JACKIE NOBLETT, Mass High Tech, August 18, 2009
Maine and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will cooperate on the application, review and permitting process for tidal energy projects after signing a memorandum of understanding Wednesday.
The MOU calls for the entities to notify each other when a tidal developer applies for a preliminary permit, pilot project license [...]
Posts Tagged ‘FERC’
Maine Moving Forward in Tidal Energy with FERC
Posted in Electricity Generation, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Maine, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, Renewable Energy, Sea Turbine, Tidal Energy, U.S., tagged Atlantic Ocean, Electricity Generation, FERC, Maine, Renewable Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S. on August 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
FERC Guiding & Accelerating Development of Smart Grid
Posted in Electricity Generation, FERC, News, Smart Grid, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged Cybersecurity, Demand Response, Electricity Generation, Energy Transmission, FERC, Smart Grid, Transmission Issues, U.S., U.S. Power Grid, US Energy Policy on July 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, July 19, 2009
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) moved to accelerate the development of a smart electric transmission system that could improve the efficiency and operation of the grid. The Smart Grid Policy Statement sets priorities for work on development of standards for the developement of a reliable and smart grid.
Smart grid advancements are [...]
Massachusetts Proposes Master Plan for Ocean Energy
Posted in Atlantic Ocean, DOI, Dept. of the Interior, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Massachusettts, News, OCS, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged DOI, Electricity Generation, FERC, Massachusetts, OCS Leases, Outer Continental Shelf, Renewable Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wind Energy on July 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
UCILIA WANG, GreenTechMeida, July 1, 2009
The draft plan covers how the state would plan and oversee all sorts of projects located within the state waters, including wind, tidal and wave farms.
Massachusetts released a draft of a plan Wednesday that would govern the permitting and management of projects such as tidal and wave energy farms.
Touted by [...]
Obama Energy Officials Reveal New Western States Renewable Energy Initiatives and Strategies
Posted in ARRA, Biomass, DOA, DOE, DOI, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Environmental Issues, FERC, Funding, News, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, U.S., US Energy Policy, Western Renewable Energy Zones, tagged ARRA, Biomass, DOA, DOE, DOI, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Environmental Issues, FERC, Funding, MendoCoastCurrent, MOU, National Electricity Grid, Obama, Reliability Issues, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, U.S., US Energy Policy, Western Renewable Energy Zones, Western States, Wildlife Data Systems on June 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, June 17, 2009
The West has been at the forefront of the country’s development and implementation of renewable energy technologies, leading the way in passing effective Renewable Portfolio Standards and harnessing the region’s significant renewable energy resources. The initiatives announced at the recent annual western governors’ meeting offered a collaboration of federal and state efforts [...]
John R. Norris Appointed to FERC Commission
Posted in FERC, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged FERC, John R. Norris, Jon Wellinghoff, Joseph Kelliher, Marc Spitzer, Philip Moeller, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Secretary Tom Vilsack, Suedeen Kelly, U.S., US Energy Policy on June 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Editor’s Note: On October 14, 2009 John R. Norris’ FERC nomination received endorsement from the U.S. Senate Panel.
MendoCoastCurrent, June 11, 2009
President Barack Obama nominated Iowa Democrat John R. Norris to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, filling the seat vacated by the resignation of former Chairman Joseph Kelliher, a Republican.
Norris was most recently chief of [...]
The Renewable Energy Vision of FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff
Posted in Cap and Trade Policies, DOE, Dept. of Energy, Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, Environmental Issues, Fossil Fuel, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, OCS, Obama, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, Peak Oil, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, Solar Energy, Tidal Stream, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wind Energy, tagged Cap and Trade Policies, Chairman Jon Wellinghoff, Coal-fired Power Plants, Cyberattack, Cybersecurity, Electricity Generation, Electricity Grids, FERC, Grid Hacks, Jon Wellinghoff, Natural Gas, Reliability Issues, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, Solar Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy on June 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MARK CLAYTON, The Christian Science Monitor, June 8, 2009
When giving his slide presentation on America’s new energy direction, Jon Wellinghoff sometimes sneaks in a picture of himself seated in a midnight blue, all-electric Tesla sports car.
It often wins a laugh, but makes a key point: The United States is accelerating in a new energy direction [...]
Worldwide Investments Increasing in Tidal, Wave and Hydrokinetic Energy
Posted in Australia, California, DOE, Dept. of Energy, EPRI, Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, Eureka, Europe, FERC, France, Funding, Hawaii, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Research, Scotland, Sea Turbine, Tidal Energy, U.S., UK, US Energy Policy, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Aguçadoura, Alstom, Australia, California, Canada, Chevron, Concepts ETI, Cost of Wave Energy, Dept. of Energy, DOE, Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, Endesa, Environmental Issues, EPRI, Europe, FERC, France, Funding, Georgia Tech Research, Hawaii, Humboldt, Lockheed Martin, Northern California, Oceanlinx, OPT, Oregon State University, OTEC, OWC, Pacific Energy Ventures, PCCI, Pelamis, PG&E, Portugal, Re Vision Consulting, Renewable Energy, RWE, SAI, Scotland, Siadar, Siemens, Snohomish PUD, Tidal Energy, Tidal Turbines, U.S., UK, University of Hawaii, University of Washington, Verdant, Wave Energy on June 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
JAMES RICKMAN, Seeking Alpha, June 8, 2009
Oceans cover more than 70% of the Earth’s surface. As the world’s largest solar collectors, oceans generate thermal energy from the sun. They also produce mechanical energy from the tides and waves. Even though the sun affects all ocean activity, the gravitational pull of the moon primarily drives the [...]
