http://www.theenergydaily.com Energy Portal en-us 2010 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:43:19 EDT In a move that brings the agency a step closer to issuing regulations to combat ocean acidification due to rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, the Environmental Protection Agency is expected to unveil as soon as today a public process to develop... http://www.theenergydaily.com/publications/ed/4070.html Mon, 15 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT Moving to extinguish an issue that is increasingly troublesome for the nuclear industry--and drawing growing attention from regulators—Exelon Generation Corp. announced last week it will pay $1.176 million to settle three civil complaints filed by state... http://www.theenergydaily.com/publications/ed/4071.html Mon, 15 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT The California Public Utilities Commission, resuming expansion of retail electricity competition for the first time since the state’s power crisis 10 years ago, last week approved a plan to allow more industrial and commercial customers to shop for a... http://www.theenergydaily.com/publications/ed/4072.html Mon, 15 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT While a majority of electric utility industry executives queried in a recent survey believes some form of carbon legislation is inevitable, more than 70 percent say they oppose the cap-and-trade approach to lowering U.S. greenhouse gas emissions included in... http://www.theenergydaily.com/publications/ed/4073.html Mon, 15 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT J. Gregory Meyer, formerly head of the Babcock & Wilcox unit that operates the Energy Department’s Pantex plant, last week was named senior vice president of Fluor’s government group and will lead the company’s environmental/nuclear... http://www.theenergydaily.com/publications/ed/4074.html Mon, 15 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT Emera Inc., a Canadian energy company, expanded its position in Maine last week by announcing the purchase of Maine & Maritimes Corp., which serves 36,000 customers in the northern part of the state. Emera said Friday it is purchasing all outstanding... http://www.theenergydaily.com/publications/ed/4075.html Mon, 15 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT In a move likely to compound problems currently confronting oil refiners, credit rating firm Standard & Poors Tuesday placed four oil refining companies’ with speculative-grade ratings on “creditwatch” with negative implications, saying... http://www.theenergydaily.com/publications/ed/4076.html Mon, 15 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT Electricity prices in the Mid-Atlantic region and New York dropped by nearly 50 percent last year due to sharply lower natural gas costs and reduced consumption—evidence that two of the nation’s biggest deregulated power markets are working as... http://www.theenergydaily.com/publications/ed/4063.html Fri, 12 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST In a move intended to remake the province as a destination for oil and natural gas drillers unhappy with 2008 royalty rate increases, the Alberta government announced policy changes Thursday that will lower the government’s revenue take from natural gas... http://www.theenergydaily.com/publications/ed/4064.html Fri, 12 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST Just days after four Democratic senators moved to impose “buy American” requirements on renewable energy developers seeking federal stimulus funding, three wind developers—including one involved in a controversial Texas wind plant--announced... http://www.theenergydaily.com/publications/ed/4065.html Fri, 12 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST