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Vt. utilities enter deal with Quebec

2010-03-11T14:00:21Z

<div id="subtitle">Vermont utilities reach new power deal with Hydro-Quebec</div><div><p>Two Vermont utilities signed an agreement Thursday on a 26-year deal to buy power from Canadian provincial utility Hydro-Quebec, replacing contracts that expire beginning in 2012.</p><p>The deal is among OTTAWA (Reuters) - Quebec's power utility is teaming up with Mitsubishi Motors to road test the performance of up to 50 all-electric vehicles against the rigors of the Canadian climate and measure their infrastructure ne...

Hydro-Quebec buying energy transmission assets

2010-02-24T12:11:51Z

Hydro-Quebec says proposed energy deal will expand its power exports to the US

North America's largest utility company Hydro-Quebec has announced it will pay 4.7 billion Canadian dollars ($4.4 billion) for transmission lines of New Brunswick Power, a deal that would help the company se...

Hydro-Quebec agrees to buy more energy assets

2010-02-24T12:13:46Z

<div id="subtitle">Hydro-Quebec agrees to proposed energy deal that will expand its power exports to the US</div><div><p>Canadian utility company Hydro-Quebec says it will pay 4.7 billion Canadian dollars ($4.4 billion) for the assets of New Brunswick Power, a deal that would help the company secure greater access to e...

Hydro-Quebec buys rival for 4.4 billion dollars

2010-02-24T12:39:01Z

<div><p>World leader Hydro-Quebec bought a local rival Thursday for 4.7 billion Canadian dollars (4.4 billion dollars) in a further sign of consolidation in the North American power grid.</p><p>Under a deal to be finalized next year, Hydro-Quebec will acquire most of New Brunswick Power's assets, including generation f...

Q&A: Governor Jim Douglas

2010-03-02T11:59:44Z

<div><p>Jim Douglas was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives in 1972, the same year he graduated from Middlebury College. He became assistant majority leader in his second term and majority leader in his third term at the age of 25.&lt...

James Bay miners well-positioned for market turnaround

2010-03-02T12:29:05Z

<div id="subtitle">Analyst likes Quebec area play</div><div><p>In an exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Eric Lemieux, metals and mining analyst with Laurentian Bank Securities, describes gold’s inexplicable descent as a violation of market fundamentals....

Q&A: Gaye Symington

2010-02-28T05:32:32Z

<div><p>Before entering politics, Gaye Symington, 54, was a senior fiscal manager for non-profits. Her work in the non-profit sector involved implementing accounting systems and sound fiscal management practices to strengthen the organizations for which she worked.</p><p>Symington started a whole grain bakery, and earned an MBA from United States, we interact daily with an economic system that undermines basic Christian values of concern for the poor and love of one's neigh...