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Mixed Reactions to FERC’s Recent MOPR Order from Power Generators

December 28, 2019 admin america's power, appa, awea, Business, climate change, Coal, courts, Environmental, epsa, Exelon, ferc, Gas, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, Markets, mopr, nei, news, nrdc, Nuclear, pjm, Power Demand, Renewables, seia, Sierra Club, Solar, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2019 16:27:40 +0000

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On Dec. 19, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) directed PJM Interconnection to dramatically expand its Minimum Offer Price Rule (MOPR) to nearly all state-subsidized capacity resources. It’s the latest of a series of dramatic revisions to the grid operator’s rule, which essentially functions to provide a minimum offer screening process to bar new market […]

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The Significance of FERC’s Recent PJM MOPR Order Explained

December 27, 2019 admin auction, Business, capacity, Coal, competitive markets, Environmental, ferc, Gas, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, Market, Markets, news, Nuclear, price floor, Renewables, resources, Solar, subsidized generation, T&D, Technology, Wind, zecs

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2019 16:16:59 +0000

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A divided Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a long-awaited order on Dec. 19 in which it directed PJM Interconnection to dramatically expand its Minimum Offer Price Rule (MOPR) to nearly all state-subsidized capacity resources. The order will have a significant impact on PJM’s capacity market. While it was no surprise that the decision immediately […]

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EPA Overrides Subpart D in Newly Proposed Federal Coal Ash Permitting Rule

December 27, 2019 admin Business, ccr, Coal, coal ash, coal ash rule, coal combustion residuals, courts, Environmental, EPA, federal permitting program, Georgia, Legal & Regulatory, news, Oklahoma, state implementation plans, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2019 16:13:04 +0000

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Only “high hazard” CCR units will be subject to immediate compliance deadlines under a newly proposed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule that revises federal permit requirements for the management of coal combustion residuals (CCRs) at power plants. If finalized, the rule will apply to all coal facilities in Indian country and the 48 U.S. states […]

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EPA Reinterprets ‘Ambient Air,’ Further Tweaks New Source Review

December 5, 2019 admin adjacent, Air pollution, ambient air, Business, clean air act, Coal, courts, DRONES, Environmental, environmental defense fund, EPA, Gas, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, major sources, modifications, NAAQS, news, nsr, nsr reform, paper mills, power plants, psd, Security, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 15:49:52 +0000

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized a change to a long-standing policy interpreting “ambient air”—a foundational concept under the Clean Air Act that applies to all types of air pollution, from ground-level ozone, particulate matter, and greenhouse gases. While the agency framed the change as part of a suite of actions to reform New Source […]

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Decarbonization: Utilities Leading the Way

December 4, 2019 admin AEP, american electric power, Business, carbon-free energy, climate change, Coal, decarbonization, duke energy, Environmental, news, Nuclear, renewable energy, Renewables, Solar, Wind, xcel energy

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2019 05:00:00 +0000

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Decarbonization is a word that seems to be used quite regularly these days. For the power industry, it refers to the shift in electric generating resources from carbon-heavy coal to carbon-free nuclear or

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Is Carbon Pricing the Key to a Clean Energy Future? [PODCAST]

December 4, 2019 admin Business, carbon dioxide, carbon pricing, climate change, CO2, Coal, Commentary, emissions, Environmental, Gas, Hydro, Interview, Markets, New York, news, Nuclear, NYISO, power generation, power podcasts, Renewables, rich dewey, Solar, the power podcast, Wind

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2019 14:37:30 +0000

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The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) has proposed incorporating the social cost of carbon into the wholesale price of electricity. According to an October-released study conducted by the consulting firm Analysis Group, “A carbon price in NYISO’s competitive wholesale power markets can help deliver New York’s clean-energy transition in faster, cheaper, more reliable, more […]

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China Starts Up First Nuclear Cogeneration Project—at AP1000 Plant

December 3, 2019 admin AP1000, Business, chp, cogeneration, combined heat and power, desalination, district heat, Environmental, fast reactors, Fuel, fuel cells, haiyang, Heat, high-temperature reactors, hydrogen, iaea, International, news, Nuclear, Power Demand, Research and Development, shandong, small reactors, smrs, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 20:53:22 +0000

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China has started up its first commercial nuclear cogeneration system, using two newly operational AP1000 reactors at the Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant to heat 700,000 square meters of housing. Shandong Nuclear Power Co. (SDNPC), a subsidiary of State Power Investment Corp. (SPIC), and owner of the Haiyang plant, on Nov. 15 said the first phase […]

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A Review of Global Power-to-Gas Projects To Date [INTERACTIVE]

December 2, 2019 admin Business, climate change, distributed energy, Energy Storage, Environmental, Fuel, hydrogen, infographic, Infographics, interactive graphic, International, methane, news, p2g, power-to-gas, ptg, renewable energy, Renewables, Solar, Technology, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2019 10:45:52 +0000

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According to experts from Technical University of Applied Sciences (OTH) in Regensburg, Germany, who recently reviewed the world’s existing power-to-gas (P2G) hydrogen and methane projects, about 143 P2G projects have operated since 1988 in 22 countries. Only 56 hydrogen and 38 methanation projects were active in 2019. While the existing fleet mostly comprises pilot or […]

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THE BIG PICTURE: The Need for Power Flexibility

December 2, 2019 admin big picture, climate change, Energy Storage, Environmental, iea, Infographics, International, international energy agency, news, photovoltaic, power flexibility, pv, Renewables, Solar, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2019 05:00:29 +0000

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In its November 2019–issued World Energy Outlook, the International Energy Agency (IEA) suggests that if countries pursue currently stated policies, the combined generation share of wind and solar photovoltaic could surge from 7% today to 24% in 2040. This very steep ramp-up of variable renewables will undoubtedly require an emphatic focus onflexibility—the ability of power […]

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Smarter Monitoring for Coal Ash Remediation

December 1, 2019 admin ccr, Coal, coal combustion residuals, connected plant, Environmental, iiot, iiot power, Instrumentation & Controls, news, O&M, real-time monitoring, Technology, total suspended solids probe, tss, xylem

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2019 05:00:00 +0000

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Total suspended solids probe can help coal-fired power plants reduce compliance risks and avoid additional sampling. Water plays an essential role in coal ash remediation, but managing that process often comes

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