The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) recently launched in the United Arab Emirates, in cooperation with the University of Sharjah, a Regional Training Course on pressurized water reactors (PWRs).
The program was the first such Regional Training Course in the Middle East and included 20 p... Read More »
As coal power producers comply with federal Obama-era groundwater monitoring rules at coal ash disposal sites, the Trump administration has announced plans to let states regulate these facilities much like municipal trash landfills.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced a se... Read More »
Louisville Gas and Electric Company (LG&E) and Kentucky Utilities Company (KU) recently announced that its dry storage projects for coal combustion residuals are on track for completion next year.
The projects will eliminate the use of ash ponds and other storage impoundments at their four coal-f... Read More »
Although the U.S. electric power sector is capable of handling cyber threats, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) CEO Jim Matheson recently testified before a Senate panel that the federal government should invest more in research and development for small- and mid-sized utilitie... Read More »
As of 8 a.m. on Sunday, March 4, crews have restored power to approximately 137,000 of the 191,000 PPL Electric Utilities customers in Pennsylvania impacted by Friday’s Winter Storm Riley.
The eastern part of PPL’s service area was the most severely impacted and contains the majority of the r... Read More »
The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) recently met with the state’s five investor-owned electric utilities and two regional transmission organizations to discuss cybersecurity information, planning and preparedness practices.
Representatives from the Indiana Department of Homeland Se... Read More »
Supporting efforts like U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson’s (R-OH) plan to support modernized nuclear export controls are among the Nuclear Energy Institute’s (NEI) current focuses on revitalizing the U.S. civil nuclear industry.
At the heart of that legislation are Part 810 applications. The Nuclear In... Read More »
The Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE) recently released its 2018 Minnesota State Energy Factsheet, which finds that clean energy accounts for 25 percent of electricity generation in Minnesota.
Wind provides 18 percent of electricity generation in the state, according to the report. T... Read More »
American Gas Association (AGA) President and CEO Dave McCurdy released a statement Thursday on President Trump’s planned tariff on steel.
“There is no doubt that a tariff on steel will increase the cost of certain pipelines and components,” McCurdy said. “Our industry has identified a num... Read More »
Russia has used social media to spread propaganda designed to disrupt U.S. energy markets and influence U.S. energy policy, according to a report released by the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee on Thursday.
Russians posted on social media about U.S. energy policy or happenings wit... Read More »