The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) announced Wednesday that it is seeking nominations for individuals to serve on its Damage Prevention Committee (DPC), which was established as part of the commission's efforts to prevent damage to underground utilities.
Act 50 of 2017 authorize... Read More »
Exelon Generation announced Wednesday that it completed refueling and maintenance outages of 11 reactors at its six Illinois nuclear facilities in preparation for winter weather.
“We prepare for winter all year long,” Bryan Hanson, Exelon Generation’s chief nuclear officer, said. “We exe... Read More »
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has reached its first milestone in the development of a new nuclear fuel for future U.S. research reactors, according to a preliminary report to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
“The report will help the NRC understand the science... Read More »
Ameren Missouri announced Wednesday that workers completed the 22nd planned refueling and maintenance outage at the Callaway Energy Center and resumed power operations.
During the outage, Ameren replaced one-third of the facility’s 193 fuel assemblies and completed an overhaul of the main gene... Read More »
The final version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed this week in Congress and soon to be signed into law bodes extremely well for the electric industry.
Tom Kuhn, president of the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), the Washington, D.C.-based organization representing the nation’s investor-owne... Read More »
Members of Alaska’s congressional delegation applauded Wednesday a provision of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1) that would open the non-wilderness 1002 Area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to energy development.
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), the chairwoman of the Senate Ene... Read More »
The Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) on Thursday granted Georgia Power approval to complete the construction of two new reactors at its Vogtle nuclear plant near Waynesboro, Georgia, the only new nuclear reactors under construction in the United States.
The decision follows months of re... Read More »
The Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) announced Tuesday that it is seeking further comments from interested stakeholders on utility hurricane preparedness and restoration actions as part of a broader 2017 review of the issue.
The PSC is requesting comments from local governments, businesse... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced Tuesday $12 million in funding for eight projects designed to advance predictive modeling capabilities for solar generation to enable more accurate forecasts of solar generation levels.
“These projects will address a critical gap in our research, w... Read More »
Dominion Energy released a statement Tuesday rebutting a report from India’s oil minister that state-owned gas processor GAIL (India) LTD was renegotiating deals with the company related to sales of liquid natural gas (LNG).
In the statement, Dominion said that it is continuing with final comm... Read More »