Mississippi PSC: Kemper Facility Should Operate Using Only Natural Gas
The Mississippi Public Service Commission (MPSC) at an open meeting on June 21 unanimously passed a motion instructing its counsel to prepare an order pursuing potential solutions regarding the Kemper County Power Generation Facility.  Read More
 
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Dominion Will Restart Virginia Coal Units After DOE Emergency Order
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) said PJM can restart two coal-fired units at Dominion Energy’s Yorktown, Va., power plant, two months after the aging units were shut down because they could not meet federal emissions standards.  Read More
 

Analysis Shows U.S. Nuclear Plants Losing $2.9 Billion Annually
Increased use of less-expensive natural gas and renewable sources of energy for power generation is putting financial pressure on U.S. nuclear power plants, according to an analysis of electricity costs from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF).  Read More
 
Trump Administration Leaders Send Mixed Messages About Fuel Diversity
The Trump administration says it’s not going to pick winners and losers when it comes to energy generation, but it sure doesn’t seem to like wind and solar, judging from a recent presentation by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke.  Read More
 
Cost Overruns at Vogtle Expected to Soar
Georgia Power officials say the utility continues to work with its partners in the troubled Vogtle nuclear plant to firm up construction timelines and determine the costs to complete two new units at the facility. Read More
 
U.S. Carbon Emissions Increase from Last Year, but Still 28% Less Than in 2005
A newly released update to the Power Sector Carbon Index, developed by Carnegie Mellon University with the support of Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS), found that U.S. power plant emissions averaged 955 lb of CO2 per MWh during the first… Read More
 
House Passes PTC Extension for New Nuclear Facilities
A bipartisan bill extending a production tax credit (PTC) for advanced nuclear power facilities passed the U.S. House on a voice vote on June 20.  Read More
 
Warming Skeptic Challenges Climate Science Education
Veteran global warming gadfly David Wojick is mounting a challenge to the way climate science is being taught in our schools, and raising money online for his venture. At the same time, Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt says he… Read More
 
Experts Debunk 100% Renewables Decarbonization
A group of 21 prominent energy and climate experts, writing in the June 19 edition of PNAS (“Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences”) finds that the argument by Stanford University professor Mark Jacobson that the U.S. can end carbon… Read More
 
 
   

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