OPT Leaving California for Oregon Wave Energy
Posted in California, DOI, Dept. of the Interior, Electricity Generation, Eureka, FERC, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, MMS, Marine Energy, News, Northern California, OCS, Obama, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, Oregon, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged California, California Wave Energy, California Wave Energy Partners, Cape Mendocino, Dept. of the Interior, DOI, Electricity Generation, FERC, FERC Preliminary Permit, Humboldt, MMS, Ocean Power Technologies Inc., OCS, OCS Renewable Energy, OPT, Oregon, PG&E, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, WaveConnect on June 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Excerpts from FRANK HARTZELL’s article in the Mendocino Beacon, June 4, 2009
Ocean Power Technologies’ subsidiary California Wave Energy Partners in it’s “wave energy project proposed off Cape Mendocino has surrendered its Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) preliminary permit, making two major companies that have abandoned the area in the past two weeks.
The moves come at [...]
Mendocino Energy Launches
Posted in California, DOE, DOI, Dept. of Energy, Dept. of the Interior, EPRI, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, MMS, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, Mushroom Bioremediation, News, Northern California, OCS, Obama, Ocean Energy, Offshore Renewable Energy, Precourt Institute of Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, SRI, Silicon Valley, Smart Grid, Solar Energy, Solar Thermal, Stanford, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged California, DOD, DOE, DOI, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, EPRI, FERC, Fort Bragg, Funding, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast, Mendocino Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, NOAA, Northern California, Precourt Institute of Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy Incubator, Renwable Energy, Silicon Valley, Solar Energy, Solar Thermal, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wind Energy on May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, May 20, 2009
At this core energy technology incubator, energy policy is created as renewable energy technologies and science move swiftly from white boards and white papers to testing, refinement and implementation.
The Vision
Mendocino Energy is located on the Mendocino coast, three plus hours north of San Francisco/Silicon Valley. On the waterfront of Fort Bragg, utilizing [...]
PG&E Cancels Mendocino WaveConnect Project
Posted in California, Electricity Generation, Eureka, FERC, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Offshore Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged California, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, FERC, FERC Pilot Permit License, FISH, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Humboldt Wave Energy, Humboldt WaveConnect, Mendocino County, Mendocino Wave Energy, Mendocino WaveConnect, MendoCoastCurrent, PG&E, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Pilot License, WaveConnect on May 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Editors Note: On June 9, 2009, PG&E filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) a petition to release the Mendocino WaveConnect preliminary permit.
MendoCoastCurrent, May 11, 2009
In early May 2009, PG&E’s WaveConnect team decided to cancel the Mendocino WaveConnect project because the Noyo Harbor didn’t pass muster and was deemed insufficient in several engineering aspects, [...]
FERC Issues GreenWave Wave Energy Permit
Posted in California, Electricity Generation, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Farm, tagged California, Electricity Generation, FERC, FERC Preliminary Permit, Fort Bragg, Green Wave, GreenWave, Mendocino, Mendocino County, Northern California, Offshore Energy Plan, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Sonoma County, Tony Strickland, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Farm on May 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Excerpts of FRANK HARTZELL’s article, Mendocino Beacon, May 7, 2009
GreenWave Energy Solutions, an “alternative energy startup has been granted a three-year preliminary permit to study wave energy off Mendocino.
It’s locals’ first look at action by a newly recast Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), which is tasked by the Obama Administration to make a greater push [...]
Ocean Energy Surges Forward
Posted in California, DOI, Dept. of the Interior, Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, FERC, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, MMS, Marine Energy, Mendocino, News, Northern California, OCS, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, Offshore Wind Energy, Renewable Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, tagged California, Dept. of the Interior, DOI, Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, Environmental Issues, EPRI, FERC, Fishermen, Hawaii, Humboldt, Maine, Marine Renewable Energy Center, Minerals Management Service, MMS, New York, Northern California, Ocean Renewable Power, Offshore Renewable Energy, Offshore Wind, PG&E, PowerBuoy, Renewable Energy, Surfers, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Verdant, Wave Energy, WaveConnect, Wind Energy on April 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »
MARK CLAYTON, The Christian Science Monitor, April 24, 2009
Three miles off the craggy, wave-crashing coastline near Humboldt Bay, California, deep ocean swells roll through a swath of ocean that is soon to be the site of the nation’s first major wave energy project.
Like other renewable energy technology, ocean energy generated by waves, tidal currents or steady offshore [...]
