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[UPDATED] EPA Issues More Ambitious But Flexible Final Clean Power Plan
Editor's note (Aug. 3): Adds compliance cost details, key changes The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) final Clean Power Plan will seek to tamp down the nation's carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the power sector by 32% from 2005 levels by… Read More

NRG Energy Services: Operations & Maintenance Services - Coal
At NRG Energy Services, we're helping optimize performance across more than 15 GW of coal-fired power plants. In fact, we rank among the nation's largest coal-plant operators. We don't take over plant assets. Instead, we take on an owner's perspective when finding ways to reduce downtime and costs. Over the last decade, we've helped transform numerous plants into reliable, high-efficiency facilities generating maximum availability. Find out what our Operations & Maintenance services can do for you.

Reactions to Clean Power Plan: From Excitement to Anger
Reaction from utilities, environmental groups, and governmental leaders following the August 3 release of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) final Clean Power Plan rule was mixed. Some, such as Duke Energy CEO Lynn Good, pointed to the progress that has… Read More

Quad Cities Nuclear Plant May Be Retired
Exelon’s Quad Cities nuclear plant in Illinois will not be economically viable despite changes in the PJM capacity market, and the company has to make a decision on closing it before the Illinois legislature can act on possible measures to… Read More

Ameren Scraps Planned Missouri Nuclear Unit, Cites Falling Renewable Costs
Ameren Missouri has dropped plans to build a second nuclear unit at its Callaway Energy Center, citing shaky economics in the context of cheaper renewables, low demand, and other factors for its decision. "While we continue to believe nuclear power… Read More

Alliant Energy Sells Minnesota Electric Service Territory to 12 Cooperatives
In a deal said to be the largest ever involving electric cooperatives, a group of 12 cooperatives completed the purchase of Alliant Energy’s electric service territory in southern Minnesota, which serves more than 43,000 customers. The agreement was signed in… Read More

EDF Moves to Rescue AREVA, Will Buy Majority of Nuclear Reactor Business
France's state-owned utility EDF will snap up between 51% and 75% of troubled nuclear giant AREVA's reactor business in a possible $2.96 billion deal. While the French government owns about 87% of AREVA and 85% of EDF, the utility that… Read More

Energy Department to Invest in Advanced Reactor Concept Development
Furthering efforts to encourage clean energy innovation, the Energy Department released a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) to support the research, development, and demonstration of advanced reactor concepts. The announcement represents an early step in increasing investment in nuclear advanced reactor… Read More

Broad Energy Policy Modernization Bill Clears Senate ENR Committee
Broad, bipartisan energy legislation that would allocate federal funding to grid technology research and demonstration along with a number of other initiatives, including cybersecurity and the energy-water nexus, has cleared the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee with an 18–4… Read More

Ex-Im Bank Reauthorization Stalled, Even as House Prepares to Adjourn
Though the U.S. Senate voted 64–29 this week to renew the charter of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im), the House may adjourn for its summer break without taking action on the issue. Congress let the Ex-Im bank's… Read More

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Check out these stories from POWER's August 2015 issue and its sister publications:

SaskPower's Boundary Dam Carbon Capture Project Wins POWER's Highest Award

Tampa Electric Co.'s Polk Power Station Reclaimed Water Project

Colorado Energy Nations Boiler 5 Upgrade Project

Making Sense of New Arc Flash Protection Rules

The Work and Rewards of Power Production

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