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SEC’s Landmark Climate Disclosure Rule Weighing on Power Sector

March 24, 2022 admin Business, Climate, climate change, disclosure, Environmental, finance, full coverage, Legal & Regulatory, news, risk, rulemaking, sec, Securities and Exchange Commission

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2022 16:17:35 +0000

Investor-owned electric companies are thoroughly reviewing the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) broad new proposed rule that requires registrants to disclose climate-related risks and governance, and plan to remain engaged with the regulatory agency as the rulemaking continues. The proposed rule, which the SEC approved 3–1 on March 21, has drawn intense interest from the […]

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NRC Dramatically Reconsiders SLR Approvals, Sets New Conditions for Nuclear Life Extensions

March 3, 2022 admin Business, climate change, Environmental, full coverage, Legal & Regulatory, license renewals, nei, news, NRC, Nuclear, nuclear lifetimes, peach bottom, slrs, subsequent license renewals, turkey point

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2022 17:30:30 +0000

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in a dramatic reversal on Feb. 24 threw out a key environmental review that staff applied to subsequent license renewal (SLR) approvals for units at Turkey Point and Peach Bottom nuclear plants in 2019 and 2020, deeming their applications “incomplete.” In a series of orders, the federal regulatory agency’s three […]

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Wind Power Developers Encouraged by Findings on Bald Eagle Population

February 11, 2022 admin bald and golden eagle protection act, bald eagle, Commentary, Development, endangered species, golden eagle, good steward legal, Legal & Regulatory, renewable energy, u.s. fish and wildlife service, Wind, wind power

Credit to Author: Jared Wigginton| Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2022 15:06:32 +0000

In the race to generate and distribute renewable energy, developers must clear numerous regulatory hurdles. For many projects, this may include obtaining a voluntary “incidental take” permit under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (BGEPA). The BGEPA incidental take permitting program has frustrated both developers and operators due to, among other things, uncertainty of […]

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Nuclear, Natural Gas Included in EU Taxonomy—With Potentially Problematic Conditions

February 4, 2022 admin Business, climate change, complementary delegated act, Environmental, EU, full coverage, Gas, International, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, news, Nuclear, nuclear waste, taxonomy

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2022 16:57:17 +0000

Handing a muted victory to proponents of nuclear and gas, the European Commission (EC) on Feb. 2 adopted a measure that labels some nuclear and gas energy activity as climate-friendly investments. However, it set out strict, potentially limiting technical screening criteria for those activities to qualify, prompting pushback from the nuclear and gas industries. The […]

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Former FERC Commissioner Says ‘Market Design Problem’ Was a Leading Cause of February 2021 Texas Power Crisis

February 4, 2022 admin blackouts, Coal, ercot, february blackouts, federal energy regulatory commission, ferc, Gas, iso, Legal & Regulatory, Markets, news, Nuclear, O&M, outages, Policy, rto, Solar, T&D, texas, the power podcast, Wind

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2022 16:13:18 +0000

In February 2021, a severe cold weather event, known as Winter Storm Uri, caused numerous power outages, derates, or failures to start at electric generating plants scattered across Texas and the south-central U.S. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which manages the power supply for about 90% of the load in Texas, ordered a […]

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Exelon’s Peach Bottom Nuclear Plant Licensed for 80 Years—Will It Make It?

March 17, 2020 admin Business, courts, Environmental, Exelon, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, license extension, Markets, news, NRC, Nuclear, nuclear power plant, nuclear subsidies, peach bottom

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 13:31:18 +0000

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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) granted a 20-year license extension for Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Units 2 and 3. The extension authorizes the two reactors—both of which began commercial operation in 1974—to continue operating through 2054. “We are pleased with the NRC’s decision to grant a subsequent license renewal for Peach Bottom Units […]

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Public Safety Power Shutoffs: How Utilities Could Partner

February 3, 2020 admin Business, California, camp fire, Gas, Hydro, Legal & Regulatory, mitigation, news, O&M, PG&E, psps, public safety power shutoffs, Renewables, risk, risk mitigation, Safety, sce, SDG&E, Smart Grid, Solar, T&D, Wildfire, wildfire prevention plan, Wind, WPP

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 08:06:14 +0000

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Catastrophic wildfires have devastated California in recent years. This article seeks to outline a plan wherein neighboring utilities can send energy to support a utility that has shut down critical paths during wildfire mitigation efforts. On the morning of Nov. 8, 2018, the Camp Fire erupted 90 miles north of Sacramento, California (Figure 1). This fire […]

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Is Biomass Dead?

February 3, 2020 admin biomass, Business, climate change, covanta, EIA, emissions, Environmental, ethiopia, Fuel, Gas, International, lake tana, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, Markets, news, renewable natural gas, Renewables, Research and Development, rng, subsidies, Technology, troutman sanders, waste fuel

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 05:29:48 +0000

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With subsidies running short and emissions regulations still a challenge, the promise of biomass as a sustainable source for utility-scale power generation remains elusive. Yet, there are novel applications

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Cementing Coal Power Phaseout, Germany Sets Out to Shutter 40% of Current Generation Mix

January 30, 2020 admin affordability, Business, carbon emissions, climate change, Coal, coal phase-out, Environmental, federal cabinet, Fuel, Gas, GERMANY, International, Legal & Regulatory, Markets, news, Nuclear, nuclear phase out, reliability, Renewables, rwe, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 14:19:43 +0000

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Germany’s federal cabinet on Jan. 29 approved a nationwide phaseout of coal power generation by 2038, paving the way for the country, which has already initiated a nuclear phaseout, to rely even more heavily on renewables. The federal cabinet’s approval of the “Reduction and Termination of Coal Power Generation” (Gesetz zur Reduzierung und zur Beendigung der […]

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EPA to Withdraw Federal Regional Haze Plan for Utah Based on New Analysis

January 23, 2020 admin bart, Coal, Environmental, EPA, Legal & Regulatory, news, NOx, pacificorp, particulate matter, regional haze, sox, Utah

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 13:14:10 +0000

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Citing new technical information gleaned from a more modern modeling analysis, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed to withdraw a federal implementation plan (FIP) to control regional haze from four PacifiCorp coal-fired units in Utah and allow the state to revert to conditions set out in a 2015-submitted state implementation plan (SIP). The agency’s […]

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