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EPA Delays Final Carbon Rules for New Power Plants
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said today that a delay in issuing final rules affecting carbon dioxide emissions from new power plants, which were due this week, will help the agency release a set of more coordinated rules covering… Read More

Announcement from POWER
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California Governor Wants to Raise State’s 2030 RPS Target to 50%
With California already on track to meet its goal of getting 33% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030, Gov. Jerry Brown announced on Jan. 5 that he would seek to raise the renewables portfolio standard (RPS) target to… Read More

Announcement from POWER

Is Your Power Project a Winner?

Find out by nominating it for a POWER award. The 2015 categories are:

Plant of the Year Award
Reinvention Award (formerly Marmaduke Award)
Water Award
Smart Grid Award
Top Plants Awards (in gas, coal, nuclear, and renewable subcategories)

All nominated projects must be in commercial operation by the nomination deadline of April 30, 2015. You'll find award information, lists of former winners, and nomination forms at https://www.powermag.com/power-awards/

Cape Wind in Jeopardy as Utilities Cancel Power Purchase Contracts
The controversial Cape Wind power project planned for development off Nantucket Island in Massachusetts has suffered what may be a fatal blow, The Boston Globe reported today. According to the newspaper and several other independent reports, the two local utilities… Read More

Ginna May Be Next Nuke Plant on Chopping Block
Exelon’s R.E. Ginna Power Station in western New York may be the next U.S. nuclear plant to shut down in the face of competitive pressures if the company cannot get approval to substantially increase the rates it charges for the… Read More

AEP Looks to Sell Merchant Coal Fleet
According to a story first reported by Amanda Levin of TheStreet.com, American Electric Power Co. (AEP) has retained the services of Goldman, Sachs & Co. in an effort to unload its 7,923-MW merchant generation fleet. AEP—headquartered in Columbus, Ohio—is one… Read More

Westinghouse and Bechtel Team to Pursue Nuclear Decommissioning Work
Two giants in the power industry—Westinghouse Electric Co. and Bechtel Corp.—have formed an alliance to provide decontamination, decommissioning, and remediation services to U.S. commercial nuclear power plants. The alliance is expected to provide a full range of services, including pre-shutdown… Read More

U.S. Gas Production Still at Record Highs Despite Collapse in Oil Market
The breathtaking collapse in crude oil prices this past fall, which has seen benchmark prices drop from over $110 a barrel last year to under $50 this past week, has had little effect on U.S. natural gas production, which continues… Read More