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NIST Issues Final Cybersecurity Framework, Version 1.0
02.12.2014 | Sonal Patel The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today released its final version of a national framework for improving critical infrastructure cybersecurity. The "living" document will be updated as industry reports back on its implementation. The "Framework for Improving Critical… |
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Fusion Research Milestone Reached
02.13.2014 | Gail Reitenbach Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have achieved a significant milestone in the development of fusion energy: achieving fuel gains greater than 1 for the first time ever at any facility. Ignition—when the energy… |
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CCS Could Increase Coal-Fired Electric Generation Costs By 70%–80%
02.13.2014 | Aaron Larson The first generation of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies could increase wholesale power prices by 70% to 80%, but second generation technologies could halve those costs, an Energy Department official told lawmakers at a House hearing on Tuesday. “I… |
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EPA Considered Few Projects Not Funded by EPACT for CCS Determination
02.13.2014 | Sonal Patel The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking comment on its interpretation of provisions in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT 2005), which it claims do not alter the agency's determination that the best system to reduce carbon emissions for… |
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Exelon May Shutter Some Reactors in 2014
02.07.2014 | Thomas Overton Some of Exelon Corp.’s 10 nuclear power plants are unprofitable and may need to close in 2014 if “a path to sustainable profits” cannot be found, company President and CEO Chris Crane said in a Feb. 6 conference call to… |
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Every Megawatt Counts — Nuclear Plant Uprate Approved
02.11.2014 | Aaron Larson While other companies contemplate early retirement for some nuclear plants due to economic woes, DTE Electric Co. is working to bump up the capacity of its nuclear unit. On Feb. 10, the company received approval from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission… |
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What is the Future of Electric Utilities?
02.11.2014 | Sonal Patel What's the utility of the future going to look like within two or three decades? That was a question put to former Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers, Great Plains CEO Mike Chesser, and former chairman of the Colorado Public Utilities… |
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Duke’s Dan River Station Suffers Coal Ash Spill [UPDATED]
02.04.2014 | Thomas Overton [Update Feb. 10] Duke Energy workers have succeeded in permanently stopping the leak from its coal ash pond at the Dan River Steam Station, the company reported on Feb. 8. A storm drain under the pond broke on Feb. 2,… |
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Without San Onofre, Drought-Stricken Calif. Is Crippled by Natural Gas Shortage
02.07.2014 | Sonal Patel A natural gas shortage triggered by extreme cold weather in much of the U.S. and Canada has affected supplies to power plants in drought-stricken California and forced the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) on Thursday to issue a conservation alert. … |
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