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• APS Wins Prestigious Edison Award

  - 2008-06-16

  Company Honored for Online Transformer Monitoring System TORONTO -- APS received the electric utility industry's highest honor this morning for developing a landmark system that monitors major transformers in near-real-time. The Edison Electric Institute EEI presented APS with its Edison Award, which honors U.S. and international electric companies...

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• Sierra Pacific Resources Wins EEI Supplier Diversity Innovative Approaches Award

  - 2008-05-08

  LAS VEGAS -- The Sierra Pacific Resources (NYSE:SRP) Supplier Diversity Program will receive the Supplier Diversity Innovative Approaches Award for 2007 from the Edison Electric Institute EEI on Wednesday, May 21, during the EEI Supplier Diversity Conference's host company event and awards dinner in Denver, Colo. "We are very...

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• Energy industry says more construction needed

  - 2008-04-21

  Environmentalists argue more energy efficiency could greatly reduce the need for a huge new wave of power plants and transmission lines. In two studies out today, the power industry gives its terse response: Don't count on it. Increased efficiency can offset a...

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• Electric Companies Earn 2008 Energy Star Awards

  - 2008-04-02

  To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Keith Voight of the Edison Electric Institute, +1-202- 508-5683/ kvoight@eei.org WASHINGTON, April 2, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy have presented 11 shareholder-owned electric power companies with Energy Star awards for 2008 in recognition of their outstanding...

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• Electric Industry Faces Transformation in Light of Climate Change, EEI President Says in Annual Speech to Wall Street

  - 2008-02-13

  To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Ed Legge of the Edison Electric Institute, +1-202-657- 2592 NEW YORK, Feb. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The electric utility industry faces a period of transformation as addressing climate change becomes imperative, Edison Electric Institute EEI President Tom Kuhn said today in his annual state of the...

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• Entergy Corp. has received its 10th straight emergency storm response or emergency assistance award from the Edison Electric Institute for restoring power following extreme storms

  - 2008-01-14

  Entergy Corp. has received its 10th straight emergency storm response or emergency assistance award from the Edison Electric Institute for restoring power following extreme storms. The latest award recognizes Entergy's help returning power to 46,000 Public Service of Oklahoma customers after a January 2007 ice storm.

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• ComEd Earns National Award for Outstanding Emergency Response During August's 'Storm of the Decade'

  - 2008-01-09

  To: ENERGY EDITORS Contact: Jeff Burdick of ComEd Media Relations, +1-312-394-3500 SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Jan. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The Edison Electric Institute EEI today honored ComEd with the association's "Emergency Recovery Award" for outstanding efforts to restore power following last year's multi-front storm system that resulted in the worst damage...

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• EEI Honors Ameren Corporation With 'Emergency Recovery Award' for Ice Storm Restoration

  - 2008-01-09

  To: ENERGY EDITORS Contact: Ed Legge of Edison Electric Institute , +1-202-508-5074 SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Jan. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Edison Electric Institute today honored Ameren Corporation as a winner of the association's "Emergency Recovery Award" for outstanding efforts to restore electric power in the wake of two severe ice...

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• Fitch EEI Wrap-Up Report: Political & Regulatory Issues Drive Utility Capital Spending

  - 2007-11-12

  NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings, on Nov. 9, 2007, published its wrap-up report for the 42nd Edison Electric Institute EEI Financial Conference, focusing on the utility industry's challenge of adapting to changing regulatory and political pressures related to the environment. The utility industry remains on the verge of a...

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• Con Edison CEO to Participate in Edison Electric Institute Financial Conference

  - 2007-11-02

  Consolidated Edison, Inc. Con Edison (NYSE: ED) Chairman, President, and CEO Kevin Burke will make a presentation to the financial community at the Edison Electric Institute's 42nd Financial Conference next week. Mr. Burke's presentation will be webcast live on Tuesday, November 6, at 10:30 a.m. EST. The live audio...

