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Nuclear Plant Deals with Water Shortage Emergency
On Aug. 28, the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) approved an emergency order allowing Florida Power & Light (FPL) to divert water from the district’s L-31E Canal system to help moderate unusually high temperatures and salinity that are occurring… Read More

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A U.S. Power Industry Regulatory Update
The U.S. power sector has seen a number of developments on the regulatory front in recent months. Here’s where major federal rules stand today. GHG Rules New Power Plants. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in September 2013 revised a 2012… Read More

Stricter EPA Ozone Pollution Standards May Be Forthcoming
Revised national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for ozone that are expected from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this December will likely be stricter. Agency staff from the Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards in a 597-page final policy… Read More

PG&E Slapped with $1.4 Billion Fine for San Bruno Blast
Nearly four years to the day after eight people were killed in a natural gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno, two judges of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) ruled on Sept. 2 that Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) must… Read More

EPA Approves Nation’s First Underground Injection Permits for Carbon Sequestration
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday granted the nation's first four Class VI underground injection permits for carbon sequestration to the federally backed FutureGen 2.0 carbon-capture-and-storage (CCS) project. The Department of Energy formally committed $1 billion to the $1.68… Read More

Finland EPR Nuclear Reactor Construction Now Lags Almost a Decade Behind Original Schedule
The European Pressurized Reactor (EPR) under construction in Finland may not start operating until late 2018—putting the project nearly 10 years behind its initial schedule. Finnish utility Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) said in a statement on Sept. 1 that the AREVA-Siemens… Read More

More Power Plants Changing Hands: Duke, Exelon, Calpine Involved
Calpine Corp. has its hands in two deals with large power companies—selling a plant to Duke Energy in Florida while buying a plant from Exelon Corp. in Massachusetts. On Aug. 25, Calpine announced that it has agreed to buy Exelon’s… Read More

Texas and Germany: Energy Twins?
Geographically and politically, Texas and Germany are on opposite sides of the world, but both believe strongly in competitive energy markets, and both have largely deregulated their power industries. Now both are reconsidering their market designs. [caption id="attachment_61276" align="alignnone" width="300"]… Read More

Chile’s Largest Wind Facility Opens
The El Arrayán Wind facility—located about 250 miles north of Santiago on the Chilean coast—was officially opened on Aug. 26 during a ceremony that included Chile’s president, Michelle Bachelet. “El Arrayán is the biggest wind farm in Chile and we… Read More