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Southern California Braces for Possible Natural Gas Constraints
Though Southern California weathered last summer without major natural gas supply constraints that were feared as a result of the 2015–2016 leak from the Aliso Canyon storage field, a blast of cold weather this week has forced Southern California Gas… Read More

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Crane Collapse at Nuclear Power Plant Adds to Safety Concerns
A crane boom collapsed under heavy winds at the Takahama nuclear power plant in Japan, landing on the Unit 2 reactor building and fuel handling building at around 9:50 p.m. local time on January 20. Plant operator, Kansai Electric Power… Read More

FirstEnergy Unloading Five Plants in Virginia and Pennsylvania
As part of its ongoing drive to exit competitive power markets, FirstEnergy Corp. said on January 23 that it has agreed to sell four natural gas–fired power plants in Pennsylvania and its competitive share of a pumped-storage hydroelectric plant in… Read More

Petitioners File Briefs in NSPS Case Days after Change of Administration
Having been denied a request for an extended schedule, petitioners in an ongoing lawsuit challenging the merits of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for coal-fired power plants late on January 23 filed a series… Read More

Retirement Process for Oldest French Nuclear Reactor Stalled Until After Elections
The board of French utility EDF has approved a compensation package for the closure of France's oldest nuclear reactor, the 39-year-old Fessenheim nuclear plant, but it delayed making a final decision on the closure until after the presidential election this… Read More

Trump Moves on Plans to Scrap Climate Initiatives
The Trump administration will scrap executive actions to curb U.S. carbon pollution from power plants and other climate measures outlined in the Obama administration's landmark Climate Action Plan, according to an "energy plan" published by President Donald Trump's White House… Read More

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

A 2016 Roundup of Power Sector Wheeling, Dealing, and Repositioning

Acquisitions Reset the Global Gas Turbine Market

Energy Policy Implications of Elections in France and Germany

Newtonian Shift Game Helps Power Industry Comprehend Transition

Power Generators Agree: The Future Grid Will Be Cleaner

Gas Chromatographs Offer New Technology for Power Plant Burner Control

New England's Controversial Pipeline Proposal Suffers Severe Setbacks

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