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OREGON LEGISLATURE APPROVES NEARLY 30 ENERGY-RELATED BILLS
Posted on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 (PST)
JULY 10, 2007 – The 2007 session of the Oregon State Legislature approved nearly 30 energy-related bills signed or to be signed by Gov. Ted Kulongoski, with most intended to stimulate energy efficiency and increase the use of renewables.Below is the summary of Oregon’s new energy legislation:
 

JUDGE SAYS ESA FISH PROTECTIONS TRUMP HYDRO POWER SALES
Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 (PST)
Saying his words are "not a product of anger, but frustration," U.S. District Court Judge James A. Redden in a May 23 order reminded federal agencies that it is not an option to shift away from Columbia/Snake river hydro system operations designed to benefit fish.
 

CALIFORNIA ISO DEVELOPS FIVE-YEAR PLAN FOR FOSTERING RENEWABLE POWER, DEMAND RESPONSE
Posted on Tuesday, April 24, 2007 (PST)
The California Independent System Operator Corporation (California ISO) Board has approved a Five-Year Business Plan that charts the course for the California ISO through 2011 and integrates, among other things, state clean air policies that foster development of major new energy market players—renewable power and demand response participants.
 

CALIFORNIA ISO LAUDS FERC’S MOVE TO GET MORE GREEN POWER ON THE GRID
Posted on Saturday, April 21, 2007 (PST)
The California Independent System Operator Corporation lauded the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s approval, in concept, of a new financing tool that breaks down barriers facing renewable power development.
 

FERC APPROVES RENEWABLE ENERGY CALIFORNIA TRANSMISSION POLICY PROMOTED BY WIND POWER ADVOCATES
Posted on Thursday, April 19, 2007 (PST)
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Thursday approved the California Independent System Operator’s (CAISO) proposed mechanism for financing facilities to interconnect location-constrained renewable resources such as wind, geothermal and solar generation to the CAISO’s transmission grid.
 

FERC REAFFIRMS CALIFORNIA POWER MARKET REFORMS TO PREVENT ANOTHER WESTERN ENERGY CRISIS
Posted on Thursday, April 19, 2007 (PST)
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission today largely reaffirmed a prior order approving power market reforms in California to help prevent a recurrence of the energy crisis that roiled California and neighboring Western states in 2000 and 2001.
 

AGREEMENT APPROVED THAT ENFORCES FERC-MANDATED POWER RELIABILITY STANDARDS
Posted on Thursday, April 19, 2007 (PST)
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission today issued the third in a series of landmark orders designed to establish a new regime to ensure reliability for the nation’s bulk electric power system.

The orders lay the foundation for mandatory, enforceable power-system reliability standards to be in place in time for this summer’s peak electricity demand season.
 

FERC APPROVES 800 MILES OF NEW PIPELINE TO TRANSPORT NATURAL GAS WEST TO EAST
Posted on Thursday, April 19, 2007 (PST)
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission today approved the new Rockies Express-West interstate pipeline project intended to transport more than 1.5 million dekatherms (Dth) per day of Rocky Mountain natural gas to supply growing energy demand in markets east of the Rockies.
 

AVISTA ENERGY TO SELL OPERATING ASSETS TO CORAL ENERGY; NW OFFICES TO REMAIN
Posted on Wednesday, April 18, 2007 (PST)
Avista Corp. announced that Avista Energy, Inc., a subsidiary of Avista Corp., has signed a definitive agreement to sell substantially all of its contracts and ongoing operations to Coral Energy Holding, L.P. and certain of its subsidiaries (Coral Energy), a subsidiary of Shell.
 

PNNL RECEIVES DOE FUNDS TO STUDY HANFORD CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER MOVEMENT
Posted on Monday, April 16, 2007 (PST)
The Department of Energy has granted Pacific Northwest National Laboratory $27.5 million dollars over 5 years to investigate the movement of contaminated groundwater at sites in Washington and Colorado.
 

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