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Full Speech by Françoise Bertrand, President and Chief Executive Officer of Fédération des chambres de commerce du Québec (Québec's Federation of Chambers of Commerce), at the Toronto Region Board of Trade luncheon on May 22, 2013. TORONTO, May 22, 2013 /CNW/ - Ladies and gentlemen . . . hello. Allow me to begin by presenting the Fédération des chambres de commerce du Québec (FCCQ), an organization that many of you are probably not familiar with. The FCCQ is both...

ATLANTA, April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern Company said today it is increasing its annual dividend by 7 cents per share to a rate of $2.03 per share. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080801/SOCOLOGO ) The increase marks the 12th straight year that Southern Company has raised the dividend on its common stock. Southern Company also announced today a regular quarterly dividend - including an increase of 1.75 cents per share on a quarterly basis - of 50.75 cents per...

TORONTO, March 23, 2013 /CNW/ - Toronto Hydro-Electric System Limited ("Toronto Hydro") is pleased to report that the city dropped 205 megawatts (MW) of electricity during Earth Hour. This is equivalent to removing about 92,000 homes off Toronto's electricity grid. Toronto Hydro saw a significant drop of electricity consumption based on the electricity load recorded for the last three Saturdays this month,  As homes and businesses shut off lights, computers, television sets and...

Net profit attributable to equity holders of the Company of RMB5.512 billion representing an increase of 366.95% over 2011 BEIJING, March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Huaneng Power International, Inc. ("HPI" or the "Company") (NYSE: HNP; HKEx: 902; SSE: 600011) today announced its audited annual operating results for the twelve months ended December 31, 2012 prepared under the International Financial Reporting Standards, in which the Company recorded consolidated operating revenue of...

Forms new Critical Power business unit, entering the market for backup power and distributed generation products FORT LEE, N.J. and MINNEAPOLIS, March 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Electrical transformer manufacturer Pioneer Power Solutions, Inc. (OTCBB: PPSI) ("Pioneer" or the "Company") and paralleling switchgear provider Power Systems Solutions, Inc. ("PSSI"), announced that the acquisition of PSSI by Pioneer's wholly owned subsidiary, Pioneer Critical Power Inc., was completed on...

Please note that c4853 issued at 15:09e today has been updated. Revised copy follows: Hydro-Québec - Issue of debentures 5.00% due February 15, 2050 on the Canadian market MONTREAL, Nov. 29, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - Hydro-Québec announces that it has negotiated on the Canadian domestic market the issue of CA$500,000,000 of debentures, Series JN, maturing on February 15, 2050. The debentures, with a coupon of 5.00%, payable semi-annually, will be offered on the market at a...

MONTREAL, Nov. 29, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - Hydro-Québec announces that it has negotiated on the Canadian domestic market the issue of CA$500,000,000 of debentures, Series JN, maturing on February 15, 2050. The debentures, with a coupon of 5.00%, payable semi-annually, will be offered on the market at a price of 130.412 plus interest deemed to have accrued from August 15, 2012. The yield is 3.526%. The lead manager for this issue is National Bank Financial Inc. with BMO...

OTTAWA, Nov. 22, 2012 /CNW/ - Hydro Ottawa has completed the purchase, first announced in June 2012, of three hydroelectric plants and a 38.3 percent interest in the Ring Dam and remaining water rights at Chaudière Falls from Domtar Corporation for $46 million. "This presents a tremendous opportunity for Ontario to add 21 megawatts of renewable run-of-the river hydro power, with the potential to expand that to more than 40 megawatts as we explore additional opportunities at...

YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y., Oct. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the launch of the Smarter Energy Research Institute, a new industrial research collaboration model aimed at accelerating innovation across the global energy and utilities market. Hydro-Quebec (Canada), Alliander (Netherlands) and DTE Energy (USA) join as the first members. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090416/IBMLOGO ) The Smarter Energy Research Institute is a new collaboration...

MONTREAL, May 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Hydro-Quebec and OPAL-RT Technologies have concluded a strategic collaboration agreement for the commercialization of the HYPERSIM power system simulator. As a result, this leading-edge technology will now be available to public utilities, equipment manufacturers, universities and research facilities. The results of over two decades of expertise, HYPERSIM is a real-time digital simulation platform developed by Hydro-Quebec's research institute,...