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Industry News 2007 P6

FERC announces creation of new Energy Innovations Unit
FERC announced the creation of a new Energy Innovations Sector in recognition of the importance of demand response, renewable energy, global warming and advanced technologies in the development of energy markets.

FERC acts to assure independence of PJM market monitoring
FERC acted to assure independence of market monitoring in the PJM Interconnection and preserve the integrity of PJM market operations by directing all parties to enter into a settlement process.

FERC announces creation of Office of Electric Reliability
FERC chairman Joseph T. Kelliher signaled the growing importance of the commission's work on the reliability of the nation's bulk power system when he announced creation of a new Office of Electric Reliability.

New episode of Currents now available
New episode of Currents available: Advanced Metering - Lessons Learned from California. In this episode of Currents, we speak with representatives from PG&E and SoCal Edison about their massive advanced metering rollouts.

Proven technologies remain a potent tool for improving distribution reliability: Chartwell study
Electric utilities continue to rely on proven technologies in their efforts to maintain and improve distribution reliability to meet growing expectations from consumers and regulators, new Chartwell research shows.

FERC approves request to repay generators for network facilities constructed to enable interconnection to ITCTransmission and METC
Under new policy, generators will be fully reimbursed for the costs of network upgrades necessary to enable their interconnection with the ITCTransmission and METC systems.

TXU receives NRC approval
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission approves merger of TXU with TEF; NRC is last regulatory approval for merger.

FERC report marks growth of demand response efforts
Demand response and advanced metering programs have grown significantly over the past year, according to a new Federal Energy Regulatory Commission report.

Maysteel names new president & CEO
Maysteel announced that John Russell has been named president and CEO for the manufacturer.

DOE touts Bush administration's efforts to modernize nation's electric grid
Assistant secretary for the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, Kevin M. Kolevar, highlighted the administration's efforts to increase the use of advanced technologies in the nation's power delivery system equipment, as well as DOE's recent announcement to invest up to $51.8 million to modernize and secure the nation's electric grid.

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