FERC Dismisses All Grays Harbor Permit Apps
Posted in Alaska, California, DOI, Dept. of the Interior, Electricity Generation, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Leasing Issues, MMS, Massachusettts, Mendocino Coast Current, News, OCS, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Leases, Offshore Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, UAE, US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, tagged California, Dept. of the Interior, DOI, Electricity Generation, FERC, Grays Harbor, Hawaii, Massachusetts, MendoCoastCurrent, MMS, MOU, New York, OCS, OCS Leases, Offshore Renewable Energy, Offshore Wave Energy, Renewable Energy, Rhode Island, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, April 23, 2009
In Octoberr 2008 Grays Harbor Ocean Energy applied for seven Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) preliminary permits for projects located in the Atlantic Ocean about 12 to 25 miles offshore off the coasts of New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, and in the Pacific Ocean about 5 to 30 miles off the coasts [...]
Offshore Wind and Wave Energy DOI Regulations
Posted in Atlantic Ocean, DOI, Dept. of the Interior, Electricity Generation, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Leasing Issues, MMS, Marine Energy, News, OCS, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Leases, Offshore Renewable Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Sea Turbine, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, tagged Atlantic Coast, Atlantic Ocean, Cape Wind, Dept of Interior, DOI, Electricity Generation, FERC, MMS, Ocean Energy, OCS, OCS Leases, Offshore Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wind Energy on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
H. JOSEF HEBERT, AP/StarTribune, April 22, 2009
Washington D.C. — The Interior Department issued long-awaited regulations on April 22, 2009 governing offshore renewable energy projects that would tap wind, ocean currents and waves to produce electricity.
The framework establishes how leases will be issued and sets in place revenue sharing with nearby coastal states that will receive 27.5% [...]
Wave Energy Not Yet Ready for Prime Time
Posted in Alaska, California, DOI, Dept. of the Interior, EPRI, Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, FERC, Hawaii, Marine Energy, Mendocino, NOAA, News, Northern California, OCS, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Alaska, California, Dept. of the Interior, DOI, Edwin Feo, Electricity Generation, Energy East, Environmental Issues, EPRI, FERC, FERC Pilot Permit License, Finavera Renewables, Hawaii, Marine Energy, Maurice Hill, MMS, NOAA, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Oregon, Pacific Ocean, Palo Alto, Pilot Project Licensing Process, Renewable Energy, Roger Bedard, Socio-Economic Issues, Stanford University, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, US Geological Survey, Washington, Wave Energy on April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
COLIN SULLIVAN, The New York Times, April 14, 2009
Palo Alto — Technology for tapping ocean waves, tides and rivers for electricity is far from commercial viability and lagging well behind wind, solar and other fledgling power sectors, a panel of experts said last week during a forum here on climate change and marine ecosystems.
While the [...]
FERC Proposes Smart Grid Energy Policy & Invites Comments
Posted in Electricity Generation, Energy Research, FERC, News, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged Chairman Jon Wellinghoff, Electricity Generation, FERC, Interoperability Standards, Mendocino Coast Current, MendoCoastCurrent, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy Blogger on March 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, March 20, 2009
Yesterday the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), led by Chairman Jon Wellinghoff, filed this FERC Smart Grid Policy Statement introducing a proposed Smart Grid, interoperability standards with an interim period rate plan. FERC has invited comments by May 1, 2009.
FERC offered this summary:
This proposed policy statement and action plan provides guidance to inform [...]
Wellinghoff Now FERC Chair with Kelly Nominated – Updated
Posted in Electricity Generation, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Obama, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Sea Turbine, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, tagged Chairman Jon Wellinghoff, Commissioner Suedeen Kelly, FERC, MendoCoastCurrent, Obama, Ocean Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on March 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Editor’s Note: On September 21, 2009 FERC Commissioner Suedeen Kelly declined a nomination to serve a second term on the panel. Kelly, a Democratic commissioner nominated by President Obama, said she was leaving her post for the private sector. A FERC spokeswoman said Kelly would remain in her seat until Congress adjourns later this year.
In [...]
Interior and FERC Announce Agreement on Offshore Renewable Energy Development
Posted in DOI, Dept. of the Interior, Electricity Generation, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Leasing Issues, MMS, Marine Energy, News, OCS, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, Sea Turbine, Solar Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, tagged Chairman Jon Wellinghoff, DOI, Electricity Generation, Energy Policy Act of 2005, FERC, FERC Licensing, MMS, MOU, Ocean Energy, OCS, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, Permitting Issues, Renewable Energy, Secretary Ken Salazar, Solar Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Flux, Wind Energy on March 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Cherry Creek News Staff, March 17, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC – In a joint statement issued today Secretary of the Interior (DOI), Ken Salazar and Acting Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Jon Wellinghoff announced that the two agencies have confirmed their intent to work together to facilitate the permitting of renewable energy in offshore [...]
Center for Ocean Energy Tech Funding Ocean Turbine Studies
Posted in Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, FERC, Florida, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Obama, Ocean Energy, Offshore Renewable Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Research, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged COET, Commercialization, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, FAU, FERC, Florida, Funding, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Sea Turbine, SeaTech, Susan Skemp, Turbines, U.S., US Energy Policy on March 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ocean Energy Council, March 17, 2009
Researchers in Dania Beach, Fla., landed almost $1.2 million in a federal grant to continue working on an underwater turbine prototype that will use ocean currents to generate power.
Researchers at Florida Atlantic University’s (FAU) Center for Ocean Energy Technology (COET) joined Rep. Ron Klein, D-Fla., today to announced the funding [...]
