The cost of doing business is set to rise
Electric provider Oklahoma Gas and Electric (OG&E) has filed a rate case with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission in efforts to "strike the right balance" and equalize their rate structure to be more inline with the actual costs of doing business.
OG&E, a subsidiary of Oklahoma City-based OGE Energy Corp. (NYSE: OGE), serves over 769,000 retail electric customers spanning over 30,000 square miles in Oklahoma and western Arkansas. Included in the filing was a plan to offer low income assistance funding, new rate options for fixed income customers, increased energy conservation and efficiency measures, and the expansion of OG&E's automated metering and Smart Power pilot program. OG&E spokesman Brian Alford stated, "We must strike the right balance between continued investment and recognition of the current state of our economy,.. Failing to invest in our system today will only create larger more expensive problems in the future."
(2/24/2009)
ES2 to provide third-party LEED commissioning for Vance Air Force Base
Engineered Systems & Energy Solutions, Inc. has been selected as an independent third party commissioning agent for Vance Air Force Base project.
TCI Architects/Engineers/Contractor, Inc. of LaCrosse WI was awarded the design and construction contract of a 600 member Armed Forces Reserve Center in Enid, OK. The project consists of two buildings valued at an estimated $19 million an is to be constructed at Vance Air Force Base. The project will include a 58,000 square foot Training/Administrative building with unit storage area, and an 8,800 square foot Organizational Maintenance Shop. ES2 will act as the Third-Party Commissioning Agent for this project and will help TCI and Vance Air Force Base to fulfill LEED EA Prerequisite 1, Fundamental Commissioning status. Construction for the project is expected to begin in July 2009.
(2/18/2009)
Renewable energy takes the driver seat
President Obama’s package turns most of its attention, and an estimated $54 billion in energy spending, on renewable and alternative power sources, instead of the more traditional approach of fossil fuel production.
Green energy industries like bio-fuel production, updated transmission and distribution, wind turbine generation, and solar generation will more than likely see a majority of the financing from the stimulus package. Texas alone expects to receive about $200 million or the nearly $3.4 billion designated for long-running state energy grant programs. Oil producers will not gain any new incentives unless they choose to focus research into the storing of carbon produced when fossil fuels burn.
(2/07/2009)
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