Credit to Author: Keith Fraser| Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2022 02:24:42 +0000
“It was terrifying on a scale that I think is tough to comprehend,” said lawyer Marc Kazimirski.
Read moreCredit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 13:31:18 +0000
The post Exelon’s Peach Bottom Nuclear Plant Licensed for 80 Years—Will It Make It? appeared first on POWER Magazine.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) granted a 20-year license extension for Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Units 2 and 3. The extension authorizes the two reactors—both of which began commercial operation in 1974—to continue operating through 2054. “We are pleased with the NRC’s decision to grant a subsequent license renewal for Peach Bottom Units […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 04:40:39 +0000
In 2015, a group of young Americans, some of them only 7 or 8 years old, sued the United States government, claiming the federal government “through its affirmative actions in creating a national energy system that causes climate change, is depriving them of their constitutional rights to life, liberty, and property, and has failed to protect essential public trust resources.” That’s according to Our Children’s Trust, which is sponsoring the suit. The “public trust” theory was first conceived by OCT attorney Julia Olson
Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2019 16:27:40 +0000
The post Mixed Reactions to FERC’s Recent MOPR Order from Power Generators appeared first on POWER Magazine.
On Dec. 19, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) directed PJM Interconnection to dramatically expand its Minimum Offer Price Rule (MOPR) to nearly all state-subsidized capacity resources. It’s the latest of a series of dramatic revisions to the grid operator’s rule, which essentially functions to provide a minimum offer screening process to bar new market […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2019 16:13:04 +0000
The post EPA Overrides Subpart D in Newly Proposed Federal Coal Ash Permitting Rule appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Only “high hazard” CCR units will be subject to immediate compliance deadlines under a newly proposed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule that revises federal permit requirements for the management of coal combustion residuals (CCRs) at power plants. If finalized, the rule will apply to all coal facilities in Indian country and the 48 U.S. states […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 18:43:32 +0000
The post Hitachi Exiting MHPS; MHI Will be Venture’s Sole Owner appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Japanese technology conglomerate Hitachi will withdraw from Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS), a joint venture it established in 2014 with another power equipment giant, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), over a dispute stemming from construction of two massive defect-ridden coal plants in South Africa. Under a Dec. 18-announced settlement reached by MHI and Hitachi, Hitachi will […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 15:49:52 +0000
The post EPA Reinterprets ‘Ambient Air,’ Further Tweaks New Source Review appeared first on POWER Magazine.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized a change to a long-standing policy interpreting “ambient air”—a foundational concept under the Clean Air Act that applies to all types of air pollution, from ground-level ozone, particulate matter, and greenhouse gases. While the agency framed the change as part of a suite of actions to reform New Source […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2019 21:45:51 +0000
The post EPA Proposes Revisions to Two Obama-Era Rules: Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Coal Ash appeared first on POWER Magazine.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued long-awaited proposed revisions of two 2015 Obama-era rules that apply to effluent limitations guidelines (ELGs) for steam electric power plants and coal combustion residuals (CCR) management by electric utilities. The agency coordinated the release of the two related revisions, which apply overwhelmingly to coal-fired steam power plants, after […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 15:57:18 +0000
The post States to FERC: Promote Market Designs That Recognize State Priorities appeared first on POWER Magazine.
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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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 01:00:21 +0000
The post Judge: Court Will Consider Rival Proposal for PG&E Reorganization appeared first on POWER Magazine.
A federal bankruptcy judge on Oct. 9 ruled that Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), California’s largest utility, does not have the sole right to determine the terms of its reorganization. Judge Dennis Montali said those who support a rival proposal, which was devised by a group of the utility’s creditors, can have their plan considered. […]
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