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Nuclear Waste Bill Gains Traction in the House

November 21, 2019 admin House of Representatives, Legislative, nei, news, Nuclear, nuclear waste, Spent nuclear fuel

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 16:44:58 +0000

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A bill to amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA) of 1982 and give the Department of Energy (DOE) the authority to site, build, and operate one or more interim storage sites that would consolidate spent nuclear fuel (SNF) from decommissioned nuclear reactors has passed out of committee and been reported to the full House […]

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‘GREEN Act of 2019’ Extends Tax Credits for Renewables

November 19, 2019 admin americans for prosperity, americans for tax reform, awea, California, climate change, Coal, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, Environmental, freedomworks, Gas, heritage action, House Ways and Means committee, Hydro, Legislative, national taxpayers union, New Jersey, New York, news, Nuclear, Renewables, seia, Solar, tesla, the center for a free economy, union of concerned scientists, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 18:41:57 +0000

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The Ways and Means Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives on Nov. 19 released a draft tax package for clean energy projects that includes a five-year extension of the 30% solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC), along with new incentives for energy storage. The legislation also supports incentives for electric vehicles (EVs), offshore and onshore […]

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Public vs. Private: The Debate Continues

November 1, 2019 admin Business, California, COLORADO, Commentary, finance, investor-owned utility, iou, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, news, prepa, public power, pueblo, Puerto Rico, san francisco, Santee Cooper

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 05:01:54 +0000

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In the September issue of POWER , I wrote about a public utility (JEA) that is exploring privatization, and in October, I looked at a city (Boulder, Colorado) that is exploring municipalization. While I think

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Ritter’s Message: Market Forces Drive Growth in Distributed Generation

October 31, 2019 admin bill ritter, biomass, Business, Carbon Capture, climate change, Coal, Cybersecurity, distributed energy, distributed energy conference, Distributed Generation, distributed power, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, firm generation, fuel cells, Gas, geothermal, Hydro, hydrogen, keynote, Legislative, Markets, Nuclear, Renewables, Solar, waste to energy, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 16:26:07 +0000

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Market forces are playing as much if not more of a role than regulatory policy in the transition from fossil-fueled power generation to renewables, as utilities in the U.S. and worldwide establish decarbonization goals. That was the message from Bill Ritter Jr., former governor of Colorado, during his keynote address at POWER’s Distributed Energy Conference […]

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States to FERC: Promote Market Designs That Recognize State Priorities

October 31, 2019 admin Business, climate change, Coal, courts, DOE, Environmental, federal power act, ferc, Gas, grid resilience, iso-ne, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, Markets, mopr, news, Nuclear, nuclear subsidies, NYISO, pjm, recs, Renewables, states, zecs

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 15:57:18 +0000

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Attorneys general from 11 states ramped up pressure on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to recognize state policy goals as it makes decisions related to market design, siting of new gas pipelines and storage facilities, and grid reliability. The measure is the latest in a string of recent pushes by states to ensure federally […]

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Small Modular Reactors Have High-Level Support

October 17, 2019 admin Business, DOE, Environmental, International, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, Markets, news, Nuclear, nuclear power, nuclear waste, Plant Design, rick perry, Small Modular Reactor, smr, Technology, wcs, wipp, Yucca Mountain

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 13:03:58 +0000

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U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Rick Perry is headed to Brussels, Belgium, to promote small modular reactor (SMR) concepts to European Union (EU) prospects. Perry will be a featured speaker during the “1st U.S.-EU High-Level Industrial Forum on Small Modular Reactors,” which will be held Oct. 21. “The U.S. and the EU share a […]

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Exelon Utilities’ CEO Retires as Federal Investigation Continues

October 15, 2019 admin anne pramaggiore, baltimore gas & electric, Business, calvin butler, Coal, Exelon, Gas, Illinois, investigation, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, Lobbying, news, Nuclear, Renewables, utilities

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 23:35:34 +0000

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The CEO of major U.S. energy company Exelon Utilities retired on Oct. 15, leaving the company as federal officials investigate Exelon’s lobbying activities the Illinois State Capitol. The retirement of Anne Pramaggiore, 61, who became CEO of Exelon Utilities in 2018, comes less than a week after Exelon subsidiary Commonwealth Edison (ComEd), Illinois’ largest utility, […]

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The POWER Interview: SEPA’s Julia Hamm Talks Solar Pathways

September 24, 2019 admin climate change, Energy Storage, Environmental, innovation, Interview, julia hamm, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, news, north america smart energy week, regulatory, Renewables, Salt Lake City, seia, sepa, Solar

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 15:03:46 +0000

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The Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) is meeting this week in Salt Lake City, Utah, joining with the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) to present North America Smart Energy Week, which this year includes both the long-running Solar Power International gathering along with Energy Storage International. A big theme this week is the integration of […]

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FERC GOP Majority Flexes Partisan Muscles for PURPA Reform

September 19, 2019 admin Business, Chatterjee, ferc, Gas, glick, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, news, nopr, purpa, purpa reform, Renewables, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2019 16:57:41 +0000

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The newly empowered Republican majority on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) flexed its administrative muscles Sept. 19 at its regular monthly meeting, voting 2–1 to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) to reform rules pertaining to the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA). It was FERC’s first public meeting since July, when 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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