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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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A Brief History of GE Gas Turbines

July 8, 2019 admin abb, aeroderivatives, alstom, b-class, baglan bay, bbc, belle isle station, blackout, Business, condensers, Distributed Generation, dln, e-class, EDF, Environmental, f-class, frame machines, France, g-class, Gas, gas turbines, ge, ge gas power, gt13e, gt24, gt26, gt26 he, h-class, h-class system, History, hrsgs, Infographics, International, j-class, lm, Malaysia, market competition, Markets, neuchâtel, NOx, purpa, Renewables, Research and Development, slideshows, steam turbines, Technology, timeline, tit, turbine inlet temperature, uk

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2019 11:39:47 +0000

July marks two important milestones that set gas-fired generation on its course to becoming a dominant form of power generation: commercial operation of the world’s first industrial gas turbine in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, in 1939, and commercial operation of the first gas turbine in the U.S. used to generate electric power—a 3.5-MW General Electric (GE) unit […]

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Oklahoma Coal Plant Sets Closing Date After Losing PPA

August 29, 2018 admin aes shady point, Business, Coal, Gas, natural gas, news, Nuclear, Oklahoma, purpa, Renewables, Southwest Power Pool

An executive with the AES Shady Point coal-fired power plant in Oklahoma said the facility could close as soon as January after being notified its power purchase agreement (PPA) will not be extended. Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co. (OG&E) this month said it will not execute another five-year extension of a PPA between the two […]

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