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Everlight to expand monthly LED packaging capacity to 4 billion chips, says chairman
Jul 28, 10:09
Everlight Electronics started expanding its LED packaging capacity in June and when the expansion completes in September, its monthly capacity will have increased by 500 million LED...
Nichia faces competition for LED packaging from Taiwan-, China-, South Korea-based makers
Jul 23, 14:42
Japan-based Nichia has gained a leading market status in EMC (epoxy molding compound)-based LED chip packaging, but some Taiwan-, China- and South Korea-based LED packagers have been...
Edison Opto expanding LED packaging capacity
Jul 8, 10:23
Edison Opto is expanding its monthly LED packaging capacity from 150 million PLCC (plastic leaded chip carrier) small- to medium-power devices and 10 million high-power devices at...
Harvatek quits joint venture project with TCL
Jun 28, 10:29
Taiwan-based LED packaging house Harvatek has announced the termination of joint venture with China-based TV brand TCL. Harvatek noted that both parties have had disagreements on...
Unity Opto profits double in 2012
Jun 17, 10:45
Taiwan-based LED packaging house Unity Opto has reported 2012 consolidated revenues of NT$7.74 billion (US$259 million), showing a sequential increase of 33%, and net profits went...
LED packaging houses face rising technological challenge
Jun 17, 10:33
South Korea-based TV makers hope to further reduce the cost of direct-lit LED TVs by using fewer LED chips in backlight modules, hence the firms hope LED packaging houses can increase...
Edison Opto 2013 capex to exceed NT$400 million
Jun 13, 20:44
LED lighting demand has been rising and Taiwan-based LED packaging house Edison Opto noted that 2013 capex will reach NT$400-500 million (US$13-16 million).
LED lighting demand to rise in 2H13, says Epistar
Jun 3, 14:33
Demand for LED backlighting rebounded in the first half of 2013, but firms expect demand to slow down after mid-June because China's energy-saving appliance procurement subsidy program...
Unity Opto sees 1Q13 revenues up 88% on year
May 13, 10:26
Taiwan-based LED packaging house Unity Opto has announced first-quarter 2013 consolidated revenues of NT$1.79 billion (US$59 million), representing an on-year increase of 75.6%. Net...
Everlight, Edison Opto see rising April revenues
May 9, 21:24
Taiwan-based LED packaging house Everlight Electronics has reported April consolidated revenues of NT$1.935 billion (US$65 million), representing an on-month growth of 4.48% and an...
Everlight optimistic about 2Q13
Apr 19, 10:31
Order visibility is clear to May and monthly revenues are expected to reach a record high in the second quarter, according to Pang-Yen Liu, general manager of Production Business...
Unity Opto obtains orders for 1 million LED light bulbs
Mar 28, 22:04
LED packaging house Unity Opto shipped one million LED light bulbs to Europe- and US-based distribution channels in the first quarter and has obtained orders for one million units...
TSMC SSL to introduce LED chips with 130lm/W brightness in 2H12
Mar 20, 22:14
TSMC Solid State Lighting (SSL) plans to introduce LED chip products that do not require packaging, with brightness reaching 130lm/W in the second half of 2013. The new product is...
Unity Opto expects 1Q13 revenues to show 60% increase on-year
Jan 24, 22:06
Taiwan-based LED packaging house Unity Opto recently received an order for 20,000 street lamps from Europe, therefore, the firm expects first-quarter 2013 revenues to show an on-year...
2013 is full of opportunities and risks for LED lighting, says Everlight chairman
Jan 21, 16:28
Various countries have banned the use of incandescent light bulbs, paving the way for LED lighting to shine. However, due to numerous newcomers in China taking up massive capacity...
Unity Opto expects 1Q13 LED lighting packaging shipments to reach 200,000 units
Jan 9, 22:13
As LED lighting is expected to boom, firms have been looking into adopting automated production. Nan Ya Photonics, a Taiwan-based joint venture between LED chipmaker Epistar and the...
Edison Opto expands strategic alliance
Dec 24, 12:40
Jason Wu, chairman of Taiwan-based LED lighting firm Edison Opto, will also be the chairman for LED packaging house Lumenmax starting January 1, 2013. This will allow Edison Opto...
Epistar, Everlight see November revenues fall on-month
Dec 6, 21:47
LED chipmaker Epistar has reported November revenues of NT$1.365 billion (US$46.92 million), down 10% on month, but representing an on-year increase of 6%. Accumulated revenues for...
Digitimes Research: China LED packaging houses Refond, Jufei, Z-Light to continue capacity growth in 2013
Nov 27, 11:45
Refond Optoelectronics, Jufei Optoelectronics, and Z-Light Optoelectronics are medium-size LED packaging firms in China. These firms have relatively low capital compared to Nationstar...
Sales in 1Q13 to show on-year growth, says Everlight chairman
Nov 22, 13:56
Robert Yeh, chairman of Taiwan-based LED packaging house Everlight, has stated that, due to delayed orders for backlighting and lighting products, sales in the first quarter of 2013...
Taiwan LED firms report falling total September revenues
Oct 15, 10:34
The total revenues of Taiwan-based LED firms in September 2012 were NT$9.27 billion (US$317 million), down by 2.28% on month but up by 13% on year, according to market watchers.
Ledtech sees September revenues down 14% on-month
Oct 12, 11:14
Taiwan-based LED packaging house Ledtech Electronics has reported consolidated September revenues of NT$126 million (US$4.3 million), representing a 14% decrease compared to NT$142...
Everlight reportedly demands managers take 3-days non-paid leave
Sep 21, 01:40
Despite increasing orders in the third quarter, gross margin among Taiwan-based LED makers has been falling significantly. LED packaging house Everlight has reportedly asked employees...
