http://www.energyonline.com/News/TodaysNews.aspx This is the syndication feed for EnergyOnline.com news. LCG, February 3, 2012-American Electric Power (AEP) announced Wednesday that commercial operation of the Dresden power plant has commenced. The 580-MW, combined-cycle facility is fueled by natural gas and is located near Dresden, Ohio. According to AEP, natural gas now accounts for 24 percent of AEP's total generating capacity. http://www.energyonline.com//Industry/News.aspx?NewsID=7558&AEP's_Dresden_Plant_Begins_Commercial_Operations Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT LCG, January 31, 2012--Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO), a unit of American Electric Power (AEP), announced last week that it executed long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) totaling 358.65 MW of renewable power from wind projects in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. Combined with a 49.2-MW PPA signed by the Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority (OMPA), SWEPCO and its affiliates have now exceeded the 400-MW renewable energy commitment incorporated in the legal settlement made last month relate to the John W. Turk Jr. Power Plant. http://www.energyonline.com//Industry/News.aspx?NewsID=7557&SWEPCO_Signs_Wind_Power_Agreements_Related_to_Turk_Coal_Plant_ Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT LCG, January 25, 2012--The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) announced last Friday that it agreed to purchase power from four wind farms in Kansas, Illinois and Iowa that have a combined capacity of 535 MW. Today, TVA has activated a wind energy portfolio totaling 950 MW, including five operating wind farms in the Midwest with a combined 542 wind turbines. http://www.energyonline.com//Industry/News.aspx?NewsID=7556&TVA_Adds_to_Its_Wind_Farm_Portfolio_ Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT LCG, January 18, 2012--Salt River Project (SRP), Arizona State University (ASU) and SunPower Corp. recently announced agreements to construct a 1-MW solar concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) power plant at ASU's Polytechnic campus in Mesa, Arizona. The solar facility will be the first commercial deployment of the SunPower® C7 Tracker technology that uses parabolic mirrors to focus the sun's energy on the solar PV cells. http://www.energyonline.com//Industry/News.aspx?NewsID=7555&Solar_CPV_Project_Gains_Momentum_in_Arizona Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT LCG, January 17, 2012 – LCG Consulting of Los Altos, California has released a new ERCOT electricity market outlook for 2012. This report incorporates the latest developments implemented under the ERCOT nodal protocol and summarizes forecasts for LMPs, Ancillary Service prices, hub prices, and load zone prices. http://www.energyonline.com//Industry/News.aspx?NewsID=7423&2012_ERCOT_Electricity_Market__Outlook_-_Simulation_and_Forecast Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT LCG, January 5, 2012--Mortenson Construction announced that it has completed construction of the Comber Wind Farm, located in Essex County, Ontario. The project was developed by Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners (BREP). http://www.energyonline.com//Industry/News.aspx?NewsID=7554&Ontario's_166-MW_Comber_Wind_Project_Completed Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT LCG, December 26, 2011--The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) clears the way for Westinghouse's AP1000 reactor design for use in the United States. http://www.energyonline.com//Industry/News.aspx?NewsID=7552&NRC_Approves_Rule_to_Amend_AP1000_Nuclear_Reactor_Design Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT LCG, December 27, 2011--A123 Systems will supply an 11-MW Grid Battery System (GBS) to complement Sempra's Auwahi Wind project in Maui, Hawaii. http://www.energyonline.com//Industry/News.aspx?NewsID=7553&A123_Systems_to_Provide_11-MW_Grid_Battery_System_for_Auwahi_Wind_Project Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT LCG, December 22, 2011--The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday issued the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) that the EPA states will protect American families from power plant emissions of mercury and toxic air pollution like arsenic, acid gas, nickel, selenium, and cyanide. http://www.energyonline.com//Industry/News.aspx?NewsID=7551&EPA_Issues_Mercury_and_Air_Toxics_Standards Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT LCG, December 21, 2011--The Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar Tuesday approved the Tule Wind Power Project under development by Iberdrola Renewables. The project must also be approved by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), Bureau of Indian Affairs, California State Lands Commission and County of San Diego. http://www.energyonline.com//Industry/News.aspx?NewsID=7550&Iberdrola's_Tule_Wind_Power_Project_Approved_by_Interior_Department Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT