All Posts Tagged With: "electrical grid"

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Like Herding Cats! — Federal Agencies and Obama Administration Attempt to Streamline Grid Siting Requirements for Renewable Projects

Many proposed renewable energy and transmission projects have been delayed by the bureaucracy of authorization within multiple federal agencies, leaving in doubt the ability to reach to goal of doubling clean power generation by 2012.

11Jan2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Final Report Issued From Western States
Energy Gathering

“This Report will help put a regional approach to Western energy and environmental solutions into action, but the symposium and the report is a mid-point,” said WSEES Steering Committee Chairman and Wyo Representative,
Tom Lubnau. “We will work now to put these consensus actions in to operation.”

14Dec2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Hard Energy Realities Facing Western States Focus of Jackson Hole Gathering

Among the key policy elements to be tackled head on during next week’s conference — developing a blueprint to a cooperative agreement that represents a western energy policy dealing specifically with development, transmission, and the environment

20Oct2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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States Must Cooperate on New Transmission Lines –
Or Lose Siting Jurisdiction to Feds

Already, congressional proposals to give the federal government broader authority on where to locate transmission lines in the West are being proposed in Washington D.C. Western states might be better served to cooperate on such matters say policywatchers.

13Sep2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Renewable Energy, Meet the New Nimbys

At a wind-energy conference in Wyoming last month, Gov. Freudenthal delivered a stern warning to wind-turbine developers, telling them to make sure their projects don’t harm a small bird called the sage grouse. “What I have is an obsession with making sure that the economy of this state continues to function, and it won’t if that bird gets listed,” according to his office’s transcript of his remarks.

7Sep2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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BLM Delays Siting Process for Gateway
West Project

The agency is pushing back the completion date for its draft environmental impact statement for the Gateway West Transmission Line Project from this fall to next spring. The time will be used to identify more alternative routes with the project’s developers and local interests.

20Jul2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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“No Easy Answers” for Wyoming Economy

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President, Thomas Hoenig, says Wyoming’s commodity economy has to diversify to survive the downturn and that means green energy. But, he cautions: Don’t subsidize wind power, it should stand on its own.

23Jun2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Power-Line Citing Issue: Two Reports

Everyone agrees that some form of regional or national program for building - and, equally importantly, locating - new transmission facilities is critical to creating new and sustainable sources of power in the next decade. The big question is just how to get there.

19Mar2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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FERC Shows Flexibility in OK Of Wyoming
Wind Power

“Consumers will benefit from this type of pioneering thinking, because it will expand our transmission grid’s capacity to enhance development of our nation’s renewable energy potential,” said FERC Acting Chairman Jon Wellinghoff.

22Feb2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Western Governors See Opportunity to Upgrade the Grid

Based on the energy proposals the President outlined in his weekly web broadcast, the governors are likely to get the action they want when it comes to upgrading the electrical grid in the West.

26Jan2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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What to Expect from Obama’s Coming Energy Initiatives

A Guest Commentary from Andrew R. Fellon

On January 20, a new era in U.S. energy policy will begin. President-elect Obama promises a profound shift in emphasis, and involvement, in the energy industry by the federal government. With it will come changes in regulations, tax laws and spending initiatives that will impact virtually every industry in America. Barack Obama’s energy policy is based on his belief that that United States must become more energy efficient, more environmentally responsible, and less reliant on foreign oil. While other presidents have had similar goals, Obama has made it clear that energy reform will be a centerpiece of his administration.

14Dec2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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West-Wide Energy Corridors Plan Includes
Smart Lines for Renewables - in Some Areas

“These corridors could help link enough green electricity to power over 3 million homes — without significant lands impacts. Other corridors may help accelerate linking Arizona, Wyoming and New Mexico wind and solar resources to major western population centers.”

26Nov2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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