Surf Battle Generates Fear of Ocean Squatting
Posted in DOI, Dept. of the Interior, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Leasing Issues, MMS, Marine Energy, New Jersey, News, Obama, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Carol Browner, Deepwater Wind, DOI, East Coast, Energy Policy Act of 2005, Federal Power Act, FERC, Grays Harbor, Grays Harbor Ocean Energy Co., Leasing Issues, MMS, New Jersey, Obama, Permit Flipping, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Secretary Ken Salazar, Wave Energy, Wind Energy on March 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
EVAN LEHMANN, The New York Times, March 17, 2009
The oceans might not be big enough for sharp-elbowed renewable energy developers. Aspiring power producers are claiming sweeping stretches of sea along the East Coast, sometimes overlapping each other and igniting modern-day allegations of “claim jumping.”
Open water miles from shore is the newest frontier for prospectors, as [...]
MMS and FERC Rivalry Stalls Wind Energy
Posted in DOI, Dept. of the Interior, FERC, MMS, Marine Energy, OCS, Obama, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, tagged Chairman Jon Wellinghoff, Dept. of the Interior, DOI, FERC, MMS, Obama, OCS, Offshore Renewable Energy, Offshore Wave Energy, Offshore Wind Farms, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Secretary Ken Salazar, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines on March 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
H. JOSEF HEBERT, The Associated Press, March 16, 2009
While the Obama administration has touted offshore renewable energy development, a turf fight between two federal agencies has stymied the government’s ability to issue rules needed to approve wind energy projects off America’s coasts.
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Monday the infighting has got to stop.
“It will be resolved,” Salazar said [...]
Kelliher Leaves FERC
Posted in FERC, News, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged FERC, FERC Leadership, FERC Restructuring, Joseph T. Kelliher, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy on March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
CHRIS NEWKUMET, Platts.com, March 9, 2009
US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission member Joseph Kelliher on Monday said he will leave the agency March 13.
Kelliher was chairman of FERC from July 9, 2005, until January 22, 2009, and has served at the commission since November 20, 2003.
Just before the inauguration of President Barack Obama, Kelliher announced he [...]
Secretary Salazar: Renewable Energy Now Top Priority
Posted in California, DOE, DOI, Dept. of Energy, Dept. of the Interior, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, FERC, Funding, Geothermal Energy, Green Recovery, Hydroelectric Dams, Hydrokinetic Energy, MMS, Mendocino Coast Current, News, OCS, Obama, Ocean Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wind Energy, tagged Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, Wind Energy, U.S., FERC, Geothermal Energy, Funding, Biomass, MMS, OCS, Southern California, Environmental Issues, DOE, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy, EPA, US Energy Policy, Wave Energy Blogger, Electricity Generation, DOI, Economic Stimulus Plan, Secretary Ken Salazar, BLM, Dept of Interior, Energy and Climate Change Task Force, Cape Wind on March 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
MendoCoastCurrent, March 11, 2009
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that he has just signed his first order establishing renewable energy generation as the top priority of the Department of the Interior. Following President Obama’s lead in steering the United States into this new energy path, he said this agenda would create jobs and grow [...]
Wellinghoff Publishes Opinion on FERC Role in Ocean Energy
Posted in DOE, DOI, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Obama, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Issues, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged DOE, DOE Review Team Leads, DOI, DOI Review Team Leads, Electricity Generation, Energy Policy Act of 2005, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, FERC, Jon Wellinghoff, Marine Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, MMS, Obama, Ocean Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Issues, US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on February 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, February 14, 2009
Acting Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Jon Wellinghoff recently published Facilitating Hydrokinetic Energy Development Through Regulatory Innovation.
Consider it required reading as a backgrounder on US wave energy policy development, FERC’s position on the MMS in renewables and FERC’s perceived role as a government agency in renewable energy, specifically marine energy, development.
Missing from this key [...]
Wellinghoff on Energy Stimulus Funds, Removing Renewable Energy Obstacles and FERC
Posted in Dept. of Energy, Economic Issues, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Energy, Energy Research, Enhanced Geothermal Systems, Environmental Issues, FERC, Funding, Green Recovery, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Marine Energy, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Obama, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Research, Smart Grid, Socio-Economic Issues, Solar Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wind Energy, tagged Demand Response, Economic Issues, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Energy Infrastructure, Energy Resarch, Energy Siting, Environmental Issues, FERC, FERC Restructuring, FERC Review Team, Funding, Geothermal Energy, Jon Wellinghoff, MendoCoastCurrent, Obama, Offshore Energy Plan, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, Solar Energy, U.S., U.S. Congress, US Energy Bills, US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wind Energy on February 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent from Platts Energy Podium, February 12, 2009
The recently approved Economic Stimulus Plan includes expanding the US electric transmission grid and this may be the just the start of what will be a costly effort to improve reliability and deliver renewable energy to consumers from remote locations, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Acting Chairman Jon [...]
