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Coal Magnate Tells Trump to Lower His Expectations
Although optimistic about the future of the coal industry under the Trump administration, Robert Murray, CEO of Murray Energy Corp., the largest underground coal mining company in the U.S., does not expect the president-elect to bring back coal mining jobs… Read More

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Market Conditions Doom Another Nuclear Plant, Palisades, to Closure in 2018
Entergy Corp. has decided to permanently close the Palisades nuclear power plant on October 1, 2018. The news comes as a bit of a surprise, because Entergy had a power purchase agreement with Consumers Energy—Michigan’s largest utility and the principal… Read More

EPA Punts Fracking Impact Question to Trump Administration
As one of its last official acts, the Obama administration Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) backed away from making a definitive statement on the impacts of hydraulic fracturing, saying it lacked sufficient data to quantify their severity and frequency. The 1,200-page… Read More

First U.S. Commercial Offshore Wind Farm Starts Operations
Block Island Wind Farm has begun commercial operations, making it America's first offshore wind farm. Deepwater Wind and project partners have commissioned and tested the 30-MW installation off the coast of Block Island, R.I., and it is now delivering power… Read More

Reports Say Trump Picks Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke for Interior
The tumultuous Trump transition took another turn late Tuesday, as reports from many media outlets said he has picked Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.), a freshman who won a second House term in November’s election, to be Secretary of Interior. Many… Read More

Trump’s Pick for Energy Department: Rick Perry
President-elect Donald Trump has picked former Texas governor Rick Perry to be his energy secretary&hellips; Read More

Natural Gas and Wind Are Cheapest Sources of Power in Majority of U.S.
In a finding that is likely to boost controversy over the future of U.S. energy policy, a comprehensive study of the full levelized cost of energy (LCOE) from various sources of electricity conducted by the University of Texas (UT) at… Read More

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Finalizes Rule on Wind Turbine Eagle Deaths
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) on December 14 finalized the latest version of its rule governing permitted levels of eagle deaths at wind turbine farms. The rule, first issued in 2009, governs the FWS’s administration of the Bald… Read More

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Check out these stories from POWER's December 2016 issue and its sister publications:

France’s Nuclear Storm: Many Power Plants Down Due to Quality Concerns

Ontario Power Generation: A Clash of Politics and Power Planning

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Utility Regulation, Old and New

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