Highlights from APPA's Public Power Daily - May 12, 2008
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Fort Collins gets federal grant for ‘net-zero’ district
The Department of Energy has awarded Fort Collins Utilities a $6.3 million grant to help turn part of the city into a “net-zero energy district”—a place where the amount of energy consumed equals the amount generated. Called “Fort ZED,” the project will demonstrate a “smart grid,” by first reducing demand and then implementing renewables to make the district entirely clean. Read More

Correction of 2008 Lineworkers Rodeo results
By mistake, the results of two events at the 2008 Public Power Lineworkers Rodeo were misreported. The correct results are: Apprentice—Hurtman Rescue First Place—Erik Mastny, Lincoln Electric System, Nebraska Second Place —Josh Klikna, Turlock Irrigation District, California Third Place—Darren Briscoe, Gainesville Regional Utilities, Florida Apprentice—Obstacle Course First Place—Jim Boggess, Piqua Municipal Power System, Ohio Second Place—Jon Backman, Tacoma Public Utilities, Washington Third Place—Joseph Herrin, Austin Energy, Texas Read More

Energy Department awards $127 million to carbon sequestration projects in California, Ohio
The Department of Energy last week announced awards of $126.6 million to the West Coast Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership and the Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership, for DOE’s fifth and sixth large-scale carbon sequestration projects. The industry partnerships will conduct tests in California and Ohio of the ability of a geologic formation to safely, permanently and economically store more than a million tons of carbon dioxide Read More

Short takes. . .
Former APPA President & CEO Alan H. Richardson has been named chairman of the advisory board of Eka Systems, which provides advanced metering infrastructure and smart grid software for electric, gas and water utilities. Read More