act quickly to pass a national renewable energy standard (RES). The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) and various wind company executives promised instant job creation and general economic benefits that will follow from such a measure.( more )
|
| 7. Democrats Seek to Suspend EPA Regulation of GHG Emissions |
|
from Power Market Today Mar 5, 2010
Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV (D-WV) introduced legislation Thursday to suspend potential Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from stationary sources, such as coal-fired power plants, for two years.( more )
|
| 8. Wind Power Reaches Over 17% of Total ERCOT Load; Term Tumbles |
|
from Power Market Today Mar 5, 2010
Term power prices plunged Thursday following losses in natural gas futures, and next-day power in West Texas fell hard for a second day as wind power surged. In the Ohio Valley next-day power eased.( more )
|
| 9. People
|
|
from Power Market Today Mar 10, 2010
( more )
|
| 10. DOE's Chu Says Cap on Carbon Emissions Vital |
|
from Power Market Today Mar 10, 2010
The "most important policy" the United States needs to stimulate innovation "is a declining cap on carbon emissions," which would provide "a long-term signal that there will be a price on carbon," Energy Secretary Steven Chu said Tuesday.( more )
|
