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In This Issue | 5.16.2013
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AES Corp. to Retire 990 MW of Coal Capacity on Environmental Rule ConcernsAES Corp.’s subsidiary Dayton Power & Light (DP&L) plans to retire six coal-fired units representing about 390 MW at its 414-MW Hutchings coal-, gas-, and oil-fired plant in Miamisburg, Ohio, by June 2015 as a result of existing and expected environmental regulations, including the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS). The news comes on the heels of Indianapolis Power & Light Co.’s (IPL’s) announcement that it plans to retire 600 MW of coal-fired capacity to comply with environmental rules. Read More »
“No Merit” in Challenges to NRC Approvals of AP1000, Vogtle 3 & 4, D.C. Circuit RulesIn an apparent legal victory for developers of new nuclear power plants in the U.S., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit denied complaints from environmental groups that federal approval of Southern Co.’s two new reactors under construction in Georgia did not address lessons learned from the Fukushima accident. Read More »
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Power Plant Global Warming Suit Dismissed by Federal CourtA three-judge panel at the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit that alleges carbon dioxide emissions by several power companies contributed to global warming that intensified Hurricane Katrina. Read More »
EIA Releases State-by-State Report on Energy-Related CO2 EmissionsIn a report released on Monday, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) presents data on energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions for each state by year, fuel, sector, and other breakouts for the years 2000 through 2010. Read More »
ASLB Bars San Onofre Unit 2 Restart Without Public HearingA three-judge panel of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC’s) Atomic Safety Licensing Board (ASLB) on Tuesday ruled that Southern California Edison (SCE) cannot restart Unit 2 of its shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) until the NRC holds a formal license amendment proceeding with full public participation. Read More »
AMP Freezes 873-MW Gas Peaking Facility on Financial UncertaintiesPlans to build an 873-MW natural gas peaking facility at FirstEnergy's Eastlake Plant in Ohio have been frozen on uncertainties that affect project financing—including the federal "sequester"—its developers FirstEnergy and American Municipal Power (AMP) said last week. Read More »
Newly Developed Software Isolates Cyber Attacks on Networked Control SystemsA software algorithm developed by researchers from North Carolina State University promises to detect and isolate cyber attacks on networked control systems. Read More »
Sempra Dedicates First Phase of Mesquite Solar Complex in Ariz.Sempra U.S. Gas & Power dedicated the first 150-MW phase of the 4,000-acre Mesquite Solar facility in Maricopa County, Ariz., on Friday. Potential to build out up to 700 MW of nameplate capacity could make the photovoltaic (PV) complex one of the biggest in the U.S. Read More »
Westinghouse, China’s SNPTC Partner to Develop Global AP1000 Supply ChainWestinghouse and China’s State Nuclear Power Technology Corp. (SNPTC) have teamed to further develop a supply chain within China for power plant equipment and components to be used in global AP1000 nuclear power plants. Read More »
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