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Grid Edge and Digital Technologies Take Center Stage at EEI Convention
Panels at the 2016 Edison Electric Institute convention focused on technologies and policies at what’s often called the “grid edge." Read More

EEI Convention Opens with Call to Work with “Friendly Hackers”
EEI Convention keynote speaker Keren Elazari urged electric utilities to partner with "friendly hackers." Read More

Federal Court Strikes Down Minnesota Coal Power Import Ban
A Minnesota law that bans power imports from new out-of-state coal-fired power plants is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court has deemed. Read More

Supreme Court Leaves Revised MATS in Place for Now
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) controversial Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) survived another day as the U.S. Supreme Court on June 13 declined to review the D.C. Circuit’s decision to leave the rule in place while the EPA revises… Read More

TVA Backs "In-Place" Coal Ash Impoundment Closure Method Over Removal
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) listed costs and time among several reasons for its preferred method to close its coal ash impoundments in place, rather than by removal, but the move has come under fire by environmental groups. Read More

How Will the Supreme Court Stay Affect the Clean Power Plan?
One of the witnesses testifying before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on June 9 believes states and regulated entities will be granted additional time to comply with the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Clean Power Plan (CPP),… Read More

Regulators Approve Plan to Close Four Minnesota Coal Units
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) approved Minnesota Power Co.’s integrated resource plan (IRP) on June 9, which calls for the economic idling of the company’s Taconite Harbor Energy Center—a two-unit 150-MW facility (Unit 3 was retired in June 2015)—this… Read More

Georgia Power to Shut Down Coal Ash Ponds Within Three Years
Georgia Power will shut down and stop receiving coal ash at all 29 of its coal ash ponds within the next three years. Read More

2016 Edison Award Winners Announced
2016 EEI Edison Award winners are AEP and AES. Read More

EEI Partners with Startup Incubator to Accelerate Innovation in Energy
The Edison Electric Institute has forged a new partnership with startup incubator 1776 to accelerate the pace of innovation in energy. Read More

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The Perils of Second-Guessing FERC

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