Energy, Utilities & Waste
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Entergy Praises Distribution of Energy Assistance Funding
Entergy and Local Low-Income Advocates Prepare for 4th Annual Summit Utility To Meet With Advocates for the Poor and Elderly to Seek Common Ground
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana. - Entergy Corporation and more than 200 advocates for the poor and elderly in the region are preparing to meet for the Low-Income Customer Assistance Summit this week.
Entergy Donates $1.2 Million to Create Savings Programs for Low-Income Families - Partners with Foundation for the Mid South to create Mid South IDA Initiative -
BEAUMONT, Texas - Entergy today announced that through a $1.2 million contribution, it is launching the creation of local Individual Development Account programs with the Foundation for the Mid South over the next two years. The Mid South IDA Initiative will provide asset b...
Partnership For Climate Action Companies Demonstrate Value Of Greenhouse Gas Trades
NEW YORK, New York - Partnership for Climate Action (PCA) members Dupont (NYSE:DD) and Entergy (NYSE:ETR) traded accumulated emissions reductions on November 1 to demonstrate that market-based trading can address global climate change.
Alliant Energy Integrated Services - Cogenex Receives 2002 Presidential Award; Fort Detrick Project Recognized for Leadership in Federal Energy Management
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, - On October 24, APS Cogenex, a joint venture of Cogenex (an Alliant Energy Integrated Services company) and Allegheny Power, and Fort Detrick received one of five 2002 Presidential Awards for Leadership in Federal Energy Management from the United States...
Energy Conservation Initiative at HR Textron Named 'Best Manufacturing Project' by Energy User News
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - The Cogenex division of Alliant Energy Integrated Services and HR Textron are the recipients of a 2002 Energy User News Efficient Building Award for their energy conservation work at HR Textron in Valencia, Calif. The award was presented in conjunction w...
SCE's Conserving Customers Save $20 Million So Far Through State's 20/20 Summer Rebate Program
ROSEMEAD, Calif., Southern California Edison (SCE) has announced that 32% of its residential customers have received a 20% bill discount for using at least 20% less electricity in July than they did in July 2000.
Innovative Public-Private Partnership Creates America’s Newest Wildlife Refuge
NATCHITOCHES, Louisiana – At a dedication ceremony highlighting the market-based approach used to create the nation’s newest wildlife refuge, Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR), The Conservation Fund and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today unveiled a carbon sequestration p...
BP Brings Cleaner Gasoline to Colorado
DENVER, Colorado - Colorado residents can breathe easier today thanks to an announcement by BP that it has selected the Denver metropolitan area, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins and Boulder as the latest U.S. cities to receive lower sulphur gasoline as part of BP's global Cle...
Duke Power Files 'Green Power' Pricing Proposals
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Duke Power has filed proposed tariffs with the North Carolina Utilities Commission that will give customers the option to support the development of solar, wind, small hydroelectric and biomass electricity sources by paying an additional $4 per month for a...