Sapphire substrate makers report mixed August revenues
Sep 12, 14:12
Sapphire substrate firms such as Crystalwise and Crystal Applied have both reported on-month decreases in August revenues. Crystalwise saw August revenues fall to NT$90 million (US$3.04...
Everlight expects continuous ASP drop in 2H12
Sep 3, 11:24
Rising price competition and negative impact from the debt crisis in Europe have been causing Taiwan-based LED firms to report on-year decreases in their financial results for first-half...
Formosa Epitaxy, Unity Opto post mixed results for 2Q12
Aug 30, 11:30
LED chipmaker Formosa Epitaxy and LED packaging firm Unity Opto Technology have announced mixed results for the second quarter of 2012. Formosa Epitaxy posted net losses of NT$80...
Formosa Epitaxy, Unity Opto to post strong revenue growth in 3Q12
Aug 24, 01:35
LED chipmaker Formosa Epitaxy and LED packaging company Unity Opto Technology have both piled up a backlog of orders for the third quarter of 2012, ensuring that the two firms will...
Edsion Opto reports 1H12 gross margin of 17%
Aug 23, 01:15
LED packaging house Edison Opto reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.229 billion (US$41 million) and gross margin of 17% for first-half 2012. Net profits reached NT$73.88 million...
Unity Opto revenues hit 24-month high in June
Jul 6, 01:55
LED packaging firm Unity Opto Technology saw its consolidated revenues grow 20% on month and 40% on year to hit a 24-month high of NT$710 million (US$23.77 million) in June, according...
Taiwan LED firms see mild revenue growths in May
Jun 15, 12:35
According to statistics, the total May revenues of Taiwan-based LED firms reached NT$8.7 billion (US$290.9 million), up by 4.59% on month but down 12.1% on year. Benefitting from...
Everlight 1Q12 profits hit new low
May 2, 10:41
LED packaging houses Everlight and Unity Opto have reported financial results for first-quarter 2012, with net profits for the former hitting the lowest since fourth-quarter 2008.
Unity Opto sees monthly revenues double amidst increasing LED popularity
Apr 6, 17:00
LED packaging firm Unity Opto announced revenues in March was NT$400 million (US$13.55 million), a monthly growth rate of 28%, while the company's consolidated revenues came to NT$420...
Everlight looks to run at full capacity in 3Q12
Mar 29, 15:31
LED packaging firm Everlight Electronics has seen its utilization rate improve to 60-70% recently and expects the ratio to climb to 80% in the second quarter, according to the company...
South Korea-based LED makers beat out Taiwan makers in LED packaging market share
Feb 14, 15:40
Samsung LED, LG Innotek, Seoul Semiconductors, and other South Korea-based makers together occupied 26% of the global production value for LED packaging in 2011, higher than the 19%...
Lextar operates in the red in 2011
Feb 10, 11:01
Taiwan-based LED firm Lextar Electronics has reported net losses of NT$138 million (US$4.67 million) or NT$0.34 per share for 2011. It also reported consolidated revenues of NT$650...
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A stats preview of the ODI series between England and India
Fawad Alam and Sohaib Maqsood's record sixth-wicket partnership of 147 put Pakistan on course for a four-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the first One-Day International in Hambantota.
Surrey lost their NatWest T20 Blast Semi- Final against the Birmingham Bears at Edgbaston by 16 runs. Chasing 195 for a place in the Final, Jason Roy played a brilliant…
On his first big day of the summer, Kevin Pietersen's failure was greeted with glee by the fans who once cherished him
Birmingham Bears 194-4, Surrey 178-7 William Porterfield innings of 81no proves decisiveBirmingham Bears reached the T20 final thanks to a man-of-the-match performance from batsman …
T20 cricket is generally regarded as a batsman's game, but it was an unheralded spinner, Ateeq Javid, who supplied one of the crucial contributions to help Warwickshire into the final of the NatWest Blast
The BCCI has omitted the Rajasthan Cricket Association from its domestic programme for the forthcoming season
Media Release At a meeting held today with regard to the above, a decision has been taken to conduct the 2nd ODI in Hambanthota due to the bad weather condition in Colombo. This decision was taken on a request from the National Curator where he had confirmed that the ground will not be fit to play the 2nd ODI in Colombo on the 27th of August 2014.
Sunil Narine does not think there is anything wrong with the Bangladesh batsmen and has said that West Indies are only taking advantage of home conditions
A stats review at the end of the 2nd ODI between Bangladesh and West Indies at Grenada
The second ODI between Sri Lanka and Pakistan has been moved to Hambantota and brought forward to 26 August, after the Premadasa Stadium outfield was left waterlogged by 48 hours of continuous heavy rain
The second game in the Royal London one-day series, from North Marine Road, ScarboroughEngland won the first ODI and need victory to seal the …
Australia captain picks up hamstring injury in trainingDoor could open for top order batsman Phillip HughesAustralia captain Michael Clarke has suffered a hamstring injury during …
Australia skipper Michael Clarke suffered a hamstring injury at training session ahead of the tri-series against Zimbabwe and South Africa. Clarke is doubtful to feature in Australia's series opener against Zimbabwe on Monday.
The test match summer may be over, but there's still plenty of unfinished business – and I don't mean the one-day internationals. As the blogger Dmitri Old observed this week, "the disgraceful conduct of our governing body has caused a schism between fans and the ECB that may never be healed. In my lifetime I cannot…
Sydney, Australia, August 23 – (www.bcacricket.org) – Dwayne Smith, the experienced Barbados batting all-rounder and West Indies Twenty20 player, has signed a two-year deal with Sydney Sixers for the upcoming Big Bash League in December…. Read More.
