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Vistra Will Close Another Illinois Coal Plant

September 16, 2019 admin Business, climate change, Coal, courts, Illinois, Legal & Regulatory, luminant, national resources defense council, news, Sierra Club, vistra

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 23:06:08 +0000

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A Vistra Energy subsidiary on Sept. 16 said it will close the nearly 60-year-old E.D. Edwards coal-fired plant in Bartonville, Illinois, by year-end 2022 under a settlement between the company and environmental groups the Sierra Club, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Respiratory Health Association. The groups made a joint announcement Monday of the […]

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Nine Utility Companies Suing Trump Over Emissions Rule

September 16, 2019 admin ace rule, Clean Power Plan, climate change, Coal, courts, emissions, Environmental, Gas, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, news, Nuclear, Obama, power companies climate coalition, Renewables, Trump

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 22:37:38 +0000

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A coalition of nine utility companies is suing the Trump administration over its plan to replace the Obama-era Clean Power Plan. New York-based Consolidated Edison said the Affordable Clean Energy, or ACE, rule undermines efforts the companies already have in place to cut greenhouse gas emissions from power generation. The companies, who call their group […]

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Exelon’s Byron 2 Completes First Insertion of Westinghouse Accident-Tolerant Fuel

September 12, 2019 admin accident tolerant fuel, Business, byron, cladding, Clinton, Exelon, framatome, gnef, hatch, Legal & Regulatory, news, Nuclear, pellets, Research and Development, Technology, Vogtle, Westinghouse

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 13:55:30 +0000

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Exelon’s Byron Unit 2 nuclear power plant has completed installation of EnCore Fuel, Westinghouse Electric Co.’s accident-tolerant fuel (ATF) solution, marking the start of the first test of uranium silicide fuel pellets in a commercial nuclear reactor. The installation, completed during the plant’s scheduled 18-day spring refueling outage this April, but publicly announced on Sept. […]

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California’s Largest Battery Storage Installation to Be Installed in Mojave Desert

September 11, 2019 admin 8minute solar energy, barren ridge switching station, battery energy storage system, battery storage, bess, Business, Energy Storage, Instrumentation & Controls, ladwp, Legal & Regulatory, mojave desert, news, Plant Design, Renewables, Smart Grid, Solar, solar pv, T&D, Technology

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2019 09:09:53 +0000

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On May 16, 2019, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) and Glendale Water and Power, through the Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA), received SCPPA’s approval on agreements with 8minute Solar Energy (8mSE) for the installation of a 300-MW/1,200-MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) located at 8mSE’s Eland Solar and Storage Center. […]

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Power Companies Advance Voluntary Avian Protection Without Threat of Liability for Incidental Take

September 10, 2019 admin avian protection, baker botts, Environmental, Legal & Regulatory, mbta, migratory bird treaty act, migratory birds, news, Renewables, T&D, Wind

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 18:54:57 +0000

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With shifts in political winds come shifts in agency legal interpretations. In January 2017, the solicitor of the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) issued a formal legal opinion interpreting the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) to prohibit the incidental take (accidental injury or death) of migratory birds. This “midnight” legal opinion was widely viewed […]

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PG&E’s Reorganization Plan—Cap Wildfire Liabilities at $18 Billion

September 9, 2019 admin bankruptcy, Business, California, Coal, courts, elliott corp., Gas, investors, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, news, Nuclear, PG&E, pimco, Renewables, san francisco, wildfire fund, Wildfires

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 00:03:33 +0000

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Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) wants to cap its liabilities from damages caused by California wildfires at about $18 billion, according to the reorganization plan filed by the bankrupt utility September 9 in federal court in San Francisco. The amount is less than half what creditors, including insurance companies and wildfire victims, say they are […]

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PG&E Seeking $14 Billion in Restructuring Plan

September 5, 2019 admin bankruptcy, bill johnson, Business, California, Chapter 11, Coal, Gas, gavin newsom, geisha williams, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, news, Nuclear, PG&E, Renewables, wildfire fund, Wildfires

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 18:52:37 +0000

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Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) reportedly will soon file a restructuring plan that includes more than $14 billion in equity commitments, as the utility looks to recover from billions of dollars in liabilities tied to its role in California wildfires that caused the company to file the largest utility bankruptcy in U.S. history. Bloomberg on […]

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How to Ensure Plant Reliability and Regulatory Compliance

September 3, 2019 admin abm, Business, connected plant, contract, iiot, iiot power, Instrumentation & Controls, Legal & Regulatory, nerc, news, north american electric reliability corp., O&M, plant reliability and regulatory compliance, Safety, Technology, testing, workforce

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 04:00:08 +0000

Lock in safe, reliable operations by opening the door to third-party expertise There’s still a big takeaway from a 2008 Florida blackout, and it’s not the size of the fine that followed. Although it was the largest penalty levied under the new reliability standards at that time, here’s the bigger elephant in the room: Florida […]

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Public vs. Private: What’s Best for Power Customers?

September 3, 2019 admin aaron zahn, Business, cooperative, finance, Florida, investor-owned utility, jea, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, Markets, news, public power

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 04:00:00 +0000

There are generally three types of electric power utility ownership structures: public power utilities, rural electric cooperatives, and investor-owned utilities (IOUs). The American Public Power Association

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BLM Backs 200-MW Solar Project in Northern Nevada

September 2, 2019 admin BLM, Business, Energy Storage, Legal & Regulatory, nevada, news, nextera energy resources, nv energy, Renewables, Solar

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2019 23:46:49 +0000

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on Aug. 28 announced its Sierra Front Field Office in the Carson City District in Nevada approved the use of BLM land that will serve the proposed Dodge Flat Solar Energy Center (DFSEC), a 200-MW alternating current photovoltaic (PV) solar energy project near Wadsworth, Nevada, in Washoe County, […]

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