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• Cleco Corp. CEO Mike Madison to Speak at EEI Financial Conference

  - 2007-10-31

  Mike Madison, president and CEO of Cleco Corp. (NYSE: CNL), will speak Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007, at the 42nd Edison Electric Institute EEI Financial Conference in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Madison's presentation begins at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time and will be webcast over the Internet on Cleco's Web site....

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• TransAlta to speak at Edison Electric Institute's 42nd Financial Conference

  - 2007-10-31

  Brian Burden, TransAlta Corporation's (TSX: TA) (NYSE: TAC), Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer, will speak at Edison Electric Institute's 42nd Financial Conference in Lake Buena Vista, Florida on Nov. 6 at approximately 10:30 a.m. EST.

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• TransAlta to speak at Edison Electric Institute's 42nd Financial Conference.(Conference news)

  - 2007-10-31

  CALGARY, ALBERTA, Oct 31, 2007 Marketwire via COMTEX -- Brian Burden, TransAlta Corporation's (TSX:TA) (NYSE:TAC), Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer, will speak at Edison Electric Institute's 42nd Financial Conference in Lake Bue CALGARY, ALBERTA, Oct 31, 2007 Marketwire via COMTEX -- Brian Burden, TransAlta...

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• MDU Resources Announces Webcast of EEI Conference Presentation

  - 2007-10-30

  BISMARCK, N.D. -- MDU Resources Group, Inc. (NYSE:MDU) will webcast its presentation to the financial community Tuesday, Nov. 6, at the Edison Electric Institute Financial Conference. MDU Resources' President and Chief Executive Officer Terry D. Hildestad and Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer Vernon A. Raile will present...

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• Edison International to Present at the 42nd Edison Electric Institute Financial Conference

  - 2007-10-22

  ROSEMEAD, Calif. -- John E. Bryson, chairman and chief executive officer of Edison International (NYSE:EIX), will speak at the 42nd Edison Electric Institute Financial Conference on Tuesday, November 6, 2007, at 8:15 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. The presentation will be available via live webcast, with a replay available for approximately...

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• Energy Expert Sees Questions Surrounding Energy Future

  - 2007-09-07

  WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS - West Virginia always has paid its bills thanks in part to the natural resources that come from its mountains - particularly coal and natural gas.But Eric Holdsworth, director of climate programs for the Edison Electric Institute, said right now the future of both industries is a...

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• Nation's Electric Utility Industry Urges Wise Electricity Use During Heat Waves

  - 2007-08-09

  To: ENERGY EDITORSContact: Keith Voight of the Edison Electric Institute, +1-202- 508-5683, kvoight@eei.org WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With much of the nation preparing for another day of record or near-record temperatures, the nation's electric utilities are urging homes and businesses to keep cool, but to use their electricity wisely....

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• Groups Warn Against Proposal for Federally Mandated Renewable Portfolio Standard

  - 2007-08-03

  ENERGY RESOURCE-3 August 2007-Groups Warn Against Proposal for Federally Mandated Renewable Portfolio StandardC2007 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com On the eve of an expected U.S. House of Representatives vote on a nationwide renewable portfolio standard RPS, the National Association of Manufacturers NAM and Edison Electric Institute EEI expressed support for increasing...

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• With Summer's Dog Days Upon Us, It's Time to 'Get Energy Active'

  - 2007-08-02

  To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: Keith Voightof theEdison Electric Institute,+1-202-508- 5683,KVOIGHT@EEI.ORG WASHINGTON, Aug.2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The thermometer is peaking and the electric bill is likely to be as well, as consumers move indoors and turn on their air conditioners, home entertainment centers, and other appliances. To stay cool and save money this...

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• U.S. Manufacturers and Electric Companies Remain Firmly United Against Federal Renewable Portfolio Standard

  - 2007-08-02

  To: ENERGY EDITORSContact: Dan Riedinger of the Edison Electric Institute, +1-202- 508-5483; or Kat Snodgrass of the National Association of Manufacturers, +1-202-637-3094 WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A proposal to require U.S. power companies to produce 15 percent of their electricity from renewable resources in roughly the next decade likely...

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