Being one of the best young batsmen of his generation has counted for little for Phil Hughes, who continues to suffer from the injustice of Australian selectors, writes SB Tang in the Guardian
Pakistan chose to bowl first and let their fast bowlers try and exploit overcast conditions at Hambantota
Who will be completing Duncan Fletcher's sentences and performing complicated surgeries on the players
West Indies batsman Dwayne Smith has signed a two-year deal with the Sydney Sixers for the upcoming Big Bash League in December
Former Jamaican umpire Douglas Sang Hue died aged 82 on Friday morning in Kingston
He makes buckets of runs but cannot hold his place in the Test side. What needs to work for him going forward?
Australia are likely to be without captain Michael Clarke for their first ODI against Zimbabwe after he suffered a hamstring injury at training in Harare on Friday
Warwickshire welcome back Ian Bell and Chris Woakes for NatWest Blast T20 Finals Day, but there is no place in their 15-man squad for Jonathan Trott.
Brad Taylor enjoyed a fine evening in the field as England Under-19s completed a clean sweep of their Youth ODI series with South Africa
The West Indies dismissed Bangladesh for a woeful 70 to win the second One-Day International in Grenada and take an unassailable 2-0 lead in three-match series.
Nisarg Patel, the Most Valuable Player at the USACA T20 National Championship in Florida, is hoping that his performances during the tournament were enough to catch the attention of the USA team management
IS Bindra, one of the senior most cricket administrators in India, is set to retire from his official duties
Uncapped left-arm spinner Taijul Islam is among four Bangladesh players who are set to be called up for the Test series in the Caribbean
Indians 230; Middlesex 135 Indians won by 95 runsIndia returned to Lords and rediscovered the taste of victory, 32 days since England tumbled to Ishant Sharma in the second …
India renewed their love affair with Lord's by hammering Middlesex by 95 runs – the same margin by which they won the Test there earlier this summer – in a one-day tour game.


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Quinton "Rampage" Jackson couldn't wait to get out of his UFC contract, trying his best to leave the company over the past two weeks by blasting them through various forms of media.
Accepting his departure, the UFC didn't waste time confirming Jackson and Mauricio "Shogun" Rua would face off in Jackson's last contracted fight. However, the bout will be delayed as the former light heavyweight champion will undergo surgery on both of his knees in the coming days.
"Rampage" took to his Twitter account to make the news official, posting, "To keep it real, the Shogun fight will have to wait, I just found out that I have to get surgery on both knees, but I heal fast don't trip."
Rua defeated Jackson in their previous match, scoring a first round knockout after delivering several strikes including kicks to the downed 205er. The bout took place in 2005 while both fighters were in PRIDE.
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Though occasionally visually inventive, Kung Fu Panda is a disappointment when it comes to matters of simple black and white: the script. show more
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The essence of the film is slapsticky, chopsocky action, rendered with great verve and accompanied by bromides having to do with the need to believe. show more
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Thanks to a witty script and the recognizably goofy but absolutely earnest delivery of Black, Kung Fu Panda has a human soul, too. show more
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This is an unashamedly old-fashioned children's movie, and a predictable message is part of the mission. But that's okay; what the movie lacks in surprises, it makes up for in whimsical fun. show more
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The stroke of genius is, of course, the film's hero -- the big, lovable bear that is the Chinese panda. show more
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Le fonds européen d'ajustement à la mondialisation : pour quoi faire ?
AbstractThe recently established European Globalization Fund (EGF) is an attempt to better share the benefits of globalisation at the EU-level, targeting workers who loose their job due to trade-induced mass lay-offs. We find that the typical income shock for trade displaced workers is a serious one. However, workers displaced not through trade suffer a similar income shocks. We argue that the trade focus and the centralization at EU level may be justified on political economy grounds because trade policy is also decided at the EU level. But current EGF rules leave too much room for discretionary decisions. Therefore, we propose that the EGF focus on two simple active labour market schemes: a wage insurance scheme and lump-sum mobility allowances. JEL Classification: F00, F16, J62.
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Elaine Cohen was on a flight to Jamaica on Dec. 12, a gift her late sister left to her. Her flight was starting its descent when the announcement of the spraying, known as disinsection, was made. Two flight attendants then walked through the cabin with the spray cans.
Cohen has been fighting the effects of mould exposure over the past three years. After remediation work was done on her home in October, her symptoms had improved markedly.
"I was 80 per cent recovered, but everything came back after that spray," Cohen says. "It set me completely back. I was doing great. All the toxins were leaving my system. … I was so good to go and that was the end of me. As soon as they sprayed, my eyes were itching, I was coughing, I was choking, my head was pounding."
Certain countries require that the cabins of planes arriving in those countries be treated before the plane lands. Some, like the Air Canada flight Cohen was on, do so with a spray as the plane is preparing to descend. Another approved method is by residual application, which involves the internal surfaces of the aircraft being sprayed regularly with a residual insecticide so any insect that gets in the plane and lands on a surface gets an effective dose of insecticide.
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Cohen said she doesn't want a refund. "I just want people to know before they travel that it may not be so much fun in the sun, especially if you're sensitive."
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Air Canada spokeswoman Isabelle Arthur said in an email that disinsection has been a requirement on flights to certain countries for a long time, but that questions on regulations and their implementation would be best answered by Transport Canada.
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Armed robbers jailed again for burgling sleeping family's home
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TWO members of an armed gang who carried out a series of terrifying robberies across West Yorkshire have been jailed again after they burgled a family home in Baildon.
