Energy News Roundup: September 25-October 1

This week in regional energy news …

• Baltimore-based Constellation Energy has purchased CPower, a New York energy and demand response service provider.  CPower manages 850 megawatts of demand response capacity; before the purchase of CPower, Constellation managed a total of 650 megawatts.
• Iberdrola has announced plans to spend $6 billion on wind energy development in the U.S.  Iberdrola has received $867 million in funding from the U.S. government.  Iberdrola’s chair Ignacio Galan attended the groundbreaking of the construction of the MPRP.
• A study by Oceana, an environmental group focused on ocean issues, claims that Atlantic offshore wind power could supply a level of energy close to half of the East Coast’s current electricity generation, and create up to 200,000 jobs.
• A dam in Winterport, Maine, was removed in August.  Conservationists gathered on Wednesday to celebrate the event.
• Northeast Utilities has approval to build 23 miles of new transmission lines in Massachusetts.