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Positive Developments for Small Modular Reactors

July 29, 2019 admin Business, china national nuclear corp., cnnc, International, Legal & Regulatory, news, NRC, Nuclear, nuclear power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NuScale Power, Plant Design, reactor, Research and Development, Rolls-Royce, Small Modular Reactor, smr, Technology

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 21:05:47 +0000

NuScale Power, Rolls-Royce, and China National Nuclear Corp. (CNNC)—three companies working on different small modular reactor (SMR) technology—recently announced positive developments for their respective designs. NRC Makes Progress on NuScale Design Review Portland, Oregon-based NuScale said on July 22 that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed the second and third phases of its SMR […]

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Investments in Storage Grow as Project Costs Come Down

July 24, 2019 admin anza electric cooperative, Business, California, Coal, distributed energy, Energy Storage, ferc order 841, Gas, ladwp, Legal & Regulatory, natural gas, news, Nuclear, pjm, Renewables, storage, storage week plus, vernon, xcel energy

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 20:51:35 +0000

Venture capital investments in battery storage companies and projects rose significantly year-over-year through the first six months of 2019, according to a report from Mercom Capital Group. That level of activity is consistent with the growth in energy storage noted by speakers on July 24 at the Storage Week Plus conference in San Francisco, California. […]

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New York Enacts 100% Clean Energy Law, Secures 1.7 GW of Offshore Wind

July 19, 2019 admin Business, clcpa, climate change, empire wind, equinor, ghg, green new deal, Legal & Regulatory, New Jersey, New York, news, offshore wind, Ørsted, Renewables, sunrise wind, supply chains, T&D, Technology, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 11:15:53 +0000

New York on July 18 enacted the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA), law that requires the state to produce 100% of its power from renewables and nuclear by 2040. The legislation includes agreements to build two offshore wind projects worth a combined 1.7 GW by 2025, the single largest renewable energy procurement in […]

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AEP Will Close 1,300-MW Indiana Coal Unit

July 18, 2019 admin AEP, american electric power, Coal, EIA, emissions, EPA, indiana michigan power, Legal & Regulatory, news, rockport power plant, u.s. district court

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 19:31:07 +0000

A federal judge in Ohio on July 18 approved American Electric Power’s (AEP’s) plan to close Unit 1 of its two-unit, 2,600-MW coal-fired Rockport Plant in Indiana. The modified consent decree approved by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on Thursday is the latest chapter in a long-running dispute among AEP, […]

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NRC Staff Recommends Scaling Back Reactor Inspections

July 18, 2019 admin inspection, Legal & Regulatory, news, NRC, Nuclear, reactor oversight, rop

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 14:22:45 +0000

In a bid to enhance the reactor oversight process (ROP), staff at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recommended the commission change qualitative descriptions for some color labels that signify risk, scale back on the time and scope of some annual inspections at the nation’s nuclear power fleet, as well as increase intervals between inspections. […]

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Regulators Back Georgia Power Plan to Close Coal Units, Add Renewables

July 17, 2019 admin biomass, Coal, Energy Storage, Gas, Georgia Power, georgia psc, Hydro, irp, Legal & Regulatory, news, Nuclear, plant hammond, plant mcintosh, Renewables, Solar, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 17:07:27 +0000

The Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) on July 16 threw its support behind Georgia Power’s plan to add 2,260 MW of new renewable power generation to the utility’s portfolio, on the same day the PSC signed off on the company’s effort to decommission its long-running coal-fired Plant Hammond. Georgia Power earlier this year submitted a […]

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EPA Delayed on Proposed ELG Revisions for Steam Power Plants

July 9, 2019 admin bat, bottom ash wastestreams, Business, ccr, Coal, coal ash, courts, delays, effluent limitations guidelines, elgs, Environmental, FGD, Gas, gasification, Legal & Regulatory, news, Nuclear, pses, trump administration

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 22:26:26 +0000

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is behind on its proposed revisions to the Obama administration’s effluent limitations guidelines (ELGs) for steam electric power plants. In an e-mail to POWER on July 9, the EPA confirmed that the agency was still “working expeditiously” to complete the proposed rule, and it has yet to submit it to […]

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Wheeler: Keeping U.S. Coal Sector Alive Will Benefit ‘International Environmental Protection’

June 27, 2019 admin ace rule, andrew wheeler, China, Clean Power Plan, climate change, Coal, efficiency, Environmental, EPA, Gas, hele, India, Legal & Regulatory, news, pollution controls, Renewables

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 14:36:14 +0000

Coal power, which has seen a marked decline in the U.S., is necessary for reliability and energy affordability, and sustaining it could boost pollution technology exports and “improve lives while driving down emissions worldwide,” said Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler in a speech last week. Wheeler made the remarks at a 90-minute event […]

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EPA Urges States to Submit CCR Programs Even as Coal Ash Regulatory Overhaul Continues

June 26, 2019 admin 2015 coal ash rule, Business, ccr, Coal, coal ash, coal combustion residuals, courts, elg, Environmental, EPA, Georgia, Legal & Regulatory, news, Oklahoma, state permit programs

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 12:48:02 +0000

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on June 24 proposed to partially approve Georgia’s permit program for the disposal of coal combustion residuals (CCR). As it did so, it gave other states some advice: Follow Georgia’s lead and assume oversight of coal ash that power plants dispose within your borders. The preliminary approval marks another important […]

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Rhode Island Rejects Burrillville Gas-Fired Plant

June 25, 2019 admin burrillville, Gas, invenergy, iso-ne, Legal & Regulatory, natural gas, news, power prices, Rhode Island

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2019 16:39:58 +0000

A proposed 900-MW gas-fired power plant was rejected by Rhode Island regulators on June 20, leaving project developer Invenergy pondering its options for the planned facility in Burrillville. Rhode Island’s Energy Facility Siting Board, after a daylong hearing in Warwick, said the plant is not needed. Chicago, Illinois–based Invenergy can appeal the decision to the […]

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