In April 2009 Gavin Hannam and Shelton Dugher were given eight-year prison sentences for their part in a crime spree which included attacks on betting shops in Greengates and Yeadon in December 2008.
But a court heard today that while the pair were out of prison on licence they broke into a family home on Station Road, Baildon, while the owners and their two children were asleep.
Prosecutor Ken Green told Bradford Crown Court how the intruders stole various items including a bottle of champagne during the early hours burglary last month.
The defendants also stole the family's £48,000 Range Rover vehicle and drove off through the property's electronically-operated gates causing about £5,000 of damage.
Police attended at the house after they were contacted by a railway worker who had found a bag containing some of the stolen items and overheard a conversation between the burglars in which they talked about going back to the house to steal a Volvo car and the television.
Mr Green said the householders were unaware of the break-in and while officers were at the house the stolen Range Rover returned to the scene.
The court heard that during a police pursuit the Range Rover was reversed in the police car injuring the officers in it and disabling the vehicle.
Mr Green said the Range Rover was also involved in a collision with another motorist near to the JCT600 showroom at Rawdon and the police eventually found the stolen vehicle abandoned in the Yeadon area.
A search of the area led to Dugher, 29, of Cottingley Drive, Cottingley, being found under a railway bridge and his associate Hannam, 28, of no fixed address, was later detained at a pub in Shipley.
It is understood that Dugher was let out of prison on licence in September 2013, but Hannam had only been out on licence four weeks before they committed the burglary.
The pair both pleaded guilty to the burglary charge and yesterday Judge Colin Burn sentenced each of them to 28 months in prison.
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Ask The Experts: How Do I Transfer LPs To My PC?
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Is there any way to directly connect our turntable (remember LP's?) to our PC to transfer some of that good ole rock and roll to CD? I assume I would be looking for cables/connections/converter plus appropriate software.
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To quickly answer your question, yes, you can directly connect your turntable to your PC, which will allow you to copy your LP tracks into digital music files. However, I will warn you that this is not always an easy task.
There are many different ways you can achieve your goal. There are tons of different products and software packages available.
To make this simple, here are the things you are going to need:
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Most turntables use standard RCA style connections to hook up to various devices, but the signal they output is often different than what your VCR uses. In order to get proper sound, you need to have a phono pre-amp to amplify the phono signal and make it compatible with common line-level style inputs. Some turntables have pre-amps built in (look for a switch near the platter or on the back), but most don't. If yours doesn't, you'll need to purchase an external phono pre-amp, like the ART DJPre II Phono Preamp .
Connecting It To the PC
The output from the turntable or the pre-amp will be standard RCA (red and white) connectors, but the input on your soundcard is usually in the form of a 1/8" (headphone-style) mini-jack. You need a cable that has the RCA inputs on one side, and the mini-plug on the other like these.
As a worst case scenario, both Windows and Macs have a built in sound recorder that can record off the line-level input. While it will work, the results are often poor. There are many different software packages available specifically for this purpose.
Good software for this application has recording control features, and most importantly, and audio filter to help remove some of the hiss and pops common to old vinyl.
Some good quality software suites for converting LPs to CD are the Roxio Easy LP to MP3 from Roxio.
Hopefully some community members will post some recommendations in the discussion thread, and let you know what they've had good experiences using.
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Of course, there are many different services that will do this transfer work for you. You drop off or ship your LPs to them, and they will send them back to you along with a CD of each one. Some services are expensive, but they usually provide excellent results. It's recommended to use a local servicer, that way you can actually talk to someone if you're unhappy with the results.
If you decide to undergo this on your own, take some time to write about your experience, and share it with everyone at TechLore. A step-by-step guide of how you did it would be invaluable to everyone else looking transfer their LPs to to their computer.
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Ameren Should LOSE the Latest Battle Over Option 1 Network Upgrade Funding in the Midcontinent ISO Region
Ameren is at it yet again--perpetuating a method for funding generator interconnection network upgrades in MISO that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) found to be unjust, unreasonable, and discriminatory over three years ago. Ameren has already won two cases that allowed it to continue using Option 1 funding for certain interconnection customers. But Ameren should lose this one. Here's why:
A Brief History. Prior to March 22, 2011, the MISO tariff provided three methods for funding interconnection network upgrades. Option 1 required an interconnection customer to upfront fund the cost of network upgrades (post security and pay monthly construction costs); when those upgrades became commercially operational, the transmission owner would reimburse the full amount paid by the customer and then establish a transmission rate to charge the customer for using the upgrade on an ongoing basis. Option 2 funding also required the customer to pay upfront construction costs, but then the customer was reimbursed a portion of those costs following commercial operation. Option 2 did not include an ongoing rate. As a result, over time Option 1 funding could result in multiples of the actual cost that a customer might pay under Option 2. (The third option--"self-fund"--allowed a transmission owner to pay upfront costs itself and then charge a usage rate.)
On March 22, 2011, FERC responded to a complaint about Option 1 funding by independent power producers, determining that the method was "unjust, unreasonable, and discriminatory." FERC ordered MISO to remove Option 1 funding from its tariff. That order is found here: E.ON Climate & Renewables.
However, in the past couple of years, Ameren has successfully won the right to continue using Option 1 funding in interconnection agreements that were signed prior to FERC's decision in E.ON. After FERC issued its decision in E.ON, certain customers attempted to obtain the benefit of that decision by having FERC alter their agreements where they had agreed to Option 1 funding. But FERC denied the attempts, primarily on the basis that those prior agreements expressly provided for Option 1 funding and that it would not be in the public interest to unilaterally modify the contracts. In other words, those customers who sought to benefit from the E.ON decision had express notice that Option 1 funding would apply and they failed to raise a timely dispute; FERC would not reset the contracts they had agreed to. Those decisions are available here: Rail Splitter (agreed to Option 1 funding by signing a Facilities Service Agreement) and Hoopeston (agreed to Option 1 funding in its interconnection agreement).
