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US Enviromental Protection Agency
Category: Electricity
Location United States
EPA was established to consolidate in one agency a variety of federal research, monitoring, standard-setting and enforcement activities to ensure environmental protection. -
UNOCAL builds the country's first geothermal flash plant
Cateogry: Electricity
Location: United States -
General Motor Corps, introduces an Electric Vechile at the Greater LA
The General Motors EV1 was an electric car produced and leased by the General Motors Corporation from 1996 to 1999 -
Electricty rates in California Rise
Wholesale Electricity in California begin to rise as much as 300% -
Grants from the California Public Utilities Commissions
The Calif. Public Utilities Commission grants Pacific Gas and Electric Company and Southern California Edison Company an interim surcharge to raise rates. The temporary surcharge was in effect for 90 days. -
British Petroleum
British Petroleum launched sulfur-free fuels in Edinburgh, saying the fuels would be the cleanest available anywhere in the UK and were 6 years ahead of the European Union -
Energy Commission Approvance
The Energy Commission approved the Burbank power plant, bringing the total of licensed power plants since 1999 to 36. Of those, 18 were online producing 4,976 megawatts. Another 14 plants were awaiting licensing. -
father of energy efficiency in buildings'
CEC Commissioner Art Rosenfeld, the 'father of energy efficiency in buildings,' received the Benjamin Ide Weeler (former University of California president) Medal from the Berkeley Community Fund -
High Prices and Crude Oil
Record high prices for crude oil in 2004 pinched driver -
AGRA Biofuels
One company AGRA Biofuels has announced that it will build no less than 11 biodiesel plants in Pennsylvania in the next five years. Another company, Keystone Biofuels has a new plant
