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Iowa reps urge Congress to extend wind energy tax credit

Iowa reps urge Congress to extend wind energy tax credit  The entire Iowa delegation in the U.S. Congress has written a letter urging a short-term extension of the Production Tax Credit (PTC) for wind energy.…
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Online electric service territory map available

The Iowa Utilities Board (IUB), with assistance from the Iowa Department of Transportation, has created an electronic version of Iowa’s electric service territory map. The interactive resource allows online users to review local electric service …

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Alliance, Iowa Network Services launch phone subsidiary

Alliance, Iowa Network Services launch phone subsidiary    By Joe Gardyasz joegardyasz@bpcdm.com   Alliance Technologies and Iowa Network Services Inc. (INS) have formed a business telephone subsidiary, Alliance Connect LLC, with a goal of becoming…
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Wind-energy supplier expands to Texas

Wind-energy supplier expands to Texas Availon Inc., a Grimes-based provider of parts and engineering services to the wind power industry in North America, announced it has opened a service and distribution center in Sweetwater, Texas,…
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Energy company pays $10,150 for risk management violations

Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy LLC has agreed to pay a $10,150 civil penalty  for failing to file a risk management plan and implement risk management regulations at its dry-mill ethanol plant in Council Bluffs.

As …

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Chamness designer wins compost contest

Chamness designer wins compost contest   Emily Bibler, creative director at Blairsburg-based Chamness Technology Inc., was selected as grand prize winner of a poster contest held by the U.S. Composting Council. Contestants were challenged to…
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MidAmerican launches renewables subsidiary

MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. announced this morning that it has established a new business to support the company’s move into the unregulated renewable-energy market. MidAmerican Renewables LLC will oversee wind, geothermal, solar and hydro projects …

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Alliant announces succession at the top

Alliant Energy Corp. Chairman and CEO William Harvey will retire from the company effective March 31. He has spent 25 years with Alliant and its predecessor, WPL Holdings, and has served as chairman and CEO …

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MidAmerican buys more wind

MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. has signed an agreement to acquire the 81-megawatt Bishop Hill II wind project near Galva, Ill., from Invenergy Wind LLC. This project, which currently is under construction, will feature 50 General …

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2012 in Preview: Energy & Utilities


Utilities board responds to new federal regulations

New federal regulations will make 2012 a busy year for the Iowa Utilities Board (IUB), board Chair Libby Jacobs said.

“There has been a lot of activity coming …