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Vogtle Partners To Proceed with Beleaguered Nuclear Expansion Project
A partnership of companies seeking to build twin AP1000 reactors as part of the Vogtle nuclear expansion in Georgia will seek to complete the project, even as costs could surge well beyond $20 billion. Southern Co. subsidiary Georgia Power on… Read More

Harvey Ravages Power Generation and Transmission
Harvey—a massive weather system, which has so far killed 38 people, displaced thousands of others, and caused widespread flooding in Texas—downed 7.6-GW of generation resource capacity, along with two major 345-kV transmission lines and 85 other high-voltage transmission lines serving… Read More

Xcel Energy Plan Would Close Coal Units, Add Renewables
Xcel Energy on August 29 said it wants to retire 660 MW of coal-fired generation capacity as part of a “Colorado Energy Plan” that also includes adding as much as 1,700 MW of renewable energy and 700 MW of natural… Read More

Two Dead, Four Injured in Incident at Bruce Mansfield Coal Plant Near Pittsburgh
Two workers are dead after a pipe ruptured as they were performing maintenance at an underground enclosure at FirstEnergy Corp.’s coal-fired Bruce Mansfield power plant in Shippingport, Pennsylvania. Four other workers were transported to medical facilities, suffering injuries after they… Read More

Microgrid System Keeps Houston Grocery Stores Open in Wake of Harvey
A Houston-based microgrid company has used its on-site generators and underground natural gas pipeline system to enable H-E-B grocery stores in the Houston area to remain open despite power outages and massive flooding during and in the aftermath of Hurricane… Read More

Duke Hammers Final Nail in Levy County Nuclear Plant Coffin, Proposes Increased Solar
The Levy County Nuclear Plant is officially off the table in a new settlement agreement between Duke Energy and the Florida Public Service Commission (FPSC). The writing has long been on the wall for the plant; Duke in 2013 announced… Read More

$100M in DOE Funding Available for Transformational Coal Projects
The Department of Energy (DOE) has available up to $100 million in cost-shared funding for large-scale transformational coal technologies pilot projects. According to an August 24 funding opportunity announcement (FOA), the money will be distributed in three phases. “The purpose… Read More

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Check out these stories from POWER's August 2017 issue and its sister publications:

Market Dynamics Are Complicated as Coal Battles Natural Gas

Ameren's TAC Microgrid Seamlessly Integrates Distributed Energy Resources

Closed Circuit Reverse Osmosis System Squeezes Money Savings Out of Water Management

Collaboration and Innovation Produce a Powerful Microgrid Solution

Flexibility, Efficiency, and Low Emissions Make Repowered Facility a Success

Is Natural Gas Threatening Grid Reliability?

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