CALGARY – The Alberta government doesn’t plan to alter a controversial bill designed to hasten power line projects despite a growing campaign to quash the proposed legislation.
Political debate of the bill, introduced in June, is expected to ramp up when the legislature resumes late next month.
All three opposition parties are calling on the Conservatives to scrap proposed rule changes that would grant the government authority to decide when additional electrical transmission lines are required. Under existing rules, the need for these massive energy projects– whose multibillion-dollar construction costs are ultimately …

It’s time to break the decade-old impasse over whether to run a new power transmission line in downtown Cape Coral underground – and over who pays how much.
The line is needed to reduce the system’s vulnerability to power outages and to increase the system’s capacity, especially when growth resumes. There’s wide agreement on that, and on practically nothing else.
This has been a very frustrating issue. The line is needed, underground would at least look better and might be less of a hindrance to downtown redevelopment. The costs at issue amount, …

YESTech’s system line up at this year’s Productronica will be the biggest ever; it will include the YTV BX, which offers AOI benchtop PCB inspection with exceptional defect coverage. Using 5 megapixel colour imaging technology, the YTV BX inspects solder joints and verifies correct part assembly to improve quality and increase throughput. The four side viewing cameras
add inspection capabilities usually found only on in-line systems. For in-line inspection, visitors can see the YTV FX which, with top down and side viewing cameras, offers high speed PCB inspection capability, all in …

Hong Kong, Sept 28, 2009 – (ACN Newswire) – TC Interconnect Holdings Limited (SEHK Code: 0515) (”TC Interconnect” / the “Group”), one of the top 10 Printed Circuit Board (PCB) manufacturers in Hong Kong and China, today announces that the Group is having a partnership with LED lighting technology proprietary developer and operator Orient Opto – Semiconductors Corp. (”Dongfang”) to engage the design and manufacture of Light Emitting Diode (LED) lighting as well as operation and management of energy saving projects such as LED road lamp via business model of Energy …

Hello and welcome back to our series on automotive tools and how to guides for the new weekend warrior auto mechanic. This isn’t meant for the professional, but rather the average Joe who is looking to get his hands a little dirty on the weekends. In the past, we have covered a lot of tools but in today’s article I’m going to cover how to check your spark plug wires for cracking in the insulation. The spark plug wire carries the electrical charge from the ignition coil down to the …