AEP Transmission Holding Co. is partnering with AltaLink to bid on the Fort McMurray West 500-kV project in Alberta, Canada. The joint venture was selected by the Alberta Electric System Operator as one of five qualified bidders for the 300-mile project, designed to meet large industrial load growth. The company expects to submit its proposal in November and have a decision late in the year. If successful, the project would be developed by AEP Transmission subsidiary Transource Energy LLC.
The other bidders are NorSpan Partners LP (EPCOR Utilities Inc. and LS Power Associates LP); Alberta PowerLine (Canadian Utilities Limited and Quanta Capital Solutions Inc.); TAMA Transmission LP (MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company and TransAlta) and TransCanada/Elecnor (TransCanada PipeLines Limited and Elecnor S.A.).
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Dominion Names 7 VPs
Dominion named seven new vice presidents effective Jan. 1. Corynne Arnett became vice president for financial management at Dominion Generation; Michael Frederick vice president for LNG Operations; Lee Katz vice president and general auditor, reporting directly to CEO Thomas Farrell; Mark Mitchell vice president for generation construction; Brian Sheppard, vice president for pipeline operations; Alma Showalter vice president for tax; and Chester Wade, vice president for corporate communications.
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FirstEnergy Makes GHG Promise
New York, Connecticut and a shareholder advocacy group agreed to withdraw their shareholder resolution on the subject after FirstEnergy committed to study and report on ways it could help meet President Obama’s goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions 80% by 2050. The New York State Comptroller’s Office has won other such settlements with utilities, and has outstanding submissions with CMS Energy and Ameren.
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Iberdrola Names U.S. Board
Iberdrola USA named an eight-member board of directors as part of a corporate reorganization that structured Iberdrola S.A.’s U.S. business to align with the international company’s other structures. Board member Robert Kump, CEO of Iberdrola USA Networks, has also been appointed chief corporate officer, leading U.S. strategy.
The board, led by Iberdrola Chairman Ignacio Galan, includes four independent members: John Baldacci, former member of Congress and governor of Maine; Jose Fernandez, former assistant secretary of state; Alan Solomont, former ambassador to Spain and Andorra; and Alfredo Ayub, former director general of the Comision Federal de Electricidad in Mexico. Other members are José Sainz Armada, chief financial officer for Iberdrola Group and Pedro Azagra Blázquez, chief development officer for Iberdrola Group.
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GDF Suez Promotes Bradley
GDF Suez Energy North America named Eric Bradley senior vice president of strategy. In addition to heading the strategy function, Bradley also will oversee acquisitions and financial analysis, communications, government and regulatory affairs and new business incubation.
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