Finavera Sinks their own Wave Energy Projects
Posted in BC, British Columbia, CPUS, California, Canada, Dept. of the Interior, Economic Issues, Energy Research, Eureka, FERC, Funding, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Ireland, Issue, MMS, Marine Energy, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Washington, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged British Columbia, California, Canada, CPUC, DOI, FERC, FERC Pilot Permit License, Finavera, Funding, Humboldt, Makah, MMS, Northern California, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Washington, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Pilot License, Wave Farm, Wind Energy on February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Publisher’s Note: Feb 09, 2009 – Not only has Finavera surrendered their Makah Bay license noted below, they also announced surrendering the Humboldt County, California Preliminary Permit to explore wave energy:
“Finavera Renewables has filed applications to surrender its Federal Energy Regulatory Commission license for the Makah Bay Wave Energy Pilot Project in Washington and the [...]
OPT Oregon Wave Energy May Roll In Soon
Posted in Economic Issues, Economic Stimulus Plan, FERC, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Obama, Ocean Energy, Oregon, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Economic Stimulus Plan, FERC, FERC Preliminary Permit, Funding, Lockheed Martin, Obama, OPT, PowerBuoy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Devices, Wave Farm on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
SUSAN CHAMBERS, The World, February 4, 2009
Coos Bay, Oregon — The jobs are coming, so Ocean Power Technologies insists.
OPT spokesman Len Bergstein said Monday the company wants to get stimulus funds from the federal government.
“We have a strong interest in presenting a project that would be jobs-ready right now,” Bergstein said.
OPT wants to get a [...]
Surprising Oregon Wave Energy FERC Permit Issued
Posted in Dept. of the Interior, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Improper Practices, Legal Issues, MMS, Marine Energy, News, Ocean Energy, Oregon, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged Comm. Terry Thompson, Dept. of the Interior, FERC, FERC Preliminary Permit, FERC Review Team, FINE, Fishermen, Gardiner, Ground Zero, Lincoln County, MMS, MOU, Newport, North Spit, OPT, Oregon, Renewable Energy, Rob Bovett, Southern Oregon, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on February 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
SUSAN CHAMBERS, The World, February 3, 2009
Coos Bay — The announcement came as a surprise to everyone.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Thursday order issuing a preliminary permit for a 200- to 400-buoy wave energy project off of Newport shocked Ocean Power Technologies leaders as well as the public.
“It’s a project, a site that is not [...]
Auto Electrification: Making It Happen
Posted in Auto Electrification, California, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electric Cars, FERC, Funding, Green Recovery, Hybrid Vehicles, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Obama, Peak Oil, Plug-in Hybrids, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Silicon Valley, Smart Grid, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged Auto Electrification, California, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electric Cars, FERC, Funding, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jon Wellinghoff, MendoCoastCurrent, Obama, Peak Oil, Plug-in Hybrids, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Schwarzenegger, Secretary Jon Wellinghoff, Smart Grid, Superhighway, U.S., US Energy Policy on January 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
MendoCoastCurrent, January 29, 2009
At his first White House press conference, President Obama declared “the days of Washington dragging its heels are over” and ordered an immediate review of the Bush administration’s refusal to give California authority to enforce tougher emission and fuel efficiency standards on gas and diesel automobiles.
For more than two years California [...]
PG&E Scores $6M for Mendocino, Humboldt Wave Energy Projects
Posted in CPUC, California, Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Issues, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Viewscape Issues, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged California, CPUC, Dept. of Energy, DOE, DOE Review Team Leads, Environmental Issues, FERC, FERC Preliminary Permit, FERC Rejection, FERC Review Team, FISH, Fishermen, Fort Bragg, Funding, Humboldt, Mendocino, Mendocino County, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Obama, PG&E, Renewable Energy, Stakeholders, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Editors Note: On May 11, 2009, PG&E pulled-out of Mendocino WaveConnect, read it here: http://tinyurl.com/qwlbg6 . The remains of the $6M are now solely allocated to Humboldt WaveConnect.
MendoCoastCurrent, January 29, 2009
PG&E caught a major renewable energy wave today as the California Public Utilities Commission approved $4.8 million in funding their centerpiece wave energy [...]
Mendocino Files Powerful FERC Motion to Intervene
Posted in California, Environmental Issues, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Issues, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged California, Environmental Issues, FERC, FERC Intervener, FERC Preliminary Permit, Green Wave, Mendocino, Mendocino County, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Issues, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, January 29, 2009
As the Monday, February 9, 2009 before 2 p.m. deadline for filing FERC Motion to Intervene papers regarding the Green Wave LLC wave energy preliminary permit off the Mendocino village coast approaches, locals, the City of Fort Bragg and fishing organization are participating and electronically filing their views with FERC.
Here’s the excellent [...]
Scaleback Urged for Coos Bay Wave Energy
Posted in FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Marine Energy, News, Ocean Energy, Oregon, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged Coos Bay, FERC, FERC Preliminary Permit, Gov. Ted Kulongoski, ODFW, OPT, Oregon, Renewable Energy, SOORC, Surfrider Foundation, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Devices, Wave Farm on January 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Susan Chambers, The World, January 26, 2009
Coos Bay, Oregon – Ocean Power Technologies is feeling pressure as local groups, the state and even the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission urge the company to shrink its 200-buoy Coos Bay plan.
Oregon Wave Energy Partners I, as Ocean Power Technologies, filed its notice of intent and preliminary application document [...]
