Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 11:14:09 +0000
The Biden administration has unveiled several sweeping actions over the past month aimed at boosting clean energy deployment, enhancing manufacturing jobs, and reducing pollutant emissions across the power sector. The […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 14:12:05 +0000
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has voted to codify proposed changes to streamline a key environmental review process for advanced nuclear reactors. Nuclear advocates lauded the measure as one of […]
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Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 13:23:59 +0000
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in its March 2024 open meeting made clear that successful energy transition requires immediate action. With the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) as a benchmark, […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 18:58:17 +0000
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has denied an industry petition seeking to delist stationary combustion turbines from the agency’s list of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) major source categories regulated […]
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Credit to Author: Terence Healey| Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 12:48:38 +0000
In a time where capacity revenues are pricing lower and many generation owners find that their facilities are not being dispatched for energy on a consistent basis, reliable revenue streams […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 19:08:46 +0000
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) final energy efficiency standards for distribution transformers appear to strike a compromise with industry, softening the agency’s stance on steel requirements for essential transformer […]
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Credit to Author: Lisa Drake| Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2024 17:52:30 +0000
The California Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) regulation, which began being implemented on Jan. 1, 2024, is designed to complement the Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) rule, which mandates a significant increase […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 18:11:39 +0000
Nuclear regulatory agencies from the U.S., Canada, and the UK will collaborate on technical reviews and share best practices for advanced reactors and small modular reactor (SMR) technologies. The measure […]
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Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 13:23:30 +0000
Virtual power plants (VPPs), as aggregations of dispatchable distributed energy resources (DERs), can deliver grid services ranging from resource adequacy to reliability at scale—all while making energy more affordable. Yet, […]
The post Measure Twice, Cut Once—A Roadmap for Enabling VPPs Through Policy and Program Design appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 13:05:27 +0000
Can a requirement to simply disclose information truly be a big deal? Can a requirement that only applies to big companies, or companies that do business in California, actually impact […]
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