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| 06 Mar 2009 11:12:44 pm |
 Oklahoma Gas & Electric Uses Wind to Hold Off on Fossil Fuel |
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Oklahoma Gas & Electric (OG&E) told the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) that the utility planned to use wind power as part of a strategy to defer all new fossil-fired generation facilities until 2020.
"OG&E will continue its expansion of wind energy with the development of 700 MW of new wind energy,” Jesse Langston, vice president of utility commercial operations, told the OCC in direct testimony on February 27. Langston noted that the OCC has already authorized OG&E to begin development of the wind-power-carrying 345-kV transmission line between Woodward and Oklahoma City; the 115-mile line is a key component of the 2020 Plan. With such actions, OG&E will have 870 MW of wind power on its system by 2012, said Langston, who called the transmission line “a first step in OG&E’s plans to encourage the development of large quantities of wind energy in western Oklahoma. |
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Category : AWEA News
| By : Chris Madison |
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| 06 Mar 2009 12:35:05 am |
| Senate Leader Reid Introduces Transmission Legislation |
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV, today introduced legislation that would facilitate the approval, siting and financing of the green power superhighway. It is the first step in what will be a complicated legislative journey. Congress is also set to consider legislation establishing a national renewable electricity standard (RES) and also may take up climate change legislation
In a statement, Sen. Reid said, "My legislation will require the President to designate renewable energy zones with significant clean energy generating potential. Then, a massive planning effort will begin in all the interconnection areas of the country to maximize the use of that renewable potential by building new transmission capacity. The states would then propose cost allocation means to fund the new lines in the green transmission grid plans. If either process falters, then the federal government would be given clear authority to keep things moving and get the new transmission built on schedule and funded equitably. "
In a statement released tonight, AWEA said, “We appreciate Senator Reid’s leadership addressing transmission for our renewable energy future. Many of the proposals in the AWEA-SEIA white paper on transmission are reflected in this bill. We look forward to working with Senator Reid, other Members of Congress, states, and other stakeholders to achieve consensus around the three major components that are required to access and deliver significant amounts of renewable energy: interconnection-wide planning, interconnection-wide cost allocation, and consolidated permitting.”
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is scheduled to hold hearings on the issue later this month. |
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Category : AWEA News
| By : Chris Madison |
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| 05 Mar 2009 09:53:19 pm |
| AWEA's Denise Bode Honored by Energy, Environment Group |
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Denise Bode, AWEA's CEO, tonight will be named Woman of the Year 2009 by the Women's Council on Energy and the Environment (WCEE). The award will be presented at a sold out gala at Washington's Mayflower Hotel. The group said it was recognizing Bode "for her leadership and accomplishments in advocating for clean and affordable energy."
“I am honored to join the company of accomplished women who have received this award,” said Bode. “And at this time in our nation’s energy history, I am grateful to have the opportunity to lead the wind energy industry – a sector that the President has identified as a key driver for the new U.S. economy."
Bode's experience includes service on the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, as the CEO of the American Clean Skies Foundation, President of the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) and on the staff of then–U.S. Senator David Boren (D-OK) as his legal counsel. Ms. Bode broadcasts a daily radio program and an online television program through CleanSkies TV. |
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Category : AWEA News
| By : Chris Madison |
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| 04 Mar 2009 11:50:16 pm |
| Join the Virtual March on Washington |
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The Boone Pickens "army" of more than 1 million plans to conduct a virtual march on Washington April 1-3 to press Congress to act on energy legislation this year. AWEA is a partner with the Pickens Plan organization on the march.
During the three days, the Pickens group will focus its energy getting e-mails, calls and faxes to every Member of Congress, urging them to support a national Renewable Electricity Standard and renewable transmission legislation. Congress is expected to begin consideration of the RES and transmission legislation in April.
To join the Virtual March, go the Pickens site and find out how to participate. |
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Category : AWEA News
| By : Chris Madison |
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| 03 Mar 2009 05:59:44 pm |
| Wind Energy Creates Green Jobs |
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| This is starting out to be a tough year for the U.S. economy. But there is some good news out there. Read this story from the Sacramento Bee, which describes how wind energy is bring good jobs to northern California. Or this article from the Los Angeles Times, about the industy's need for trained workers. CNN, too, has discovered the wind-jobs connection. Bottom line: The wind industry, which now employs about 85,000 Americans, is growing in 2009, creating more jobs. |
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Category : AWEA News
| By : Chris Madison |
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