Siemens Restructures to Bolster Troubled Power and Gas Division Siemens AG has completed a company reorganization to respond to the "persistently difficult environment" in the global power generation market. The global technology company, which had around 357,000 employees in 2014, said it would cut 4,500 jobs worldwide as part of… Read More
Murkowski Introduces Array of Energy Bills In the opening move of what is certain to be a long and contentious process, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, introduced a suite of bills covering a broad range of energy… Read More
U.S. Senators: Biomass Should Not Be Compliance Method for Clean Power Plan Biomass combustion should not be an approved compliance method under the Clean Power Plant because burning trees is not carbon neutral, both senators from Massachusetts told the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday. In a letter to EPA Administrator Gina… Read More
Consumers Energy Shuttering a Third of Its Coal Fleet Michigan utility Consumers Energy formally announced on May 11 that it was closing seven of its oldest coal-fired units, which together represent 32% of its coal capacity. The units, representing about 950 MW of total generation, will be shut down… Read More
DGR Is Preferred Nuclear Waste Solution for Canada, Scary for U.S. A Canadian joint review panel issued an environmental assessment report on May 6 for a deep geologic repository (DGR) for long-term management of low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste (L&ILW), concluding that the project is “not likely to cause significant adverse… Read More
NARUC Promotes State Coordination for Clean Power Plan Compliance The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) and the Eastern Interconnection States Planning Council have released a resource guide to help states overcome institutional barriers and coordinate on Clean Power Plan compliance. The Multistate Coordination Resources for Clean Power… Read More
GE Hitachi Enters Pressurized Water Reactor Services Market GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), the manufacturer of more than 60 of the world's 81 existing boiling water reactors (BWRs), is making a foray into the pressurized water reactor (PWR) services field. The Wilmington, N.C.–based company announced on May 12… Read More
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