POWERnews February 14, 2019
California Governor Wants ‘Strike Team’ to Develop Utility Plan
California Governor Gavin Newsom on February 12 said the state has formed a “strike team” as it works to develop plans to help not only utility ratepayers but also utility…
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TVA Mulls Coal Plant Closures, Trump Urges Board to Consider All Factors
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is holding a board meeting today, during which the fate of the corporate agency’s Bull Run and Paradise Unit 3 coal power plants could be…
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Pennsylvania Is Newest Nuclear Subsidy Battleground
Pennsylvania, the nation’s second-largest nuclear power-producing state, is now definitively a battleground for nuclear power subsidies.  Last week, in two memos that were circulated in the state House and Senate,…
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Decarbonization, Electrification Key Among 8 Priorities for U.S. Investor-Owned Power Companies 

In line with customer preferences, U.S. investor-owned electric companies are heavily invested in decarbonization and electrification, the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) told Wall Street analysts and bankers on Feb. 6.…

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GE, MHPS Vie for Top Spot in Fiercely Competitive Gas Turbine Market
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) appears to have snagged the lead in an intensifying competition in a mostly flat market for heavy-duty gas turbines of above 100 MW, but GE…
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Iraqi Official Casts Doubt on Deals With GE, Siemens
Multibillion-dollar energy deals that both Siemens and General Electric (GE) signed with the Iraqi government last year may not come to fruition, according to the country’s electricity minister. The Financial…
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The 'Green New Deal' Out West
COMMENTARY Launched last week by New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the “Green New Deal” appears to pick up where President Franklin Roosevelt left off with his “Second Bill of Rights”…
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Connected Plant 2019  ‘Game Changers’: The People Behind Digital Innovation
Behind the digital tools that make the industrial internet of things (IIOT) in the power generation and chemical process industries are people. The upcoming Connected Plant Conference—Feb. 19–21, 2019, in Charlotte,…
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Concrete Better Than Cameras in Protecting Grid
Some high-tech security features meant to protect U.S. power plants from physical attack may not be as effective as good old-fashioned fences and concrete, according to a Georgia Institute of…
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Powering the Dragon: How China's Power Sector Is Evolving

THE BIG PICTURE (INFOGRAPHIC): World’s Biggest Power Companies

Industry Press Releases
Tri-State and EDP Renewables announce 104-MW Crossing Trails Wind Farm

Siemens to maintain and digitalize Shuweihat S2 power plant in Abu Dhabi

GE Digital’s Latest iFIX Software Delivers Faster Time to Insights and Improved Efficiency for Plant Operators

Schneider Electric Selected to Perform Microgrid Expansion at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar

PSRE Co. Expands Market Presence in Middle East and North Africa

IQGeo announces next generation geospatial platform to disrupt legacy GIS systems
 
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