Exelon Generation recently announced that it will retire the Quad Cities and Clinton Nuclear Generation Stations by 2018 due to slow progress on Illinois energy legislation and a combined loss of $800 million since 2009.
The Quad Cities and Clinton nuclear plants are two of the top performing pl... Read More »
The American Gas Association (AGA) expressed severe concern over the Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s (PHMSA) Safety of Gas Transmission and Gathering Pipelines Proposed Rule on Thursday, warning that it could actually hinder pipeline safety.
The AGA said that the PHMSA... Read More »
Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) President and CEO Marvin Fertel asserted that nuclear energy was key in supporting the increasing demand for electricity at the recent North American Leaders’ Summit in Ottawa, Canada.
“When we look out, we see the electrification of America being the frontier w... Read More »
In a hearing held last week on “Federal, State and Local Agreements and Economic Benefits for Spent Nuclear Fuel Disposal,” the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Environment and the Economy Subcommittee heard statements from Nevada stakeholders concerning a repository for spent nuclear fuel at t... Read More »
The North Dakota Public Service Commission (PSC) approved a permit on Wednesday for the construction and operation of the Brady II Wind Energy Center in Hettinger and Stark Counties.
The project will provide 150 MW of wind energy from 72 turbines, with total costs projected at $250 million.
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NRG Energy, Inc., and MGM Resorts International recently completed a record-breaking expansion to the rooftop solar array that runs atop Mandalay Bay Convention Center, cementing the system’s position as the largest rooftop array in the country.
“MGM Resorts International has a long history o... Read More »
The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (PRC) approved a final order on June 22 authorizing Emera, Inc., to acquire TECO Energy for $10.4 billion, with the understanding that Emera is to maintain development projects in the state.
The acquisition of TECO Energy will also indirectly result i... Read More »
Southern Power, a subsidiary of Southern Company, made its first project acquisition in Maine on Tuesday, which will add an additional 43 megawatts of clean power to the company’s energy portfolio from the Passadumkeag Windpark in Penobscot County.
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Reference case projections from the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Annual Energy Outlook 2016 predict that fossil fuel consumption will dip below 80 percent of total U.S. energy consumption during the next 25 years, for the first time in more than a century.
The EIA predicted th... Read More »
The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and Horizon Nuclear Power Limited recently signed a three-year research agreement that will enable collaborative research projects and shared access to results through 2019.
The agreement advances an eighteen-month partnership that saw productive coope... Read More »