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Vogtle Expansion Owners, Contractors, Settle All Claims
Georgia Power (GP) announced on Jan. 4 that the owners of the expansion project at the Vogtle nuclear power plant (GP, Oglethorpe Power Corp., the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia, and Dalton Utilities) have settled all pending litigation with the… Read More

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NRC Trumps Local Authorities, Authorizes Weapons for Nuclear Plant Security
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted preemption authority to nuclear facilities in New York and California, allowing plant security forces to possess and use certain firearms and related devices despite local, state, or federal laws and regulations restricting their… Read More

Malware Campaign Reportedly Prompts Large-Scale Blackout in Ukraine
Malware has apparently been used for the first time to prompt a large-scale power blackout. An attack was tied to a Dec. 23 blackout affecting about 1.4 million Ukrainians living in the Ivano-Frankivsk region, reported Ukrainian news media outlet TSN.… Read More

California Muni Says No to Coal Power
Silicon Valley Power (SVP)—Santa Clara, Calif.’s municipal electric utility—has decided to stop importing out-of-state electricity from the San Juan Generating Station, completely eliminating coal from its power supply. San Juan is a 1,646-MW four-unit coal-fired power plant located in Waterflow,… Read More

State RPSs Provide Significant Economic Benefits, DOE Study Says
State renewable portfolio standards (RPSs) provide around $7.4 billion in annual economic benefits and substantial reductions in water withdrawals and consumption, according to a new study from the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and National Renewable Energy Laboratory… Read More

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From POWER's editor: The Journey Ahead

Big Data and the Industrial Internet Meet the Power Plant

I4GEN: EPRI's Power Plant of Tomorrow Concept

Record Changes and Uncertainty Reshape the U.S. Utility Industry

The Generating Company Challenge: Manage Change While Maintaining Reliability

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