Power Engineering Top News Stories Week Ending 11/29

	Nuclear power plant closure may cost SCE $74.2M in customer refunds Southern California Edison may have to pay customers a refund for the closure of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. Read More Share:
	Coal-fired power generation still major electricity source in U.S. Central region Although coal-fired power generation in the Central region of the U.S. has dropped since the early 2000s, it continues to be the major source of electricity in the area, according to a report from the Energy Information Administration. Read More Share:
	SunEdison to build NYC's largest solar power plant on Staten Island SunEdison will be building a 10-MW solar power project on Staten Island in New York City that will be the city’s largest. Read More Share:
	Iran can keep nuclear power plants as part of temporary agreement Iran will keep its nuclear power plants, but must give up its nuclear weapons in an agreement with the U.S. and other countries reached on Nov. 24, according to the BBC. Read More Share:

In Case You Missed It
• IAEA to review cleanup at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant
• Chromalloy acquires gas-fired turbine component manufacturer
• First Solar begins construction of solar power project in Japan
• Texas wind energy project breaks ground
• Bulgaria will decide on new nuclear reactor by year's end
• Cooper nuclear plant to use AREVA dry-shielded canisters
• Soltage announces official commissioning of Mass. solar power plant
• China to build nuclear power plants in Romania
• Ex-Im Bank approves $61.1mn loan for export of Gamesa turbines
• Energy Department awards nearly $4 million to states to increase energy efficiency
• Gas-fired turbines to use monitoring and tuning systems
• EDF Renewable Energy acquires Texas wind energy project
• GE to supply gas-fired equipment to Saudi Arabia power plants
• Edwards new chairman, president and CEO of Black & Veatch

The Week's Most Read Articles
	Santee Cooper to remove coal ash Santee Cooper, the state-owned utility, agreed to remove 1.3 million tons of coal ash from its Grainger power plant beside South Carolina’s blackwater Waccamaw River, according to a report from the Charlotte Observer. Read More Share:
	Alstom completes installation of world's largest offshore wind turbine Alstom announced it completed the seaside installation of the world’s largest offshore wind turbine installed in sea waters. Read More Share:
	Who is the power generation industry's most influential person To commemorate POWER-GEN International’s 25th anniversary, Power Engineering recognized the power generation industry’s 25 most influential people over the last 25 years. Read More Share:
	Basemat concrete placed at Vogtle nuclear power site Georgia Power placed the basemat structural concrete for the nuclear island of Unit 4 at Plant Vogtle. Read More Share:
	Connecting Hinkley Point nuclear plant to the grid could cost $1.6B National Grid said that it expects to spend around GBP 1 billion ($1.6 billion) to connect the 3 GW Hinkley Point nuclear power plant in England to the power grid. Read More Share: