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	Scottish Coal Fuels Top Greenhouse Gas Emitters
		The station is owned by Scottish Power which operates two of the coal plants that appear on the FOE UK list as the major emitters of carbon dioxide.
		Still, FOE points out, Scottish Power is making "big strides in developing renewables," referring to the company's development of one of the largest windfarms in Europe, at Whitelee Forest, Eaglesham Moor, to the south of Glasgow.
		In addition, Scottish Power has agreed to help the Glasgow airport fit powerful computer filters, previously used only for military purposes, to its existing radar system to eliminate what is known as windfarm clutter that can interfere with radar signals.
	www.ens-newswire.com /ens/aug2003/2003-08-11-02.asp (854 words)

	Scottish Power doubles profits
		Scottish Power has been the focus of bid speculation since it agreed to sell PacifiCorp last year, and the recent appointment of Bowman as chief executive has helped fuel rumours that the man who sold drinks group Allied Domecq might steer the utility towards a new deal with E.ON.
		Scottish Power said earnings per share rose 6 percent to 10.8 pence for the third quarter and by 49 percent to 20.2 pence for the first nine months.
		Scottish Power shares were up 0.1 percent at 583 pence by 10:09 a.m., valuing the business at around 10.9 billion pounds.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /news/newswire.php/news/reuters/2006/02/08/business/scottishpowerdoublesprofits.html&template=/business/feeds/story_template.html (693 words)

	Customer Experience (Cx) Solutions \| Chordiant
		Scottish Power is one of the largest power utility companies in the UK, serving 3.1 million customers across both domestic and business markets in Scotland, North West England and North Wales.
		Scottish Power is at the forefront of liberalization in the electricity supply market, and is in a strong position for growth as the UK energy supply markets progressively expands for competition.
		It was in preparation for this that Scottish Power began investigating how to better understand its customers' needs, and ultimately to increase the value of customer communications.
	www.chordiant.com /customers/success/scottishpower.html (595 words)

	Scottish Power - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Scottish Power was formed in 1990, in preparation for the privatisation of the previously state owned Scottish electricity industry the following year.
		Scottish Power was the larger of the two Scottish energy companies and benefited from being both a generator and supplier of power.
		In 2000, Scottish Power completed the acquisition of Pacificorp which supplies electricity in the western United States, which operates as Pacific Power (in the regulated energy industries of the states of Oregon, Wyoming, Washington, and California), and as Utah Power (in the regulated energy industries of the states of Idaho and Utah).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Scottish_Power (839 words)

	Scottish Green Party :: Scottish Power and SEPA join forces to break the law
		Greens say that Scottish Water is unlikely to have a proper strategy in place till at least 2010 and the government is completely unprepared with no long term plan to deal with the problem sustainably.
		Scottish Power has the option to upgrade the Longannet Power Station to meet the requirements of the Waste Incineration Directive.
		It is for Scottish Water and its contractors to treat and/or dispose of sludge in line with the relevant regulations and for the Scottish Environment Protection Agency to enforce those regulations.
	www.scottishgreens.org.uk /index.php?id=4956 (1222 words)

	Scottish Power Makes Commitment to Klamath River Tribes During Scotland Trip, Dan Bacher, Fish Sniffer Online
		During a meeting with leaders of four Klamath River tribes on July 22, Ian Russell, Chief Executive of Scottish Power, said that he is "committed to finding the right solutions" to the problems caused by the operation of a series of six dams that the corporation's subsidiary, PacifiCorp, operates on the river.
		Russell also stated that "the Tribes and Scottish Power have similar values" and spoke of having a deep respect for the sovereignty and history of the tribes.
		The trip also took the group to the annual shareholders meeting of Scottish Power, where the group was wildly successful in putting the issue of Klamath River dams in front of the shareholders.
	www.fishsniffer.com /dbachere/073004scotpower.html (1090 words)

	Scots Sell To Buffett, Ride The Wind - Forbes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Glasgow-based Scottish Power is in the process of transforming itself from a stable but stodgy regulated utility into a major alternative energy provider.
		Scottish Power has demonstrated its commitment to PPM Energy by investing nearly 1.4 billion British pounds of capital in the division.
		Scottish Power holds a strong "A" credit rating, and through its regulated U.K. business generates enough cash flow to support a 5% yield.
	www.forbes.com /investmentnewsletters/2005/08/18/scottish-power-buffett-cz_tc_0816soapbox_inl.html (716 words)

