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THE BIG PICTURE: Japan’s Nuclear Comeback

March 1, 2019 admin big picture, Business, fukushima, fukushima catastrophe, infographic, Infographics, International, Japan, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, Markets, news, Nuclear, nuclear restarts, Technology, Uncategorized

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2019 05:00:38 +0000

After the Great Tohoku Earthquake and tsunami, and ensuing crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in March 2011, Japan issued stringent safety regulations and reviews that affected its entire 50-reactor fleet. It meant that as each Japanese nuclear reactor entered its scheduled maintenance and refueling outage, it could not returned to operation until restart […]

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Germany’s Coal Exit Bound to Be Complicated

February 28, 2019 admin biomass, Business, climate change, Coal, coal phase-out, Energy Storage, Environmental, finance, Gas, GERMANY, Hydro, International, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, market economics, Markets, news, Nuclear, Offshore, Power Demand, Renewables, rwe, scope, Solar, Technology, uniper, Wind

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Eight years after Germany decided it would halt nuclear power production by 2022, the country that relied on lignite and hard coal for 38% of its generated power in 2018 will phase out coal by 2038 or earlier

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Andrew Wheeler Confirmed as EPA Administrator

February 28, 2019 admin ace, ace rule, Clean Power Plan, Coal, coal power, Environmental, EPA, epa administrator, lamar alexander, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, MATS, news, Senate, Susan Collins

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 22:25:30 +0000

The Senate on February 28 officially confirmed Andrew Wheeler to be administrator at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on a 52–47 vote, mostly along party lines. The nomination of Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist, was controversial, with many lawmakers and environmentalists criticizing his ties to the coal industry. Wheeler has held the role in an acting […]

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Georgia PSC Backs Additional Costs for Vogtle Nuclear Project

February 19, 2019 admin AP1000, Business, Georgia Power, georgia public service commission, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, news, Nuclear, Vogtle

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 23:34:54 +0000

Georgia regulators on February 19 approved another $526.4 million in expenditures by Georgia Power related to the long-delayed Vogtle nuclear power plant expansion near Waynesboro, Georgia. Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) members voted 4-1 to approve a settlement agreement for the 19th Vogtle Construction Monitoring (VCM) Report, which covers the first six months of 2018. The […]

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Pennsylvania Is Newest Nuclear Subsidy Battleground

February 14, 2019 admin Business, Exelon, FirstEnergy, Legislative, Markets, news, Nuclear, Pennsylvania, zecs

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 14:29:40 +0000

Pennsylvania, the nation’s second-largest nuclear power-producing state, is now definitively a battleground for nuclear power subsidies. Last week, in two memos that were circulated in the state House and Senate, seven lawmakers signaled they would soon introduce legislation that would update a 2004 state law—the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards (AEPS)—to include nuclear power. The law […]

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Decarbonization, Electrification Key Among 8 Priorities for U.S. Investor-Owned Power Companies

February 7, 2019 admin Business, Coal, decarbonization, EEI, electrification, environmental sustainability, Gas, investor-owned utilities, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, market forecast, Markets, news, Nuclear, Power Demand, Renewables, storm response, Technology, Wildfires

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 14:24:04 +0000

In line with customer preferences, U.S. investor-owned electric companies are heavily invested in decarbonization and electrification, the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) told Wall Street analysts and bankers on Feb. 6. In its annual presentation to potential investors and industry observers, the trade association that represents every investor-owned electric companies in the nation lamented a number […]

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DOE and FERC Mull Incentivizing Cybersecurity, Physical Security of Power and Gas Infrastructure

February 4, 2019 admin Business, Congress, connected plant, Cybersecurity, DOE, ferc, grid security, iiot, iiot cyber, iiot oil & gas, iiot power, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, Markets, nerc, news, Physical security, reliability, technical conference

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 20:22:17 +0000

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) want to explore how federal and state authorities could incentivize cybersecurity and physical security in the power and natural gas sectors. The agencies issued a notice on Feb. 4announcing they would jointly hold a technical conference on Thursday, March 28, 2019, from 10 […]

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COP24’s Hefty Impact on the Power Sector

January 31, 2019 admin banks, Business, carbon emissions, climate change, climate finance, Coal, coal phaseout, cop24, Environmental, finance, ghg, International, ipcc, Israel, Legislative, Markets, news, Paris Agreement, power past coal alliance, Renewables, senegal, UNFCCC

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Two weeks of intense negotiations at the 24th meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP) in Katowice, Poland, last December culminated in

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Colstrip Power Plant Threatened by Westmoreland Bankruptcy

January 30, 2019 admin Business, Coal, coal mine, colstrip, courts, Environmental, finance, Fuel, fuel contract, Legislative, Markets, news, power, power plant, rosebud, westmoreland

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 19:40:29 +0000

The Colstrip Power Plant, a four-unit, 2,094-MW coal-fired station located about 100 miles east of Billings, Montana, could see its coal supply contract nullified as a result of Westmoreland Coal Co.’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization. Westmoreland operates the 25,000-acre Rosebud coal mine, among others. Rosebud is adjacent to the Colstrip plant and supplies almost all […]

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PG&E Stock Rises After Agency Says No Role in 2017 Fire

January 24, 2019 admin bankruptcy, bluemountain, Business, California, camp fire, Coal, Gas, hedge fund, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, news, Nuclear, PG&E, Renewables, tubbs fire, Wildfires

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 22:10:53 +0000

Shares of beleaguered California utility Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) soared on Jan. 24 after a state agency said the company bore no responsibility for a 2017 wildfire in the state. A statement from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) on Thursday said, “After an extensive and thorough investigation, Cal Fire […]

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