Wellinghoff Takes the Helm at FERC
Posted in FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, LNG, Marine Energy, News, Obama, Ocean Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged 2000 Energy Task Force, Energy Innovations Sector, FERC, FERC Leadership, Jon Wellinghoff, Nevada, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
KATE GALBRAITH, The New York Times, January 26, 2009
Almost lost amid President Barack Obama’s stream of appointments was that of Jon Wellinghoff as Acting Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The FERC’s duties include regulating interstate transmission of electricity, watching over the nation’s wholesale electricity markets and also licensing new hydropower projects.
Mr. Wellinghoff — [...]
Wellinghoff Named Acting FERC Chairman
Posted in FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, LNG, Marine Energy, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Obama, Ocean Energy, Peak Oil, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, tagged FERC, FERC Leadership, Jon Wellinghoff, MendoCoastCurrent, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, January 27, 2009
Washington, D.C. — On January 23, 2009, President Barack Obama has named Jon Wellinghoff acting chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Wellinghoff responded that he looks forward to serving the president and the nation in this capacity.
“I thank President Obama for the opportunity to lead FERC at a time when [...]
Obama to EPA: Reconsider California Car Emissions Plan
Posted in California, Car Charging Network, Dept. of Transportation, EPA, Electric Cars, FERC, Green Economy, Greenhouse Gas, Hybrid Vehicles, News, Obama, Peak Oil, President Obama, Smart Grid, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged California, Car Charging Network, Electric Cars, EPA, FERC, Fuel-efficiency Standards, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Jon Wellinghoff, National Power Grid, Peak Oil, President Obama, Technological Innovation, U.S., U.S. Dept. of Transportation on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
SIOBHAN HUGHES, Dow Jones News, January 26, 2009
U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to consider allowing California to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions from automobiles, a policy that could spur the development of new vehicles.
“The federal government must work with, not against, states to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions,” Obama said at a press conference filled [...]
Jon Wellinghoff, New FERC Chief Gives LNG Foes Hope
Posted in Environmental Issues, FERC, LNG, News, Obama, Oregon, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged Bradwood LNG Project, Environmental Issues, FERC, Gov. Ted Kulongoski, Jon Wellinghoff, LNG, Obama, Oregon, President Obama, Suedeen Kelly, U.S., US Energy Policy on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
CASSANDRA PROFITA, The Daily Astorian, January 26, 2009
In a move eagerly anticipated by liquefied natural gas opponents on the North Coast of Oregon, President Barack Obama has named Jon Wellinghoff acting chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
“The move, together with likely changes to the board’s makeup in the coming months and pending challenges to [...]
PG&E, FERC Brief Fort Bragg on Mendocino Wave Energy
Posted in CPUC, California, California Coastal Commission, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged Ann Miles, California, California Coastal Commission, CPUC, FERC, FERC Pilot Permit License, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, Mendocino County, Mendocino Wave Energy, MMS, Northern California, PG&E, Tom Luster, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Farm on January 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
FRANK HARTZELL’s article with MendoCoastCurrent edits, January 15, 2009
After nearly two years of local pleas for specifics on the WaveConnect project, PG&E representatives surprised Fort Bragg and Mendocino County representatives with many new details.
Those included the promise by PG&E that all environmental studies would be public, not private information. In the recent past, PG&E had [...]
Obama’s Clean, Green Energy Economic Recovery
Posted in Alaska, Clean Technology, Cleantech, Congress, Dept. of Energy, Dept. of the Interior, Economic Issues, Energy, Event, FERC, Green Collar Jobs, Green Construction, Green Economy, Green Recovery, MMS, News, Obama, Renewable Energy, Sustainable, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged American Recovery & Reinvestment Program, DOE, DOI, Economic Issues, Energy Technology, FERC, Green Collar Jobs, Green Construction, Green Jobs, Green Recovery, MendoCoastCurrent, MMS, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Issues, U.S., U.S. Congress, US Energy Policy, Wave Energy Blogger on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, January 8, 2009
Key President-elect Barack Obama renewable energy quotes from his January 8, 2009 speech to the U.S. Congress and citizens, on his top economic priorities as he takes office.
“. . .the first question that each of us asks isn’t ‘what’s good for me?’ but ‘what’s good for the country my children will inherit?”
On [...]
FERC Chief Resigning
Posted in California, Dept. of Energy, FERC, Fort Bragg, Green Recovery, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Mendocino, News, OCS, Obama, Ocean Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Wave Energy, Mendocino, Fort Bragg, MendoCoastCurrent, Wind Energy, U.S., FERC, Humboldt, Washington, Oregon, California, Wave Farm, Rhode Island, Mendocino Wave Energy, San Luis Obispo, DOE, Wind Farms, Obama, Northern California, US Energy Policy, Wave Energy Blogger, FERC Review Team, Joseph T. Kelliher, DOE Review Team Leads, FERC Restructuring, President Obama on January 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, January 7, 2009
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Joseph T. Kelliher today issued the following statement:
Today I announce my intention to step down as chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), effective January 20, 2009. Although my term as commissioner does not end until 2012, I will also immediately begin to recuse myself from [...]
