Power Engineering Top Stories 4/22

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	LS Power to acquire six combined cycle power plants U.S. power and energy infrastructure owner, LS Power Equity Advisors LLC has signed an agreement to acquire approximately 3,500-MW of generation resources in the Southeastern United States, through its affiliate NATGEN Southeast Power LLC, from Calpine Corp. (NYSE: CPN) for $1.57 billion. Read More Share:
	Solar surcharge bill approved by Oklahoma House The Oklahoma House of Representatives passed a bill earlier this week that may add extra charges to utility customers who want to install rooftop solar panels or small wind turbines. Read More Share:
	EPA announces another delay in cooling water intake rule The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has delayed finalizing 316(b) of the Clean Water Act until May 16, marking another delay to the release of the cooling water intake rule. Read More Share:

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	Tiny power plants hold promise for nuclear energy Small underground nuclear power plants that could be cheaper to build than their behemoth counterparts may herald the future for an energy industry under intense scrutiny since the Fukushima disaster, the incoming head of the Nuclear Energy Agency told The Associated Press Read More Share:
	Minnesota Power files state, federal permits to build international transmission line to deliver hydropower Minnesota Power, an ALLETE Company (NYSE: ALE), applied to state and federal regulators for permits to build the 500-kV Great Northern Transmission Line from Minnesota to an electric substation on the Mesabi Iron Range. Read More Share:
	TradeWind acquires Oklahoma wind farm for $60M TradeWind Energy has purchased the Osage wind farm project in Oklahoma from renewable energy company NTR for $60 million. Read More Share:
	Southern Company, Turner Renewable Energy acquires second California solar power plant Southern Power, a subsidiary of Southern Company (NYSE: SO), and Turner Renewable Energy, have acquired the partnership's second California solar facility. Read More Share:

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• Plant Farley conducts emergency exercise
• Beaver Valley Unit 2 taken offline for refueling, maintenance outage
• Sunvalley Solar awarded contract for 1,122KW solar installation
• National energy boom blurs political battle lines

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