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FPL CEO Retiring Amid Probe Into Utility’s Political Actions

January 26, 2023 admin Business, campaign finance, Coal, Controversy, dark money, election, fpl, ketchum, Management, natural gas, news, nextera energy, nextera energy resources, Pimentel, power, resign, retire, scandal, silagy

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2023 17:13:40 +0000

The president and CEO of Florida Power & Light (FPL) announced he will step down from his role as leader of the utility. Eric Silagy, who became FPL’s president in 2011 and was named CEO in 2014, on Jan. 25 said he will move into a transitional role with the utility next month. Silagy, 57, […]

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New Jersey’s Last Two Coal Power Plants to Close within Months

March 24, 2022 admin Business, climate change, close, Coal, coal power plant, decommission, Environmental, full coverage, Legislative, New Jersey, news, retire, shutter

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2022 15:44:08 +0000

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) approved a petition filed by Atlantic City Electric Co. (ACE) that modifies power purchase agreements (PPAs) and power sales agreements (PSAs) between ACE and Chambers Cogeneration Ltd. and Logan Generating Co., the last two coal-fired electricity generation units in New Jersey. Under the agreements, coal-fired generation will […]

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A Decade of Turmoil: How Nuclear and Coal Have Struggled to Survive

January 2, 2020 admin Business, capacity factor, climate change, Coal, cop, decommission, economics, EIA, Environmental, EPA, France, GERMANY, International, Japan, Legal & Regulatory, Market, Markets, news, Nuclear, O&M, Paris Agreement, retire, Small Modular Reactor, smr, Switzerland, u.s.

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2020 05:05:45 +0000

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The past 10 years have been filled with trials and tribulations for both the nuclear and coal power industries. From accidents to plant closures there has been little to cheer about. Still, nuclear and coal power continue to provide reliable baseload generation to billions of customers around the globe. Here’s a look back at the […]

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MDU Will Close Coal Units in Montana, North Dakota

February 19, 2019 admin Business, Coal, Gas, heskett station, lewis & clark station, mdu resources, Montana, natural gas, news, NORTH DAKOTA, retire

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 01:31:33 +0000

A subsidiary of MDU Resources Group on February 19 said it plans to close three of its coal-fired units at power plants in Montana and North Dakota. Montana-Dakota Utilities said it would partly replace the lost generation with a new simple-cycle gas-fired unit at the North Dakota site. The company on Tuesday said a biannual […]

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