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U.S. Charges Chinese Hackers for Attacks on Nuclear and Solar Firms
For the first time ever, the U.S. has filed criminal charges against known state actors for hacking U.S. interests. A grand jury in the Western District of Pennsylvania indicted five Chinese military hackers for computer hacking, economic espionage, and other… Read More

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EPA Issues Final Cooling Water Intake 316(b) Rule
A final rule released by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today will affect cooling water intake structures at 544 U.S. power plants and provide those plants with lower-cost compliance options than previously proposed to reduce fish impingement and entrainment. The… Read More

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Maximizing MW Output Through the Latest in Biofilm Control in Cooling Systems

Efficient and effective cooling is a top concern for power plant and other operators of large cooling systems. One of the biggest factors impacting cooling processes in microbiological growth (biofilm). Biofilm has a 10X the insulating effect vs scale and can cause power plants to lose millions of dollars due to lost MW output. Existing solutions range from chlorine gas to other oxidants, and also include many non-oxidizer options. A brief summary of these options will be presented along with a comparison of the benefits and drawbacks of each. Register today.

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Flooding Threatens Coal-Fired Power Plant
While the rainfall has stopped for now, the risk of flooding continues for the Nikola Tesla coal-fired power plant located on the Sava River near Obrenovac, Serbia (Figure 1). 1. Flooding from the Sava River has affected many parts of… Read More

Russia, China Ink Major Gas Supply Deal
Ending a decade of often-contentious negotiations, Russia and China on May 21 signed a 30-year, $400 billion deal that will initially send around 38 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas per year to Chinese markets, with plans to later… Read More

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Environmental Rules Update for Power Plant Personnel
This annual roundtable discussion by the industry’s leading authorities on environmental regulation will offer insight into the likely outcome of the greenhouse gas rulemaking process for existing plants; the likely regulatory timeframes and legal issues related to upcoming water, waste, and air rules; and the range of response strategies being implemented by the utility industry for surviving in the current regulatory environment. Register today.
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NEI: NRC Proposal to Collect More Fees from Nuclear Generators is “Unjustified"
The $930.7 million proposal by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to recover 90% of its budget authority through licensing, inspection, and annual fees to be charged to U.S. nuclear generators in fiscal year (FY) 2014 is a 7.7% hike from… Read More

New York Mulls Requiring Utilities to Address Climate Change Risks
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Tuesday announced his office would propose legislation that would require electric and gas utilities to assess and document their systems' vulnerability to climate change. Though Schneiderman hasn’t yet set a date for when… Read More

DOE Continues to Push Concentrating Solar Power Systems
The Department of Energy (DOE) released a report on May 21 highlighting progress at five concentrating solar power (CSP) projects in the southwestern U.S. In the report, “2014: The Year of Concentrating Solar Power,” three DOE-supported technologies are featured: parabolic… Read More

DOE Suspends $750M Annual Nuclear Waste Fee
As of May 16, the Department of Energy (DOE) will no longer collect the one-tenth-of-a-cent fee per kilowatt-hour of power generated by nuclear plants that was set by the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982. In a letter dated May 12,… Read More

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Check out these stories from POWER's May 2014 issue:

Fuel-Flexible CFBs Add Flexibility to Resource Plans

UK Struggles to Attract Low-Carbon Investment

Utility Biomass Use: Turning Over a New Leaf?

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Are Not Our Only Problem

The Big Picture: A Storage Snapshot (Infographic)

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GE Bid for Alstom Shakes Up Gas Turbine Sector

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