http://www.windaction.org/ facts, analysis, exposure of wind energy's real impacts en-us Windaction hourly 1 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.windaction.org/articles/23356 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:39:26 GMT In Utah, state officials are fielding various combinations of energy proposals, a list that includes solar and geothermal installations and an energy storage project ...Scores of projects - some speculative, others well-funded and a few quirky - have surfaced with energy companies eager to take advantage of loan guarantees and tax breaks being promoted by President Barack Obama. http://www.windaction.org/articles/23356 http://www.windaction.org/articles/20637 Sun, 05 Apr 2009 23:37:45 GMT Harnessing the sun and the winds will be looked at Monday by the Mohave County Supervisors. The supervisors will look to hold a special workshop in the coming months dealing with renewable energy projects in Mohave County. No workshop has been scheduled, but, upon recommendation of the county planning and zoning board, one is highly likely. http://www.windaction.org/articles/20637 http://www.windaction.org/articles/19624 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:08:48 GMT Last week, the Bureau of Land Management authorized the establishment of special offices in Wyoming and other Western states to expedite that renewable energy development on federal public lands. BLM officials said Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne issued a Secretarial Order on Friday that will allow the agency to establish coordination offices in Wyoming, Arizona, California and Nevada. http://www.windaction.org/articles/19624 http://www.windaction.org/articles/18887 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:41:10 GMT Lincoln County Commissioners, during their regular meeting November 10, said they were not opposed to the development of wind-generated power in the County, but would rather seek different locations than the ones being proposed. Mission Edison Group, a subsidiary of Southern California Edison, had approached the County about building wind generators on Mt. Wilson and Table Mountain, both a little north of Pioche. County Commissioners have said they do not think those locations are the best places for such large generators. http://www.windaction.org/articles/18887 http://www.windaction.org/articles/10293 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:34:23 GMT WASHINGTON - The House rejected a resolution Wednesday that would block government plans to spur construction of major new power lines in many states regardless of local opposition. The issue has been contentious in parts of the East Coast and in the Southwest, where two high priority transmission corridors for power lines were proposed. Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., warned colleagues that unwanted power lines could come to their district. http://www.windaction.org/articles/10293 http://www.windaction.org/articles/9228 Sun, 29 Apr 2007 11:43:22 GMT A new federal proposal to help electricity flow more freely could help the energy-choked East Coast. But it could also infuriate landowners, who have traditionally gotten their way in fights against utilities in Delaware. U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman last week named Delaware as part of his proposed eastern National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor. It would run from New York to Virginia, and west to Ohio. A second corridor would run through California, Arizona and Nevada. http://www.windaction.org/articles/9228 http://www.windaction.org/articles/9198 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:33:27 GMT The nation's top energy official on Thursday proposed naming a pair of "national interest electric transmission corridors," including one covering San Diego, Riverside and five other Southern California counties, as well as parts of Arizona and Nevada. Designating national power corridors could make it easier for San Diego Gas & Electric Co. to build a high-voltage power line across the county's desert and backcountry. http://www.windaction.org/articles/9198 http://www.windaction.org/articles/5333 Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:18:33 GMT At the halfway point between the West Coast energy crisis of 2001 and the next major electricity contract renewal year of 2011, a federal power marketing agency is proposing a policy change that could affect rates in the Pacific Northwest for generations and become a national model for energy development. Northwest hydropower is one of the cheapest energy resources in the nation - about half the current market rate for electricity. The Bonneville Power Administration - which sells power in all of Washington, Oregon and Idaho and parts of California, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming and Montana - announced this summer it wants to change the way it charges utilities for its wholesale power, to keep rates low. http://www.windaction.org/articles/5333 http://www.windaction.org/articles/2584 Tue, 18 Apr 2006 11:11:45 GMT SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Seven utilities have announced formation of a partnership to advance the Frontier Line, an electric-power transmission grid that would serve Wyoming, Utah, Nevada and California. http://www.windaction.org/articles/2584 http://www.windaction.org/articles/12413 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.windaction.org/articles/12413