
A Boston company is asking the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to grant it a permit to study the feasibility of placing electricity-generating turbines in the St. Catherine Bend of the Mississippi River near Natchez. St. Catherine is part of a grouping of hydro-kinetic projects that Free Flow Power has been developing along the Mississippi River [...] [...]
by Amy McCullough Published: April 29,2010
Tags: Arkansas Public Service Commission, Brandon Presley, Cleco Power, Cottonwood Energy and consultants, Entegra Power Group, Entergy, Entergy Regional State Committee, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, James Field, Kenneth Anderson Jr., Louisiana, Louisiana Public Service Commission, Mississippi, NGR Energy, Paul Suskie, Public Utility Commission of Texas, Southwest Power Pool, Suez
At the E-RSC’s second conference, regulators from Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas discussed Entergy’s power purchasing practices and transmissions system. More than 50 people attended the meeting, a number of whom represented Entergy. Others included Cleco Power, NGR Energy, Suez, Southwest Power Pool, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Entegra Power Group, Cottonwood Energy and consultants. [...] [...]