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NRECA and EEI applaud Senate essential coal ash provision approval
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) and the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) welcomed the clear enforcement authority provided by the Senate’s approval of coal ash management provisions on Thursday. U.S. electricity co-ops have sought such coal ash management provisions s... Read More »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/shutterstock_120637198-300x200.jpg)
Pennsylvania PUC approves two Duquesne Light petitions
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) approved two petitions from Duquesne Light Company last week that the company filed in accordance with Act 11 of 2012. Act 11 requires utility providers to file Long-Term Infrastructure Improvement Plans (LTIIPs) as a part of any action to establis... Read More »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/shutterstock_412630675-300x200.jpg)
IONICS receives $37 million for fuel storage research
Integration and Optimization of Novel Ion-Conducting Solids (IONICS) received $37 million on Tuesday from the Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (DARPA-E) to fund 16 new research projects to overcome the limitations of current battery and fuel cell technology. The IONI... Read More »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/shutterstock_134491178-300x200.jpg)
License termination plan and partial site release requested for La Crosse nuclear power plant
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued a request for comment on Wednesday in relation to the La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor nuclear power plant’s request for a partial site release and license termination plan. The license termination plan revealed current site radiological informatio... Read More »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Southern-California-Edison-logo-300x89.jpg)
Southern California Edison to modernize power grid through reliable, safe and clean energy
Southern California Edison (SCE) plans to modernize the power grid by way of clean, reliable energy that relies on a large range of collective energy resources, the company announced in a white paper on Tuesday. The white paper, “The Emerging Clean Energy Economy: Customer-Driven. Modernized. R... Read More »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/shutterstock_343719488-300x200.jpg)
EPA’s E15 fuel sales restriction ends
With the expiration of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) volatility control season restrictions on Thursday, gasoline retailers will be permitted to sell E15 to conventional vehicles produced after 2000 without being required to purchase specially-tailored gasoline blendstock in orde... Read More »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/shutterstock_135210440-300x181.jpg)
AEP sells four power plants to joint Blackstone and ArcLight venture
American Electric Power (AEP) sold four power plants to joint venture partners Blackstone and ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC, on Wednesday, in a $2.17 billion agreement for the operation and ownership of the 5,200-megawatt (MW) facilities. The agreement included two natural gas power plants in O... Read More »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/shutterstock_483668938-300x200.jpg)
SEIA solar recycling program to keep panels out of landfills
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) recently announced the launch of its pioneering solar photovoltaic (PV) recycling program, taking steps to ensure that PV panels end their lifespan in a recycling program rather than a landfill. “Our goal is make the entire solar industry landfill-... Read More »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/shutterstock_341696090-300x217.jpg)