	Buffett to buy a Scottish Power utility
		The Glasgow-based Scottish Power, whose 1999 purchase of PacifiCorp marked the first acquisition of a U.S. utility by a foreign company, said it would record costs of £927 million, or $1.7 billion, because the unit was valued at more on its books than MidAmerican Energy is paying.
		Scottish Power shares climbed 28 pence to finish at 470 pence in London after the company said it planned to return $4.5 billion from the PacifiCorp sale to shareholders.
		Scottish Power replaced David Nish as chief financial officer in November after saying PacifiCorp would fall short of its profit target.
	www.iht.com /articles/2005/05/24/business/power.php (770 words)

	EIA Kids Page Energy Timelines - milestone in energy history
		Nearly all energy in the United States was still supplied by muscle power and fuel wood with small amounts of coal used to make coke--vital for casting the cannon.
		Power Plant and Industrial Fuel Use Act limits use of natural gas in electric generation (repealed 1987).
		Scottish Power (UK) buys Pacificorp in the first foreign takeover of a US utility.
	www.eia.doe.gov /kids/history/timelines/general.html (1710 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Scotland \| Scottish Power tops green league
		The charity said that while Scottish Power was reducing emissions, overall the power sector was doing little beyond trying to meet targets.
		Scottish Power topped the green league for reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by more than 11% per KWh of energy generated in 2005.
		Scottish and Southern, which came third in the rankings, led the group on renewable energy.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/scotland/5160862.stm (352 words)

	Scottish Power rejects E.ON takeover bid
		Scottish Power, whose shares fell as much as 9 percent after E.ON’s announcement, said it was unconvinced by the offer.
		British time Scottish Power shares were down 5.7 percent at 536.9 pence, off a low of 517.5p.
		E.ON said it was not allowed to make a further offer for Scottish Power for six months, unless a competing bid emerges, it gains Scottish Power’s approval for a new offer, Scottish Power is itself involved in a large transaction, or if a major deal is announced among other major UK energy players.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /news/newswire.php/news/reuters/2005/11/22/business/scottishpowerrejectseontakeoverbid.html&template=/business/feeds/story_template.html (911 words)

	Scottish Power » The Cartoon Blog by Dave Walker
		Actually, Scottish Power electricity isn’t cheap either - if you read BBC News Energywatch said they were the second most expensive supplier in Scotland after Scottish Gas (Scottish name for British Gas).
		One of the problems we had with Scottish Power was that every few months we were expected to log in and give some meter readings to their recently upgraded website.
		I am all for Scottish Power as a force for progress in the world, as it was a force in the making of America.
	www.cartoonchurch.com /blog/2006/06/24/scottish-power (1406 words)

	German Utility Abandons Plan to Acquire Scottish Power - New York Times
		Scottish Power noted that any acquisition would take until March 2007 to complete because of regulatory requirements, making the offer a bad long-term value for shareholders.
		Scottish and Southern or Centrica, two local rivals, might make good partners for Scottish Power if it does not want to go outside its borders.
		In May, Scottish Power sold PacifiCorp, the American utility, to Berkshire Hathaway, which is run by Warren E. Buffett, for just over $5 billion, to concentrate on its British business.
	www.nytimes.com /2005/11/23/business/worldbusiness/23power.html?ex=1290402000&en=2bc77107a0e183d1&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss (588 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Business \| Scottish Power rejects bid move
		Scottish Power supplies energy to 5.2 million users in the UK, while Powergen has about nine million UK customers.
		The German company first said it was considering a bid for Scottish Power in early September, and made its initial approach later that month.
		The Scottish National Party's Holyrood leader, Nicola Sturgeon, said E.ON's announcement was "good news" for Scottish Power employees, consumers and shareholders.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/business/4459472.stm (522 words)

	Scottish Power OK's $22.5B Takeover Bid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Iberdrola said the deal for Scottish Power could result in cost savings of as much as $170 million a year and Chairman Ignacio Sanchez Galan said Iberdrola intends to sell assets worth more than 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) in the year after the deal is completed.
		Scottish Power supplies gas and electric services to more than 5.2 million homes and businesses in the United Kingdom, and operates electricity generation and gas storage facilities in Britain, the U.S. and western Canada.
		Scottish Power reported earlier this month that its net profit dropped 21 percent to 180.8 million pounds ($345.1 million) in the first half while revenue rose 23 percent.
	www.wacotrib.com /money/content/shared-gen/ap/Finance_General/Britain_Scottish_Power.html (1028 words)

