TDW_INTELLIGENT ENERGY PORTAL A Penton Media Property February 8, 2011 Vol. 2, No. 6 If you want to view this on the web go to: http://enews.penton.com/enews/intelligentenergy/v/49 --Intelligent Energy Portal Changes Name Beginning February 8, 2011, the Intelligent Energy Portal website will take on its new name: SmartEnergyPortal.net (http://SmartEnergyPortal.net). To view the full article go to: http://smartenergyportal.net/article/name-change?cid=newsletter ENERGY SPOTLIGHT --Electrical Safety Violations at USPS EC&M As of the end of last year, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration had issued fines totaling more than $6.2 million for what it describes as "willful and serious" electrical safety violations at 30 U.S. Postal Service processing and distribution and bulk mail facilities across the country (Safety Citations Time Line). To view the full article go to: http://smartenergyportal.net/article/electrical-safety-violations-usps?cid=newsletter ENERGY NEWS --Poll Finds New Incentives Needed to Persuade Americans to Make Their Homes More Energy-Efficient Smart Energy Portal A national poll finds new incentives will be needed to persuade Americans to make energy-efficient improvements to their homes. To view the full article go to: http://smartenergyportal.net/article/poll-finds-new-incentives-needed-persuade-americans-make-their-homes-more-energy-efficient?cid=newsletter --SDG&E Contracts for 315 MW From New Wind Energy Facility Smart Energy Portal San Diego Gas & Electric has announced a 20-year contract for 315 megawatts (MW) of wind energy to be generated at Pattern Energy's Ocotillo Wind Energy Facility near Ocotillo, Calif., approximately 25 miles west of El Centro in the Imperial Valley. To view the full article go to: http://smartenergyportal.net/article/sdge-contracts-315-mw-new-wind-energy-facility?cid=newsletter --Six ARPA-E Projects Illustrate Private Investors Willing to Fund Clean Energy Innovation Smart Energy Portal In a little over one year, six projects that received a total of $23.6 million in seed funding from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Project Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) have generated more than $100 million in outside private capital investment. To view the full article go to: http://smartenergyportal.net/article/six-arpa-e-projects-illustrate-private-investors-willing-fund-clean-energy-innovation?cid=newsletter --Georgia Power and EPRI to Study Solar PV Installation on Power Lines Smart Energy Portal Georgia Power and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) are conducting an 18-month study to evaluate how solar photovoltaic (PV) power systems may affect the utility's distribution system. To view the full article go to: http://smartenergyportal.net/article/georgia-power-and-epri-study-solar-pv-installation-power-lines?cid=newsletter ENERGY INSIGHTS --Running Into the Wind By Gene Wolf, Technical Writer, T&D World Who would have thought that storage would be a controversial topic? Not only controversial, but contentious enough to cause engineers to track me down and express their displeasure. To view the full article go to: http://smartenergyportal.net/article/running-wind?cid=newsletter IN THE KNOW --Leasing Your Rooftop for a Solar Installation Electrical Wholesaling As owners of enormous amounts of warehouse space, electrical distributors may take special interest in the announcement earlier this year that warehousing giant ProLogis, Denver, Colo., had signed new leases with Southern California Edison to let the electric utility install photovoltaic systems on 4.8 million square feet of rooftops at its warehouses. To view the full article go to: http://smartenergyportal.net/article/leasing-your-rooftop-solar-installation-1?cid=newsletter ---------------------------------------- ADVERTISEMENT (http://www.tdcompare.com/) ---------------------------------------- ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER You are subscribed to this newsletter as 'email' To unsubscribe from this newsletter go to: http://news.intelligentenergyportal.com/unsubscribe.jsp?opt=IEP-01 To subscribe to this newsletter, click here: http://news.intelligentenergyportal.com/IEPregistration.jsp For questions concerning delivery of this newsletter, please contact our Customer Service Department at: US Toll Free: (866) 860-7087 International: (818) 487-2020 mailto:customersupport@bamboocricket.com Penton Media | 249 W. 17th Street | New York, NY 10011 Copyright 2011, Penton Media. All rights reserved. This article is protected by United States copyright and other intellectual property laws and may not be reproduced, rewritten, distributed, re-disseminated, transmitted, displayed, published or broadcast, directly or indirectly, in any medium without the prior written permission of Penton Media.