The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Oct. 5 authorized Pine River Wind Energy LLC, a subsidiary of Invenergy Renewables LLC, to sell its 161-megawatt wind generation project to DTE Electric Company. The wind facility, which is under construction, will be interconnected to the transmission system controlled by the Midcontinent Independent System Operator Inc.’s market. DTE Electric, which engages in wholesale sales of energy and capacity at market-based rates, owns about 12,618 megawatts of generating capacity in the Midwest power market and also buys about 543 megawatts from several generation facilities under long-term contracts. DTE Electric is a subsidiary of DTE Energy Company. Invenergy Renewables is a partially owned subsidiary of Invenergy Investment Company LLC. They own or control about 590 megawatts of generation in the Midwest market.