Now we come to the current dispute over Option 1 funding. This docket focuses on an interconnection agreement that Ameren signed with White Oak Energy in 2007. At that time, Option 1 funding existed under the MISO tariff, but White Oak's interconnection agreement said nothing expressly about Option 1 funding. In addition, Ameren was not required to select the funding method until the network upgrades reached commercial operation. At the time of signing its interconnection agreement, if White Oak had disputed the potential application of Option 1, FERC would have likely dismissed the dispute for being unripe. It wasn't a real issue yet.
Fast forward four years. Ameren completed construction of White Oak's network upgrades in 2011 and notified White Oak at that time that Option 1 would apply. White Oak disagreed repeatedly, leaving Ameren forced to file White Oak's Facilities Service Agreement unexecuted with FERC. Under the proposed funding method, White Oak's network upgrades (actual cost $2,399,128) will cost $8,292,180 over 20 years under the ongoing rate. You can see Ameren's application to FERC here: White Oak FSA Application.
So why should White Oak receive a different result than the customers in Rail Splitter and Hoopeston? White Oak should be treated differently because, until now, it had no prior opportunity to complain to FERC about this method for funding network upgrades that we know to be discriminatory. Unlike the customers in Rail Splitter and Hoopeston, who waived their opportunity to complain and consequently needed FERC to undo contracts they'd agreed to, White Oak has never agreed to Option 1 funding--there is no contract to undo As a result, White Oak should now be afforded the chance to argue against Option 1 funding on the merits (see E.ON), rather than being hung up by procedural technicalities and the Mobile-Sierra doctrine.
If FERC were to rule in White Oak's favor, then the decision would help to restrict the application of this discriminatory method of funding network upgrades to a limited group of interconnection customers (i.e., those who expressly agreed to Option 1 in a contract) and to insulate those who are just now receiving notice of Option 1 funding from the absurd results that accompany it. But we'll need to wait and see if those at FERC who call balls and strikes see it the same way.
7th Circuit Affirms FERC's Decision on Multi-Value Projects, Relying Heavily on Policy of Promoting Wind Development
From my colleague, Andrew Moratzka:
On June 7th, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued an opinion in Illinois Commerce Commission, et al., v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, affirming the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's approval of the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) Multi-Value Project (MVP) tariff for financing new high-voltage power lines that largely serve remote wind farms.
Six issues were before the court: (i) the proportionality of benefits to costs for MVPs; (ii) the procedural adequacy of the previous proceedings; (iii) the propriety of an energy-cost allocator for MVPs; (iv) whether MISO should be allowed to add an MVP fee to utilities belonging to the PJM Interconnection, LLC ("PJM"); (v) whether MISO should be permitted to assess some costs associated with MVPs; and (vi) whether the Commission's approval of the MVP tariff violates the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution by invading state rights. The fourth and fifth issues were remanded. And the court quickly dismissed the sixth issue at the outset of the opinion, stating that the arguments amounted to an assertion that the MVP tariff "provides a carrot that states won't be able to resist eating." This entry therefore focuses on issues (i) – (iii).
The court addressed issues (i) and (ii) together. There are two important takeaways in this section of the opinion. First, MISO's burden of establishing rough proportionality of costs to benefits under the Federal Power Act arguably changed in the name of policy. The court stated that "The promotion of wind power by the MVP program deserves emphasis" and that wind power will probably "grow fast and confer substantial benefits on the region." The court determined there was "no reason to think these benefits will be denied to particular subregions of MISO" and found that other benefits (e.g., reliability) were real, even though they couldn't be calculated in advance. The court then went on to find that MISO's and FERC's efforts to match cost and benefits, even if crude, were sufficient. It is not entirely clear how this aspect of the opinion can be reconciled with the court's previous opinion in Illinois Commerce Commission v. FERC. But it appears the policy of promoting wind power influenced the decision in this case. Moreover, the court rejected requests for an evidentiary hearing on this issue, on the basis that requiring such proceedings after two years of appeal "would create unconscionable regulatory delay."
The second takeaway is a comment made by the court in response to a criticism raised by the State of Michigan, which claimed it would not benefit from out-of-state MVPs because a provision in Michigan law forbids Michigan utilities from counting renewable energy generated out of the state to satisfy requirements under the state's Clean, Renewable, and Efficiency Act of 2008. The court stated that Michigan cannot discriminate against out-of-state renewable energy without violating the commerce clause of Article I of the Constitution. This statement could have significant ripple effects on similar laws around the country that give preference to in-state renewable resources or impose limits on imported generation.
The policy of promoting wind development also seemed to influence issue (iii). The court found that the objection to an energy allocator was refuted by the fact that a primary goal of the MVPs is to increase the supply of renewable energy. It acknowledged that wind production is intermittent and not a reliable source of energy to meet peak demand. But the court concluded that MVP lines will enable plants to serve off-peak demand and stated that "MISO and FERC were entitled to conclude that the benefits of more and cheaper wind power predominate over the benefits of greater reliability brought about by improvement in meeting peak demand."
Energy Storage in the MISO Footprint
Two new energy storage studies are getting underway this summer in the Midwest Independent System Operator (MISO) footprint: the Energy Storage Study and the Manitoba Hydro Wind Synergy Study. At MISO's Energy Storage Workshop held on June 29, 2011, MISO explained that its goals are to explore the potential reliability, market, and planning benefits of energy storage technologies and estimate the price inflection point where energy storage provides benefits to MISO markets.