Environmental Defense Fund Briefs Obama on Wave Energy
Posted in Dept. of Energy, Dept. of the Interior, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, MMS, Marine Energy, Mendocino Coast Current, News, OCS, Obama, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Sea Turbine, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged DOE, DOI, EDF, Energy Policy Act of 2005, Environmental Defense Fund, FERC, Jurisdictional Issues, MMS, Obama, Ocean Energy, OCS, OPT, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Steven Chu, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Farm on January 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
DAVID EHRLICH, Earth2Tech/GigaOm, December 23, 2008
Ocean energy could have a big part to play under President-elect Barack Obama’s environmentally friendly administration, but a coalition that’s pushing for more wave and tidal power says change is needed to expand the number of projects in the U.S. Right now, there are only a handful of ocean energy projects [...]
FERC Official Appearing in Fort Bragg January 13, 2009
Posted in California, Dept. of Energy, Environmental Issues, Event, FERC, Fort Bragg, MMS, Mendocino, News, Northern California, Obama, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Moratorium, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged Wave Energy, Mendocino, PG&E, U.S., FERC, California, Wave Farm, Fishermen, Mendocino Wave Energy, FERC License, MMS, Environmental Issues, Economic Issues, Renewable Energy, Obama, Northern California, US Energy Policy, Wave Energy Blogger, GreenWave, Ann F. Miles, President Obama on December 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Excerpts from article by FRANK HARTZELL, The Mendocino Beacon, December 24, 2008
On January 13, 2009, from 5-7p.m. at Fort Bragg Town Hall, a “top official from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will appear to explain the agency’s strategy on developing what it calls “hydrokinetic” power as an alterative energy source.
Ann F. Miles, FERC’s director [...]
U.S. Wave Energy Begins in Rough Waters
Posted in CPUC, California, Dept. of Energy, Dept. of the Interior, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Wave Energy, Mendocino, Fort Bragg, PG&E, FERC, Humboldt, CPUC, California, Fishermen, Mendocino Wave Energy, MMS, Environmental Issues, Economic Issues, US Energy Policy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Energy Blogger, Ocean Protection Council, California Energy Commission, Green Jobs on December 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
JOHN DRISCOLL, The Times-Standard, December 15, 2008
A white paper commissioned by the state of California says that tapping the ocean for power should be done carefully.
The report for the California Energy Commission and the Ocean Protection Council looked at the possible socio-economic and environmental effects of the infant industry, including what it might mean for [...]
GreenWave Granted Wave Energy Permit in Mendocino
Posted in California, Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Mendocino, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, tagged Wave Energy, Mendocino, PG&E, U.S., FERC, California, Pelamis, Wave Farm, Mendocino Wave Energy, FERC Intervener, DOE, Green Wave, Northern California, Wave Energy Blogger, GreenWave, FERC Preliminary Permit, Tony Strickland on December 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Excerpts from FRANK HARTZELL’s article at the Mendocino Beacon, December 11, 2008
On December 9, 2008 “the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) granted a Southern California development company exclusive rights to 17 square miles off the town of Mendocino for a wave energy study.
GreenWave LLC’s intent is to eventually produce a 100 megawatt wave energy power [...]
Wave Energy Pilot with Grays Harbor Off Rhode Island
Posted in California, Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, Environmental Issues, Hawaii, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, MMS, Massachusettts, New Jersey, New York, News, Rhode Island, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, tagged Wave Energy, Wind Energy, U.S., FERC, Washington, California, Wave Farm, Hawaii, Fishermen, Wind Turbines, Massachusetts, EPRI, Rhode Island, MMS, Environmental Issues, New York, New Jersey, US Energy Policy, Grays Harbor Ocean Energy Co., Oscillating Water Columns, Electricity Generation, FERC Preliminary Permit, Grays Harbor, Block Island, Governor Donald Carcieri on December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
TED NESI, Providence Business News, December 5, 2008
The list of suitors lining up to develop renewable energy projects off Rhode Island’s coastal waters is getting longer.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has begun reviewing a permit application from Grays Harbor Ocean Energy Co., a year-old company based in Seattle, to build 100 large towers that [...]
Capturing Ocean Energy
Posted in Australia, Economic Issues, England, Environmental Issues, Europe, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, New York, News, Ocean Energy, Portugal, Renewable Energy, Research, Scotland, Sea Turbine, Tidal Stream, U.S., UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, Wind Energy, tagged Australia, AWS, Cornwall, East River Project, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, EPRI, Europe, FERC, Finavera, New York, OPT, Pelamis, Portugal, Scotland, Tidal Energy, Tidal Turbines, U.S., UK, Underwater Windmills, United Kingdom, Verdant, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Devices, Wave Farm, Wave Hub, Wind Energy on December 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Guardian.co.uk, December 3, 2008
Way back in Napoleonic Paris, a Monsieur Girard had a novel idea about energy: power from the sea. In 1799, Girard obtained a patent for a machine he and his son had designed to mechanically capture the energy in ocean waves. Wave power could be used, they figured, to run pumps and [...]
