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OSHA Revises Standards for Line Work and Electrical Protective Equipment
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on Tuesday issued a final rule that revises a 42-year-old construction standard for electric power line work to make it more consistent with general industry standards. The final rule, which is scheduled to be… Read More

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Duke Energy Cited for Significant Crack in Cape Fear Coal Ash Dam
North Carolina state officials on Friday cited Duke Energy for a 40-foot-long crack in an earthen dam at the 2012-retired Cape Fear Plant's ash impoundment, to which the company last week made emergency repairs. The North Carolina Department of Environment… Read More

Utilities Reach Agreement on San Onofre Closure Costs
Avoiding what could have been a nasty, expensive fight over costs stemming from the early retirement of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) last year, plant co-owners Southern California Edison (SCE) and San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) reached… Read More

Senate Leaders Call for Investigation into FERC Leaks
In a letter to Department of Energy Inspector General Gregory Friedman, U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Chair Mary Landrieu (D-La.) and Ranking Member Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) requested an investigation into sensitive information leaks suspected to have originated… Read More

Happy Anniversary, Three Mile Island!
On the 35th anniversary of the most serious accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant operating history, it seems fitting to take a look back at the Three Mile Island Unit 2 (TMI-2) meltdown. One of POWER’s contributing editors—Kennedy Maize—wrote… Read More

FPL Proposes Voluntary Community-Based Solar Partnership
Florida Power and Light (FPL) on Wednesday asked the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) to approve a unique pilot program through which the company will build new solar facilities and participating customers will fund them via voluntary contributions. During the… Read More

EEI Report: Investment in Transmission Infrastructure Set to Soar
Investor-owned electric utility companies spent $14.8 billion in 2012 to upgrade transmission infrastructure, and investments in 2013 and 2014 are expected to soar even more, peaking at about $17.5 billion, the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) says in a new report. … Read More

Control Room Operational at First AP1000 Nuclear Plant
When Sanmen Nuclear Power Co. and State Nuclear Power Technology Corp. declared the main control room at the Sanmen Unit 1 nuclear power plant—currently under construction in China—operational on March 31, it marked the first AP1000 unit to reach that… Read More

APS: Arizona to See Dramatic Changes in Energy Mix Within 15 Years
By 2029, renewable sources in Arizona's energy mix will double and natural gas's share will surpass coal's and nuclear's, the state's largest utility, Arizona Public Service (APS) projects in its newly released "Integrated Resource Plan." The report, which foresees that… Read More

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Check out these stories from POWER's April 2014 issue:

Drones Promise Faster, Easier Inspection of Boilers, Stacks, Towers, and More

Worldwide Nuclear Commerce: Good News and Bad News

Australia's Carbon Policy Predicament

What You Need to Know Before Replacing Your Control System

How Competitive Are You?

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