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Safety a Major Focus of CTOTF Conference

May 1, 2019 admin ctotf, Gas, marc yeston, news, O&M, Safety, safetynet, TVA, workforce

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 01 May 2019 15:49:27 +0000

Marc Yeston kicked off the Combustion Turbine Operations Technical Forum (CTOTF) spring conference on April 29 in St. Augustine, Florida, with a keynote presentation focused on safety, and how power plant managers and supervisors can improve safety programs. Yeston (Figure 1) has worked as a flight paramedic, a federal and state law enforcement officer, a […]

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Former TVA CEO Will Take the Reins at PG&E

April 4, 2019 admin bankruptcy, bill johnson, Business, CEO, Coal, Gas, hr, news, Nuclear, PG&E, Renewables, TVA, workforce

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2019 13:49:53 +0000

PG&E Corp. announced on April 3 the appointment of William “Bill” Johnson as the company’s new president and CEO. It also announced the appointment of 10 new directors to its board of directors. The board appointments will be effective as of the next in-person board meeting, which will be held as soon as practicable, the […]

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N.C. Officials Order Duke Energy to Excavate Coal Ash Ponds

April 3, 2019 admin Business, Coal, coal ash, dan river, disposal, duke energy, Environmental, Georgia, Kingston, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, news, North Carolina, storage, TVA, Virginia

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2019 15:56:50 +0000

North Carolina officials have ordered Duke Energy to excavate all its coal ash storage ponds in the state, saying the utility’s current plan for its coal ash sites does not sufficiently protect groundwater. The directive issued April 1 comes after regulators in other states, including Virginia, issued similar rulings regarding coal ash disposal in those […]

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TVA Mulls Coal Plant Closures, Trump Urges Board to Consider All Factors

February 14, 2019 admin bull run fossil plant, Business, Coal, Gas, news, O&M, paradise power plant, retirement, tennessee valley authority, TVA

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 14:11:46 +0000

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is holding a board meeting today, during which the fate of the corporate agency’s Bull Run and Paradise Unit 3 coal power plants could be decided. Permanent closure of the facilities is strongly being considered. The stakes are high, according to Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (R). In a Jan. 4 […]

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Governor to TVA: Keep Paradise Coal Unit Open

January 9, 2019 admin Business, Coal, combined cycle, Fuel, Gas, kentucky, Legislative, natural gas, news, paradise power plant, tennessee valley authority, TVA, workforce

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2019 19:50:07 +0000

In a letter addressed to Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) CEO Bill Johnson, Kentucky Gov. Matthew G. Bevin said it “would be a huge mistake” to permanently shut down Paradise Unit 3—the last operating coal unit at the Paradise site in Muhlenburg County, Kentucky. According to the governor, “the impact on our economy and our region’s […]

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Developer Sues TVA Over Cancellation of Bellefonte Deal

December 5, 2018 admin ALABAMA, bellefonte, Business, haney, Legal & Regulatory, ndllc, news, Nuclear, tennessee, TVA

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2018 17:00:43 +0000

The real estate developer who has tried for more than two years to buy the assets of the canceled Bellefonte nuclear power plant project in Alabama has sued the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) after TVA last week pulled out of the deal to sell the plant. Attorneys for Franklin Haney, whose Nuclear Development LLC (NDLLC) […]

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TVA Ponders Closure of Iconic Coal Units

November 20, 2018 admin bill johnson, bull run, Business, Coal, Gas, news, Nuclear, Paradise, Power Demand, Renewables, TVA

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) wants public input as it considers closing two of the utility’s historic coal-fired power plants: its Bull Run plant in Tennessee, and the last coal-fired unit at its Paradise plant in Kentucky. The Bull Run Fossil Plant, near Oak Ridge, has been the only single-generator coal plant in the TVA […]

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TVA Extends Deadline for Bellefonte Nuclear Plant Deal

November 11, 2018 admin ALABAMA, bellefonte, Business, DOE, franklin haney, Legal & Regulatory, light & water, memphis gas, news, NRC, Nuclear, nuclear development llc, TVA

A Tennessee businessman now has until the end of November to finalize a two-year-old purchase agreement for the unfinished Bellefonte nuclear power plant in Alabama. The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), which began building the plant in 1974 but ended construction in 1988 amid a downturn in the nuclear power industry, on November 9 said it […]

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Clean Air Program Makes Shawnee Power Plant a Winner

August 1, 2018 admin aecom, babcock power, Business, Coal, coal power plant, Environmental, FGD, flue gas desulfurization, ge power, kentucky, retrofit, scr, selective catalytic reduction, shawnee fossil plant, Technology, tennessee valley authority, top plant, TVA

Emissions standards have changed a lot since the Shawnee Fossil Plant entered service during President Eisenhower’s second term in office, but the Tennessee Valley Authority has done its part to help the

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Plan in Works to Finish Bellefonte Nuclear Plant in Alabama

July 30, 2018 admin ALABAMA, babcock & wilcox, bellefonte, Canada, news, Nuclear, nuclear development group, Plant Design, pressurized water reactor, reactors, snc lavalin, TVA

It’s been 30 years since the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) called a halt to construction of the Bellefonte Nuclear Power Plant in Alabama. Details of a deal to finish the plant and its two Babcock & Wilcox pressurized water reactors were announced at a news conference near the idled project July 30. Business executives and […]

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