Andrew Demillo - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Mon August 27, 2018
Plan for $4.5B Wind Farm Scrapped After Reg's Denial
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) A utility said on July 27 it is dropping plans for what would have been the largest wind farm in the country, a day after regulators in Texas rejected the $4.5 billion project. American Electric Power said it was cancelling plans for the 2,000-megawatt Wind Catcher wind farm, which would have spanned two counties in the Oklahoma panhandle and provided power to customers in Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana....
ALLU - Thu August 23, 2018
ALLU Group Joins Distribution Contractors Association
ALLU Group Inc. , based in East Brunswick, N.J., recently became a member of the Distribution Contractors Association (DCA). Based near Dallas, the DCA facilitates the exchange of information related to the construction and maintenance of gas distribution pipeline systems throughout the United States....
Takeuchi - Thu August 16, 2018
Takeuchi Announces Nueces Power Equipment as New Dealer
Takeuchi-US, an innovative global leader in compact equipment, has announced Nueces Power Equipment as a new dealer. Based in Corpus Christi, Texas, the company will carry Takeuchi's compact excavator and track loaders in their Houston and San Antonio locations....
Kirby-Smith Machinery - Thu August 16, 2018
Kirby-Smith Machinery, Inc. Awarded Northern Texas for Terramac
Kirby-Smith Machinery will expand its Terramac dealer coverage to six of its existing branch locations in Northern Texas which include Dallas, Odessa, Fort Worth, Lubbock, Amarillo and Abilene. Each location has been approved to provide complete crawler carrier sales, rentals, service and support to the area....
Chuck Harvey – CEG Correspondent - Wed August 15, 2018
$45.5M Stadium on Deck in Amarillo, Texas
Workers and city officials expect a new $45.5M minor league stadium in Amarillo to be a major hit with fans. The facility will be home for the now double-A San Antonio Missions. With the move, the name of the team will be changed....
Craig Mongeau - CEG Editor in Chief - Tue August 14, 2018
Venture Drilling Supply Branches Out Following Tragedy
Like all businesses, equipment dealerships face challenges, such as competition, economic and market changes, staffing issues, evolving technological advances and more. Sometimes, though, the challenges are of a more personal nature....
North Central Texas Council of Governments - Tue August 14, 2018
Officials Confirm Hyperloop as Technology Option
On July 11, the Dallas-Fort Worth Regional Transportation Council (RTC) announced that it will explore hyperloop technology for two major transportation initiatives across the state. This announcement follows a recent visit to Virgin Hyperloop One's full-scale test track in the Nevada Desert, where the delegation examined the next-generation technology firsthand, and met with engineers at the company's Innovation Campus in Los Angeles....
Magellan - Tue August 14, 2018
Magellan Expands Its Western Leg of Petroleum Products Pipeline System
Magellan Midstream Partners L.P. announced on July 30 an additional expansion of the western leg of its refined petroleum products pipeline system in Texas. Magellan had previously announced its plans to expand the capacity of this line segment to approximately 150,000 barrels per day (bpd) from its current capacity of 100,000 bpd....
Port of Corpus Christi - Tue August 14, 2018
Bond Sale Yields $216.2M for Ship Channel Project
On July 24, 2018, the Port of Corpus Christi successfully priced and sold $216.2 million of Senior Lien Revenue Bonds. These bonds will be used for both the deepening and widening of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel as well as upcoming capital projects within the Port....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue August 14, 2018
Austin Hopes to Solve Traffic Woes
For some time, Austin, Texas, has been ranked as one of the more popular cities in the United States, consistently showing up on Top 10 lists of best places to live, play and work in. But if its current traffic problems aren't addressed, its success could be its downfall....