The Energy Storage Study will focus on battery technology, compressed air, and pumped storage. The first phase of the study will be completed in November 2011 and a second phase by the end of June 2012. MISO's new Energy Storage Technical Review Group will meet for the first time on August 3, 2011, when it will consider the Draft Energy Storage Study Scope. The Manitoba Hydro Wind Synergy Study will focus on Manitoba Hydro's capabilities as essentially a "super-sized pumped storage plant."
These studies are the next steps in MISO's efforts to incorporate long-term storage into its markets. In February 2008, a FERC Order on Ancillary Market Services directed MISO to evaluate operational and procedural adjustments to remove barriers to the comparable treatment of new technologies (Docket No. ER07-1372). In a December 31, 2009 Order, FERC conditionally accepted MISO tariff provisions for Stored Energy Resources (Docket No. ER09-1126), finding that the operating requirements and compensation for Stored Energy Resources would be comparable to other resources providing regulating reserves. Pursuant to the December 31, 2009 Order, MISO also submitted an informational report to FERC on March 1, 2010 describing its efforts to incorporate long-term storage resources into the market. The two energy storage studies starting this summer move these efforts to a formal study phase.
Renewable Energy Law Alert: The Upper Midwest Reopens to Renewable Energy Development
Yesterday, December 16, 2010, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) conditionally approved a proposal by the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator (MISO) that significantly changes how large transmission upgrades are funded across the MISO region.
MISO's proposal creates a new category of transmission projects called Multi-Value Projects (MVPs) for upgrades that are determined to enable reliable and economic delivery of energy in support of public policy mandates or laws that address transmission reliability and congestion across multiple transmission zones.
MISO's proposal is effective as of July 16, 2010 and thus applies to transmission projects identified in Appendix A of 2010 MISO Transmission Expansion Plan (MTEP).
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Midwest ISO Final MVP Cost Allocation Proposal Won't Charge Generators for New Transmission Needed for Wind Energy
From our colleague Sarah Johnson Phillips: Although the proposal spreads the cost of MVPs across the Midwest ISO, the new proposal keeps the current cost sharing methodology for generation interconnection projects. All interconnection costs would be allocated to the interconnecting developer, except 10% would be shared by load for large facilities (345 kV and above). The proposal also addresses the generator interconnection cost "free rider" problem by allowing earlier projects to be reimbursed by later projects using the same upgrades. This cost allocation for generator interconnection was imposed by the Midwest ISO in 2009 as an interim measure to address what is known as the "Otter Tail problem" It shifted virtually all interconnection costs to developers and relieved transmission owners and their ratepayers from contributing to upgrades that reinforce the grid to everyone's benefit. See our blog entry from last year for more history on the Midwest ISO cost allocation controversy.
Much to the relief of wind developers in the Midwest, the Midwest ISO has backed off a plan to charge new and existing generators 20% of the cost of new transmission needed to meet renewable energy development goals.
Yesterday, the Midwest ISO released its final cost allocation proposal, which it will file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on July 15, 2010. In the final proposal, the cost of Multi-Value Projects (MVPs) will be spread evenly to load throughout the MISO footprint on an energy basis. MVPs are transmission projects needed to support renewable energy development, other policy drivers, or have multiple benefits such as reliability and market efficiency. Previous cost allocation proposals would have allocated 20% of the cost of MVPs to new and existing generators. That potential cost burden and resulting cost uncertainty had caused some wind industry observers to speculate that wind projects would abandon the Midwest for other parts of the country where transmission is cheaper.
Wind industry advocates, such as Wind on the Wires, still hope to clarify some additional issues in the cost allocation proposal—such as clearer criteria for what qualifies as an MVP and a plan for how to transition from the current system to the new system. Some of these outstanding issues could yet be addressed between now and the July 15th filing.
At this point it is difficult to know if the MVP proposal will result in most major upgrades being paid for by loads, with generators paying for only modest network upgrades under their generator interconnection agreements. But, for now, removal of the 20% charge to generator for MVPs is a big victory for wind development in the Midwest. If wind developers continue to experience attempts to impose the cost of major transmission projects on them, the victory on the MVPs will be a pyrrhic one.
Affordable new transmission for wind energy is critical for Midwestern states to meet their renewable energy mandates and to achieve the regional goals set by the Midwestern Governors Association of 10% renewable electricity by 2015, 20% by 2020, and 30% by 2030.
A summary of the Midwest ISO Final Cost Allocation proposal, as presented to the Regional Expansion Criteria & Benefits (RECB) Task Force yesterday, is available here.
Although the proposal spreads the cost of MVPs across the Midwest ISO, the new proposal keeps the current cost sharing methodology for generation interconnection projects. All interconnection costs would be allocated to the interconnecting developer, except 10% would be shared by load for large facilities (345 kV and above). The proposal also addresses the generator interconnection cost "free rider" problem by allowing earlier projects to be reimbursed by later projects using the same upgrades. This cost allocation for generator interconnection was imposed by the Midwest ISO in 2009 as an interim measure to address what is known as the "Otter Tail problem" It shifted virtually all interconnection costs to developers and relieved transmission owners and their ratepayers from contributing to upgrades that reinforce the grid to everyone's benefit. See our blog entry from last year for more history on the Midwest ISO cost allocation controversy.
