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Areva Admits to “Irregularities” in Hundreds of Nuclear Plant Components, Possible Falsified Documents
France’s nuclear sector was rocked to its core on May 4 when the country’s Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) announced that state-owned nuclear manufacturer Areva had confessed to “irregularities in the manufacturing checks” on about 400 parts produced since 1965, about… Read More

Dynegy to Shut Down 30% of Southern Illinois’s Power Generation Capacity
Dynegy Inc. announced on May 3 that it plans to shut down multiple Illinois coal-fueled units due mainly to the failure of the plants to recover basic operating costs in recent Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) capacity auctions. According to… Read More

GAO Chides DHS for Not Doing Enough to Prepare for EMP, Solar Storm Threats to Grid
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) internally recognizes that a power grid failure resulting from an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) or a solar storm can pose great risk to the security of the nation, but it hasn't prepared adequately, the Government… Read More

Nuclear Reactor Baffle Bolt Problems Are Widespread Concern
Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) anticipates extending Salem Nuclear Generating Station’s Unit 1 refueling outage, which began on April 14, so it can inspect, repair, and replace damaged baffle bolts within the plant’s reactor vessel, according to information presented in… Read More

ERCOT: Uncertainty Increased in 10-Year Outlook
Uncertainty concerning a number of environmental rules is clouding planning measures, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) said on May 3. Citing its latest Capacity, Demand, and Reserves (CDR) report—a snapshot of existing and planned resources and load forecasts… Read More

NRC Approves Measurement-Related Uprate at Duke Energy’s Catawba Reactor
Duke Energy's request to increase the generating capacity of Unit 1 at its Catawba Nuclear Station by 1.7% by more precisely measuring feedwater flow has been approved by federal regulators. Staff at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) found on May… Read More

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Evolving Roles for the Grid and Generation

How Are Distributed Energy Resources Affecting Transmission System Operators?

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U.S. Microgrid Market Development

Doublespeak Is No Cure for Utility Ills

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