	CorpWatch : UK: Scottish Power Pays Former Executives 'Obscene' Â£11m (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Four executives of energy company Scottish Power cost the company Â£11m in severance pay when they left their jobs over the past year, the group's annual report revealed yesterday.
		Scottish Power raised the price of gas by 15% and electricity by 8% in March, and has warned that bills will rise again due to high wholesale costs.
		Scottish Power said the severance payments made to the directors were "entirely based on their contracts, no more and no less".
	www.corpwatch.org /article.php?id=13751 (558 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Business \| Bid talk pushes up Scottish Power
		Both Scottish Power and SSE declined to comment on the reports.
		However, analysts suggested that Scottish Power might be looking at a deal that would value the company at between 600p and 650p.
		A merger between Scottish Power and SSE is also likely to attract the attention of competition authorities, as the two firms supply 70% of electricity and gas customers in Scotland.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/2/hi/business/4411678.stm (350 words)

	Scottish Power makes Commitment to Tribes, FOR, and PCFFA
		The Klamath once was the third greatest salmon producing river in America, but since the construction of the dams, the salmon populations have plummeted to 10% of pre-dam levels and some salmon runs and extirpated altogether.
		Scottish Power has an international reputation as a “green” energy company committed to maintaining “the respect and trust of communities through recognizing and responding to the needs of both the local and wider environment.”
		We hope that the commitments made to us by Scottish Power and PacifiCorp will mark the beginning of a new working relationship with the company, one in which we can work together to find solutions that are a win-win for all parties, but only time will tell.
	www.friendsoftheriver.org /Articles/2004_ScottishPowerMakesCommitment.html (1042 words)

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	Scottish Green Party :: LIBDEMS REFUSE TO RULE OUT NUCLEAR POWER
		In a Scottish Parliament debate this morning, Scottish Libdems refused to rule out new nuclear power stations, and instead continued to hide behind a fudge policy on the problem of nuclear waste being 'resolved'.
		Greens were seeking pledges from all parties opposed to nuclear power to make a commitment that they will not be part of, or support, a Scottish Executive that allows new nuclear power stations to be built.
		With their Ministers making truly appalling decisions on issues like GM crops and massive motorway building programmes, and unless they do make a clear commitment before the next election on what they will DO if in government on nuclear power, then it is hard to take them at all seriously.
	scottishgreens.org.uk /site/id/5148/title/LIBDEMS_REFUSE_TO_RULE_OUT_NUCLEAR_POWER... (447 words)

	Scottish Green Party :: Scottish wave power dashed on ROCs?
		Harper pointed out the fact that three years ago the developer, Ocean Power Delivery, said that unless the Scottish Executive provided more support to wave energy technology, then it was likely that the commercial market would go elsewhere.
		Whilst welcoming the development in Portugal and the potential for building exports from leading Scottish companies, Greens say that much more needs to be done to support the development of the Scottish market, where according to the Executive's own advisers, there is the potential for 7000 jobs.
		Robin Harper MSP said: "Three years ago the director of Ocean Power Delivery said that if wave power did not get sufficient ‘Rocs’ payments from the Executive then the world's first commercial wave farm would not be installed in Scotland but would go to Portugal.
	www.scottishgreens.org.uk /site/id/4624/title/Scottish_Wave_Power_Dashed_On_ROCs_.html (901 words)

	Does New Scottish Power CEO Suggest Sale? - Forbes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Not since the beheading of the crimson-tressed Mary Queen Scots has speculation been so rife over the future of a powerful Scottish fiefdom.
		Scottish Power chairman Charles Miller Smith said the new chief executive had "a consistent track record of building value for shareholders," adding that the company's plan to sell its American business, PacifiCorp (amex: PPW.PR - news - people), to Warren Buffett'sBerkshire Hathaway (nyse: BRKA - news - people), was on schedule.
		Scottish Power, he said, was "on track to deliver strong results for the full year."
	www.forbes.com /2006/01/13/scottish-power-eon-cx_po_0113autofacescan04.html?partner=msn (393 words)

	Scottish Athletics -> Power of 10
		Power of 10 is based on standards considered attainable by the 10th-best athlete in the UK in every Olympic track and field event in all four age groups plus major road running distances.
		There are UK-wide targets that have been identified by an in-depth examination of the 10th-best performances nationally in each event over each of the last five years, with reference to trends of 10 years ago.
		Scotland is the first home nation to deliver awards based on ‘Power of 10’ and rewarded those achieving and progressing through the 'Power of 10' concept by awarding prizes at the organisation's annual awards dinner on 18 November 2006.
	www.scottishathletics.org.uk /index.php?p=148 (689 words)

	Scottish Power nears PacifiCorp sale closure - Boston.com
		Scottish Power is expected to close the sale of its U.S. arm, PacifiCorp, within a fortnight, sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
		"The follow-on from this is that E.ON is unlikely to re-bid for Scottish Power in the near term," Williams de Broe analyst Angelos Anastasiou said in a note.
		but it is not feasible for it to bid for Scottish Power at the same time," he added.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2006/03/16/scottish_power_nears_pacificorp_sale_closure (343 words)

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