FERC Conditionally Approves MISO Tariff Amendment on Cost Allocation
This afternoon, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission conditionally approved the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator's (MISO) proposed tariff amendment regarding allocating the cost of network upgrades for generation interconnection projects meeting MISO's regional expansion criteria and benefits (RECB) standards. See my previous blog entry for a more detailed discussion on the history of the tariff amendment, as well as protests to the amendment filed by AWEA and others.
Under the decision rendered today, FERC found that the proposed solution provides an interim solution, and directs MISO to make a compliance filing (1) to fulfill its commitment to file superseding tariff revisions regarding the Phase II cost allocation methodology on or before July 15, 2010, and (2) to reflect certain conforming changes to its tariff. In addition, FERC expects MISO to provide the Commission with status reports on the Phase II process.
To see any of the documents filed in this proceeding, go to FERC's eLibrary website and enter in Docket No. ER09-1431.
FERC Issues MISO Letter of Deficiency on RECB Cost Allocation Issue
On September 2, 2009, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a letter of deficiency to the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator in MISO's RECB Phase I generator interconnect cost allocation tariff amendment proceedings (Docket No. ER09-1431). See my previous blog entry on AWEA's protest to the MISO filing for additional background.
The letter instructs MISO to provide certain supplemental information within fifteen days. Specifically, MISO is instructed to provide a list of all of the interconnection projects that will be affected by the tariff amendment, an explanation of MISO's position on the relevant date for determining which cost allocation method methodology will apply, and additional support for certain statements made in its filing regarding attrition rates and elimination of certain requirements of interconnecting generators resulting from the filing. Finally, MISO is instructed to provide a timeline and description of the anticipated RECB Phase II methodology stakeholder process that will be followed to permit MISO to meet its commitment to file a succeeding tariff proposal by July 15, 2010.
AWEA, Others File Protests at FERC to MISO Proposed Cost Allocation
On August 13, 2009, the American Wind Energy Association, Wind on the Wires and certain wind developers filed protests at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator's (MISO) recent filing at FERC. The MISO filing proposes to revise MISO's cost allocation methodology for network upgrades for generator interconnection, and resulted from MISO's Regional Expansion Criteria & Benefits (RECB) Task Force.
The current cost allocation methodology in place provides that the cost of network upgrades for generator interconnection are funded initially by generator interconnection customers, and the customer is entitled to a 50% reimbursement where it is demonstrated that the output will serve MISO's network customers or the facility has been designated a network resource. For facilities rated 345 kV and higher, 20% of the refund cost is allocated to all MISO pricing zones on a postage-stamp basis, and 80% is allocated among pricing zones using a line outage distribution factor (LODF) method.
Under the MISO proposal, cost allocation would be as follows: (i) for network upgrades below 345 kV, 100% to the interconnection customer, and (ii) for network upgrades 345 kV and above, 90% to the interconnection customer and 10% to all transmission customers through a postage stamp-type charge.
To read any of the documents related to the MISO filing, go to the FERC eLibrary website and enter in Docket No. ER09-1431.
FERC Rejects MISO's Market Coordination Service Proposal, Approves Anchor Tenant Merchant Transmission
From our colleague and FERC guru, Jason Johns:
MISO's Proposed Market Coordination Service:
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission today rejected the Midwest ISO's proposed Market Coordination Service that would have given certain transmission owners access to the ISO energy and operating reserve markets without requiring those owners to hand over control of facilities or share in transmission development costs. Although the proposal was an innovative approach to expanding the ISO's market footprint, FERC worried that the proposal would harm consumers and cause the ISO to unravel as transmission owners opt out of full membership to avoid transmission cost-sharing. FERC also questioned whether the proposal would attract more wind energy into the ISO market because, by leaving pancaked transmission rates intact, wind resources could face higher transmission rates as ISO members withdraw in favor of Market Service. The Midwest ISO must remove all Market Service language from its tariff within the next 30 days.
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In other news, FERC accepted a request for waiver of criteria traditionally used to evaluate merchant transmission projects. In their applications, the Zephyr and Chinook merchant transmission projects proposed to presubscribe 50% of the projects' 3,000 MW capacity to an "anchor tenant" wind developer in order to defray upfront development costs, and then allocate the remaining 50% through a traditional open season process. The proposal was intended to avoid the "chicken-and-egg" scenario often associated with merchant transmission, i.e.,resources will not develop without assurances that transmission is available, and likewise transmission projects will not move forward without assurances from resource developers. FERC's acceptance of this modified approach to merchant transmission expressly opened the door to similar proposals in the future. "Anchor tenant" merchant transmission is the new standard.
Client Alert: FERC's Conditional Approval of MISO Queue Reform
Check out our client alert on FERC's recent conditional approval of MISO's revised large generator interconnection process. It provides highlights of the ruling and identifies next steps that MISO must take in order to flesh out some issues, including certain milestones that generators must meet in order to move towards getting their project interconnected.
Beth Soholt, executive director of Wind on the Wires, believes that the ruling is pretty consistent with what those in the industry expected, and that the intent was to give generators a more clear picture up front of what the actual costs are for carrying a project through to interconnection. She thinks that we'll have to wait and see how MISO interprets the clarification requirements, and how generators respond to the new process, to really understand what the impact will be and whether this will result in a material change in the number of projects entering the queue.
Stay tuned!
FERC Rules on MISO Queue Reform Proposal
On August 25, FERC issued its ruling on the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator (MISO) plan to reform the generator interconnection queue process - the method by which transmission requirements for generators wishing to connect new projects to the grid in the Midwest are reviewed and approved. FERC conditionally accepted the proposed tariff revisions, with an effective date of August 25, 2008, and directed MISO to make a compliance filing within 30 days of the Order. Major changes include addition of a Pre-Queue Phase, addition of a Fast Track Process, revisions to the amount and timing of deposits, revisions to the milestones projects must meet to move forward, and limitations on the ability to suspend.
