EU warning for Thyssenkrupp and Tata Steel
EU antitrust regulators could veto Thyssenkrupp and India’s Tata Steel planned European steel joint venture.
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Two Brattleboro’s power transformers to be replaced
USA, Vermont: Vermont State regulators have approved a $3.65 million substation upgrade project to boost the capacity, reliability, and flexibility of Brattleboro’s electrical system.
Hawaii nixes NextEra takeover of Hawaiian Electric Companies
Hawaii: Regulators denied Florida’s NextEra Energy US$4.3 billion bid for takeover of the Hawaiian Electric Companies (HECO)
Congress acts to protect critical electric infrastructure
USA, Washington D.C.: On 4 December 2015 President Obama signed into law the so-called “FAST Act”— Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act – which includes energy security amendments to the Federal Power Act (“FPA”), several of which affect utilities and other parties in the electric industry such as regulators, owners, operators, and users of electric generation and transmission infrastructure.