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Integrys Energy Group announced that its subsidiary, Wisconsin Public Service Corp. (WPS), has agreed to buy Fox Energy Co.

The Brattle Group released a report examining the impact of emerging Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) air quality regulations on coal-fired power plants.

Progress Energy Carolinas, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, will officially retire two coal-fired power plants Oct.

Calpine Corporation has signed an agreement to supply electric generation capacity and power to American Electric Power Service Corporation.

ExxonMobil has announced an investment of more than US$200 million to increase the capacity of its Baton Rouge chemical and lubricants plants for synthetic lubricant base stocks manufacturing and lubricants blending, packaging and storage. The expansion will increase ExxonMobil’s worldwide capacity of synthetic esters and alkylated naphthalene by more than 25 per cent.

Enbridge Pipelines Inc. has announced that it has received approval from the Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board to begin construction on the Woodland Pipeline Extension Project. Enbridge Pipelines Inc.

Sunoco has announced a pipeline project to deliver propane and ethane from the liquid-rich Marcellus Shale areas in Western Pennsylvania to Sunoco’s facility in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania.

A huge power uprate of 149MWe at unit 2 of Florida Power & Light's St Lucie nuclear power plant has been approved by the US nuclear regulator.

 Control valve specialist Samson Controls has introduced enhanced versions of two of its established products: the Type 3291 valve and the Type 3730-6 positioner.The Type 3291 valve is suitable for use in severe operating conditions, such as those found in the oil, gas and petrochemical industries.

Victaulic has acquired MTS Valves & Technology's desalination business, which manufactures and designs valves for the desalination market such as the MTS Plug Valve. A high-pressure valve for control in seawater reverse-osmosis applications, the MTS Plug Valve is also used in other high-pressure membrane treatment applications in highly corrosive environments such as offshore oil and gas sulfate removal systems, water processing for mining, industrial water reclamation and reuse facilities and high-purity water treatment for power.