Obama Chooses FERC and DOE Transition Team
Posted in Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, News, Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, tagged FERC, DOE, Obama, Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, Rose McKinney-James, FERC Review Team, Joseph T. Kelliher, Jon Wellinghoff, John Norris, FERC Leadership, Dr. Susan Tierney, Electricity Industry Restructuring, President Obama on November 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
GERRY NORLANDER, Pulp Network, November 25, 2008
President-elect Obama has named Dr. Susan Tierney and Rose McKinney-James to his transition team for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), which is organizationally within DOE.
Both appointees, former state utility commissioners of Massachusetts and Nevada, respectively, have a record of supporting electricity industry [...]
Obama Appointment Offers Another Green Signal
Posted in Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, FERC, Green Recovery, Hydroelectric Dams, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Marine Energy, News, Obama, Renewable Energy, Sea Turbine, Tidal Stream, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, tagged Wave Energy, U.S., FERC, Wave Farm, Tidal Energy, Mendocino Wave Energy, Tidal Turbines, Renewable Energy, Obama, US Energy Policy, Dept. of Energy, Green Recovery, Nevada, Rose McKinney-James, FERC Review Team, President Obama on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
KEVIN FERGUSON, The Information Week, November 24, 2008
Where is President-elect Barack Obama headed with environmental protection and renewable energy? The answer lies not so much in the encouraging but ultimately self-serving video posted on the transition team’s Web site, but rather on links elsewhere on the page. In particular, look at the appointment of senior transition [...]
Obama’s Team Leads in Renewable Energy
Posted in Dept. of Energy, Dept. of the Interior, EPA, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, MMS, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged MendoCoastCurrent, U.S., FERC, MMS, DOE, Renewable Energy, Obama, US Energy Policy, Dept. of the Interior, Dept. of Energy, Lisa Jackson, Rose McKinney-James, FERC Review Team, Dr. Susan Tierney, David J. Hayes, Energy Team Leads, Elgie Holstein, Elizabeth Montoya, Cecilia V. Estolano, Robert Sussman, EPA Review Team Leads, DOE Review Team Leads, Robert Anderson, DOI Review Team Leads, President Obama on November 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, November 17, 2008
Announcements and short biographies of Obama’s Team Leads that oversee renewable energy policy development and associated agencies.
Energy and Natural Resources Team Lead
David J. Hayes is a member of the Obama-Biden Transition Project’s Agency Review Working Group responsible for the energy and natural resources agencies. He is former Global Chair of the Environment, [...]
Concerns Emerge About Environmental Effects of Wave Energy
Posted in California, Environmental Issues, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, News, Oregon, Tidal Stream, U.S., US Energy Policy, Viewscape Issues, Washington, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Applied Physics Lab, California, EMF, Environmental Issues, FERC, Finavera, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Makah, Oregon, Oregon State University, OSU, PG&E, Puget Sound, Tidal Energy, Tidal Turbines, U.S., University of Washington, Washington, Wave Energy, Wave Farm on November 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MICHELLE MA, Seattle Times, November 17, 2008
What started out as a mad dash to extract energy from the ocean’s waves and tides has slowed to a marathoner’s pace — complete with a few water breaks and sprained ankles along the way.
In the past three years, more than 100 preliminary permits have been issued nationally for [...]
Frank Hartzell’s Coverage of Mendocino Wave Energy Wins Awards
Posted in California, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Moratorium, Wave Energy Trials, tagged California Wave Energy, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Frank Hartzell, Ground Zero, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, PG&E, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on November 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, November 9, 2008
MendoCoastCurrent applauds Frank Hartzell’s reporting in the Fort Bragg Advocate-News and the Mendocino Beacon, and in winning reporting awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association’s Better Newspapers Contest for work published in 2007. The awards were recently announced at CNPA’s annual awards luncheon in late October 2008.
Reporter Frank Hartzell’s on-going, in-depth and [...]
Shall President-elect Obama Repurpose FERC?
Posted in Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, FERC, Green Recovery, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, News, Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged Wave Energy, U.S., FERC, DOE, Renewable Energy, Obama, US Energy Policy, Dept. of Energy, Green Recovery, Joseph T. Kelliher, Suedeen Kelly, Marc Spitzer, Philip Moeller, Jon Wellinghoff, Charles Box, John Norris, FERC Leadership, FERC Restructuring, President Obama on November 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Publisher Note: FERC Chairman Joseph T. Kelliher announced his resignation effective January 20, 2009.
GERRY NORLANDER, Pulp Network, November 5, 2008
With the election of a new president comes renewed speculation about leadership change at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in an Obama administration.
The president . . . can designate a new chairman, who generally will belong [...]
File Your Comment on Mendocino Wave Energy Development at FERC
Posted in California, Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged Wave Energy, Mendocino, Fort Bragg, MendoCoastCurrent, U.S., FERC, California, Wave Farm, Fishermen, Mendocino Wave Energy, FERC License, DOE, Green Wave, Northern California, US Energy Policy, Wave Energy Blogger, FERC Preliminary Permit, North Coast, FERC Comments on January 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Please Take Action By MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2009 before 2:00 pm!
MendoCoastCurrent, January 29, 2009
Just a couple of weeks ago, Ann Miles, Director of Hydropower Licensing at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission visited the Mendocino coast. The centerpiece of her presentation on January 13, 2009 at Fort Bragg Town Hall was to explain the FERC Hydokinetic [...]
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