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Southern Company subsidiary to acquire natural gas-fired power facility in Minnesota
ATLANTA, Sept. 1, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Southern Company subsidiary Southern Power today announced its agreement to acquire the Mankato Energy Center from Calpine Corporation, subject to customary closing conditions. Located in Mankato, Minnesota, the center will include two natural gas units – the existing 375-megawatt (MW) Mankato Energy Center I and the 345-MW Mankato Energy […]
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RenewablesExperts: Gas Power’s Expansion Riddled with Roadblocks
Even though it may dominate forecasts, natural gas–fired generation faces a troubled expansion in the U.S., according to experts from a variety of stake-holding entities—including an industry group, a utility, a generator, and a pipeline company. Challenges that have few solutions—from price volatility, to gas transport concerns, to rule uncertainty—may upend the nation’s dependence […]
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CoalDynegy to Shut Down 30% of Southern Illinois’s Power Generation Capacity
Dynegy Inc. announced on May 3 that it plans to shut down multiple Illinois coal-fueled units due mainly to the failure of the plants to recover basic operating costs in recent Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) capacity auctions. According to the company, the generation that will be lost is 2,800 MW—about 30% of the total […]
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Legal & RegulatoryMISO Says Clean Power Plan Could Cut Its Coal Generation by Half
A new analysis from the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), the nation’s second-largest ISO, predicted that compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Clean Power Plan (CPP) could slash coal’s share of its generation from 59% in 2014 to potentially as low as 26% by 2030. The report came ahead of MISO’s planning advisory committee […]
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RenewablesStudy: Resource Adequacy Concerns Mostly Stem From Restructured Electric Markets
Most issues concerning resource adequacy have arisen in the context of restructured wholesale and retail electric markets, rather than from traditionally regulated electric markets, a new study from the Electric Markets Research Foundation (EMRF) suggests. The nonprofit EMRF, established in 2012 by “academics and other experts” to fund studies on electric market issues, notes in […]
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O&MMISO Prepares for Hurricane Season
Todd Hillman As hurricane season begins this year, utilities across the Gulf Coast will have a new partner as they work to keep the lights on after extreme weather events. Starting in late 2013, the