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Seven Power Companies Sign Obama’s Climate Pledge, Commitments Include Retiring Coal
Seven power producers have joined 74 other companies in signing on to the Obama administration’s American Business Act on Climate initiative, which is aimed at rallying U.S. companies behind the need for action on climate change ahead of international climate… Read More

U.S. Power Mix: Gas Replacing Coal Faster Than Expected
Coal has been the dominant source of electricity in the U.S. power mix for more than a century, but that may be coming to an end sooner than expected. For only the second time ever, but also the second time… Read More

DOE Finalizes $1B New Loan Guarantee Authority for Fossil Fuel, Renewables, and Energy Efficiency Projects
The Department of Energy's (DOE's) authority to issue loan guarantees officially received a $1 billion boost, which will be split between its Advanced Fossil Energy Projects solicitation and Renewable Energy and Efficient Energy Projects solicitation. The agency has finalized the… Read More

New Wave of Coal Retirements Coming, ERCOT Warns
The Clean Power Plan could force the retirement of up to 4 GW of coal-fired capacity in the region served by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) starting as soon as 2022, an updated analysis suggests. The independent system… Read More

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2015 Power Industry Regulations: What Energy Professionals Need to Know
December 7 | Mirage Las Vegas
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Avi S. Garbow, General Counsel of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, will deliver the keynote address at a one-day conference hosted by POWER magazine. The conference will bring together an impressive lineup of experts in the power sector to discuss recent changes in regulations affecting utilities and other power generators. These experts know power industry regulations from all sides. Attendees will have a unique opportunity to meet and network with all speakers during a closing reception. LEARN MORE

UK Could Jointly Develop SMRs with Westinghouse
Westinghouse Electric wants the UK to partner in the deployment of its small modular reactor (SMR) technology. The Toshiba Corp. group on Oct. 20 submitted an unsolicited proposal that outlines a "“shared design and development model” under which Westinghouse would… Read More

Palisades Nuclear Plant Returns to Service After Planned Refueling, Upgrades
Entergy Corp.'s Palisades Power Plant returned to service on Oct. 19, following a month-long outage to implement upgrades, inspections, and safety enhancements. The Michigan plant was shut down on Sept. 16 to begin a planned refueling outage. The company spent… Read More

Japan Restarts Second Nuclear Reactor
The second unit at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear facility in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, has restarted, and three more of the country's 43 operable reactors may soon follow suit. Kyushu Electric restarted the 846-MW Sendai 2 nuclear facility on… Read More

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Check out these stories from POWER's October 2015 issue and its sister publications:

TOP PLANT: Shanghai Waigaoqiao No. 3, Shanghai, China

TOP PLANTS: Spiritwood Station, Spiritwood, North Dakota

Ludington Pumped Storage Plant Increases Efficiency to Provide Greater Grid Support

Outside-the-Box Renewable Energy Microturbines

California’s Bold Move Toward Default Time-of-Use Rates

THE BIG PICTURE [INFOGRAPHIC]: Clean Power Plan Targets for Better and Worse

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