The U.S. economic downturn has hit the bottom line of New Orleans–based Entergy Corp. and its major non-utility nuclear generating company, Entergy Nuclear, which operates 10 nuclear units at eight…
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Stung by falling demand for power and roughly a billion dollars in potential cleanup costs from December’s massive coal ash spill, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has announced that it…
U.S. wind power appears becalmed, partially stymied by transmission constraints, and also by financing difficulties in the current recession. Read the details at the links below. The wind industry lobby,…
Don’t count coal out when it comes to the down-and-dirty details of the energy marketplace, despite the political rhetoric coming from Washington-based environmental groups, many in Congress, and the Obama…
“Faith” is generally defined as the belief in things that are unseen. Using that definition, many utility-industry managers and leaders apparently consider customer satisfaction the ultimate faith-based initiative. They may…
What role will coal play as the nation moves toward trying to reduce greenhouse gases? The picture is mixed, as these news stories from around the country demonstrate. Kan. Legislature…
One of the key features of the highly touted 2005 Energy Policy Act was a large pool of loan guarantees designed to jump-start a renaissance in nuclear power in the…
So far, U.S. electricity generators have managed to survive the current credit slump and financial collapse. Things could get far worse if the economy continues to deteriorate and credit markets…
There is potentially good news for nuclear fuel buyers and developers of new nuclear power plants this year: Uranium price increases, which soared in 2006 and 2007, have come back…