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Exelon’s Peach Bottom Nuclear Plant Licensed for 80 Years—Will It Make It?

March 17, 2020 admin Business, courts, Environmental, Exelon, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, license extension, Markets, news, NRC, Nuclear, nuclear power plant, nuclear subsidies, peach bottom

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 13:31:18 +0000

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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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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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2018 Exceptional Year for Nuclear Power Firsts

September 5, 2019 admin Business, climate change, Environmental, flexible operations, Gas, iaea, iea, International, load-following, Markets, news, Nuclear, nuclear power, nuclear retirements, nuclear subsidies, Technology, world nuclear association

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 13:18:54 +0000

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Last year, five of the world’s 449 operable nuclear reactors reached 50 years of operation for the first time, four first-of-their kind reactor designs were brought online, and while the industry showed capacity factor impacts from load-following, the global nuclear fleet performed at an average capacity factor of about 80%, says a new report from […]

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Ohio Enacts Controversial Bill to Subsidize Nuclear, Coal, and Slash Renewable Standard

July 23, 2019 admin acore, awea, Coal, Gas, nei, Nuclear, nuclear subsidies, ovec, Renewables

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 19:42:29 +0000

Ohio’s Gov. Mike DeWine (R) on July 23 quickly signed a controversial nuclear subsidy bill that narrowly passed the state’s House of Representatives on Tuesday, making Ohio the fifth state in the nation to prop up nuclear power. Lawmakers passed H.B. 6 with a 51–38 vote Tuesday. The bill passed the state Senate on July […]

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Nuclear Subsidy Dispute Now Rests with FERC, Competitive Generators Say

April 16, 2019 admin Business, calpine, climate change, courts, epsa, Exelon, Federal Court, ferc, Illinois, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, Markets, mopr, New Jersey, New York, news, NRG, Nuclear, nuclear subsidies, Ohio, Pennsylvania, pjm, pseg, second circuit, seventh circuit, Supreme Court, vistra, zecs

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 16:41:28 +0000

The U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to reconsider industry-led challenges to state nuclear subsidy programs in New York and Illinois leaves the contentious matter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The high court on April 15 declined to accept petitions for review of decisions by the Second Circuit and Seventh Circuit, dealing a major blow […]

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POWER Notebook: First Order for Novel Gas Turbine; Three Mile Island Accident Turns 40; PG&E Pushes Back on Judge’s Proposal

March 25, 2019 admin Afghanistan, Business, court, courts, Environmental, Exelon, Gas, judge, Legal & Regulatory, news, notebook, Nuclear, nuclear subsidies, Pennsylvania, PG&E, siemens, stg-a45, three mile island, Wildfires

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2019 01:26:11 +0000

Siemens, Three Mile Island, and Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) made notable headlines over recent days. Here is this week’s POWER notebook. Siemens Bags First Order for 41-MW Aeroderivative Gas Unit Siemens on March 25 said it received its first order for its newest aeroderivative gas turbine offering—the SGT-A45. The buyer, Bayat Power, a subsidiary […]

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Competitive Generators Look to the Supreme Court After Seventh Circuit Declines Rehearing on Nuclear Subsidies

October 11, 2018 admin capacity market, capacity market reform, courts, epsa, Illinois, Legal & Regulatory, New York, news, NRG, Nuclear, nuclear subsidies, pjm, second circuit, seventh circuit, Supreme Court, zecs

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has declined to rehear a case that challenges nuclear subsidies in Illinois, effectively dealing a blow to a group of competitive generators, which have fought the measure for several years. In an order issued on October 9, the appellate court said its full judicial panel had voted to deny […]

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