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Since 1976, productivity has fallen in Venezuela almost every year, while misery, inflation, corruption and insecurity have gone off the charts. The middle classes have all but disappeared
Tuesday November 13, 2012 02:40 PM
Here are two suggestions for governing Venezuela toward a constructive, inclusive, and prosperous future. First, level the playing field of elections so they are real contests. Second, abandon wealth distribution and reinitiate wealth creation so Venezuela can return to prosperity for all.
The will of the people is only achieved by transparent fair elections. That means no side has an unfair advantage to influence the outcome, which is not the case today in Venezuela. Government spending, law, regulations and military or police powers are overwhelmingly biased for itself and against the opposition, which is considered an enemy. The election voter roll, process, machinery and secret count are a black hole deserving of transparency and sunshine. Elections in Venezuela used to take place in clear daylight counted by citizens. Today they take place at the darkest hour of night counted by a government computer.
Even more important is reminding Venezuelans about their message for development. From 1900 to almost 1976, Venezuela achieved one of the highest growth rates and lowest inflation rates in the world through a wealth creation system that opened the economy to all. Almost one out of every three families was in the burgeoning middle classes then. Since 1976, productivity has fallen in Venezuela almost every year, while misery, inflation, corruption and insecurity have gone off the charts. The middle classes have all but disappeared. This decline is coincident with the state wealth distribution model that depends on oil for everything, and which has wasted hundreds of billions of dollars on domestic and foreign projects that make absolutely no sense.
The Venezuela of 1900 1976 was producing wealth for the rising middle classes, a chance for the poor to move up the economic ladder, equality under the law, universal education that was respected, the first democracy in South America, and hope for everyone in the country. It is worth thinking about that wonderful age in Venezuela and how to recapture its spirit again.
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It is a lovely rainy Saturday afternoon here in Minneapolis. The kind that is cool and humid at once, and makes you think of Paris, romance, and gentle adventure. I just got home from watching Life Itself, the documentary about the life of film critic Roger Ebert. I sat in the dark, arms folded, leaning forward propped on the seat in front of me in a theater that was mostly empty. It was a big-hearted film full of such love and affection. I cried and laughed. I give it a thumbs up.
I went to the movies because I needed a good cry. I have had a lot of change in my life over the past year, and most of my attention has been focused purely on survival. Now that I have room in my life for something beyond the basics I find many of the things I thought I wanted no longer fit. I keep reaching out to embrace bits and pieces of my old life and finding they leave me feeling dirty, hollow, dissatisfied. I don't know why. Maybe I am just getting old. I am getting wrinkles and I know my stray chin hairs are already grey. I am letting go of a lot of things, big and small, and there is some grief in that.
Maybe most importantly, I have been praying a lot to my Gods and listening hard to their answers. They are loving, kind, compassionate, and generous. They want me to have what is best for me, to get what I need, and it is good to move forward into the future with their blessing. I have been told to shut up and sit down countless times, and the time has come for me to stop engaging entirely with a culture that places no value in my person.
Roger Ebert's life was revealed in all it's pathos in a documentary, but my life is done with being open to the public. The choices I am making for my own well-being don't need public scrutiny and are not entertainment for the reading public to consume. Ebert was brave to be so public with his health issues. But my courage challenge is to be quieter, smaller, and more immediate. Less international and more local. Less social media and more face-to-face.
I won't be writing on this blog anymore. I doubt I will be writing as "Star Foster" again, and I won't be offering my spirituality up to this community for discussion, in public or private. If spirituality is brought up I will decline to participate, and I ask friends to not make me have to say no twice.
I am happy. I am full of love. My hands have good work to do. All is well.
May blessings be on you and yours.
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The San Diego County grand jury recommends continuation and possible expansion of the senior volunteer programs, calling them a significant asset to the community.
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Frank D. Kelly, 40, of Quincy and John C. Schuchert, 50, of Marshfield were arraigned in Plymouth District Court on Monday, each accused of second-offense drunken driving. They were arrested in separate incidents Saturday in Marshfield.
Two men face charges of repeat drunken driving following separate arrests in Marshfield.
Frank D. Kelly, 40, of Quincy and John C. Schuchert, 50, of Marshfield were arraigned in Plymouth District Court on Monday, each accused of second-offense drunken driving. Both were arrested Saturday.
Marshfield police Lt. Paul Taber said Kelly, of 69 Revere Road, Quincy, was pulled over at about 3:30 a.m. when an officer spotted him driving erratically on Furnace Street. Police discovered that Kelly's license was suspended.
Police also determined that Kelly was drunk, and he was placed under arrest. Officers found a half-empty can of beer in the front seat of Kelly's vehicle, Taber said.
Kelly, free on personal recognizance, has been charged with operating with a suspended license and possessing an open container of alcohol. He also had an arrest warrant out in his name for failing to appear in court for a separate case in August 2012, the Plymouth County District Court clerk's office said.
Kelly faces charges of assault and battery and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon in the August case, according to the clerk's office. His next court date is May 15 in both cases.
At about 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Marshfield police received a call from a local bar saying it had refused to serve alcohol to an intoxicated customer. The caller told police the man was driving a blue Chevrolet Tahoe SUV.
Shortly thereafter, Taber said, police saw the same Tahoe leaving a liquor store on Ocean Street. Police pulled over the vehicle and determined that the driver, Schuchert, of 1330 Ocean St., Apt. 4, was drunk.
Schuchert was released on personal recognizance Monday and is due back in court May 15.
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